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Sotheby’s will offer a painting by the French artist Jean Baptiste Camille Corot in an auction of 19th-century art after a Dutch museum returned the work to the heirs of a Jewish banker persecuted by the Nazis. “Jeune femme a la fontaine” (Young Woman at a Well) is estimated to fetch as much as 1.2 million pounds ($1.8 million) in the June 2 sale, Sotheby’s said in a statement sent by e- mail. Previous owners included a patron of Claude ...
March 12, 2010
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Arts Journal’s Culture Grrl reports that director of the Metropolitan Museum, Thomas Campbell, has appointed Jennifer Russell as one of two associate directors of exhibitions at the museum, joining Carrie Rebora Barratt. Russell, who worked for the Met from 1993 – 1996, is currently the deputy director of exhibitions, collections and programs at MoMA. Russell began her career in 1974 at the Whitney Museum of Art as a curatorial assistant. During her time at the Whitney she fulfilled many roles ...
March 12, 2010
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LOS ANGELES - Warner Bros. is turning Leonardo into an action-adventure hero. No, not DiCaprio, but Da Vinci. The studio has picked up a treatment titled "Leonardo da Vinci and the Soldiers of Forever." Think "National Treasure" and "Raiders of the Lost Ark" by way of "Clash of the Titans."
Da Vinci is best known as the painter behind "Mona Lisa" and "The Last Supper," though he also was an inventor, engineer, architect, mathematician among many other occupations. The project re-imagines ...
March 12, 2010
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Asher Edelman, a former corporate raider who became an art dealer, has been sued by Emigrant Bank for more than $3.1 million after allegedly defaulting on some loans, including one to buy a sculpture by Alberto Giacometti. Edelman said in an interview that he plans to repay amounts owed "very shortly." The case is an unusual twist for the 70-year-old Edelman, who had been a leading figure in the leveraged buyout boom of the 1980s, before turning his focus to ...
March 12, 2010
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$150M Brody Collection Up For Auction
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One of the most vaunted private art collections in Los Angeles, highlighted by a prized Picasso nude and including works by Henri Matisse, Alberto Giacometti, Henry Moore, Georges Braque, Edgar Degas and Edouard Vuillard, is expected to fetch more than ...
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$2.7 Billion Dutch Fair Lures Collectors As Confidence Rises
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A record 263 dealers will offer paintings and other works worth $2.7 billion at the world’s largest art and antiques fair, anticipating the return of the billionaire big-spenders. The 23rd annual edition of the European Fine Art Fair -- Tefaf ...
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Antony Gormley Acquisition At Decordova Sculpture Park
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The DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum has announced its first international acquisition of British artist Antony Gromley’s “Reflection II.” The piece will be installed on March 15 at DeCordova’s Sculpture Park located just outside of Boston in Lincoln, Massachusetts. The ...
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Leibovitz Strikes Deal To Clear Her Debt
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American celebrity photographer Annie Leibovitz has signed a deal with private equity firm Colony Capital LLC in order to clear her large debt and retain rights to her works. Leibovitz, 60, known for her images of celebrities that have appeared ...
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