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Steven Kasher Gallery is presenting works from National Geographic, Sept. 17-Oct. 17, 2009.

'The World in Black & White': National Geographic offers photographs from its archives
NPR 2 - September 15th, 2009 14:20

Perhaps National Geographic is feeling wistful in its old age: it has recently decided to not only dust off some treasures from its vaults, but also — for the first time — to offer a limited series of photographs and illustrations for purchase. New York's Steven Kasher Gallery is showing the 150 historic images from Sept. 17 to October 17...

Asian Art this Fall: Stellar provenance may buoy Sotheby's sales
Reuters - September 15th, 2009 15:37

Sotheby's kicks off its sales of Chinese and Indian works of art this week in New York confident that despite the worst recession in 70 years prices for Asian art will be buoyant. Works from the collections of the widow of Nelson Rockefeller, Dr. Arthur Sackler, and other prominent collectors will star this week. Sales continue into October with contemporary Asian art in Hong Kong...

View of the Olsen House, part of the Farnsworth Art Museum, and the backdrop for "Christina's World" and other Wyeth paintings. Flickr photo.

Auction Fundraiser: Maine museum's creative campaign to support Wyeth legacy
AP - September 15th, 2009 17:41

Maine's Farnsworth Art Museum has announced a $12 million endowment campaign to sustain the artistic legacy of Andrew Wyeth. The Andrew Wyeth Memorial Endowment campaign will be funded by a Sotheby's auction in New York of museum-quality art works donated by Wyeth family members, artists, collectors and others interested in honoring Wyeth and supporting the museum's mission of celebrating Maine's role in American art. The auction is slated for October 2010.

On View at U.K. Museums: Works from the collector who kissed $160 million profit good-bye
Bloomberg - September 15th, 2009 17:57

Former London art dealer Anthony D’Offay sent shock waves through the art world first in 2002 when he closed his powerhouse gallery and then last year with he sold 725 postwar and contemporary works to the U.K. government at the price he paid for them. He spent 26.5 million pounds for art by Mapplethrope, Koons, and many others, and last year the collection was valued at 125 million pounds; d'Offay thereby gave up an estimated profit of some 100 million pounds ($165 million). His ...

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