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Police are investigating a multi-million dollar art heist in Santa Monica, Calif.

Multi-Million Dollar Art Heist at Fund Manager's California Home
Los Angeles Times - September 20th, 2012 21:26

Thieves broke into the Santa Monica residence of bond manager Jeffrey Gundlach this week stealing a $10-million trove of art and valuables. Among the missing are works by...

A $25 million suit was filed over the authenticity of a purported Mark Rothko painting sold by the former Knoedler Gallery.

Fashion Exec Sues Former Knoedler Gallery Chairman
Bloomberg - September 20th, 2012 22:13

Domenico De Sole, chairman of Tom Ford International, and his wife Eleanore, have sued Michael Hammer, chairman of the defunct Knoedler Gallery, over a fake Mark Rothko. One of four pending suits against the gallery and its former staff, the De Soles amended their complaint...

Tigers (detail), 1779. By Maruyama Okyo (Japanese, 1733-1795). One of a pair of hanging scrolls; ink and light colors on paper. Larry Ellison Collection.

Oracle CEO Larry Ellison Loans Japanese Art to San Francisco's Asian Art Museum
Release Date: 21 September 2012
Next summer, as the America’s Cup Challenger Series takes to San Francisco Bay, the Asian Art Museum will feature an exhibition of Japanese art from the rarely seen collection of Larry Ellison, Oracle CEO and owner of ORACLE TEAM USA, defender of the 2013 America’s Cup. In the Moment: ...

UTAGAWA Kunisada II, 1857 Murasaki Shikibu's Genji Playing Cards: Ch. 39, Yugiri Ink on paper 13 in. x 9 1/4 in. Scripps College, Claremont, CA, Gift of Mrs. Frederick S. Bailey

GENJI’S WORLD IN JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINTS
Release Date: 20 September 2012
Claremont, CA (September 2012)–Since its eleventh century composition, The Tale of Genji has inspired everything from paintings, to kabuki plays, to anime. Now, the Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery presents a comprehensive look at the woodblock prints influenced by this epic tale. Viewers ...

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	PREVIOUSLY UNKNOWN AND UNPUBLISHED EDWARD HOPPER Release Date: 20 September 2012 EDWARD HOPPER Am. 1882 – 1967 Tredwell's Folly, Monhegan Oil on board 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm) Property of Ruthie Tredwell, Hampton, New Hampshire Provenance The artist To Alonzo Slote Tredwell, the artist's doctor on Monhegan Island By descent in the ... Read more

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