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Stolen art

Stolen art

News May 21, 2010 3 Comments

“The artists also claim to have lifted bits from works by Kandinsky and Rauschenberg. Sawon says the piece is being unveiled now because the statute of limitations has run out on its thefts…”

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Farewell 18th Street

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Gursky’s view from space

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The WWI ‘copy’ that’s worth £250,000

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Water with a conscience

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Grafitti not art shock

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Biennale fever begins here

Ladies and gentlemen, brace for impact – contemporary art approaching! It’s Biennale time and Sydney is again facing an onslaught of cryptic visions and avant-garde posturing, of modern art both brilliant and banal.

Strange friends to split

“Damien Hirst and Georg Baselitz have withdrawn from a planned exhibition, provisionally titled “Strange Friends”, at the Albertina museum in Vienna. The original concept, developed by director Klaus Albrecht Schröder, was to present a show of works by artists who