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At Art Collector Blog we list information about the visual artists whose works we own/sell, listed below.  The arts' news, reviews, auctions & auction results, latest market prices, exhibitions and related stories. We search the web daily.

On these pages

• Upcoming Auctions & Estimated pricing for our artists.

• Art for sale; on the web artists' prices & descriptions pages.

• Auction Results: June, 2010 Æ, July, 2010 Æ, August, 2010 Æ, September.

• Upcoming Exhibitions that include our artists..

• Upcoming Expositions in Montreal, Toronto.

Art News, For the Week of September 20. 2010

Montreal:- Most of this week was spent updating our auctions results, as well as posting new upcoming auctions. Sorry, that there is not much new news about our artists! Is there any news you would like us to post? Send us an email!

New York:- Interesting article in the finance section of the WSJ. First-time buyers are often shocked by how much it costs to own art. The cost of managing an art collection can vary widely but could add up to between 1% and 5% of the value of the works annually – By TARA LOADER-WILKINSON

AMSTERDAM (AP).- Now one of Rembrandt's most celebrated paintings is on public display until Nov. 29 at Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum.

HONG KONG.- Sotheby’s announced a major selling exhibition to be held this autumn. the exhibition is to include artists active in Europe from the late 19th and early 20th century and who left an indelible impression on art history, including Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Marc Chagall, Pablo Picasso and Edgar Degas, among others.

London:- Described last year by The Times as "one of the most enjoyable modern art fairs", Art London has always been eclectic and cosmopolitan. See Details

Other Art News, For the Week of September 20. 2010

Paris:- Leonardo in a new light. The Virgin minus fog: National Gallery in London cleans its famous canvas while the Louvre perform a quantitative chemical analysis on the Mona Lisa. By Emily Sharpe

LIVERPOOL— The theme of the Palestinian struggle under Israeli occupation has been tackled by various Middle Eastern artists over the decades, notably in work by the likes of Rana Bishara, Emily Jacir, Samia Halaby, Laila Shawa, and Hasan Hourani, to name a few. By Tala Chukri, Canvas

LONDON.- With just over a week to go before the winner of the RIBA Stirling Prize is revealed, William Hill’s latest odds reveal Zaha Hadid’s MAXXI, National Museum of XXI Century Arts in Rome to be the favourite to win, with odds of 11/8. The winner will be announced on Saturday 2 October at 7.30pm, broadcast live from The Roundhouse in London, on BBC TWO’s The Culture Show.

Washington:- Paintbox Leaves: Autumnal Inspiration from Cole to Wyeth. September 25, 2010 – January 16, 2011. Artists include Milton Avery, George Bellows, Thomas Hart Benton, Albert Bierstadt, James Renwick Brevoort, Frederic Edwin Church, Thomas Cole, Jasper Francis Cropsey, Charles Edouard du Bois,  John Whetten Ehninger, Sanford Gifford, Stephen Hannock, Marsden Hartley, Childe Hassam, Winslow Homer, George Inness, Yvonne Jacquette, John Marin, Thomas Moran, Grandma Moses, Maxfield Parrish, Robert Reid, Clive Smith, Andrew Stevovich, Worthington Whittredge, Andrew Wyeth, and  Jamie Wyeth. 

PARIS (REUTERS):- OPENING FIAC 2010 IN PARIS ON THURSDAY 21st OCTOBER, "Steve Rosenblum Collection and Friends" includes 150 pieces by 40 international artists including Aguilar Antoine / Aldrich Richard / Alsoudani Ahmed* / Bitzer Matthias / Bock John / Boltanski Christian* / Buchel Christoph* / Bujnowski Rafal / Cristalli Véro / Da Rin Flavia / Day Jackson Matthew* / English Simon / Fatmi Mounir* / Geis Axel / Gréaud Loris* / Haerizadeh Ramin* / Haerizadeh Rokni* / Handforth Mark* / Hanson Duane* / Hildebrandt Gregor** / Hoeber Julian / Hofer Andreas* / Hylden Nathan / Kasay Jakob / Kintera Kristof* / Kruger Barbara* / Madani Tala* / Margolles Teresa / Matelli Tony / Mcewen Adam / Mei Tse Su / Mir Aleksandra* / Molodkin Andrei* / Murakami Takashi / Navarro Ivan / Oberthaler Nick / Olaf Erwin / Porchez Cédric / Reynaud-Dewar Lili / Ross-Ho Amanda / Ruppersberg Allen* / Sandison Charles / Shearer Steven* / Tobiasse Théo / Walker Kelley* / Wool Christopher / Yeo Jonathan

Our Artists:

Albert Carrier-Belleuse, Allen Gilbert, An He, Arthur Foster, Ben Kamihira, Benjamin Brown, Chiparus, Demetre, CHRISTOPHE FRATIN, CLARENCE GAGNON, CLEMENT HAUPERS, Elizabeth Spalding, Elizabeth Thompson, Erte, Frederic Remington, Gaugengigl, Ignaz Marcel, Gilles E. Gingras,Giunta, Joseph, HELMUT GRANSOW, Henri Matisse, Hughes Claude Pissarro, Ignaz Marcel Gaugengigl, J W Good, Joan Mirò, Lelia Pissarro, Louis Icart, Louis Muhlstock, Lyonel Feininger, Marc Chagall, MARC-AURELE, FORTIN, NEUMANN, Ernest, Pablo Picasso, PAUL DUBOIS, Paul Neri, PENCKE, Peter Max, Pierre Bonnard, PIERRE-JULES MÊNE, Rembrandt van Rijn, Renoir, Rosa Bonheur, Salvador Dali, Stanley Cosgrove, TETSURO SAWADA, Theo Tobiasse, Willy Biehn

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