The retired Italian factory worker who bought two paintings for £20 which turned out to be worth more than £25m may be in for a nasty shock. He bought the Paul Gauguin still life and the Pierre Bonnard, The Girl With Two Chairs, at a lost property sale in 1975, and hung them in his home for the next 40 years.
When a friend of the pensioner tried to sell the paintings last year, it emerged how valuable they were — but also that they had been stolen from the London home of a Marks and Spencer heiress in 1961...

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Beirut Contemporary and climate change in the art market
“I am often asked, ‘Why a museum? Why here? Why now?’” Rita Nammour told her audience. “For us, Lebanon has long been the home of forward-looking thinkers and a hub of artistic creation, the cultural and intellectual beacon of the Middle East.

“After many years of conflict and political division, Beirut not only persists. It is thriving artistically.”

- See more at: www.dailystar.com.lb/Arts-and-Ent/Culture/2015/Jan-29/285762-beirut-contemporary-and-the-changing-art-market-climate.ashx?utm_medium=email&utm_source=transactional&utm_campaign=Newsletter#sthash.g1RJtau9.dpuf

Art for today, February 1, 2015 - GIOVANNI BATTISTA TIEPOLO, GIOVANNI DOMENICO TIEPOLO, GABRIEL DE SAINT-AUBIN, CHARLES PARROCEL, JEAN-BAPTISTE GREUZE, HONORÉ DAUMIER

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Iheap / Call for application 2015-2017: "Economies"
The Institut des hautes études en arts plastiques (Iheap), currently based in Paris, on the occasion of its forthcoming launch in New York City in Fall 2015 is calling. As noted, the program delivers a French Post-Diploma.

Iheap delivers a French Post-Diploma, which is research-based and usually given after a Masters or in parallel with a PhD. Complimentary with other degrees, it is possible to be enrolled in another course of study while attending Iheap. Eligible candidates are not, however, required to hold a prior degree.


Director Iheap New York
iheap.fr/en/appel-candidature-new-york/

SALVADOR DALI
"Coronation of Gala (The Empress) From Visions Surreakist 1976"
Limited Edition Print : Lithograph
Hand Signed : Signed Lower Right in Pencil
Size : 21 x 29



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SALVADOR DALI
"Currier and Ives Suite: Fire! Fire! Fire! 1971"
Limited Edition Print : Lithograph And Collage
Hand Signed : Signed Lower Right in Pencil, Numbered Lower Left
Size : 30 x 21


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Our Newsletter for today, January 12, 2015

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