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Lost Renoir bought at flea market
Lost Renoir bought at flea market

A painting believed to be a lost Renoir known as Paysage Bords De Seine has been valued at around $100,000 (£60000) and is expected to achieve this sort of figure when it is sold at auction in October. The proud owner bought it at a market for …

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Canyon Ranch Miami, The creative choice for The Art Basel Festival
Canyon Ranch Miami, The creative choice for The Art Basel Festival

The 11th edition of the international Art Basel Festival returns to Miami Beach from 6 - 9 December, exhibiting some of the most respected modern and contemporary art dealers in the world. More than 260 leading galleries from North America, Europe, L…

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Ai Weiwei loses case
Ai Weiwei loses case

Chinese artist and designer, Ai Weiwei, has been unsuccessful in his appeal against a fine of $2million for tax offences. He was barred from attending the court and he received the news from his wife. Speculation is rife that the punishment was desig…

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Dali painting stolen
Dali painting stolen

A painting by Salvador Dali, Cartel des Don Juan Tenorio, has been stolen from a Manhatten gallery. Valued at $150,000, the picture was spirited away by a man for whom police hold a full description. No word has been received from the thief and polic…

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CALLING ALL CULTURE CONNOISEURS…MAY IS MIAMI MUSEUM MONTH
CALLING ALL CULTURE CONNOISEURS…MAY IS MIAMI MUSEUM MONTH

(MIAMI) May 4, 2012 – With record-breaking numbers of visitors to Greater Miami and The Beaches and a record breaking number of museums participating in this year’s Miami Museum Month (May 1-31), the destination’s arts and culture s…

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Munch's The Scream breaks record for work of art highest price at auction
Munch's The Scream breaks record for work of art highest price at auction

Edvard Munch's pastel, The Scream, has broken the record for the highest price paid for a work of art at auction. The auction took place in New York over a frenzied 12 minutes with 7 buyers bidding to acquire the piece, one of four that the artist cr…

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Stolen Cezanne found in Serbia
Stolen Cezanne found in Serbia

Serbian police have announced that they have recovered a painting by Paul Cezanne, stolen from a Swiss museum. Although not named, the painting is believed to be Cezanne's Boy in the Red Vest which was stolen from the Emile Buehrle Collection in Zuri…

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World's most collected artist dies at 54
World's most collected artist dies at 54

Thomas Kincade, Painter of Light, has died in California at only 54. Although not popular with the Art establishment, Kincade's work sold in thousands making him one of the world's most prolific and richest artists with sales of $100m (£63m) an…

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Discovery of 'Lost Leonardo' comes a a step closer
Discovery of 'Lost Leonardo' comes a a step closer

The 500 year search for the 'Lost Leonardo' is daily coming closer to a successful outcome. Art historians have long believed that the original fresco, the Battle of Anghiari, had been covered by a subsequent painting by Giorgio Vasari in the Sala de…

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Gallery Exhibits Rare Collection of Watercolours for First Time
Gallery Exhibits Rare Collection of Watercolours for First Time

From 25th February until 22nd July 2012, the Herbert Art Gallery & Museum is exhibiting it’s vast collection of Coventry watercolour landscapes to the public in their new exhibition, Wonderful Watercolours! Featuring well-known artists such…

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