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ARTFIXdaily News Feed - Friday, September 18, 2009
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 | 'Sargent and the Sea': WaPo critic reviews the 'pioneering' Corcoran show
Washington Post - September 17th, 2009 18:20
Washington, D.C. - By the end of 1879, John Singer Sargent, one of the greatest of American painters, was all wet, washed-up. I don't mean his career had tanked. He was only 23 years old, and had just begun to find critical success. Rather, most of Sargent's first pictures were not his famous portraits, but scenes built around water. Those early pictures are the subject of a pioneering show called "Sargent and the Sea," which just launched at the Corcoran Gallery of Art.Read more | |
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 | Currier & Ives for a Cause: Housing Works to host ‘Early American Prints’ charity auction
WorthPoint - September 17th, 2009 12:00
NEW YORK – Housing Works Auctions announced today that on Wednesday, Oct. 7, it will host “Early American Prints,” a live charity auction to benefit the AIDS service organization. More than 60 fine prints from 19th-century America, including dozens by legendary engravers Currier & Ives, will be offered. Longtime Housing Works volunteer and celebrity appraiser Kathleen Guzman will serve as auctioneer.Read more | |
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 | Big Names, Small Budget: Funding-strapped Tate annnounces major Gauguin, Picasso shows
Guardian - September 17th, 2009 13:45
LONDON - Tate reveals an exciting lineup of blockbuster exhibitions for the coming year although funding is yet to be fully secured for its ambitious redevelopment plans. The schedule includes the first major Gauguin exhibition in London for half a century, assembling over 100 works next autumn, from Tahiti paintings to ceramics, at the Tate Modern. Tate Liverpool will stage a large-scale Picasso show in May...
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 | Book Review: 'I Sold Andy Warhol (Too Soon)'
Wall Street Journal - September 17th, 2009 18:12
In "I Sold Andy Warhol (Too Soon)," Richard Polsky weaves his personal story into the story of a business culture that has grown more venal and volatile in recent years. He paints art dealers as an entertainingly infantile, manipulative bunch. "The nature of the art business is that it's filled with pettiness and jealousy," Polsky writes. "That's because anyone can become an art dealer . . . so everyone is insecure about their accomplishments...".Read more | |
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 | The Hague: Cezanne – Picasso – Mondriaan exhibition
Release Date: 17 September 2009
For the first time since 1956, the works of Cézanne, Picasso and Mondriaan are on display in a Dutch museum. The Gemeentemuseum in The Hague devotes this unique exhibition to the father of modern art, Paul Cézanne. Although Cézanne (1839-1906) is regarded as an ...Read more | |
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