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Getty Center, college evacuate due to LA fire

Visitors to the Getty Center art complex, which houses works by Claude Monet and Vincent Van Gogh, were evacuated as a fire burned in thick brush on the steep slopes of the Santa Monica Mountains.

High Museum, MoMA partnership to launch in June

The High Museum has announced a four-year collaboration with the Museum of Modern Art in New York City that will bring several of Claude Monet's water lily paintings to Atlanta this summer.

French man faces US charge in theft of paintings

A French man allegedly involved in the theft of paintings by Claude Monet and two other artists has been charged in the U.S. with attempting to broker the sale of the stolen art to undercover FBI agents, federal prosecutors said Friday.

Monet painting fetches $80 million at London auction

A water lily painting by Claude Monet sold for more than $80 million Tuesday, breaking the auction record for the French impressionist artist, Christie's said.

Monet painting sold for $41 million at NYC auction

A Claude Monet painting was auctioned Tuesday for more than $41 million, breaking the auction record for the French Impressionist artist.

Monet's Painting to Go on Auction Block

A Claude Monet painting of a bridge with two trains passing over the Seine while pleasure boats bob below is expected to break an auction record for the artist when it goes on sale this spring.

Robbers Steal $100m in Art From Zurich

Armed robbers have stolen art worth $100 million, including works by Claude Monet and Vincent van Gogh, from a Zurich museum, police said Monday.

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Ao On Site: Banks Violette's "Not Yet Titled" at Team Gallery New York, through June 20th, 2009
Source: artobserved

From May 7th until June 20th, Team Gallery presents new work by artist Banks Violette. Last night, a crowd -among which fellow artists Dash Snow and Matthew Barney- gathered at Team Gallery and Grand Street to take a first look at the work.

Recession forcing museums to do more with less
Source: Newsday.com

NEW YORK - The recession is hitting museums hard from coast to coast, forcing directors to boost admission fees, cut budgets and staff, and put ambitious projects on hold. But in a twist on the bleak economic news, museums are actually reporting an increase in attendance.

Ao On Site: Lisa Yuskavage Paintings On View At David Zwirner February 19th To March 28th, 2009
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Lisa Yuskavage's second solo show with David Zwirner Gallery opened on February 19th in Chelsea, the first of three Zwirner openings over the next two weeks.

Monet painting auctioned for £11m
Source: BBC News

Dans La Prairie, an oil painting by Claude Monet, has sold for more than £11m at a London auction, but fell short of its estimated price of £15m. The image of his wife, Camille, reading in a field of wild flowers sold for £11,241,250, Christie's said.

Art History: Claude Monet: Woman with a Parasol - Madame Monet and Her Son
Source: National Gallery of Art

Claude Monet French, 1840 - 1926 Woman with a Parasol was painted outdoors, probably in a single session of several hours' duration

Five held over Paris Monet attack
Source: BBC News

French police have made five arrests over an attack on a painting by Claude Monet in Paris, France's AFP news agency says, quoting judicial sources.

Gang punches hole in Monet work
Source: BBC News

A gang of intruders has broken into a museum in Paris and inflicted serious damage on a painting by Impressionist artist Claude Monet. Four or five people were caught on camera breaking into the Musee d'Orsay via a back door early on Sunday.

The greatest letters ever written up for auction
Source: Independent.co.uk

When the Swiss lawyer Albin Schram died in 2005, he left behind an extraordinary collection of letters by some of Western civilisation's greatest minds. They will soon go under the hammer - but here are the highlights of the collection

Spectacular Paintings By Monet & Matisse at Sotheby's
Source: artdaily.org

LONDON.- Sotheby's has led the field in Impressionist and Modern Art auctions in London since February 2006.

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