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ARTFIXdaily News Feed - Tuesday, February 25, 2014

A fake Max Ernst painting that actor Steve Martin bought.

Art Forger Opens Up About His Multimillion Dollar Scam
CBS - February 24th, 2014 22:24

Considered the greatest art forger of our time, Wolfgang Beltracchi says he imagined what famous artists might have painted rather than copying their known works.

Paul Klee watercolor rediscovered in Speed Art Museum collection

Speed Art Museum Rediscovers a Paul Klee Work
Release Date: 24 February 2014
During the expansion of Kentucky's Speed Art Museum, the curatorial staff has been busier than ever working with conservators across the country to assess the condition of the museum's collection and to oversee repairs to any damage wrought by time. Through this conservation process came about a ...

Ogden Pleissner (1905-1983), Cold Day in January, 1939 Watercolor on paper, Gift of Bartlett Arkell, 1941

Ogden Pleissner Watercolors and Oils from the Arkell Collection On View
Release Date: 23 February 2014
Ogden Minton Pleissner said that he could be called “a landscape painter, a painter of landscapes who also liked to hunt and fish.” Through much of his career, he traveled around the United States and into Canada prepared with both fishing and sketching equipment. The Arkell Museum exhibition of ...

Jimbaori Edo period, 17th century Hand applied feathers, silk, and fabric H: 31-1/2 x W: 28-1/3 in. (80 x 72 cm)

Japanese Art Exhibitions during New York’s Asia Week Celebrations
Release Date: 25 February 2014
An exceptionally fine Buddhist vajra dating from the 13th century, a pair of stunning and luminous 17th century gold-leaf screens of cherry blossoms, and an extraordinarily rare and resplendent surcoat once worn over royal armor and made of thousands of feathers are among the numerous ...

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	Joshua W. Lane Named New Curator of Furniture at Winterthur Museum Release Date: 24 February 2014 Dr. David P. Roselle, Director of Winterthur Musem, Garden & Library, announced the appointment of Joshua W. Lane as the Lois F. and Henry S. McNeil Curator of Furniture at Winterthur Museum. “Josh Lane is one of the leading scholars in the field of early American furniture,” said Roselle, ... Read more

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