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A painting of Venice’s Grand Canal, previously thought to be by Canaletto, has been attributed to his teenage nephew

The Art Newspaper

Specialists at London's Wallace Collection have attributed an 18th-century work to Bernardo Bellotto, who would then have been aged just 15 or 16

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Remembering Jean-Claude Saintilus, Haitian artist and member of the Atis Rezistans collective, who has died, aged 64

The Art Newspaper

Artist of memorials to family memory and sprits exhibited at the 2011 Venice Biennale, the Fowler Museum in Los Angeles, Documenta Fifteen (2022) and the Ghetto Biennale, in Port au Prince

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The Permanent Collection: Johann Liss Painted an Unusually Aged Adam and Eve

Artnet News

The post The Permanent Collection: Johann Liss Painted an Unusually Aged Adam and Eve appeared first on Artnet News. Gallerie dell’Accademia curator Michele Nicolaci discusses this biblical vision.

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January acquisitions round-up: Lavinia Fontana’s Portrait of Antonietta Gonzales goes to Tokyo museum

The Art Newspaper

Other acquisitions this month include a Bronze Age Peebles stone hoard, and Yatreda Art Collectives Abyssinian Queen NFT

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Remembering Alain Delon, screen idol and dedicated art collector, who has died aged 88

The Art Newspaper

A personal memoir recalling the French actor’s “serious case of collectoritis” that saw him acquiring works by Albrecht Dürer, Théodore Géricault and Georges Braque

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Divorcing Our Collections

Maine Antique Digest

As is typical, the average age of those in the queue is probably 65 or higher, and the talk turns to divesting collections. I am standing in line at an antiques show, and the conversation fascinates me. One collector is adamant that she wants top dollar for what she has

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Space Age Collectibles

The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles

The post Space Age Collectibles appeared first on The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles. “In my own view, the important achievement of Apollo was a demonstration that humanity is not forever chained to this planet, and our visions go rather further than that, and [.]

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