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ARTFIXdaily News Feed - Thursday, January 14, 2010

"Bloodline Big Family, No. 2" by Zhang Xiaogang. Christie's.

Asian artists shine despite tough times
Wall Street Journal - January 13th, 2010 18:54

The global recession seems to be making Asian artists the new stars of the art market. Five Asian artists ranked among last year's top 10 money-makers world-wide, according to Artprice. At Sotheby's autumn sale in October, around 47% of the buyers of contemporary Asian works came from mainland China, compared with just 10% the previous April. Prices for works from 1994-1998 by Zhang Xiaogang, one of China's top-selling painters, continue to reach record levels while less sought ...

Galleries: Mounting a comeback on Boston's Newbury St.
Boston Globe - January 14th, 2010 00:45

Several art dealers have closed up shop and left the city's art center on Newbury Street in the last year and a half. Some said they hoped to come back. Now Beth Urdang has. Her two new exhibitions are exquisitely rendered and easy on the eyes. Olga Antonova’s still life paintings explore pattern, design, and the reflective power of porcelain while sculptor Pat Lasch creates wood cakes in a provocative mix of Pop Art and something more baroque...

London Art Fair 2010
Spoonfed - January 14th, 2010 02:01

One of the UK’s biggest and best established Modern British and Contemporary art fairs has opened, and good lord it really is enormous. The London Art Fair 2010 has over 100 of the country’s premier art galleries showing everything from abstract prints by Josef Albers at Alan Cristea to mounted papier-mâché giraffe heads at Rebecca Hossack. The undoubted highlight of the fair is Art Projects...

Suspect detained in Monet heist
Monster and Critics - January 14th, 2010 01:07

Polish police have captured a suspect and recovered Monet's 'Beach at Pourville' which was stolen in 2000 from the National Museum in Poznan, Central Poland. The painting was the sole work by the French impressionist in Polish collections. The theft was reported after museum security noticed the original painting - depicting a coastline in Normandy - had been cut out from the frame and replaced with a copy.

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