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Cleveland Museum of Art Hires First Provenance Researcher
ArtfixDaily Staff - February 14th, 2013 17:53

In the light of increasing scrutiny on artworks with dubious histories as Nazi loot and antiquities illegally lifted from ancient lands, many American museums are looking harder at the provenance of works in their own collections as well as new acquisitions.

Tests Show Second Mona Lisa is the "Original," Foundation Claims
RT - February 14th, 2013 17:36

A Swiss foundation says that another version of Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece 'Mona Lisa' has undergone new tests and verified to be an original by the Renaissance painter, not a later copy. The non-profit Mona Lisa Foundation announced Wednesday that...

Anton Refregier (U.S., b. Russia, 1905-1979) End of the Conference, 1945 Oil on canvas, 32 x 15 in. Purchase, U.S. State Department Collection, 1948 Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, The University of Oklahoma, Norman

"Art Interrupted" Explores 1940s Art and Politics
Release Date: 13 February 2013
A controversial exhibition of modern American art, once shut down by the U.S. government in the late 1940s, has been reassembled for a new, two-year national tour. Art Interrupted: Advancing American Art and the Politics of Cultural Diplomacy opens to the public Saturday, March 2 at the Fred ...

Paul Klee Kleinode, 1937, 214 (U 14) 57,6 x 76,5 x 2,1 cm Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, purchased 1960

Paul Klee Exhibit “100 x Paul Klee” in Düsseldorf Extended until April 21, 2013, Due to Popular Demand
Release Date: 14 February 2013
70,000 visitors so far have seen the Paul Klee exhibit at Düsseldorf’s K21 museum, home to the State of North Rhine Westphalia’s collection of modern art, including the 100 Klee works. The first showing of K21’s entire collection of 100 pieces by Paul Klee was one of the most highly ...

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	MIT Museum Presents First US Exhibition By Photographer Joël Tettamanti Compass Points: Joël Tettamanti on view February 15 through August 31, 2013 Release Date: 14 February 2013 The MIT Museum presents Compass Points: Joël Tettamanti. The exhibition in the Kurtz Gallery for Photography at the MIT Museum features over 70 works by the contemporary photographer in his first US exhibition, on view February 15 through August 31, 2013. This exhibition, curated by Gary Van ... Read more

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