luminary
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The art-world luminary on the power of stress, why museums should never issue statements and whether art should be considered an asset class.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026
Each performance features a different special guest, and at Friday’s show the visiting luminary was none other than Josh Groban, whom Platt referred to as “the G.O.A.T.”
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 15, 2025
Much like York, who was eventually collected by Jacqueline Kennedy and revered by the elite, Anderson has transformed from an outsider to a luminary, celebrated by the glitterati and beyond.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 1, 2024
Jarosz, 32, is a luminary in acoustic Americana, where bluegrass, folk, jazz and chamber music mingle with pop and rock.
From New York Times • Jan. 24, 2024
The evening’s speaker might be a graduate student assigned to explicate a recent paper from Europe, or a visiting luminary discussing his own work.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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