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Matisse stories: 4 news summaries

Russian Art Approved for UK Display

Moscow allows paintings to travel after diplomatic spat, fears of seizure

Jan 10, 08 1:40 PM CST
(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... More »

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

Art Market Sails Over Turmoil

Weak dollar, overseas buyers help keep prices high

Dec 26, 07 6:01 AM CST
(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... More »

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

Russia Cancels UK Painting Exhibition

Art reversal is latest salvo in worsening diplomatic tit-for-tat

Dec 19, 07 10:53 AM CST
(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... More »

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

Matisse Pulls Impressive $33.6M

Art world breathes easier after first night of stellar sales

Nov 7, 07 7:20 AM CST
(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... More »

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

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