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Exhibition at Faur Zs�fi Gallery presents two series from Viola F�tyol
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The First Art Newspaper on the Net. Thursday, August 25, 2016. Exhibition at Faur Zsfi Gallery presents two series from Viola Ftyol. Viola Ftyol, In Between 03., 80 x 115 cm, 15 2 AP, inkjet print. The exhibition In the Meantime, in Between Time presents two series from Viola Ftyol; the Orando et laborando and the still ongoing In Between. Reaching the 30th birthday suddenly prompted the artist to make account of her life so far: which stage of life she is in, what is already behind her and what the futu...
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Fine art auction startup Auctionata reports $20.65 million in revenue for 2013
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The First Art Newspaper on the Net. Sunday, August 21, 2016. Fine art auction startup Auctionata reports $20.65 million in revenue for 2013. Vincent van Goghs 1888 pencil and reed pen drawing The Plain of the Crau (La Crau de Montmajour) is the first work by the great master that has been acquired and brought to auction by fine art auction start-up Auctionata. The drawing sold for $433,383.00 during Auctionatas "Fine Arts" auction held online on November 29, 2013. NEW YORK, NY. December 19, 2013.
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MCA Denver Appoints Nora Burnett Abrams as Associate Curator
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The First Art Newspaper on the Net. Friday, August 19, 2016. MCA Denver Appoints Nora Burnett Abrams as Associate Curator. Abrams has been assisting with exhibitions at MCA Denver as an adjunct curator. DENVER, CO.-. The Museum of Contemporary Art Denver. Abrams is currently working on solo exhibitions for MCA Denver of painter Isca Greenfield-Sanders for Fall 2010 and Dario Robleto for Winter 2011. The Museum of Contemporary Art Denver. March 14, 2010. Republic of the Congo Hopes New Museum can Heal Nat...
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Picasso masterpiece becomes the most valuable work ever sold at auction: $179,365,000
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The First Art Newspaper on the Net. Monday, August 22, 2016. Picasso masterpiece becomes the most valuable work ever sold at auction: $179,365,000. Bids are taken on the Picasso masterpiece "Les Femmes d'Alger (Version O)" at Christie's in New York City on May 11, 2015, which went for USD 179.3 million, smashing the record for most expensive art sold at auction, way over its pre-sale estimate of USD 140 million. AFP PHOTO / TIMOTHY A. CLARY. The 1955 painting by Pablo Picasso is one of the last major pai...
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A first edition copy of the Great Gatsby inscribed by F. Scott Fitzgerald on offer at Bonhams
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The First Art Newspaper on the Net. Saturday, August 20, 2016. A first edition copy of the Great Gatsby inscribed by F. Scott Fitzgerald on offer at Bonhams. Scott F. Fitzgerald (1896-1940), The Great Gatsby, New York: Charles Scribners Sons, 1925. Est. $80,000-100,000. Photo: Bonhams. NEW YORK, NY. A copy of The Great Gatsby inscribed by its author F. Scott Fitzgerald leads Bonhams'. Fitzgerald has written in his own hand:. Director of Fine Books and Manuscripts at Bonhams, Christina Geiger, commented,...
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Greek culture ministry announces discovery of prehistoric couple positioned in an embrace
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The First Art Newspaper on the Net. Sunday, August 21, 2016. Greek culture ministry announces discovery of prehistoric couple positioned in an embrace. Pottery, beads and a dagger were also found in the ossuary, which was four metres wide, had a pebble floor and is described as "unique" for the era. Archaeologists in Greece have discovered a rare burial of a prehistoric couple positioned in an embrace, the culture ministry said on Thursday. February 13, 2015. King of the Netherlands opens Late Rembrandt ...
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V&A commissions Havana-based artist collective Los Carpinteros for Europe 1600-1815 galleries installation
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The First Art Newspaper on the Net. Monday, August 22, 2016. V&A commissions Havana-based artist collective Los Carpinteros for Europe 1600-1815 galleries installation. Marco Valdes and Dagoberto Sanchez inside their commission 'The Globe' for the V&As new Europe 1600-1800 galleries. Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Our work to date has mainly been with museums and galleries dedicated to contemporary art, so it has been very exciting to work in the context of the V&A's historical collection of object...
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A rare ancient message, encoded in symbols and inscriptions, discovered in a ritual bath
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The First Art Newspaper on the Net. Wednesday, August 24, 2016. A rare ancient message, encoded in symbols and inscriptions, discovered in a ritual bath. An extraordinary find that has fired archaeologists imagination was discovered about two months ago in the Arnona quarter during a routine archaeological inspection by the Israel Antiquities Authority. Of the construction of a nursery school being built at the initiative of the Jerusalem municipality. Who is responsible for painting them? Was it someon...
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Daylight announces the publication of book of portraits from women's prisons in Afghanistan
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The First Art Newspaper on the Net. Friday, August 19, 2016. Daylight announces the publication of book of portraits from women's prisons in Afghanistan. The majority of the prisoners Maj documented were incarcerated for what are known in Afghanistan as "moral crimes". NEW YORK, NY. Almond Garden includes a foreword by Dr. Massouda Jalal, Women's Rights Activist and Former Minister of Women's Affairs in Afghanistan, an essay by the photographer , and Landays, traditional Pashtun women's poetry, colle...
