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ARTFIXdaily News Feed - Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Madame Cezanne in the Conservatory by Paul Cezanne

Met Museum Allowed to Keep Cezanne Seized by Bolsheviks
Reuters - December 18th, 2012 23:11

An important Paul Cezanne painting will remain in New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art, a U.S. appeals court ruled on Tuesday. An art collector's great-grandson had claimed the work was confiscated during the Russian revolution...

"Salvator Mundi," a recently authenticated work by Leonardo da Vinci.

Dallas Museum of Art Denied da Vinci Acquisition
Dallas News - December 18th, 2012 22:53

Officials from the Dallas Museum of Art have revealed that their efforts in fundraising tens of millions of dollars for a rediscovered work by Leonardo da Vinci were fruitless. The owners have...

Two hand-out photos show the unrestored work (left) and the Ecce Homo-style fresco of Christ after an elderly woman attempted to restore it (right).

80-year-old Restorer Who Botched Jesus Painting Takes to eBay
ArtfixDaily Staff - December 18th, 2012 23:32

Spanish octogenarian artist Celia Gimenez made a sensation last summer when she botched a restoration of a Christ fresco in her local church.

ASIA SOCIETY’S MICHAEL ROBERTS SELECTED AS NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE FINE ARTS WORK CENTER IN PROVINCETOWN
Release Date: 16 December 2012
After an extensive nationwide search, the Board of Trustees of the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown (FAWC) is pleased to announce that New York based Michael Roberts has been selected as FAWC’s new Executive Director. With three decades in leadership positions in the nonprofit arts, ...

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