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ARTFIXdaily News Feed - Monday, January 04, 2010

Artist: Julie Blackmon Title: Baby Toss Year 2009 Medium: Archival Pigment Print Size: 22 x 29 inches Edition of 25 Courtesy of photo-eye Gallery

PREVIEW: photo l.a. 2010
ARTFIXdaily - January 4th, 2010 00:33

On view from January 14 to 20 is an array of stunning photographic works in LA's longest running art fair at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium. Browse highlights from photo l.a. 2010 in this exclusive ARTFIXdaily photo gallery including works by Hu Li, Julie Blackmon, and Qiang Jin....

Jeff Koons on the roof of the Metropolitan Museum of Art/ Getty image.

ArtInfo's Decade in Review
Artinfo - January 3rd, 2010 21:25

From the game-changing debuts of London's Tate Modern and Art Basel Miami Beach to the once-astronomical market prices achieved for works by artists Jeff Koons and Damien Hirst, the 2000s had many defining moments on the contemporary art scene. Art world scandals, soaring auction records, and many new museum buildings were among the decade's other highlights...

ARTFIXdaily Blogs

	State of the Art J.C. Carlson Most popular Fall 2009 press releases on ARTFIXdaily The three most-read press releases on ARTFIXdaily, published in the ArtWire section between September 1 and December 31, 2009, highlighted museum exhibitions: 1. Art and Illusions, Masterpieces of Trompe-l'loeil from Antiquity to the Present. On view through January 24, 2010, this major ... Read more

Picasso, other art works stolen from Provencal villa
Reuters - January 3rd, 2010 19:06

Thieves have stolen about 30 paintings, including works by Pablo Picasso and post-impressionist Henri Rousseau, from a private villa in the south of France, police said on Saturday. The haul was worth about 1 million euros ($1.43 million). The theft was discovered on Thursday by a caretaker at the house in the Provencal village of La Cadiere d'Azur. The reported burglary comes after a pastel by Degas disappeared from the Cantini museum in Marseille on New Year's Eve...

Court Will Review Whether Spain Can Be Sued Over Art Nazis Took
Bloomberg - January 3rd, 2010 21:51

A ruling that Spain can be sued in the U.S. by a California man seeking to recover a Pissarro painting stolen by the Nazis from his grandmother will be reconsidered, a federal appeals court in San Francisco said. Claude Cassirer sued Spain and the Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection Foundation four years ago to recover the painting by French impressionist Camille Pissarro. When his grandmother fled Germany in 1939, she was forced to surrender the painting...

Featured Event

	NEWLY-ACQUIRED ROUSSEAU SUBJECT OF JANUARY 14 GALLERY TALK January 14, 2010 The Clark Williamstown, Massachusetts Read more

Artwire^TM

	Los Angeles Art Show Launches Guest Country Program and Welcomes Uruguay in January 2010 Release Date: 29 December 2009 (December, 2009—Los Angeles, CA) The Los Angeles Art Show’s new Guest Country Program highlights major contributions to contemporary art across the world. By invitation-only and launching in 2010, the Los Angeles Art Show welcomes Uruguay, as its first Guest Country. The ... Read more

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