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	Vermeer's Girl with a Pearl Earring heads to Japan despite previous problems at Kobe museum THE HAGUE. The Mauritshuis in The Hague is lending the Girl with a Pearl Earring to a museum in Japan where another Vermeer masterpiece on loan appears to have suffered. After The Art of Painting returned to Vienna’s Kunsthistorisches Museum from Kobe City Museum in 2004, conservators discovered that part of the paint surface had become vulnerable to slight flaking. Environmental conditions in the Kobe gallery during the display were described as “quite problematic”. 24 September '10
	Political Picasso goes on exhibition at Vienna museum VIENNA – More than 200 political works by Pablo Picasso, created after the artist joined the French Communist Party in 1944, will go on exhibition in an Austrian museum from Wednesday. 22 September '10
	Monet exhibition in Paris expected to break all records Art gallery attendance records are expected to be broken by the world's largest Claude Monet retrospective, which is opening on Paris on Wednesday. 21 September '10
	Highly Subjective Highlights from the Guggenheim YouTube Contest In an epic display of ruthless but necessary judgment, the Guggenheim Museum announced that it had winnowed the entries for its “YouTube Play, A Biennial of Creative Video” contest from more than 23,000 online submissions to a mere 125 that have made the short list. 20 September '10
	Sotheby's sets print auction record with Picasso LONDON – A Pablo Picasso print has sold for 1.3 million pounds ($2.0 million), a record for a single print sold at auction, Sotheby's said Friday. 17 September '10
	Mystery Thickens as Missing Corot Painting Is Found by a Doorman NEW YORK – Doormen in Manhattan see a lot, but Franklin Puentes, who has stood sentinel at 995 Fifth Avenue for 30 years, spotted something in the bushes on July 29 that may trump it all — the Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot painting that has been at the heart of the past month’s most madcap mystery ever since it went missing during an ex-con’s suspicious night of drunken revelry. 16 September '10
	ShContemporary Vies for Top-Tier Status After a Lukewarm Closing SHANGHAI – The ShContemporary art fair wrapped up on Sunday with only modest sales, but participant galleries largely satisfied with the outing. However, given the sluggish results expected from the Korea International Art Fair, which concluded yesterday, the message seems to be that the contemporary Asian market as a whole is not heating up as quickly as might have been expected, especially in the wake of the stellar results at May's ART HK in Hong Kong. All eyes now turn to the contemporary and modern auctions, which commence on October 4 in Hong Kong, for a more definitive read on where the market is going. 15 September '10
	Exceptional Works of South Asian Art to Be Auctioned at Sotheby's NEW YORK, NY.- On 16 September 2010 Sotheby’s will offer South Asian Art as one of the Asia week series of auctions. The sale presents 112 works dating from 18th century miniatures to paintings and sculpture from some of the leading names in Indian modern and contemporary art. Among the highlights is Cinq Sens (Five Senses), by MF Husain which was previously in the collection of Roberto Rossellini; it is the leading painting in an exceptional group of 16 works by the artist. The sale also includes a strong group of works by artists from Pakistan such as Sadequain, important paintings by the leading Modern Indian painters such as FN Souza, SH Raza, Akbar Padamsee, and Tyeb Mehta and a number of works by contemporary artists. Overall the auction is expected to fetch $6/8.8 million. 09 September '10
	India's Online Auction Pioneers MUMBAI — The global art community is abuzz with news of the online-only V.I.P. Art Fair in January, for which several major galleries have signed up. But in the world of art auctions, a start-up from India recognized the Web potential of art a decade ago. 08 September '10
	Egypt Cracks Down on Arts Officials After Van Gogh Theft CAIRO – Egyptian authorities have been unable to recover the $50 million van Gogh that was stolen in broad daylight from Cairo's Mahmoud Khalil Museum last month, but they have certainly wasted no time in finding scapegoats for the embarrassing theft. Eleven people in the country's arts establishment, including a senior culture minister and the head of the museum, are now set to be tried in court on charges of negligence in protecting the painting. 07 September '10
	Damien Hirst faces new plagiarism claims Damien Hirst faces new plagiarism allegations after an art magazine published an article accusing the popular artist of producing 15 works "inspired by others". 06 September '10
	Dutch Painter and Cobra Movement Co-Founder Corneille Dies AMSTERDAM - The Dutch painter Corneille, co-founder of the avant-garde Cobra movement, died on Sunday at the age of 88, the Dutch Cobra museum said on Sunday. 05 September '10
	Sistine Chapel Threatened by Too Much Love VATICAN CITY – It appears that the millions of sweat-stained tourists who invade Rome's landmarks every year are a nuisance to more than just the locals — they're even starting to disturb God. At least, that is, the depictions of God on the frescoes of the Sistine Chapel, which showed signs of damage during a routine cleaning this summer. According to Vatican Museums director Antonio Paolucci, the harm has been caused by the 4.5 million people who visit the site each year. 04 September '10
	Old Masters Picture Gallery in Dresden Explores the Young Johannes Vermeer DRESDEN - The oeuvre of the famous painter Johannes Vermeer (1632-1675) of Delft is surprisingly small and only comprises of 36 works. From 3 September to 28 November, 2010 the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister presents in its [exhibition “The Young Vermeer”](http://www.artlistings.net/events/546/the-young-vermeer/) four paintings by the master of Dutch painting of the 17th century. The exhibition will be enriched by significant artworks of other painters of his time. Within the scope of an international museum cooperation, the Gemäldegalerie in Dresden, the Mauritshuis in Den Haag and the National Gallery of Scotland in Edinburgh each present three early works by Vermeer: “Diana and Her Companions”, around 1653/54; “Christ in the House of Martha and Mary”, around 1654/55 as well as “The Procuress”, 1656. The exhibition’s second station, Dresden, is characterized by an extraordinarily enlarged concept. 04 September '10
	Archaeologists in Jordan Unearth 3,000-Year-Old Iron Age Temple with a Trove of Figurines AMMAN -— Archaeologists in Jordan have unearthed a 3,000-year-old Iron Age temple with a trove of figurines of ancient deities and circular clay vessels used for religious rituals, officials said Wednesday. 02 September '10
	6-month restoration ends of Van Gogh's 'Bedroom' AMSTERDAM – Vincent van Gogh must have been horrified when he returned from the hospital to his studio in Arles early in 1889 to find one of his favorite paintings damaged by moisture. 02 September '10
	How a Drunk Man Lost a $1.4 Million Corot Painting NEW YORK – Here’s a story, sad but true, about a man who took a coy-looking female to a hotel, then got drunk and lost her. Unfortunately for this man, an art courier named James Carl Haggarty, his lady friend was highly two-dimensional. In fact, she was contained within a painting — none other than "Portrait of a Girl," a 19th-century work by Jean Baptiste Camille Corot with an estimated value of $1.4 million, which Haggarty was taking to show to a potential buyer. In a lawsuit filed against Haggarty by Kristyn Trudgeon, the majority owner of the portrait, she states that Haggarty woke up to find that he "did not have the painting and could not recall its whereabouts, citing that he had too much to drink the previous evening." Whoops. 02 September '10
	Mexican Billionaire Carlos Slim's New Mexico Museum to House Rodin Collection MEXICO CITY - Carlos Slim, the world's richest man, will soon open a new museum in one of the poshest areas of his native Mexico to house his collection of artwork by French sculptor Auguste Rodin, considered the biggest outside France. 01 September '10
	Curator Cancels Ansel Adams Authentication Claim SAN FRANCISCO – Though entrepreneur Rick Norsigian continues to argue that photographic negatives he purchased at a California garage sale are the work of famed American photographer Ansel Adams, the evidence supporting that stance is quickly unraveling. One of the experts that had authenticated the works, former Museum of Fine Arts, Boston curator Robert C. Moeller III, has recanted his previous assessment, telling the New York Times that at least some of the photographs were taken by another man, Earl Brooks. Norsigian has been working with a team of lawyers to sell prints of the negatives, which he says are worth $200 million. 01 September '10
	Two Important Australian Paintings Discovered And Consigned To Auction Through Christie’s iPhone App London – The auction of Modern and Contemporary Australian Art at Christie’s on 23 September 2010 will offer a pair of rediscovered paintings of historical importance that was found in an attic and which was identified and consigned to auction through Christie’s iPhone application. The rare oil paintings by William Blamire Young celebrate the birth of the Australian army and were formerly in the ownership of its founder, Major General Edward ‘Curly’ Hutton. They are offered as a pair and are expected to realise £20,000 to £30,000 illustrated right. 01 September '10
	Titian Masterpiece VENICE - A painting by Renaissance master Titian in one of Venice's most picturesque basilicas has suffered water damage after firefighters doused the basilica while battling a nearby blaze. 30 August '10
	Egyptian tycoon offers reward for Van Gogh theft CAIRO – Egyptian billionaire Naguib Sawiris has offered a 1-million Egyptian pound ($175,300) reward for information leading to the recovery of a stolen Van Gogh painting, television reported on Wednesday. 27 August '10
	Lehman Brothers' art auction offers glimpse into the secret world of corporate collecting When Lehman Brothers' collection of "artwork and ephemera" goes under the hammer at Christie's in South Kensington next month, the general public will be given an intriguing insight into the world of corporate art collecting. 27 August '10
	Will tough times trigger corporate art selloff? LONDON – Corporations worried about the bottom line are taking a look at their office walls. 26 August '10
	Banksy forgers sentenced to community service The pair who sold fake prints claiming they were by the graffiti artist have also been banned from selling anything on the internet for five years. 26 August '10
	Ansel Adams Trust Files Suit Over $200 Million Negative Scam SAN FRANCISCO – The controversy over Rick Norsigian's trove of alleged Ansel Adams negatives has reached a fever pitch, with the Ansel Adams Publishing Rights Trust filing a lawsuit to stop the sale of merchandise made from the glass plates — and asserting in the process that the Fresno artist is, in fact, a scam artist. 25 August '10
	Chaos Follows van Gogh Theft in Cairo: A Brief Guide CAIRO – On Saturday, Vincent van Goghs 1887 still life "Poppy Flowers," valued at more than $50 million, was stolen from the Mahmoud Khalil Museum in Cairo. The past three days have seen news of arrests, a false report that the painting had been recovered, and general chaos within Egypt's cultural ranks. Here are the latest updates. 24 August '10
	Security lapses blamed for van Gogh theft in Egypt CAIRO — Egypt's top prosecutor says security lapses are to blame for the theft of a Vincent van Gogh painting from a Cairo museum. 23 August '10
	VIP Art Fair Brings The Art Fair Experience Online Can the art fair experience be replicated online? VIP Art Fair aims to try when in launches a special week-long art event January 22 through 30. They've got some big names in on the deal, founding galleries include Gagosian Gallery, David Zwirner, Hauser & Wirth and White Cube. 23 August '10
	Salvador Dalí Sculpture Stolen from Belfortmuseum in Belgium BRUGES.- The sculpture "Woman with Drawers" by Salvador Dali, valued at 100,000 euros, was stolen from an exhibition hall in Bruges (NW Belgium), the Belgian press said today. 21 August '10