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artforum.com
Georgia O’Keeffe’s early painting Special #21 (Palo Duro Canyon), 1916, was reported stolen from Santa Fe’s Museum of Fine Arts. The incident was described by Deborah Baker in the San Francisco Chronicle, with authorities offering a substantial reward for information.
cincodias.elpais.com
Goya no es un pintor valorado por sus obras religiosas. Desde ayer, tres pinturas contribuyen a cambiar esta opinión: Sagrada familia, Tobías y el ángel y San Juan Bautista niño en el desierto, colgadas ya en el Museo del Prado; fueron adquiridas por el Estado por dación en pago de impuestos de Caja Madrid. Las dos primeras fueron adquiridas en Alcalá Subastas por 3,5 millones de euros, la tercera en el mercado inglés, en el anticuario Jean-Luc Baroni, por 4,2 millones.
artforum.com
A painting of field workers attributed to Vincent van Gogh, bought at a flea market in France twelve years ago for the equivalent of 1,500 euros (or 1,800 dollars), is expected to fetch up to 3 million euros (3.6 million dollars) at auction, Reuters reports, despite ongoing debate about the work’s authenticity. An Italian scientific laboratory identified its pigments as dating from the nineteenth century and said the colors were identical to those used by van Gogh in other paintings, and another test showed the varnish matched the type used by van Gogh, though the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam has not given its stamp of approval.
latimes.com
The article discusses the violin as a premier instrument and highlights a season in Los Angeles featuring renowned violinists such as Frank Peter Zimmermann, Gidon Kremer, Giuliano Carmignola, Hilary Hahn, Maxim Vengerov, Sarah Chang, Christian Tetzlaff, Gil Shaham, Joshua Bell, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Midori, Pinchas Zukerman, and Itzhak Perlman, in events linked to the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Disney Hall.
independent.co.uk
The Independent reports on an auction at a Soho Colony Room fundraiser featuring works by Tracey Emin and Damien Hirst, with Emin selling a 10-part original artwork and Hirst’s butterfly piece Clean Life selling for £85,000.