Leeds passes on Grimshaw

John Atkinson Grimshaw is Leeds most famous painter. Now, Leeds City Art Gallery has refused to spend 350,000 on "Beeches" - on sale in a London gallery - even though it is on their acquisition list.
The religious parents of John Atkinson Grimshaw (1836-1893) were against painting and once even destroyed his painting equipment. Nevertheless Grimshaw became a full-time, highly successful painter, famous for his night scenes.
Grimshaw would undoubtedly be highly peeved by the decision to turn down his work - he was one of the most active supporters of Leeds founding the City Gallery in the first place.
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Mooving Art Attack

Vandals attacked five fibreglass cow sculptures that were part of the Mooving Art Exhibition in Shepparton, Australia. One cow was drowned, others were beaten up.
Police took the damaged beasts into protective custody.
The Mooving Art collection has featured in the past at the Royal Melbourne Agricultural Show and other worldwide locations.
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LA Forged Art Hunt

Los Angeles police are hunting the source of forged paintings allegedly sold to unsuspecting buyers by Dr Vilas Likhite, a Southern California physician arrested in a sting operation when an LA police officer posed as a wealthy South Korean collector.
Likhite seems to have sold paintings to collectors supposedly by modern masters like de Kooning and Pollock which were actually originals done in the style of the artists. Likhite allegedly told buyers that he wanted to sell a $1 billion collection without going to auction.
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