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ARTFIXdaily News Feed - Thursday, April 8, 2010

Hendrick Avercamp's "Colf Players on the Ice," Collection of Mrs. Edward Speelman.

National Gallery of Art's "Hendrick Avercamp: The Little Ice Age"
Washington Post - April 7th, 2010 22:56

Icy snow is a visual treat in Washington, D.C. this Spring, at least in pictures. On view at the National Gallery is the work of Dutch artist Hendrick Avercamp (1585-1634) whose paintings of winter wonderlands depict people of all classes cavorting and working outdoors. Part landscape, part genre scene, these works provide a warmhearted snapshot of 17th-century Dutch life. They also depict a cast of characters of a timeless, universal nature: well-off revelers, brewery crowds, skating lovers, ...

Sign of the times: Robins v. Zwirner et al.

A powerhouse Chelsea art dealer got slammed with a $8 million lawsuit in a New York court from a prominent American collector. The claim states that the dealer renegged on a ...

Rare blue diamond sells for $6.4 million "bargain" price

London jeweller Alisa Moussaieff secured the winning bid of HK$49.9 million ($6.4 million) for a 5.16-carat blue diamond at a Sotheby's auction in Hong Kong. “It’s a ...

Egypt wants Germany to return this 3,300-year-old bust of Queen Nefertiti. Photo: Picasa

Egypt leads multinational efforts to restitute relics

This week, Egypt hosts an international conference centered on the retrieval of disputed antiquities from Western museums to their land of origin. On the target list are such objects as ...

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	Fine Jewelry and Timepieces April 18-20, 2010 Leslie Hindman Auctioneers Chicago, Illinois Read more

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	EXCEEDINGLY RARE 1890s MUNCH MASTERPIECE TO HIGHLIGHT MAY 4 EVENING SALE AT CHRISTIE'S NEW YORK Release Date: 08 April 2010 NEVER BEFORE OFFERED AT AUCTION, "FERTILITY" IS ONE OF ONLY A FEW MASTER WORKS BY MUNCH LEFT IN PRIVATE HANDS. Christie's is delighted to announce it will offer Edvard Munch's Fertility (estimate: $25-35 million) - one of the most important works by the artist remaining in ... Read more

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