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Modern Rome–Campo Vaccino, Joseph Mallord William Turner (English, 1775–1851), 1839. Oil on canvas, 36 1/8 x 48 1/4 in. (unframed), 48 1/4 x 60 3/8 x 4 3/8 in. (framed). The J. Paul Getty Museum, 2011.6

$45 million Turner goes on display at Getty
Getty Museum blog - March 9th, 2011 19:38

J.M.W. Turner’s Modern Rome—Campo Vaccino was finally placed on view Tuesday at the Getty Museum in Los Angeles after the U.K. failed to raise funds to keep the masterpiece on British soil. The Getty bought the 1839 painting by the British master at a Sotheby's auction last July for a record $45 million. It was consigned by a descendant of the 5th Earl of Rosebery who bought the painting in 1878 while on honeymoon with his wife Hannah Rothschild. An export license was not immediately ...

A Large Namikawa Sosuke Workshop Kidney Shaped Tray est. $12,000/18,000

U. S. Auction Follows Asian Art Market Growth
Release Date: 09 March 2011
Aspire Auctions, based in Cleveland, Ohio, follows Asian art market trending with upcoming cloisonne auction. As Asia finds more ways to accrue wealth, so has it found targets for pleasurable investment. Over the last several years, affluent Asians have spent millions on artifacts from their ...

Michael Eden, Grey Bloom, 2010, made by Additive Layer Manufacturing from a high quality nylon material with unique mineral soft coating, limited edition 1 of 12. 8.5 x 7.5" diameter. Clare Beck at Adrian Sassoon, London.

Contemporary Decorative Design Goes High-Tech at SOFA NEW YORK 2011
Release Date: 09 March 2011
From advanced 3-D prototyping to bullet-proof carbon fiber, one of the most interesting aspects of SOFA NEW YORK, the cutting-edge contemporary decorative design fair, is how many of the artists employ new concepts and technologies in their work. Below are several examples that illustrate how ...

T. Allen Lawson, Spring Maples, May 2007, Negra Lead and graphite on paper, 25.5" x 22"

New Exhibition at the Farnsworth Four in Maine: Drawings
Release Date: 08 March 2011
On Saturday, April 16, the Farnsworth Art Museum in Rockland, Maine, will open a new exhibition entitled Four in Maine: Drawings which will showcase the work of four artists: Mary Barnes, Emily Brown, T. Allen Lawson and John Moore. The third annual exhibition featuring the work of living ...

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