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ARTFIXdaily News Feed - Monday, August 10, 2009

S.F. art community fears loss of Gap founder's massive collection
LA Times Arts - August 7th, 2009 07:00

Donald Fisher's plan to house his contemporary art in a new museum at San Francisco's historic Presidio ran afoul of preservationists, and now other cities are wooing him.

Jeff Koons: 'We Are Ourselves Inflatables'
UnBeige Mediabistro - August 7th, 2009 03:57

Jeff Koons oozes the wild charisma usually reserved for successful dictators. Be glad that he's using his powers for shiny, happy, multi-million-dollar good (and the odd invasion of Versailles)...

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	On the Hunt Stephen B. O'Brien Jr. Records tumble at Copley’s 2009 $4.16 million Sporting Sale On July 15 and 16, Copley Fine Art Auctions held its annual sporting sale in Plymouth, Massachusetts. The 2009 auction shot over its $3.5 million low estimate settling in at $4.16 million, making it the most successful in the company’s history. In this landmark sale, 23 of the 25 highest ... Read more

U.K.'s Government Art Collection Adorns Offices
bloomberg - August 9th, 2009 22:07

There is a deceptive John Le Carre feeling about the U.K. Government Art Collection (or GAC). This collection -- equivalent to a small museum -- contains works by such well-known figures as William Hogarth, Lucian Freud, David Hockney and Andy Warhol. The last is an exception...

Warhol's portrait of Michael Jackson goes on show pre-sale
Reuters - August 7th, 2009 14:55

LONDON (Reuters) - A portrait of the late King of Pop, Michael Jackson, by the King of Pop Art, Andy Warhol, went on show in London on Thursday for three days in the lead-up to an auction in New York of the 1984 painting.

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	Mahatma Gandhis Gift To His Irish Friend, Emma Harker, For Sale At Bonhams Release Date: 07 August 2009 A Burmese Arakan gilt bronze figure of a seated Buddhist Deity, possibly Avalokitesvara, The Bodhisattva of Compassion, 17th Century, given to Emma Harker by Mahatma Gandhi, will be sold by Bonhams at the sale of Asian Art on 8th September in Knightsbridge. The 13in high sculpture is ... Read more

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