Penny Brohn Cancer Care will auction an artist’s proof of a watercolour painting by The Prince of Wales during an exhibition scheduled for October 3-5th, 2008, along with works by other artists. The exhibition will take place at the new Penny Brohn Cancer Care facility in Pill, just outside of Bristol.
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A look at the life and painting techniques of Johannes Vermeer, painter of “Girl with a Pearl Earring.”
By Alina Bradford
(Originally Published by Suite 101)

Johannes Vermeer or Jan Vermeer (1632-1675), best known for his painting “Girl with a Pearl Earring,” was a Dutch painter who loved to paint domestic interiors, portraits and city views. Possibly trained [...]

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Claude Monet’s Le Bassin Aux Nympheas fetched at £40.92 million Christie’s Impressionist and Modern Art auction last night. The painting of waterlillies floating on water sold for more than double its pre sale estimate and the double the prior record for a Monet.

According to The Wall Street Journal, 15 of the 81 pieces up [...]

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June 19 (Bloomberg) — Damien Hirst said he will offer a sculpture of a gold-trimmed bull, The Golden Calf, that he expects to fetch up to 12 million pounds ($23.5 million) at a Sotheby’s London auction of his works in September.
The “Beautiful Inside My Head Forever” auction on Sept. 15 and 16 is Sotheby’s…
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LEXINGTON, Ky. (June 19, 2008) – While yesterday’s well-known masterpieces by artists like Van Gogh, Picasso and DaVinci can be found in art galleries around the world, today’s world of technology takes the art gallery online to introduce the artists of tomorrow. Via Second Life, an Internet-based community where users, or avatars, communicate and visit [...]

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