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ARTFIXdaily News Feed - Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Art of the Adobes Reveals Hidden Treasures of Old Monterey

Dark Barn or Barn at Night, by Charles Rollo Peters (1862-1928), oil on canvas, City of Monterey Charles Rollo Peters III Collection.

“Art in the Adobes,” a new annual art festival in Monterey, California, offers visitors a rare opportunity to experience historic paintings and sculpture, dating from the late 19th to early 20th century, installed for one weekend in old adobes of the Spanish colonial era. The inaugural event titled “Hidden Treasures of Old Monterey,” held from September 30 to October 2, 2011, provided a rewarding glimpse of just under 100 artworks normally held out of public view, culled from the vast collections of the City of Monterey, California State Parks, and the Monterey History & Art ...

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Highly important mid 18c. POWDERHAM CASTLE LIBRARY TABLE by Otho Channon. Carved Mahogany gadrooned edge and Greek key pattern, 2 drawers at RONALD PHILLIPS. 28.25x88.24x 51.25.

Ronald Phllips Bringing Extraordinary Examples 17th to 19th Century English Furniture to the International Fine Art & Antiques Dealers Show in New York
Release Date: 10 October 2011
“We have been incredibly fortunate this year to acquire several truly rare and important English masterpieces to offer at this year’s International Show - allowing our American clients their first opportunity to see many of these very special pieces.” - Simon Phillips. RONALD PHILLIPS ...

Unknown Netherlandish Master. “Portrait of a Lady,” about 1525, oil on panel. Samuel H. Kress Collection, 1961.

Rediscover one of the Lehigh Valley’s Greatest Treasures with the Re-Opening of the Allentown Art Museum, October 16
Release Date: 05 October 2011
The Allentown Art Museum of Pennsylvania's Lehigh Valley is preparing to reopen its doors to the public on October 16, 2011 after being closed for almost a year to undergo a major renovation and expansion. “The excitement is building.” said President and CEO, Brooks Joyner. “Our staff ...

Ahmad Moualla, Tribute to Mahmoud Darwish, 2011, Mixed media on canvas, 440 x 400 cm

Syrian painter Ahmad Moualla opens seminal exhibition in Dubai with a tribute to late Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish
Release Date: 04 October 2011
Syrian painter Ahmad Moualla has debuted his most recent body of work at an exhibition held at Green Art Gallery. Entitled “Grey Ash” this exhibition references an earlier body of work created by Moualla in 1997 and which was dedicated to the late Syrian playwright Saadallah Wannous, who ...

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	Sales Total Over $450,000 at Cowan's October 8 Fall Fine and Decorative Art Auction Release Date: 08 October 2011 Cowan's October 8th Fall Fine and Decorative Art Auction was a strong sale with 929 bidders from fifteen countries competing for lots over the phone, on the floor, and online. The 418-lot sale, held at Cowan's salesroom, offered fine and decorative art items from the 18th to the 20th centuries. ... Read more

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