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ARTFIXdaily News Feed - Thursday, October 14, 2010

Frieze Art Fair 2010 in London's Regents Park.

$5.6 million Hirst, other sales warm up Frieze
ArtfixDaily Staff - October 14th, 2010 02:29

London's Frieze Art Fair started off on a high note with a number of swift sales. The VIP preview opening on Oct. 13, featuring $375 million worth of art by contemporary artists, attracted high-profile collectors from hedge-fund manager Steven Cohen to Greece's Dakis Joannou, among others, reports artinfo. One early purchase was Damien Hirst's 2006 work, “The True Artist Helps the World by Revealing Mystic Truths,” with 400 fish specimens in three formaldehyde-filled ...

Woman Plaiting Her Hair, 1906, by Pablo Picasso. The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Florene May Schoenborn Bequest. © The Museum of Modern Art / Licensed by SCALA / Art Resource. © 2010 Estate of Pablo Picasso / ARS, New Yor

Huge Audiences and Critical Acclaim Fuel Banner Season for Clark Museum

Significant critical acclaim and widespread audience interest in its two exhibitions, Picasso Looks at Degas and Juan Muñoz, propelled attendance at the Sterling and ...

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