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ARTFIXdaily News Feed - Thursday, December 10, 2009
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 | Art Basel: The Works That Sold — and Sparked Conversation
New York Magazine - December 9th, 2009 23:14
All revelry aside, the art that’s shown — and, especially, sold — at Art Basel Miami Beach and its satellite fairs sets the tone and tastes in the art world for months to come. New stars arise, power reshuffles, and deals are done. And while there weren’t many deals in the seven-figure range this year, there were a lot of deals in general. What did it all look like? New York Magazine offers a slideshow of talked-about examples...
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 | Film on modernist John Marin premieres at Portland Museum of Art
MPBN - December 9th, 2009 23:45
John Marin the "undisputed father of American modernism" is in the limelight and many of his never-before-seen, privately-held works have figured into a new film. Independent film-makers Michael Maglaras and Terri Templeton have already produced two films about another great modernist painter, Marsden Hartley. Their latest project, "John Marin: Let the Paint be Paint!," premieres this weekend at the Portland Museum of Art in Maine, and then will travel...Read more | |
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 | Athens exhibition exposes love in ancient times
Boston Herald - December 9th, 2009 23:00
A major new exhibition in Athens explores the many facets of love, and lust, in Greek and Roman antiquity — the sacred, profane, graphic and mundane. Together more than 270 artifacts from Greek and abroad, dating from the 6th century B.C. to early Christian times, were amassed from 50 museums. The Cycladic Art Museum shows a recreation of an ancient Roman brothel, a 2,500-year-old love note and a curse from a spurned lover.Read more | |
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 | Church plans to sell Tiffany window to raise cash
Newser - December 9th, 2009 23:38
A Vermont church that's down to its last $8,000 is selling a valuable stained-glass window to boost finances and keep open a homeless shelter it runs. The multicolored image of St. John the Divine is a Tiffany original that has been in the First Baptist Church in Brattleboro for almost 100 years. Church leaders say they already have bids in the $70,000 range.Read more | |
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 | EXTRAORDINARY TIMEPIECES, DIAMONDS AND VINTAGE JEWELRY REALIZE $1.22 MILLION
Release Date: 10 December 2009
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers' winter sale of Fine Jewelry and Timepieces totaled $1,225,938, with 82% of lots sold. The sale's top lot, a platinum, 18 karat yellow gold, diamond and ruby dragon brooch, more than quadrupled its high estimate, selling for $67,100 to a Midwest private ...Read more | |
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