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Finarte held their sale of Old Masters and furniture on the 23rd of October at their Rome premises. The sale was not very strong on the paintings front, scattered as they were among the general household chintz. The main work of the day, Bernardo Strozzi’s Madonna and Child with Infant Saint John only ...
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| Antonio Molinari's Creso king of Lidia at the fire |
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The International Fine Print Dealers Association Print Fair, which was due to be held in New York from the 31st of October to November the 4th, has been indefinitely postponed. Scheduled to be held in the Seventh Regiment Armory, this building is instead being used for as yet unknown ...
(Andrew Moore)
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| Logo of The International Fine Print Association Print Fair |
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On the 28th of November, Christie's, London will offer for sale one of the best known Pre-Raphaelite images, Dante Gabriel Rossetti's (1828-1882) Beata Beatrix. The pastel work, signed by the artist and dated 1872, is in the sale of the De Morgan Foundation, a collection of 19th century paintings...
(Andrew Moore)
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| Dante Gabriel Rossetti's Beata Beatrix |
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Sotheby’s.com, the on-line site of the US owned auction house is offering a newly discovered painting by Sir Frederick Lord Leighton in an internet-only sale on the 29th of November. The painting comes from the Estate of Mildred H. Boink, of Indiana and is expected to fetch up to $ 200,000-300,000 (€ 222,260-333,390)...
(Andrew Moore)
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| Frederic Lord Leighton's The Misses Stewart Hodgson |
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BBC news has reported that a cleaner accidentally put a Damien Hirst installation into a disposal bin at the Eyestorm gallery in London. According to the gallery, the installation consisting of a pile of beer bottles, coffee cups and overflowing ashtrays could have been worth a six-digit dollar figure. A spokesperson for ...
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| Worrying times for Damien Hirst |
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Sotheby’s enjoyed a sale success of 80% hammered when their Italian auction was offered on the 22nd of October in London with buyers enthusiastically following the auction house’s quotes. The best prices at the sale were for Lucio Fontana’s painted iron sculpture Concetto Spaziale which ...
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| Top seller. Lucio Fontana's Concetto Spaziale |
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The Cleveland Museum of Art announced the plans for its first major expansion in more than 30 years with an estimated project cost of $ 170,000,000 (€ 187,591,241). The project will add approximately 102,000 square feet of new space, while renovating and unifying the four existing buildings to create an ...
(James Goulder)
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| The architect Rafael Viñoly |
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The US site, NYPOST.COM, reported on the 17th of October that the remnants of a sculpture by US artist Alexander Calder entitled Bent Propeller, have been found in the wreckage of the World Trade Center, a month after the tragedy. Now a crushed and burned mass, the 8 metre red steel sculpture ...
(Andrew Moore)
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| Salvage workers unearth the gory remains of the WTC, New York |
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On the 11th of October Sotheby’s announced it was making 14% of its worldwide workforce redundant amid a global downturn in the art market. These cuts affecting a total of 1,765 employees, follows an 8% slash in the workforce in January 2001. Sotheby’s also announced the introduction of a $ 13 million ...
(Andrew Moore)
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| By mid October 2001, Sotheby's NASDAQ share had dropped to $13 (from $ 28 a year ago) |
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A week after Sotheby’s axed 14% of its workforce, the company is set to partake in the Seventh Annual Artwalk NY, a daylong art event to benefit homeless New Yorkers on Saturday, the 20th of October. Proceedings kick off with a discussion panel with participants including Jerry Gorovoy, Louise Neri, Shirin Neshat ...
(Andrew Moore)
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| Louise Bourgeois, Fallen Woman |
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