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  • January 2008

    • Russian Art Approved for UK Display

      Times (UK)  |  Jan 10, 08 1:40 PM CST

      Russian Art Approved for UK Display

      (Newser) - The Royal Academy in London will scramble to open a major exhibition of Russian-owned art after Russian officials finally granted permission to send the works to the UK, the Times of London reports. The show faced cancellation over Russian concerns that the works would be subject to seizure, a dispute seen as fallout from the Alexander Litvinenko affair. More »

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      Russia  • United Kingdom  • London  • art  • painting  • Alexander Litvinenko  • museum  • Matisse  • London's Royal Academy

  • December 2007

    • Art Market Sails Over Turmoil

      Associated Press  |  Dec 26, 07 6:01 AM CST

      Art Market Sails Over Turmoil

      (Newser) - US financial markets were in chaos this year, but the art market certainly wasn't. The expanding ranks of the super-rich, the weak dollar, and emerging connoisseurs from Russia, China, India, and the Middle East kept auction houses in fine form, the AP reports, with postwar and contemporary works—including a $71 million Warhol—leading the way. More »

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      US economy  • art  • auction  • weak dollar  • Sotheby's  • art auction  • Christie's  • Andy Warhol  • Matisse

    • Russia Cancels UK Painting Exhibition

      Guardian (UK)  |  Dec 19, 07 10:53 AM CST

      Russia Cancels UK Painting Exhibition

      (Newser) - A major exhibition of Russian-owned art in London was canceled today, the Guardian reports, the latest casualty of cooled relations in the wake of the Alexander Litvinenko affair. More than 100 paintings were to go on exhibition Jan. 26 at London's Royal Academy, but Russian agencies are now refusing the loans, officially for fear the art won't be returned. More »

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      painting  • Alexander Litvinenko  • Communists  • Picasso  • Matisse  • London's Royal Academy  • Cezanne

  • November 2007

    • Matisse Pulls Impressive $33.6M

      New York Times  |  Nov 7, 07 7:20 AM CST

      Matisse Pulls Impressive $33.6M

      (Newser) - A nervous New York art world breathed a sigh of relief on the first night of the fall auctions yesterday when a Matisse painting fetched a whopping $33.6 million, far above its high estimate. Collectors and dealers are watching November's sales at Sotheby's and Christie's with anxiety, reports the New York Times , but Christie's modern and impressionist sale broke several records, hitting new highs for Matisse, Cézanne, Signac and Pissarro. More »

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      painting  • art market  • Sotheby's  • art auction  • Christie's  • Matisse  • Cézanne

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