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	White Cube Jumps on the Bandwagon to China, Opening a Outpost in Hong Kong HONG KONG - White Cube will be the latest major western gallery to open a branch in China, according to the Financial Times. Its new Hong Kong outpost will open early next year, hot on the heels of Larry Gagosian's successful gallery launch in the former British colony last January. 25 July '11
	Exhibition Looks at the Connections in Photography between Africa, Color, and Color Photography. NEW YORK, NY - “Africolor” - the exhibition - looks at the connections in photography between Africa, color, and color photography. While Africa as a subject has attracted and inspired photographers since the invention of photography, because of the obvious financial and technical issues involved – photographing Africa in the 19th century was largely a European endeavor. By the middle of the 20th century, however, photography both as a business and a means of artistic expression was beginning to flourish across the African continent. 25 July '11
	Egypt's Iconic Antiquities Chief, Zahi Hawass, Fired; Replaced by Professor in Restoration CAIRO (AP).- Egypt's antiquities minister, whose trademark Indiana Jones hat made him one the country's best known figures around the world, was fired Sunday after months of pressure from critics who attacked his credibility and accused him of having been too close to the regime of ousted President Hosni Mubarak. 25 July '11 www.artdaily.com
	Major Collection of Frederick Kiesler Drawings and Sculptures Donated to Philadelphia Museum PHILADELPHIA, PA - A major collection of 31 drawings and two sculptures by the architect, artist, designer, poet, and philosopher Frederick Kiesler (American, born Austria-Prussia 1890–1965) has been donated to the Museum by Ronnie L. and John E. Shore, of Cincinnati, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Shore were inspired to make this gift by the close connection of Kiesler to Marcel Duchamp (American, born France, 1887-1968), whose work is so well represented in the collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. 25 July '11 www.artdaily.com
	Buyers Lose Their Taste for 18th-Century Art and Furniture LONDON - The curtain is slowly coming down on the lifestyle of the old Western world establishment, and the impact on the art market is spectacular. 24 July '11
	Artfinder: new app recognises paintings The first Artfinder app, which is being released in partnership with the Dulwich Art Gallery, will be available in the Apple’s App Store from Monday, and will allow users to take a picture of any painting in the current exhibition and find out more information about it. 23 July '11
	Is the $25 Million Estimate for the Restituted Klimt Heading to Sotheby's Too Low? NEW YORK - Almost a full lifetime after it was stolen, 81-year-old Georges Jorisch of Montreal finally got his Klimt back. 23 July '11
	Metropolitan Museum Announces Highest Attendance in 40 Years: 5.68 Million NEW YORK - The Metropolitan Museum of Art announced that 5.68 million people visited the Met during the fiscal year that ended on June 30. 23 July '11
	Philadelphia Museum Acquires Major Works by Monet, Pissarro, Sisley, and Cassatt PHILADELPHIA, PA - The Philadelphia Museum of Art has acquired three important French Impressionist paintings by Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro, and Alfred Sisley, and a pastel by Mary Cassatt, the Pennsylvania native and American expatriate who became famously associated with Paris during the late 19th century. 23 July '11 www.artdaily.com
	Great Olmeca Treasures on View at the National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City MEXICO CITY - After the success at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and de Young Museum in San Francisco, in the United States, where nearly 600,000 persons visited it, the exhibition Colossal Masterworks from Olmeca World is now open at the National Museum of Anthropology (MNA), where visitors may admire two original colossal heads that weigh more than 4 tons each. 23 July '11 www.artdaily.com
	Lucian Freud, Painter of Radical Realism, Dies at 88 Lucian Freud, one of the most revered and respected contemporary painters, passed away on Wednesday night at his home in London, according to a statement from his dealer William Acquavella. He was 88. 22 July '11
	Christie's Claims a Record $3.2 Billion First Half, With a Pop From Warhol Economic woes around the world have not dampened fervor for world-class art. Despite sluggish economic growth in the U.S. and an incipient economic crisis in the E.U., art sales continue to climb upward, equaling and at times surpassing numbers from the salad days of 2006 and 2007. 21 July '11
	Does the Holbein Madonna Sale Prove That Museums Can't Compete With the Wealthy for Old Masters? When German industrialist Reinhold Würth purchased Hans Holbein the Younger's "The Madonna with the Family of Mayor Meyer" last week for an undisclosed sum known to be over €50 million ($70.3 million), it was a loss for Frankfurt's Städel Museum. 20 July '11
	First International Art Fair Dedicated to Old Master Paintings to be Launched in Paris PARIS - The first international art fair dedicated to Old Master paintings, will open to the public from Friday 4 to Tuesday 8 November 2011 at the renowned Palais de la Bourse, the former stock exchange located in the heart of the Paris art scene. 20 July '11
	Holbein Madonna Sells for at Least $70 Million to Wuerth Reinhold Wuerth, a German billionaire who turned a family-owned screw wholesaler into a global company, paid more than $70 million to buy a Holbein painting, beating a bid from the Staedel Museum in Frankfurt. 18 July '11
	Europe's Droit De Suite Dilemma: Threat to the Art Boom or Tempest in a Teapot? Despite record sales in London over the last month, many in Britain are worried that the golden era may soon be over. 18 July '11
	Cheque payments win a reprieve The threat to the art and antiques industry posed by the proposed ending of cheques has been lifted after it was announced that the banking industry will not scrap them after all. 18 July '11
	6 Insights Into the Skyrocketing Chinese Art Market From Sotheby's Expert Nicolas Chow BEIJING - Nicolas Chow, Sotheby's international head of Chinese ceramics and works of Art, is living through the best of times. 18 July '11
	SLAD survey confirms fears over Resale Right extension The Society of London Art Dealers (SLAD) have reinforced the claim by the British Antique Dealers Association that the extension of the Artist’s Resale Right next year will have a significant effect on business. 18 July '11
	Two Poussin Paintings Vandalized in London Around 5 p.m. on Sunday a man with a can of red spray paint vandalized two 17th-century paintings by Nicolas Poussin that were on view at the National Gallery in London, according to The Observer. 18 July '11
	Sotheby's to Offer a Masterpiece by Gustav Klimt from the Collection of the Late Viktor and Paula Zuckerkandl NEW YORK. NY- Sotheby’s announced that its Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale on 2 November 2011 in New York will be led by one of the most accomplished and celebrated landscapes created by Gustav Klimt. 16 July '11
	Police say Picasso Theft was Part of Luxury Spree at New York Galleries and Hotels SAN FRANCISCO - A string of art heists at New York galleries and hotels went unsolved until an arrest in the theft of a Picasso drawing in San Francisco led authorities to a treasure trove inside a nondescript New Jersey apartment. 16 July '11
	Outstanding Masterworks by Major Pop Art Artists on Sale at Artnet Auctions NEW YORK, NY.- Artnet Auctions presents “Masterworks by Pop Artists,” a selection of important Pop paintings, prints, and sculptures by Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Mel Ramos, Tom Wesselmann, Robert Rauschenberg, and other top Pop artists. 16 July '11
	Banksy's Gorilla in a Pink Mask is painted over On the face of it, it was understandable that Saeed Ahmed should want to paint over the scruffy side wall of his new Muslim cultural centre in Bristol. Quite apart from the stained ventilation unit, it was covered in graffiti. 15 July '11
	Berlin's University of Arts Says Recently Freed Artist Ai Weiwei Accepts Job Offer BERLIN - A German university says recently released Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has accepted an offer to join the Berlin institution as a visiting lecturer. 13 July '11
	Legal Victory by the Fundació Salvador Dalí in the Defense of the Artist's Resale Rights PARIS - The Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí announced that the High Court of Paris has upheld the claims of the Fundació Dalí and acknowledges that the Spanish State is the sole holder of the resale right on the works of Salvador Dalí. 13 July '11
	In awe of Twombly The Tate curator who organised the current exhibition “Twombly and Poussin: Arcadian Painters” looks back on the artist’s life and work 13 July '11
	Spooky New $200 Million Da Vinci Now Said to Be Off the Market Despite previous accounts of a $200 million asking price, a recently authenticated Leonardo da Vinci painting, which depicts Christ holding a crystal globe in one hand and giving a blessing with the other, is now said to be off the market. 12 July '11
	Man Held in Picasso Painting Theft at San Francisco Art Gallery to Plead Not Guilty SAN FRANCISCO - The attorney for a New Jersey man accused of snatching a Picasso drawing off the wall of a San Francisco art gallery says his client will plead not guilty. 12 July '11
	New Museum to Present First New York Survey of Works by Carsten Holler NEW YORK - This autumn, the New Museum will present the first New York survey exhibition of the work of the artist Carsten Höller (b. 1961, Brussels, lives and works Stockholm). 12 July '11