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Commercial goes pastoral: the draw of showing art in the open air

The Art Newspaper

The Wiltshire gallery attracts 150 to 200 visitors a day and large-scale sculpture shows are the biggest draw, alongside regular talks and symposiums, says its founder Johnny Messum. You lose some of the urgency for sales here, but you can be a place where things happen first,” he adds. Education is a key component.

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The legacy of the Baghdad Modern Art Group is explored in first major US show

The Art Newspaper

All Manner of Experiments: Legacies of the Baghdad Modern Art Group, organised by the specialists Nada Shabout and Tiffany Floyd together with the museum’s chief curator, Lauren Cornell, unites 64 works of painting, sculpture and drawings by 30 artists including Dia al-Azzawi and Mohammed Ghani Hikmat.

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Phillips claims stake in South Asian market with London exhibition

The Art Newspaper

Sotheby's and Christie's have for more than two decades maintained dedicated departments to serve this category, through which they hold biannual sales in New York. Bonhams, although less active, also has a small South Asian department and occasionally stages live sales.

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With the help of conservators, one of Van Gogh’s finest Arles landscapes will be heading to Japan

The Art Newspaper

Martin Bailey Conservator Margje Leeuwestein examining Bridge at Arles at the Kröller-Müller Museum Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo Van Gogh’s Bridge at Arles (Pont de Langlois) has just been examined in the Kröller-Müller Museum’s conservation studio, to confirm that it is in good enough condition to travel to an exhibition in Japan.

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In tough times for dealers, Art Basel debuts a section for new works

The Art Newspaper

Basel Social Club, the sprawling and boisterous selling event now in its fourth edition, continues to draw not just crowds but galleries: participation fees range from €10,000 to free, depending on a gallery’s age. For many, the allure of a growing number of alternative fairs and other satellite events is compelling.

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‘My bank account is the only thing that slows me down’: Arlene Shechet on trusting her instincts

The Art Newspaper

When I make some sales, I will typically try to take a portion of that and buy a work from another artist,” she says. A Louise Bourgeois drawing for $5,000 that I didn’t have at the time. I still have them now and hold them dear. If you could have any work from any museum, what would it be?

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Selling American Paintings to Buyers Doesn’t Have to be Hard. Read These 5 Tips

Antique Appraisers Auctioneers

It has a wide array of influences and draws on traditions from Europe, Native Americans, Africa, and Asia. The condition of the painting, size, and type of materials (oil paintings are worth more than watercolors) may also increase or decrease value. American artwork has unique style and feel. Know your painting.