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Russia's largest private gallery

The Russian dealer Alexander Yakut has opened a new space in a dilapidated industrial district in central Moscow. Mr Yakut has opened Russia's first private art gallery, Aidan, in Moscow in 1990-has owned several galleries over the past decade. His latest space, the Yakut Gallery, is by far his most ambitious. Covering some 1,000 square metres, it...

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HUGO BOSS PRIZE SHORTLIST

December 2005 HUGO BOSS PRIZE SHORTLIST The Guggenheim Museum has announced the shortlist for the next $50,000 Hugo Boss Prize, and like the Whitney Museum with its announcement last week of the artists in the 2006 Whitney Biennial, the Guggenheim journeyed down to Florida during Art Basel Miami Beach to unveil its Boss finalists,...

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Russia threatens to end loans

December 2005 The State Hermitage Museum is to end all loans to its gallery in London, unless the British government provides guarantees against the seizure of works of art. This follows the temporary impounding on 15 November of $1 billion worth of French paintings owned by the Pushkin Museum, which had been exhibited in Switzerland. The...

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Nobel Events

In early December, ten of the 2005 Prize Winners arrive in Stockholm, Sweden to present their Nobel Lectures and to prepare for the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony taking place on December 10. On the same day in Oslo, Norway, Mohamed ElBaradei and the IAEA will be receiving the Nobel Peace Prize. This year's Nobel Prizes are awarded for work...

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The Louvre pyramid becomes an exhibition place

December 2005 For the first time, the Louvre pyramid becomes an exhibition place displaying the monumental installation of a contemporary artist. On the occasion of the Year of Brazil in France, the Louvre has commissioned a piece by Brazilian artist Tunga, to serve as a strong and spectacular beacon radiating the creativity of...

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Mary Cassatt Painting Sells at $4,272,000

The work Mother and Two Children, oil on canvas, 1906 by Mary Cassatt sold for $4,272,000 at Christie's Important American Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture auctionin New York on December 1. This is world auction record for an oil painting by Mary Cassatt. The American modernist market has been gaining considerable strength in recent seasons. With...

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Top 10 Art Thefts

Top 10 Art Thefts The FBI have released a top 10 list of art crimes and are seeking the help of the public. They are a list of masterpieces from some of the biggest names in art. Caravaggio, 'Nativity with San Lorenzo and San Francesco' Estimated to be worth $20 million Stolen from the Oratory of San Lorenzo, Palermo, in Italy in...

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Picasso exhibition in Istanbul

Pablo Picasso has created quite a media frenzy in Istanbul, Turkey with a major exhibition by the Spaniard being opened in November. It is a major step forward for Turkey, being one of the most important exhibitions of any western artist ever held in the country. The exhibition will have 135 works by Picasso, spanning the artist's entire...

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Three valuable artworks returned to Argentina

Three small but valuable works of art by Paul Cezanne, Paul Gauguin and Pierre-Auguste Renoir have been returned to their former home in Argentina, 25 years after they were stolen. Argentina's culture secretary has announced that the Renoir oil painting, Cezanne sketch and Gaughin watercolour have arrived back in the Buenos Aires Fine Arts...

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Shanghai Art Fair

China brings together world art market in another fair November 16th, 2005 The fifth Shanghai Art Fair October 18 - November 18, 2005 The first such fair was held in 1997. Organized by the Shanghai Cultural Development Foundation, the annual art fair has attracted nearly 305 galleries from sixteen countries and regions, including Britain, Italy,...

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Vincent van Gogh Drawing Acquired Jointly

With the joint purchase of an early drawing by Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) the Kr�ller-M�ller Museum and the Van Gogh Museum have made a remarkable addition to their respective collections. The drawing was made in 1880/81 by Van Gogh at the start of his career as an artist in Belgium. Few works by the artist from this period in Belgium have...

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Painting seized by Nazis goes to London's National Gallery

Nov 12, 2005 A multi-million-dollar oil painting that was seized by the Nazis from a Holocaust victim and that has hung in Dresden's Neue Meister art gallery for 70 years has been sold to London's National Gallery, a Munich dealer confirmed. Curators at the German art gallery voiced disappointment at the loss of 'Afternoon in the Jardin des...

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Swiss Governement Releseas Russian Paintings

Swiss authorities have ordered the release of more than 50 paintings that were on loan to the Pierre Gianadda Foundation and belong to the Pushkin State Art Museum in Moscow. The Swiss government decided to release the works to avoid having Russia break ties with Switzerland. Among the works included are paintings by Manet, Renoir, Picasso and...

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Hopkins to Receive Cecil B. DeMille Award

November 16, 2005 Anthony Hopkins will receive the Cecil B. DeMille Award for lifetime achievement at the 63rd annual Golden Globe awar (nominated for six Golden Globes since 1978). Hopkins won an Oscar for his performance in "The Silence of the Lambs." He will receive the award at the Golden Globes ceremony Jan. 16, 2006....

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The World of Elvis

Impersonating Elvis new book pays tribute to pop subcultures by Martha Watterson Elvis is alive and well. School of the Art Institute photography instructor Patty Carroll's new book, Living the Life! The World of Elvis Tribute Artists offers a glimpse into a subculture that many people don't know about. Through her photographs and text, Carroll...

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The Celebrity Factor. From Warhol to Madonna

Superstars The Celebrity Factor. From Warhol to Madonna November 04th, 2005 - February 22th, 2006 two institutions - one exhibition The exhibition takes place in the Kunsthalle Wien and the BA-CA Kunstforum. Departing from the figure of Andy Warhol, the Superstars exhibition sets out to explore both the phenomenon of artists as stars (Pablo...

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PARIS PHOTO 2005

PARIS PHOTO 2005 17 - 20 November 2005 Since its creation in 1997, Paris Photo, the international fair for nineteenth-century, modern and contemporary photography, has won recognition as the world's premiere event for photography in all its rich diversity, from rare early prints to avant-garde work from the 1920s and '30s, and from documentary...

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Impressionist and Modern Art sales

Impressionist and Modern Art sales generate USD 291 million November 5 The Impressionist and Modern Art sales held on 1 and 2 November by Christie's and Sotheby's respectively were a huge success. The two auction houses generated a total of USD 291 million from the sale of 110 of the 123 lots on offer. The highlight of these auctions...

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Sets new record

A large-scale metal sculpture by David Smith (USA) has become the most expensive work of contemporary art ever sold at auction, fetching $32.35 million at Sotheby's in New York. Five bidders competed for Smith's Cubi XXVIII which was the starting lot at a sale of 54 contemporary works that brought in $155.6 million. The 1965 sculpture was...

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Arts auction sets post-war record

Rothko painted Homage to Matisse in 1954 An oil painting by Mark Rothko has set a new world record of $22.4m (�12.9m) for any post-war work sold at auction. The work, entitled Homage to Matisse, was sold at Christie's post-war and contemporary art sale in New York on November 8 evening. New records were also set for Roy...

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Rebuilding the Forbidden City

Rebuilding the Forbidden City BEIJING. The Chinese government announced last month that it is to make 1.5 billion Yuan ($185 million) available for restoration of the Forbidden City over the next 15 years. Work has already started, and scaffolding now covers dozens of buildings in the complex. Projects along the central axis are scheduled for...

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New work joined the collection of the Musee Picasso

PARIS. Through a generous donation by Bernard and Almine Ruiz Picasso, "Nude Woman, Three-Quarter Back View" (oil on canvas, 75 x 53 cm, 1907) joined the collection of the Mus�e Picasso on 24 May 2005. It is a highly significant work because it belongs to the set of drawings and painted studies linked to Les Demoiselles d�Avignon, now in the...

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Influential Arts People 2004, 2005

Top 100 Art Figures The ArtReview magazine has released its list of what it considers to be the top 100 people in art. They include gallerists, artists, curators, and art collectors from all parts of the world. Gallery owner Larry Gagosian is number one, with a stable of famous artists and galleries placed in all the important places. He has...

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Henri Rousseau, exhibition at the Tate Modern

Henri Rousseau, French painter (1844-1910) was a late starter, getting the brushes out when he 40 years old, and didn't go to art school. An exhibition is on at the Tate Modern in the United Kingdom between November 3 and February 5, 2006. There will be 50 works by Henri Rousseau, the first exhibition by the artist in the United Kingdom for...

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Founder, Leo Burnett Company Inc.

Founder, Leo Burnett Company Inc. Leo Burnett (October 21, 1891 - June 7, 1971) was an advertising executive famous for creating such icons as the Jolly Green Giant, the Marlboro Man, the Pillsbury Doughboy and Tony the Tiger. Born in St. Johns, Michigan, he studied journalism at the University of Michigan. His first job was at the Peoria...

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Lettres a Picasso (1927-1970) Published

BARCELONA, SPAIN.-Between April 11 and 28 of 1926, Salvador Dal� travelled for the first time to Paris. Thanks to the help of painter Manuel �ngeles Ortiz, he visited Pablo Picasso�s studio, whom he considered his main artistic influence. Dal� told Picasso: �I have come to see you before going to the Louvre.� Picasso responded, �You did right to do...

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Collector finds his stolen art headed for auction, sues

Collector finds his stolen art headed for auction In 1978, Michael Bakwin went from being a quiet art collector to being the victim of the largest unsolved robbery from a private residence in Massachusetts. Returning from a holiday weekend, he found that seven precious paintings had been stolen from his Stockbridge home. Now he feels he's a...

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Points of view: Australian photography 1985-95

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA.-The Art Gallery of New South Wales presents Points of view: Australian photography 1985-95, on view through 19 November 2005 - 29 January 2006. Points of view explores developments in Australian photography from 1985 to 1995. This was a decade that saw a maturing of the diverse photographic practices which had developed in...

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Contemporary Art Sale at Sotheby's

NEW YORK.-Sotheby's evening sale of Contemporary Art on November 9, 2005 in New York will feature an iconic group of works highlighted by David Smith's exceedingly rare Cubi XXVIII (est. $8/12 million). Also of great importance are Andy Warhol's Jackie Frieze (est. $8/10 million), two dazzling paintings by Cy Twombly, Untitled (Rome) and...

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Melancholy - Genius and Insanity in the West Opens

PARIS, FRANCE.-Galeries nationales du Grand Palais present Melancholy - Genius and Insanity in the West, on view through January 16, 2006. This exhibition has been organised by the R�union des mus�es nationaux of France and the Staatliche Museen of Berlin, with the support of the Picasso Museum of Paris. It will be on show at the Neue National...

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