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The Museum de Fundatie's 'Le Blute-Fin Mill' has been authenticated as a painting by Vincent Van Gogh. A newly-authenticated Van Gogh
Dutch News - February 24th, 2010 17:23
Art experts have decided an 1886 painting titled "Le Blute-fin Mill," depicting Montmartre in Paris, is the work of Vincent Van Gogh. The scene features a large amount of colorful figures, an atypical element in Van Gogh's work, gathered around a windmill. Museum director and collector Dirk Hannema bought the painting from a Paris art dealer in 1975 for 6,500 francs (less than €1,000). He was reluctant to attribute it to Van Gogh because he had been jeered for ...

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A double portrait by Ammi Phillips (1788-1865) of Theron Simpson Ludington (1850-1922) and his older sister Virginia Ludington (1846-1865) with a cat and shaggy dog, circa 1855, oil on canvas, 43" x 40", sold for $782,500 (est. $300,000/500,000) to Atlanta dealer Deanne Levison in the salesroom for a client.
Maine Antique Digest's Lita Solis-Cohen recaps the January Americana sale at Christie's which reaped a decent $5,681,025 (including buyers' premiums) for 398 lots sold. The ...
An still image from the film, "Mall of America" by Josephine Meckseper.
New York's Whitney Museum staged a smaller version of its influential annual show featuring up-and-coming American artists. Just 55 artists were showcased this year, a reduction due, in part, to ...
A double-overlay sapphire-blue and white glass Chinese snuff bottle. The piece is attributed to the Imperial glassworks, Beijing, 1760-1790, and is expected to sell for between HK$220,000 and HK$350,000 at Bonhams's. Source: Bonhams via Bloomberg
Bonhams expects to raise at least 20 million pounds ($32 million) in a series of auctions featuring antique Chinese snuff bottles. The late Hong Kong-based businessman, George Bloch, and his wife ...
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Winter Sun, oil and chalk on board, 36 x 35 in., 2009Days of Winter: New paintings by Glenn Priestley (CAN)
March 4-27, 2010

Toronto, ONTARIO, Canada
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Dr. Stephen J.A. Bury, newly appointed Andrew W. Mellon Chief Librarian.DR. STEPHEN J. BURY APPOINTED TO THE POST OF ANDREW W. MELLON CHIEF LIBRARIAN AT THE FRICK ART REFERENCE LIBRARY
Release Date: 24 February 2010
  The Frick Collection is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Stephen J. Bury to the post of Andrew W. Mellon Chief Librarian at the Frick Art Reference Library. For the past ten years, he has been at the British Library, the national library of the United Kingdom, and one of the ...

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