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ARTFIXdaily News Feed - Monday, August 17, 2009

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Framing Rockwell's vision of America
Boston Globe 1 - August 15th, 2009 17:41

STOCKBRIDGE, MASS. - To take the drive out through the Berkshires and onto the bucolic grounds of the Norman Rockwell Museum is to glide into a dream of America that may well never have existed, and yet it retains its power to seduce.

Developers Threaten To Boot Artist Squatters In Berlin
NPR 1 - August 15th, 2009 04:06

Increasing gentrification in Berlin is putting the city's famous and raucous alternative art scene at risk. Artists who have squatted in a ramshackle building for nearly 20 years now face eviction by corporate owners who want to turn the site into high-end apartments.

ARTFIXdaily Blogs

	The Art-Tickle ArtfixDaily Staff Summer Hit List: What's Popular on ARTFIXdaily The most viewed blogs, events, and news releases running on the BETA version of ARTFIXdaily, from June 1 to August 15, 2009, featured intruiging lawsuits, exciting decoy auctions, and noteworthy contemporary artists. Top three blog posts: 1. Brooke Astor's Favorite Painting at Heart of ... Read more

Da Vinci's lion prowls again after 500 years
Reuters - August 14th, 2009 15:21

AMBOISE, France (Reuters) - A mechanical lion invented by Leonardo da Vinci to entertain the King of France has sprung back to life in the Renaissance genius's last home.

Maurice Prendergast (American, 1858–1924)
Canal, Venice, ca. 1898–99
watercolor and pencil on paper
Credit line: Abby & Alan D. Levy Collection, Los Angeles

Boston Globe critic picks "Prendergast in Italy"
Boston Globe 1 - August 15th, 2009 17:41

Not to miss this summer is PRENDERGAST IN ITALY an exhibition of Maurice Prendergast’s views of Rome, Siena, Venice, and Capri as well as fascinating archival material from the artist’s two trips to Italy in 1898 and 1911. On view through Sept. 20 at Williams College Museum of Art, ...

Featured Event

	2009 SUMMER FEATURE TWO-DAY AUCTION OF FINE ART & ANTIQUES August 22-23, 2009 Thomaston Place Auction Galleries Thomaston, Maine Read more

Artwire^TM

	JULIEN'S AUCTIONS TO OFFER PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF BARBRA STREISAND BENEFITING THE STREISAND FOUNDATION Release Date: 16 August 2009 Julien’s Auctions to offer property from the Collection of Barbra Streisand, the multi-award-winning international star, in a live and online auction at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. on October 17th and 18th. All proceeds from this auction will benefit the Streisand Foundation, ... Read more

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