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Chris Burden, Curved Bridge, 2003. Courtesy Galerie Krinzinger, Vienna

Basel Boasts $2 Billion in Art for Sale
Businessweek - June 10th, 2012 22:43

In Switzerland, nearly $2 billion worth of art from 300 top-tier international galleries is up for sale this week. Richter, Calder, Twombly and Hirst are among the big-names with big price tags lining booths at Art Basel, the world's biggest and oldest modern and contemporary art fair. Among the highlights is...

Robert Rauschenberg's "Global Loft (Spread)," from 1979. Solvent transfer on fabric and paper collage to wooden panels with acrylic paint, three metal brushes. (The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens. Â© The Estate of Robert Rauschenberg/Licensed by VAGA, New York. Photograph by Robert McKeever.

Huntington Adds Rauschenberg to Collection

The Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens near Pasadena, Calif., long known for its collection of nineteenth-century English portraits, has made a foray into the post-war era by purchasing a work by Robert Rauschenberg.

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	Initial Exhibitor Roster Announced For The Ellis Boston Antiques Show Slated For October 18-21, 2012 at The Cyclorama Release Date: 08 June 2012 Having relaunched The Ellis Boston Antiques Show in 2011, the show's producers, Tony Fusco and Robert Four, are pleased to announce the second annual show will take place on October 18-21, 2012 at The Cyclorama at the Boston Center for The Arts. The show will feature 40 exhibitors of the ... Read more

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