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ARTFIXdaily News Feed - Thursday, October 13, 2011

Young fans of the Lime Green Icicle Tower (l-r) Jane Caputo, Maisie Fitzpatrick, Audrey Fitzpatrick, and Allison Caputo, donated some of their piggy-bank money to the sculpture acquisition fund at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

Donors Help Chihuly Glass Tower Remain at Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
ArtfixDaily Staff - October 12th, 2011 21:46

Thousands of donations over the course of just three months have helped the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, acquire the 42-foot-tall Lime Green Icicle Tower, by renowned artist Dale Chihuly. Over $1 million was raised...

Jules Breton's (1827-1906) "A Fisherman’s Daughter," 1876, oil on canvas, 100 x 70 cm, will return to Douai, France's Musée de la Chartreuse, on Oct. 13, 2011, after it was stolen by a German solider over 100 years ago.

Stolen Jules Breton Painting Returns to France After a Century
ArtfixDaily Staff - October 12th, 2011 21:46

In a ceremony at the French Embassy in Washington, a Jules Breton painting, which was stolen from the Chartreuse Museum in Douai, France, by a German soldier in 1918, will be repatriated. New York’s Daphne Alazraki Fine Art Gallery assisted...

Classical Antiquities is one popular section of TEFAF Maastricht.

TEFAF MAASTRICHT CELEBRATES ITS SILVER JUBILEE, 25 YEARS IN WHICH IT BECAME THE WORLD’S BEST ART FAIR, MARCH 16 – 25, 2012
Release Date: 12 October 2011
TEFAF Maastricht will celebrate its Silver Jubilee when it opens at the MECC (Maastricht Exhibition and Congress Centre) in the southern Netherlands from March 16 – 25, 2012. In the 25 years since The European Fine Art Fair was founded in 1988 it has established itself as the finest event of ...

An Important Roman Micromosaic Table, By Michelangelo Barberi, Rome, dated 1851

A TREASURE TROVE AT CHRISTIE’S
Release Date: 12 October 2011
New York- Christie’s is pleased to present the Fall sale of 500 Years: Decorative Arts Europe, including Oriental Carpets on October 19-20. With over 550 lots, the sale will feature stunning works of English, French and Continental furniture, ceramics, works of art, tapestries and carpets, all ...

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	Cornelia Thomsen: Stripe Paintings in New York City Release Date: 12 October 2011 A series of immersive, abstract canvases that investigate the presence and presentation of color and form constitute Cornelia Thomsen: Stripe Paintings, an exhibition at Erik Thomsen Gallery from October 14 – November 23, 2011. In working with stripes, Thomsen continues explorations of ... Read more

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