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ARTFIXdaily News Feed - Monday, October 12, 2009

Hike Like an Artist: The Hudson River School Art Trail
New York Times - October 11th, 2009 21:51

Thomas Cole, founder of the Hudson River School, made his first sketching trip in the Catskills in the 1820s. The paintings that followed created a sensation in the New York art world, and a host of other painters soon followed Cole. Their influential paintings include scenic views of the natural wilderness from Sunset Rock, one of the sites on the Hudson River School Art Trail, a route that can be followed, with the help of a brochure, to inspiring sites enjoyed by America's great early ...

Vanished Van Gogh?: Calif. art heist gets more bizarre
Boston Herald - October 11th, 2009 21:43

The weird case of two former Bostonians who claim they were robbed of priceless art in California took an even stranger turn last week when the pair offered up a tale about how they handled an "unknown Van Gogh." The men said they were given the painting by a Van Gogh family member and that no one outside the artist’s family knew of its existence before it was stolen. The mens' Web site asserts that the painting was “Sold!” for $1.5 million in 2004.

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	State of the Art J.C. Carlson Brooke Astor's Favorite Painting at Heart of Trial UPDATE (Oct. 8, 2009) - Jurors convicted Anthony Marshall, Brooke Astor's son, of 14 criminal counts, including fraud and grand larceny. He was found not guilty on charges of larceny, relating to the sale of his mother's Childe Hassam painting, and falsifying business records. The ... Read more

Charles Burchfield: A master of American Modernist watercolor
LA Times Arts - October 11th, 2009 07:00

LOS ANGELES - An exhibition at the UCLA Hammer Museum includes works from Charles Burchfield's beginnings as a wallpaper designer, his solo exhibition at the just-opened Museum of Modern Art in Manhattan and more. Arguably, watercolor was the most important medium sustained by American painters struggling with the new demands and untried possibilities of Modernism in the first half of the 20th century.

Louvre director Henri Loyrette goofing around with Tsai Ming-liang

Low Food, High Art: Big Macs To Join Mona Lisa At the Louvre
NPR 1 - October 9th, 2009 19:00

PARIS - Plans to open a McDonald's franchise in the forecourt of Paris' Louvre art museum have met with sharp criticism from the French art community, which decries the mixing of low food with high art. Museum officials say the quality McCafe will represent American cuisine at the food court.

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	Surf's Up at Bonhams & Butterfields, Exceptional Collection of Surfing History and Memorabilia on the Auction Block Release Date: 09 October 2009 Fine arts auctioneer Bonhams & Butterfields is pleased to offer Fine Books & Manuscripts auction on October 19, 2009. Included within the 525-lot sale is an amazing selection of surfing history and artifacts from the Collection of Mark Blackburn, Honolulu, Hawaii. The ... Read more

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