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ARTFIXdaily News Feed - Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Preview of The LA Art Show: Modern & Contemporary and The Los Angeles Fine Art Show: Historic & Traditional

LOUIS VALTAT, Vase de Fleurs, Oil on canvas, 21 3/8 x 25 ¾ inches (54.3 x 65.4 cm), Schiller & Bodo European Paintings

The LA Art Show: Modern & Contemporary and The Los Angeles Fine Art Show: Historic & Traditional will feature more than 100 galleries from around the world offering over 10,000 works of art as well as expanded show programming. The show attracted 40,000 visitors in 2011 and organizers expect that the 2012 edition, held from Jan. 18 to 22 at the Los Angeles Convention Center (West Halls A and B), will be the most innovative and eclectic show to date.

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Major American Sailor's Woolwork to be Exhibited at Antiques at the Armory Antiques Show
Release Date: 15 January 2012
Earle Vandekar of Knightsbridge will be exhibiting a massive American sailor's woolwork picture of a frigate this week in New York. American sailors' woolworks are rare, not being generally part of the range of crafts that were created by American sailors. They are more commonly created ...

A work once exhibited as a Jackson Pollock that an independent art research group refused to authenticate over questions about the provenance.

Knoedler Scandal Entangles Other Art Galleries
ArtfixDaily Staff - January 17th, 2012 00:26

Further information is coming to light regarding the scandal around New York's Knoedler Gallery. The Upper East Side gallery abruptly shut its doors in late 2011, hard on the heels of news that two former employees of the gallery were being investigated for allegedly having peddled fake artworks. In a new twist, legal documents and testimonies are implicating...

Lot 38: Zhang Daqian (1899-1983) Chinese Watercolour 1936

Zhang Daqian Painting Sells for $504,000 at 888 Auctions
Release Date: 13 January 2012
Richmond Hill, ON – 888 Auctions concluded its first auction of the year January 12th, featuring sales of fine Chinese Paintings & Asian Works of Art with a triumphant total of $717,180. The sale, comprising 598 lots, witnessed robust participation from around the world. ...

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	Stanley Boxer exhibition at Spanierman Modern Release Date: 12 January 2012 Spanierman Modern is pleased to announce the opening on January 19, 2012 of Stanley Boxer (1926–2000). An artist whose work is in numerous museum collections in America and abroad, Boxer worked with indefatigable energy during a career that spanned the second half of the twentieth century. ... Read more

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