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ARTFIXdaily News Feed - Friday, July 8, 2011

Edward Hopper, "Captain Upton's House," 1927. Oil on canvas. Private Collection.

Bowdoin College Museum of Art presents "Edward Hopper's Maine"
Release Date: 07 July 2011
Brunswick, Maine - The Bowdoin College Museum of Art has organized the first comprehensive exhibition of Edward Hopper's artistic production in Maine from 1914 to 1929. On view from July 15 through October 16, 2011, Edward Hopper's Maine will showcase nearly 90 rarely exhibited paintings, ...

L-R : French president's advisor Catherine Pegard, Sheikh Jassem (husband of Sheikha Mayassa), Qatar's Emir's daughter Sheikha Al Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani, Chairperson of Qatar Museums Authority Board of Trustees, French Minister of Culture Frederic Mitterrand, Takashi Murakami, Jean-Jacques Aillagon, attend Japanese artist Takashi Murakami's exhibtion's opening party at Versailles Palace, near Paris, on September 12, 2010.

Qatar named world's biggest contemporary art buyer
The Art Newspaper - July 7th, 2011 14:48

The oil-rich nation of Qatar has emerged as the world's biggest buyer of modern and contemporary art, according to a report in The Art Newspaper. Among the recent major art deals...

Family fights U.S. Treasury over rare 'Double Eagle' coins
USA Today - July 7th, 2011 16:54

A Philadelphia family began a court battle on Thursday with the U.S. Treasury over ownership of 10 'double eagle' gold coins from 1933. They claim the cache of coins---perhaps worth $80 million---is rightfully theirs...

Sri Padmanabhaswamy temple in South India.

Indian court orders curator for Hindu temple treasures
Voice of America - July 7th, 2011 17:23

A treasure with an estimated value of more than $20 billion that was discovered in the vaults of a Hindu temple last week will have a court-ordered curator. The immense trove of diamonds, emeralds, gold and silver coins, and figurines...

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	The New York Antique Jewelry & Watch Show Celebrates its 5th Anniversary with New Exhibitors Release Date: 07 July 2011 US Antique Shows, a major producer of antique shows in North America, has announced that The New York Antique Jewelry & Watch Show will be returning to the Metropolitan Pavilion on July 22-25, 2011. The New York Antique Jewelry & Watch Show is one of the most well attended shows by both ... Read more

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