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ARTFIXdaily News Feed - Thursday, February 21, 2013

Guido Reni’s ‘The Rape of Europa’ from the collection of Sir Denis Mahon

UK Museums Gifted Major Collection of Italian Masterpieces
Reuters - February 20th, 2013 22:25

A private collection valued at more than 100 million pounds ($154 million) and consisting of 57 Italian Baroque paintings amassed by the late banking heir Denis Mahon has been formally gifted to six museums and galleries in Britain.

Cartier clock, Paris circa 1908, £95,000 from Hancocks London

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	Barry Bergdoll to Present Out of Site in Plain View: A History of Exhibiting Architecture for the 62nd A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts at the National Gallery of Art, Washington Release Date: 08 February 2013 Washington, DC—Barry Bergdoll, Philip Johnson Chief Curator of Architecture and Design at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, and professor of modern architectural history at Columbia University, New York, will present the 62nd A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts series, entitled Out of Site ... Read more

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