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London dealer Mallett plans 2010 art fair
London Evening Standard - November 5th, 2009 16:57

Bond Street antique and art dealer Mallett, also of New York, announced yesterday plans for a new art fair in Chelsea Barracks next June. "Masterpiece London" will also include wine, classic cars and jewellery. The dealer is investing up to £100,000 in the fair as part of a consortium. Even following the recession-induced demise of its rival, Partridge Fine Art, and the closure of Grosvenor House Art & Antiques Fair, Mallett said the market is "improving ...

New bidders, high competition drive up prices at Sotheby's
New York Times - November 5th, 2009 17:09

Following the tepid Christie's sale on Tues., Sotheby's sold a surprisingly strong $181.7 million worth of art, well above its high $163 million estimate for 66 works offered; 10 failed to sell. The strength of the evening lay in the material: Publisher S.I. Newhouse's Giacometti brought $19.3 million; the late Arthur M. Sackler's 1932 Kandinsky fetched $10.6 million; and a colorful Fauve seascape by Derain brought a record setting $14 million. Picassos also took some spirited ...

Stolen painting creates buzz at National Gallery Ireland
Irish Indepedent - November 5th, 2009 17:41

A famous Irish painting whose location remained a mystery for 17 years after it was stolen in an audacious art heist was unveiled to the public on Wed. Jack Yeats' (brother of the poet William Butler Yeats) 1915 painting 'Bachelor's Walk, In Memory' was brazenly taken from Dunsany Castle, a private home. The painting turned up in a Sotheby's catalog in 2007. The National Gallery of Ireland is now displaying the work...

White House rejects bold abstraction
New York Times - November 5th, 2009 17:33

ARTnews has reported that the White House has quietly de-listed a painting by Alma W. Thomas that it chose last month, among some 45 pieces borrowed from several Washington museums, to decorate the private White House residence and the West and East Wings. “Watusi (Hard Edge),” from 1963, didn't work in the first lady's office and was returned to the Hirshhorn Museum. A second Thomas work remains on the list.

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	April Gornik To Speak at ArtTalks—AFA’s Lecture Series Release Date: 04 November 2009 The American Federation of Arts (AFA) is pleased to announce artist April Gornik as the next featured speaker in its 2009/10 ArtTalks series. Following the lecture, audience members are invited to participate in a question-and-answer session and a wine reception hosted by Christie’s. ... Read more

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