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>From News: 

François Pinault has abandoned plans to build a contemporary museum in
Paris. Will his arch rival do it instead?


Bernard Arnault, chairman of LVMH, has hired Canadian architect Frank Gehry
to produce designs for a new museum- By Gareth Harris 


LONDON. The Canadian architect Frank Gehry has been hired by Bernard
Arnault, chairman of the luxury goods group LVMH, to produce designs for a
new museum in Paris. If the project goes forward, the new museum 
go to article <http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/article.asp?idart=11873> 



>From Museums: 

Dalí exhibition generates $55 million


- By Jason Edward Kaufman 


PHILADELPHIA. The Salvador Dalí retrospective, which closed at the
Philadelphia Museum of Art on 30 May, generated $55 million for the
Philadelphia region, including $4.46 million in state and local taxes,
according to a study 
go to article <http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/article.asp?idart=11872> 



>From Art Market: 

ABN-AMRO pulls out of art funds


Bank’s decision has “screwed the market” says insider- By Georgina Adam and
Brook S. Mason 


LONDON/NEW YORK. Last year the Dutch bank ABN-AMRO launched a new “art
investment advisory service” with a view to establishing a “fund of art
funds” [a fund which is made up of investments in other funds]. A six-member
department... 
go to article <http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/article.asp?idart=11871> 



>From Conservation: 

Titian’s Danae revealed


Titian’s Danae in the Capodimonte Museum, Naples, has been restored for the
first time in over 100 years by the institution’s... 
go to article <http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/article.asp?idart=11870>