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ARTFIXdaily News Feed - Thursday, September 29, 2011

Some of the 300 paintings found in a Polish bricklayer's garden outbuilding.

Polish Outbuilding Yields 300 Paintings Worth Millions
Telegraph - September 28th, 2011 16:37

Police have discovered 300 paintings in a garden outbuilding owned by a 92-year-old former bricklayer in Poland. Primarily consisting of Renaissance and German baroque paintings, the collection was presumably stored since World War II...

"Red Picture with Horses," which sold as a Heinrich Campendonk at a Cologne auction for €2.9 million ($3.7 million), was later tested scientifically and determined to be a fake by Beltracci.

German Artist Tells Court His Forgeries Were "Too Good"
ArtfixDaily Staff - September 28th, 2011 23:30

In Germany's biggest art forgery trial, the artist accused of faking millions of euros worth of expressionist paintings has told the court that he enjoyed fooling the art market. Wolfgang Beltracchi, 60, said, "I really enjoyed doing it. You have to know how the art market functions and where the greediness is greatest."

Edward Steichen (American, born Luxembourg, 1879–1973) Untitled (New York), not dated Photogravure, 30 ¾ x 36 ½ in. Gift of Raymond W. Merritt, 99.365

"New York, New York! The 20th Century" and "Storied City: New York in Picture Book Art" Open at the Katonah Museum of Art October 2
Release Date: 28 September 2011
Empire City, Gotham, The Big Apple — whatever you call it, there’s no doubt that New York City has impacted millions of hearts, minds, and imaginations throughout history. This fall, the Katonah Museum of Art shows works of art inspired by New York City in New York, New York! The ...

Willem I van de Velde, Englische Kriegsschiffe. Grisaille on canvas, 1680s. 56,2 x 63,5 cm (22.1 x 25 in) Estimate: € 70.000-90.000

Rare Painting by Willem I van de Velde on the German Auction Market for the First Time
Release Date: 28 September 2011
With Willem I van de Velde’s grisaille-work ”Englische Kriegsschiffe“ (English Warships) a masterpiece of marine painting will be called up at Ketterer Kunst in Munich on 27 October. "This means that a painting by the presumably most renowned 17th century marine painter will be offered on ...

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	Art in the Adobes: Hidden Treasures from Old Monterey September 30 - October 2, 2011 A new cultural festival in California Monterey, California Read more

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	ANDREW BUTTERFIELD FINE ARTS AND MORETTI FINE ART PRESENT MASTERPIECES OF ITALIAN RENAISSANCE AND BAROQUE SCULPTURE Release Date: 28 September 2011 In their third collaborative exhibition, Andrew Butterfield of Andrew Butterfield Fine Arts and Fabrizio Moretti of Moretti Fine Art, will stage Masterpieces of Italian Renaissance and Baroque Sculpture on Thursday, October 20 through Friday, November 11, 2011, at Moretti Fine Art, 24 East 80th ... Read more

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