Ferdinand Protzman

Articles and Essays
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Selected Articles

"Museum Capital," Washingtonian Magazine, July, 2007
 
"An Overachieving Undersecretary" Ned Rifkin has big plans for the eight Smithsonian art museums he manages in a newly created post. ARTNews, December, 2005
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"Corcoran Examines Core Mission as Director, Board Chair Resign," ARTNews, Summer, 2005 

"How Much is Too Much" You just bid $10.2 million for a work of art. Will you go to $10.3? How collectors decide when to bid and when to pass. ARTNews, May, 2004

"Capital Gains" As galleries expand and the spotlight turns to local artists, Washington, D.C. is emerging as a serious player in the contemporary-art world. ARTNews, December, 2003

"Steering by the Torch of Chaos and Doubt," With bright swirls of color and a magnetic personality, Sam Francis became one of the foremost Abstract Expressionists. Now his family and friends are fighting over his legacy. ARTNews, December, 2002

"The Picture of Health," Altana think on, December, 2000 
 
  
 
 
"More Than Just Another Pretty Muzzle," Washington Post, November 11, 1999
 
Essays
 
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Catalog essay for Memories of Milltown accompanying the twenty-five year survey of the American Industrial Landscape by American artist Janos Enyedi. Oglebay Institute's Stifel Fine Arts Institute, 2001
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
bryan.jpgCatalog essay for P/D2: A New Strain, a review of American artist Wayne Edson Bryan's work. 2002
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
newman.jpg"Making Magic," essay for American artist William A. Newman's exhibit catalog, Peripheral Vision. Corcoran Gallery of Art, 2002
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
cushner.jpgEssay for American painter Steven Cushner's exhibit catalog for Recent Paintings. University of Maryland, 2002.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Catalog essay for Finnish photographer Ola Kolehmainen's exhibition, Search for Mastery. Museum Waldhof Bielefelder Kunstverein,2004
 
 
 
 
 
Ferdinand Protzman is an award-winning cultural writer and author.