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ARTFIXdaily News Feed - Friday, July 17, 2009

O'Keeffe Museum loses court appeal
AP - July 16th, 2009 16:51

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Georgia O'Keeffe Museum may represent the painter's estate but has no right to an art collection she donated to Fisk University, Tennessee's Court of Appeals has ruled.

In the ruling filed Tuesday, the court said any right O'Keeffe had to most of the ...Read more

Scharf Bronze Could Sizzle at Summer Auction
Auction Central News - July 16th, 2009 16:58

NEW YORK - The dog days of summer aren't considered the peak season for selling art, but they have not kept Ro Gallery from assembling a noteworthy list of works for their Summer Sale of Modern and Contemporary Art on July 23. Of note, Kenny Scharf's "Yinyang Noseblock" bronze (estimate: ...Read more

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	The Art-Tickle ArtfixDaily Staff Estate of the Week: Dream House for Modern Art Collectors After media mogul Oprah Winfrey paid an astonishing $52 million in 2001 for an estate that caught ...Read more

Dealer who sold antiquities to Getty loses looting appeal
LA Times Arts - July 15th, 2009 20:35

LOS ANGELES - Giacomo Medici, who Italian authorities say was a key conduit for looted ancient art that landed in museums, such as the Getty and New York's Met, still faces prison and a $14-million fine after his 2004 conviction was ...Read more

NY gallery resumes sale of Warhol's Jackson
Boston Globe 2 - July 16th, 2009 14:41

After a slew of publicity generated by the auction's delay, an Andy Warhol portrait of Michael Jackson is back on the block at an East Hampton, New York, art gallery. The work comes from a private collection.

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	Faces & Flowers: Painting on Lenox China Release Date: 16 July 2009 Faces & Flowers: Painting on Lenox China, at the Mint Museum of Art, Sat, Aug 22, 2009 - Sat, Jan 30, 2010 Lenox china is often referred to as America’s greatest porcelain. The Mint Museum's exhibition features more than 70 objects, including plates, vases and ...Read more

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