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A Forgotten Dalí Resurfaces at the Circus

A Forgotten Dalí Resurfaces at the Circus

Posted by on Nov 8, 2012 in Film & Theatre | 0 comments

In 1944, the Surrealist painter Salvador Dalí painted an 8 x 15 meter (26 x 49 feet) painting to be used as the backdrop for the ballet...

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Renoir Withdrawn from Auction Due to Shady History

Renoir Withdrawn from Auction Due to Shady History

Posted by on Sep 28, 2012 in Controversy | 0 comments

A painting by Pierre-Auguste Renoir due to go to sale at The Potomack Company tomorrow, 29 September, has been withdrawn after it was...

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Flea Market Find Turns Out to Be $75,000 Renoir

Flea Market Find Turns Out to Be $75,000 Renoir

Posted by on Sep 13, 2012 in Painting & Sculpture | 0 comments

A 6 x 10 inch canvas purchased at a West Virginia flea market for $7 has been attributed to Impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir. It...

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Museum Forced to Sell Recently Discovered Picasso

Museum Forced to Sell Recently Discovered Picasso

Posted by on Sep 11, 2012 in Museums | 0 comments

The humble & relatively unknown Museum of Arts, History and Science in Evansville, Indiana is making national news after it discovered...

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Dallas Museum of Art To Buy $192M Da Vinci Painting?

Dallas Museum of Art To Buy $192M Da Vinci Painting?

Posted by on Aug 24, 2012 in Museums | 1 comment

Reuters is reporting that the Dallas Museum of Art might be in the market to purchase a painting by Leonardo da Vinci valued at $192...

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DNA Testing of Hair Will Determine Authenticity of Van Gogh Painting

DNA Testing of Hair Will Determine Authenticity of Van Gogh Painting

Posted by on Aug 10, 2012 in Controversy | 0 comments

A hair lifted from a painting and sent to be tested will be the final determining factor of authenticity of a long-debated attribution to...

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Painting in Scottish Farmhouse Could Be a £100M da Vinci

Painting in Scottish Farmhouse Could Be a £100M da Vinci

Posted by on Aug 6, 2012 in Controversy | 2 comments

Facing financial difficulties, Fiona McLaren took a painting hanging in her Scottish farmhouse to Sotheby’s to be appraised. Harry...

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A Previously Unknown Painting by Goya Goes to Auction

A Previously Unknown Painting by Goya Goes to Auction

Posted by on Jul 31, 2012 in Auctions | 0 comments

A painting that hung unrecognized in a private collection for more than 80 years has been discovered to be by the hand of Spanish artist...

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Painting Bought at Goodwill for $9.99 Actually Worth $15K

Painting Bought at Goodwill for $9.99 Actually Worth $15K

Posted by on Jul 25, 2012 in Auctions | 0 comments

On April 28, a woman and her husband were en route to an art fair in Oak Ridge, N.C. when they passed by a Goodwill. Owing to the...

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Baseball Cards Found in Attic Could Fetch $3m at Auction

Baseball Cards Found in Attic Could Fetch $3m at Auction

Posted by on Jul 12, 2012 in Auctions | 0 comments

When Karl Kissner discovered a box of baseball cards in his grandfather’s attic in Ohio, he dismissed the find as insignificant....

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Art Historians “Discover” 100 Works by Caravaggio

Art Historians “Discover” 100 Works by Caravaggio

Posted by on Jul 6, 2012 in Controversy | 0 comments

Italian art historians will today announce the “discovery”– rather, the new attribution– of 100 works previously...

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