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ARTFIXdaily News Feed - Monday, October 26, 2009
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 | Norman Rockwell: At Long Island's Nassau County Museum of Art
New York Times - October 25th, 2009 21:44
Ever-popular Norman Rockwell painted in a realist style, but a close examination of the 40 original Rockwell paintings and studies and of all 323 of his vintage Saturday Evening Post covers in this touring exhibition suggests he was more of a fabulist than a realist. He painted archetypes, not people, idealized visions rather than depictions of how things really were. Among the exceptions: the civil rights-themed studies for “The Problem We All Live With” which capture a ...Read more | |
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 | Style-Mixing Guru: Designer Suzanne Tucker will speak at SF Fall Antiques Show
San Francisco Chronicle - October 25th, 2009 21:13
At this year's San Francisco Fall Antiques Show, which will be held Thursday through Nov. 1, interior designer Suzanne Tucker will reveal her creative insights in a lecture based on her new book "Rooms to Remember: The Classic Interiors of Suzanne Tucker." Tucker is known as especially adept at blending antiques, from seventh-century Chinese figurines to Biedermeier furnishings from the 1800s. In her work, a contemporary Robert Motherwell painting is perfectly juxtaposed with a ...Read more | |
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 | "The Sacred Made Real": Spanish Painting and Sculpture, 1600-1700
Guardian - October 25th, 2009 21:34
This is the most powerful show London's National Gallery is ever likely to hold. One can say that without overstatement. It is not common for people to weep at a press view, nor to fall silent with awe, but both happened this week at "The Sacred Made Real." El Greco to Velázquez, forgotten sculptors such as Juan de Mesa, are now resurrected for our times. Christ's crucified body emerges from blackness, broken knees bent awkwardly into our space. The impulse is to reach ...Read more | |
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 | "I'm a Victim": Australian art dealer accused of $30 million fraud
Brisbane Times - October 25th, 2009 21:26
The alleged mastermind of Australia's largest art fraud, Ron Coles, is hiding out in an Australian coastal haven, driving taxis to make ends meet. The former multimillionaire art dealer, who once rubbed shoulders with the country's rich and famous, is accused of forging artworks and defrauding clients of up to $30 million. The artful dodger disappeared 10 months ago after his business dealings unravelled following a newpaper investigation...Read more | |
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 | Amy Simon: a different STATE of mind
Release Date: 25 October 2009
Andrea Meislin Gallery is pleased to announce the opening of a different STATE of mind, Amy Simon's first exhibition since joining the Gallery. Simon's work is also currently on view at the 53rd Venice Biennale, International Exhibition "Making Worlds" curated by Daniel ...Read more | |
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