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The Tretyakov Gallery is exhibiting the miniature paintings of Ivan Pokhitonov through May 23.Tiny masterpieces re-examined in Russian exhibition
The Moscow Times - April 5th, 2010 21:09
Little known in his native Russia, Ivan Pokhitonov (1850-1923) won fame in France for his delicate miniature paintings of landscapes. The Tretyakov Gallery, a Russian national museum, is now providing audiences with a chance to re-evaluate the artist with the exhibit “Painter-Sorcerer” — timed to the 160th anniversary of his birth — that shows 80 of his works. His paintings were remarkable for the delicate, painstaking work that went into each one. The works were ...

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Mason Roberts at work. Photo: Tom Eblen.
Mason Roberts, 38, is part artist and craftsman, part detective and historian. One of a handful of top-level antiques restorers in Kentucky, Roberts examines each damaged piece carefully ...
Indonesian artist Lee Man Fong's oil painting "Bali Life" sold at a Sotheby's auction for a Southeast Asian art record. Source: Sotheby's via Bloomberg
A 1960s oil painting of Balinese villagers by Indonesia’s Lee Man Fong fetched a record HK$25.3 million ($3.3 million) at Sotheby's in Hong Kong. The 2-meter-long “Bali ...
Highly unusual lyre-back armchair. English, circa 1795. Carlton Hobbs LLC.
New exhibitors to the Los Angeles Antiques Show this year are Bernard Steinitz of Paris and Carlton Hobbs of New York, both respected dealers of Continental furniture. From April 21 to ...
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John Wilson, Boulevard de Strasbourg, 1949 (gouache) at Martha Richardson Fine Art.AD20/21
April 8-12, 2010
Art & Design of the 20th & 21st Centuries
Boston, Massachusetts
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Antonio Llorens (1920–1995) Composición (Composition), 1952. Oil on board. © Estate of Antonio Llorens. Colección Galería Oscar Prato, Montevideo, Uruguay.Amon Carter Museum features North and South American abstract art in groundbreaking exhibition
Release Date: 05 April 2010
  On June 26, the Amon Carter Museum presents Constructive Spirit: Abstract Art in South and North America, 1920s–50s. This groundbreaking exhibition is the first to bring together South American and U.S. geometric abstraction and includes a range of paintings, sculptures, prints, ...

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