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| Tuesday, May 30, 2006 | |
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Russian Art Sales may reach US$51 million in London Three London auction houses are offering 19th and 20th century Russian art worth US$51 million this week, a month after New York sales broke records. The sales of paintings, sculptures, icons, porcelain, arms and Faberge works open today ... (view more...) |
| Friday, May 26, 2006 | |
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Pioneer of British Pop Art to help Liverpool The pioneer of British pop art, Sir Peter Blake, has agreed to create eight works celebrating Liverpool's Capital of Culture year of 2008. (view more...) |
| Saturday, May 20, 2006 | |
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Art Historians divided by Da Vinci´s hidden messages Yesterday´s opening of the movie, "The Da Vinci Code" is prompting debate and some protest among theologians and historians over the idea that Jesus might have married. But there is also a debate within the World of Art over whether Leonardo Da Vinci tried to hide secrets in his paintings. (view more...) |
| Tuesday, May 16, 2006 | |
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Barnes Foundation´s impressive Collection is moving A campaign to move the Barnes Foundation's collection of impressionist, postimpressionist and African art to a downtown site has reached its $150 million goal. The funds ensure the multibillion-dollar collection of Renoirs, Cezannes, Matisses and Picassos will be moved from the limestone gallery the late Dr. Albert Barnes built in the 1920s in affluent Lower Merion Township ... (view more...) |
| Wednesday, May 10, 2006 | |
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World Records in Christie´s Auction Christie´s auction of "Post-War and Contemporary Art", brought the total sold to $143 million, the second highest total ever made in a sale of contemporary art anywhere. World records had been established for 12 artists. These ... (view more...) |
| Friday, May 05, 2006 | |
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Holbein reunites royal family The exhibition at Tate Britain, titled "Holbein in England", will display works by 16th Century court painter Hans Holbein the Younger in September. It will feature 30 portrait drawings, six paintings and several miniatures from the Royal Collection, along with some of Holbein's jewellery designs. (view more...) |
| Wednesday, May 03, 2006 | |
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Truck Driver Disappears With Million Dollar Artworks A delivery driver from West Palm Beach is missing with millions of dollars worth of artwork. Patrick Joseph McIntosh has a criminal record dating back to 1989 with three convictions for trafficking in stolen property and grand theft. (view more...) |
| Monday, May 01, 2006 | |
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French billionaire Pinault unveils Art Collection Francois Pinault, the French billionaire owner of department stores as well as Christie´s, Gucci and Yves Saint Laurent, had planned to build his own $195 million museum, designed by Tadao Ando, on an island in the Seine southwest of Paris. (view more...) |
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