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ARTFIXdaily News Feed - Thursday, August 27, 2009

Condos & Princes: Russian dealer sues New York gallery over $3 million art agreement
Bloomberg - August 26th, 2009 21:34

New York - New York’s Luhring Augustine Gallery has been sued by Moscow art dealer Gary Tatintsian for an alleged breach an agreement over a complicated series of transactions involving works by artists George Condo and Richard Prince. According to a complaint filed Aug. 11 in Manhattan, Tatintsian agreed to pay $2.7 million for 12 new Condo paintings at $225,000 each, with an ameded delivery schedule stating the gallery would send two paintings every two months. The Russian dealer says ...

Sharing Art to Make Money: The Collectors Fund offers artful investing
Portfolio - August 26th, 2009 00:01

Kansas City, Missouri - Art enthusiasts who have invested in The Collectors Fund have happily observed their money outperform the stock market. The added value of the fund is a rotating art collection of 130 works, currently valued at $17 million, which fund members enjoy in their own homes. Highlights include Frank Stella's The Mat Maker and a scrumptious pastel drawing titled Four Cakes, by Wayne Thiebaud.

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	The Art-Tickle ArtfixDaily Staff Recession Buys: Champagne from Sotheby's & Lobster from Maine Belgian billionaire Albert Frere, 83, hopes to sell 3,000 bottles of Bordeaux and Champagne from his private cellar on Sept. 23 at Sotheby's London. Auction proceeds are earmarked for a charitable foundation named in honor of his son who died a decade ago in a car accident. Frere aims to ... Read more

SFMOMA will feature two exhibitions on Asian photography this fall.

SFMOMA Focues East: A New Look at Asian Photography
NPR 1 - August 26th, 2009 17:11

San Francisco - Ansel Adams, Richard Avedon and Henri Cartier-Bresson are a few 20th-century photographers most widely noted as masters. An entire hemisphere of photographic history is often overlooked. Two upcoming fall exhibitions at SFMOMA will examine stunning photography from Japan, China, and Korea...

Fabulous Finds vs. Disappointing Duds: U.K.'s 'Antiques Roadshow' still stokes viewers' interest
Daily Record - August 26th, 2009 22:04

U.K. - From Chippendale chairs to Anthony Gormley paintings, Britain's popular television series "Antiques Roadshow" has unsurfaced a treasure trove of exciting attic finds. But more often than not, there is a budding collector who is disappointed by the show's expert appraisals. Recently, a "smartly dressed and well-spoken man" brought in a piece of glass that he spent more than £1000 on. It turned out to be a supermarket olive oil bottle, circa 2008. ...

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	Vermeer's Masterpiece The Milkmaid on View in New Exhibition at Metropolitan Museum to Celebrate 400th Anniversary of Hudson's Historic Voyage Release Date: 27 August 2009 On the occasion of the 400th anniversary of Henry Hudson's historic voyage from the Netherlands to New York, the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam is sending The Milkmaid, perhaps the most admired painting by the Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer (1632—1675), to The Metropolitan Museum of Art. To ... Read more

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