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• Mobster said to know location of art in biggest US heist near death, attorney says

  01-10-2016 18:39
  
  Prosecutors contend that Robert Gentile, 80, knows the whereabouts of paintings stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner museum in Boston in 1990A mobster who prosecutors contend knows the whereabouts of paintings stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner museum in Boston in the largest art heist in US history is near death, his attorney said on Saturday. Related: New Gardner museum video may show thieves 24 hours before art heistRelated: FBI says two suspects who stole $500m in art from Boston m
  
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• Mobster said to know location of art in biggest US heist is dying, report says

  01-10-2016 18:39
  
  Prosecutors contend that Robert Gentile, 80, knows the whereabouts of paintings stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner museum in Boston in 1990A mobster who prosecutors contend knows the whereabouts of paintings stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner museum in Boston in the largest art heist in US history is near death, the Boston Globe reported on Saturday. Related: New Gardner museum video may show thieves 24 hours before art heistRelated: FBI says two suspects who stole $500m in art from
  
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• Mobster who allegedly knows location of paintings in largest US heist is dying

  01-10-2016 18:02
  
  Prosecutors contend that Robert Gentile, 80, knows the whereabouts of paintings stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner museum in Boston in 1990A mobster who prosecutors contend knows the whereabouts of paintings stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner museum in Boston in the largest art heist in US history is near death, the Boston Globe reported on Saturday. Related: New Gardner museum video may show thieves 24 hours before art heistRelated: FBI says two suspects who stole $500m in art from
  
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• Shadow play: Vincent Bal's shady sketches – in pictures

  01-10-2016 18:00
  
  Earlier this year, Belgian film-maker and artist Vincent Bal stumbled upon an uncanny resemblance to an elephant in the shadow of his tea cup. This gave him the idea for Shadowology, a series of doodles that interact with the shadows of simple, everyday objects: a banknote, some ice cubes and a flower, for example, can turn into a church, a woman and a hippy. “I draw a few lines and I get my image. It’s really the shadows that inspire me,” Bal says. His free artistic interpreta
  
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• A Bad Week For Orchestras – Philadelphia, Pittsburgh Orchestras Out On Strike

  01-10-2016 06:49 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “There’s no happy ending in sight for any of these situations. One can only hope that everyone has learned from the bitterness of other recent disputes to try to minimize the collateral damage and work hard for a swift resolution. Philadelphia and Pittsburgh are two of the country’s leading orchestras, and while they are out, there is a lot of great music not being made.”
  
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• Philadelphia Orchestra Musicians Walk Out On Strike As Gala Audience Waited

  01-10-2016 06:44 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “Friday night, a crowd of about 1,000 sat in Verizon Hall waiting for the orchestra to appear for the scheduled start of the Opening Night Gala. But no Philadelphia Orchestra appeared on stage. Unbeknownst to most in the audience, the 96 musicians and two librarians belonging to American Federation of Musicians Local 77 had decided to go out on strike about an hour before curtain time.”
  
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• Why A West Virginia NonProfit Is Promoting Artisans As An Economic Development Strategy

  01-10-2016 00:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “Art just can’t be reduced to a commodity good. We also know that artists and creative placemaking have to be at the core of what we’re doing to rethink our economy in West Virginia.”
  
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• Sam Moyer Joins Sean Kelly Gallery in New York, Leaving Rachel Uffner Gallery [Updated]

  01-10-2016 00:01 via artnews.com
  Sam Moyer, a longtime member of the artist roster at Rachel Uffner Gallery on Lower East Side in Manhattan, is joining Chelsea’s Sean Kelly Gallery, Uffner confirmed to ARTnews during a phone call this evening. The departure was announced in an email … Read More
  
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