King Herod May Have Been Buried Amid Paintings (Discovery Channel)
Archaeologists find lavish paintings in what may be King Herod's mausoleum.
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More Canadian paintings join million-dollar club (Regina Leader-Post)
Canadian art went two-for-two in the first of a series of major fall auctions that were expected to add at least three paintings to the country's steadily expanding club of million-dollar artworks.
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Sotheby’s denies selling fake Phai paintings (Vietnam Net)
VietNamNet Bridge – In a letter to the Vietnam News Agency correspondent in Hong Kong, the spokesman of Sotheby’s, Hong Kong branch, stated that they don’t sell fake paintings by well-known Vietnamese painter Bui Xuan Phai.
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Herod's possible tomb had lavish paintings and regal mausoleum, Israeli archaeologists say (Los Angeles Times)
HERODIUM, West Bank (AP) _ King Herod may have been buried in a crypt with lavish Roman-style wall paintings of a kind previously unseen in the Middle East, Israeli archaeologists said Wednesday.
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Exhibition of paintings at Waqif Centre (Gulf Times)
MATHAF Gallery London and Waqif Art Centre have organised an exhibition of Orientalist Paintings at the Waqif Art Centre that begins today and runs until December 4.
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Scott paintings for sale (Borders Today)
AN ENTRY of 21 watercolours by Selkirk-born artist Tom Scott (1854 – 1927) is one of the highlights of John Swan's annual sale of fine paintings by predominantly Scottish and Border artists to be held at Dryburgh Abbey Hotel next Thursday. (20/11/2008)
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Eli Broad's Museum to Keep Art Out of `Basement' (Update2) (Bloomberg)
Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Billionaire art collector and philanthropist Eli Broad may build a Beverly Hills gallery so his contemporary photos, paintings and sculptures don't sit in a ``museum basement.''
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Eli Broad's Museum to Keep Art Out of `Basement' (Correct) (Bloomberg)
(Corrects third paragraph to show Broad meant to say he doesn't want to join Museum of Contemporary Art's board.) Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Billionaire art collector and philanthropist Eli Broad said he wants to build a Beverly Hills gallery for his artwork so the collection of contemporary photos paintings and sculptures doesn't wind up in a ``museum basement.''
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Eli Broad’s Museum to Keep Art Out of ‘Basement’ (Update1) (Bloomberg)
Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Billionaire art collector and philanthropist Eli Broad said he wants to build a Beverly Hills gallery for his artwork so the collection of contemporary photos paintings and sculptures doesn’t wind up in a “museum basement.”
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Romania undercover police recover stolen paintings (AP via Yahoo! News)
Art thieves who tried to sell a Florentine painting worth 2.5 million euros ($3.15 million) to undercover officers for 5,000 euros ($6,300) have been arrested by Romanian police, officials said Wednesday.
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