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Spalding claims the penny will soon drop that "con art" has no place in top galleries.
27 March '12
www.independent.co.uk
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Of the adjectives often used to describe the art market — complex, unregulated and opaque — the last has always been truest. Glimpses into negotiations between high-end galleries and collectors are rare.
27 March '12
www.nytimes.com
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Art Dubai, the Middle East’s largest art fair, has this year attracted record numbers of visitors, as the Arab spring, combined with an increasingly mature regional art market, has intensified interest in Arab artists, writes Tom Gara in Abu Dhabi.
26 March '12
bernardevans.co.uk
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After a few months of “will he or won’t he” speculation, James Murdoch informed Sotheby’s that he won’t be seeking re-election to the board of the auction house.
26 March '12
www.artinfo.com
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The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art announced today the acquisition of Edward Hopper's Intermission (1963), among the artist's largest and most ambitious paintings, and one of the last significant Hopperworks remaining in private hands. Intermission was acquired from Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco, in part through gifts from the Fisher and Schwab families, and will immediately go on view to the public.
26 March '12
www.artdaily.com
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For over thirty years, the New York Times Magazine has presented the myriad possibilities and applications of photography. The New York Times Magazine Photographs is an exhibition that reflects upon and interrogates the very nature of both photography and print magazines at this pivotal moment in their history and evolution.
26 March '12
www.artdaily.com
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The Brixton house where the artist lived as a young man is all the better for being in need of modernisation.
25 March '12
www.guardian.co.uk
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This year TEFAF is celebrating its 25th anniversary and dealers at TEFAF pulled out all the stops to put on a magnificent display of works of art.
25 March '12
www.tefaf.com
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The Economist reports that the Damien Hirst show, opening April 4 at the Tate Modern, “was meant to travel to the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) in Los Angeles, but it has been put on indefinite hold because the show is so expensive.”
25 March '12
blogs.artinfo.com
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Britain’s widely criticised points-based immigration visa rule to be relaxed, allowing foreign artists to stay for a month if officially invited.
25 March '12
www.theartnewspaper.com
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Ahead of a Tate retrospective, Colin Gleadell sees how the maverick artist Damien Hirst has fought to ensure that he, rather than future buyers, makes the most money from his work.
23 March '12
www.telegraph.co.uk
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Richard Mayfield has been named photographer of the year by the British Institute of Professional Photography (BIPP), it has been announced.
23 March '12
www.bbc.co.uk
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Could a lost fresco by Leonardo da Vinci have remained hidden behind another wall painting in Florence for more than 450 years? It’s a tantalizing idea, and one that Maurizio Seracini has been pursuing since the 1970s.
23 March '12
www.artinfo.com
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Escher worked his magic in Rio, McQueen reigned supreme in New York, but Tokyo hit by after-effects of earthquake in our annual worldwide survey.
23 March '12
www.theartnewspaper.com
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A legal case brought against Sotheby’s by a major Greek collector could be the tip of the iceberg.
22 March '12
www.theartnewspaper.com
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The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, announced the gift of 200 photographs by the pioneering French documentary photographer Eugène Atget (1857 – 1927), donated by Pamela and George Rohr, New York, and by an anonymous donor, New York.
22 March '12
www.artdaily.org
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To discover one new painting by Van Gogh is exciting enough. To discover two in one is extraordinary. The finds were announced today.
21 March '12
www.independent.co.uk
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Walking around the Armory Show two weeks ago, visitors were likely much more concerned with the price of the artworks than the price of the booths in which they were displayed.
21 March '12
www.artinfo.com
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The Armory Show, New York’s announced the results of the fourteenth edition, held from March 8th to 11th 2012.
19 March '12
www.fadwebsite.com
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A crowd of well-heeled art consultants and collectors quickly poured into the lush, tulip-filled aisles of TEFAF, the European Fine Art Fair in Maastricht, on its second of 11 days.
19 March '12
www.artinfo.com
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China has overtaken the United States as the world’s biggest market for art and antiques ending decades of American domination.
18 March '12
www.tefaf.com
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Tefaf is the main sponsor of the newly renovated city museum, which is hosting the anniversary show.
17 March '12
www.theartnewspaper.com
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An iconic portrait of Elvis Presley by pop artist Andy Warhol is poised to fetch as much as $50 million (£32 million) when it hits the auction block in May, Sotheby's said on Thursday.
17 March '12
www.telegraph.co.uk
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China has overtaken the U.K. to become the world’s second-largest art market after the U.S., according to research published today.
17 March '12
www.bloomberg.com
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A Jewish man has won his fight against a German museum for the return of thousands of rare posters stolen from his father by the Nazis in 1938.
17 March '12
www.volkskrant.nl
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The European Fine Art Fair, better known as TEFAF, opened just hours ago and it’s already off to a good start.
16 March '12
www.artinfo.com
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The J. Paul Getty Museum announced today the acquisition of The Italian Comedians (ca. 1720) by Jean-Antoine Watteau (French, 1684–1721). The large oil painting was painted at the height of Watteau’s fame, shortly before his early death at age 36.
16 March '12
www.artdaily.com
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On March 13th Alex Prager (b. 1979, USA) was chosen as the winner of the Foam Paul Huf Award 2012 by an international jury.
15 March '12
www.artdaily.org
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The art world is up in arms over what has been called a 'serious misrepresentation' of Leonardo da Vinci's most famous painting, after claims its restorer dared to stray from the original.
15 March '12
www.dailymail.co.uk
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It is the 150th anniversary of Gustav Klimt’s birthday that offers the Albertina the occasion to pay tribute to the phenomenal draftsman. The Albertina is in possession of 170 of the artist’s most important drawings, among them sheets from all phases of his production.
14 March '12
www.artdaily.com
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