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ARTFIXdaily News Feed - Wednesday, February 10, 2010
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 | Royal plate smashes Roadshow price record
Daily Mail - February 9th, 2010 19:04
When her husband headed to a taping of "Antiques Roadshow" with some old books to be valued, a Welsh woman stuffed a plate from her "rickety" sideboard into a shopping bag to bring along. To Mrs. Jones's surprise, an expert gave the plate a value of £100,000, a record price for a plate in the 30-year-old show. Turns out to be an 18th-c. piece commissioned by the Prussian East India company for Frederick II, and decorated with the arms ...Read more | |
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 | Be-dazzled: 'Cartier and America' on view
1st Dibs - February 9th, 2010 19:40
On 1st Dibs, Anthony Barzilay Freund interviews curator Martin Chapman, of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, about the comprehensive exhibition "Cartier and America" (thru April 18). Read how American taste evolved in decorative arts and jewelry design from the neo-Byzantine styles preferred in the era of Louis Comfort Tiffany to the extravagant 1950s diamond and ruby suite worn by actress Elizabeth Taylor.Read more | |
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 | Picasso blockbuster to hit Seattle
Seattle Times - February 9th, 2010 18:57
When the Musée National Picasso, Paris, closed its doors in August for a $28 million renovation, the scoop was that its 5,000 artworks by Pablo Picasso would be locked away for more than two years. Instead, 150 highlights from the collection, including "Portrait of Dora Maar" (1937) and the 1970 self-portrait "The Matador" are traveling to the Seattle Art Museum Oct. 8 through Jan. 9, 2011, and then on to two more yet undisclosed U.S. locations...Read more | |
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 | Biblical brothers, scorched saints intrigue in Met's Bronzino show
Bloomberg - February 9th, 2010 23:24
An exhibition on Florentine artist Agnolo Bronzino (1503-72) at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art serves up almost 60 pieces by this master draftsman ranging from doodles and rough sketches to dazzling figures and portraits -- all serving the function of practice for a separate finished work. Among these is the magnificent “Joseph With Jacob and His Brothers,” arranged so organically that the eye feels compelled to rove ceaselessly around the small sheet...Read more | |
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