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ARTFIXdaily News Feed - Monday, July 18, 2011

"Picking Cotton," by Winfred Rembert, 2005, dye on carved and tooled leather. 30" x 44 3/4".

Tillou Gallery presents the art of Winfred Rembert
Huffington Post - July 18th, 2011 02:13

Winfred Rembert (b. 1945), whose work is currently exhibited at the Tillou Gallery in Litchfield, Connecticut, learned the craft of leather tooling while serving on a chain gang in a Georgia prison.

The "Darmstadt Madonna" by Holbein the Younger.

German billionaire pays $70 million for Holbein Madonna
Bloomberg - July 17th, 2011 22:56

Reinhold Wuerth beat out Frankfurt's Staedel Museum to acquire an important Holbein painting from the collection of an aristocratic family. The German billionaire industrialist paid more than 50 million euros, the highest amount ever...

Picasso's 'Sculpteur et Deux Tetes', thought to be worth $39,000, was recovered from Mark Lugo's apartment.

Picasso thief's apartment yields more stolen art
Mail online - July 18th, 2011 01:23

A police search of the Hoboken, New Jersey, apartment of accused Picasso thief Mark Lugo has turned up other missing artworks. The raid recovered 11 stolen pieces in total, worth more than $500,000, mainly from Manhattan galleries and hotels.

Antiques Striped Dimaond and Mini Bowties Runner from Laura Fisher's FISHER HERITAGE.

WALKING DOWN THE AISLE? DO IT ON AN ANTIQUE RUNNER!
Release Date: 14 July 2011
When that groom and groom, or bride and bride, or even (gasp!) that bride and groom walk down the aisle in New York State from July 24 on, make their event even more memorable by covering the aisle with an antique hooked rug or rag carpet runner. It will be something the couple can use in ...

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