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NEW YORK, NY.- On view at the International Center of Photography from January 29 through May 9, 2010, Alan B. Stone and the Senses of Place explores photography’s unique ability to revive one’s sense of connection to the past, and considers some of the many meanings associated with “place.” Guest curator David Deitcher presents the work of the little-known Montreal-based photographer Alan B. Stone (1928–1992) as a case study that considers some of the ways in which people experience, use, and are affected by photographs. This intimate

CAMBRIDGE.- Imperial War Museum Duxford announced that it is the proud recipient of the Digital Access Onsite Award in the Jodi Awards 2009. The annual Jodi Awards are given by the Jodi Mattes Trust for accessible digital culture. Imperial War Museum Duxford shares this valuable award with Antenna Audio. It recognizes and celebrates the innovative audio guide that is offered to blind and partially sighted visitors within AirSpace, Imperial War Museum Duxford’s stunning exhibition gallery which tells

SAN DIEGO, CA.- On view at The San Diego Museum of Art December 5, 2009 through March 7, 2010, “From Rembrandt’s Studio: The Prints of Ferdinand Bol” will focus on printmaking in Rembrandt’s Holland and document the efforts of the Dutch painter and printmaker Ferdinand Bol to arrive at his own style while working with Rembrandt, the greatest artist of his time. “From Rembrandt’s Studio: The Prints of Ferdinand Bol” is part of a joint effort with the J. Paul Getty Museum, among other museums in Southern California, to examine Rembrandt’s influence and work.

NEW YORK, NY (AP).- A topless photo of filmmaker Roman Polanski and his wife, Sharon Tate, taken just months before her murder has sold at a New York City auction for just over $11,000. The black and white portrait by British photographer David Bailey shows the couple embracing. Christie’s says it was sold Monday to an unidentified private buyer. The presale estimate was $8,000 to $12,000. The 76-year-old Oscar-winning director is under house arrest in Switzerland. The United States wants him to face sentencing for having sex with a 13-year-old girl in 1977. He fled the U.S. before being sentenced. His attorneys plan to argue before a California appeals court that the charges should be dismissed. Tate was killed in 1969 by followers of Charles Manson.

HOUSTON.- “Prendergast in Italy”, the first exhibition devoted entirely to the watercolors, monotypes, and oil paintings by the American modern artist Maurice Prendergast, will open at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston on February 14, 2010. Featuring more than 60 views of Venice, Rome, Siena, and Capri, “Prendergast in Italy” also includes the artist´s personal sketchbooks, letters, photographs, and guidebooks from his two trips to Italy, in 1898 and 1911. Prendergast was born and raised in Boston but developed his mature style during early trips abroad to France (1891-1895) and Italy (1989-1989). Renowned for his paintings full of joie de vivre, the view of Italy that Prendergast presents was informed by European trends filtered through the eyes of an American artist and tourist encountering Venice for the first time. This exhibition demonstrates the advances of abstract color and form that put Prendergast on the cutting edge of Am

LONDON (REUTERS).- A Rembrandt painting unseen in public for nearly 40 years sold for a record 20.2 million pounds ($33.2 million) at auction in London on Tuesday, the highest ever paid at auction for the 17th century artist. Christie’s said that “Portrait of a man, half-length, with his arms akimbo”, painted in 1658, fetched the 4th highest-price paid at auction for any old masters painting. It was bought by an anonymous client bidding via telephone, Christie’s said. The record for a Rembrandt previously stood at 19.8 million pounds (then $29 million) in December 2000 for “Portrait of a lady aged 62.” The Rembrandt was the star lot in Christie’s auction of old masters and 19th century works, which have stood up relatively well during a financial downturn that has hit much of the rest of the world art market.