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 Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988) Untitled, brought an artist auction record of $26,402,500 at Christie's.  Skate's 2012 Art Investment Review Shows a Top-Heavy Market
Skate's - January 8th, 2013 22:00
Skate's published the first part of its annual art investment report with the dim conclusion that the super wealthy are paying surging prices for an even smaller group of big-name artists.

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Huang Yan, "Spring," from "The Four Seasons" series, 2005.  Collection of Dale & Doug Anderson
The San Jose Museum of Art will present an exhibition of photography that illustrates China's astounding social and economic transformation in the 21st century. Rising Dragon: ...
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Manet: portraying life at Royal Academy of Arts, London Manet: Portraying Life
January 26 - April 14, 2013
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Opening just days after the Presidential Inauguration, the Show’s objects with a presidential theme include Hirschl & Adler Galleries’ c.  1825 glass urn with a portrait of George Washington and a Paris porcelain vase with Thomas Jefferson’s portrait, c.  1828-30 (image shown); Kenneth W.  Rendell Gallery’s letter dated May 1862 written by Abraham Lincoln to Major General George B.  McClellan; and S.J.  Shrubsole’s gold and citrine fob seal (c.  1824) decorated with portraits of George Washingto WINTER ANTIQUES SHOW CELEBRATES ITS 59TH YEAR WITH EIGHT NEW EXHIBITORS AND A LOAN EXHIBITION FROM THE PRESERVATION SOCIETY OF NEWPORT COUNTY, JANUARY 25–FEBRUARY 3, 2013
Release Date: 07 January 2013
The Winter Antiques Show, which will be held January 25-February 3, 2013, at the Park Avenue Armory in New York City, celebrates its 59th year as America's most prestigious antiques show, providing museums, collectors, dealers, design professionals, and first-time buyers with opportunities to see ...

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