Art Detectives Kept Busy As Art World Values Grow
A young actor in Oklahoma buys a Seascape thought to be a Winslow Homer for 32 dollars, later authenticated as genuine worth up to 5000 dollars. The piece joins a list of famous cases of art discovery and forgery reshaping the market and museum focus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Oklahoma
Winslow Homer
California
William Suhr
Detroit
Chicago Art Institute
San Diego
Franklin Biebel
Frick
Turtle Man Tracks Green Turtles With Radios
University of Florida biologist Dr. Archie Carr leads a global turtle study funded by a 292200 NSF grant. He will tag green turtles with tiny radios and balloons, tracking their navigation from the Gulf of Mexico to Atlantic sites like Tortuguero and Ascension Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gainesville
Fla
Gulf of Mexico
Archie Carr
University of Florida
Africa
Tortuguero
Costa Rica
Aves Island
Caribbean
Ascension Island
South
Atlantic
Gulf
National Science Foundation
Carr
Levy County
Yankeetown
Cedar Key
Withlacoochee
French West Africa
American West
White House youth conference to tackle TV and delinquency
Washington hosts a six day White House conference on children and youth March 27 to April 2 with 7000 delegates and invited foreign representatives including the Soviet Union. Forums will study mass media and youth conflict while polling data from across the states informs policy aims and potential codes of conduct for youngsters. Texas reports a million participants in planning and data collection. California held 300 town meetings as preconference input. Teens criticize excessive crime focus on TV and express desire for more responsibility.
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Washington
The
Sky
White House
America
Soviet Union
University of Maryland
Texas
California
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Homer
Detroit Institute of Arts
Jan van Eyck
Petrus Christus
St. Jerome
van Meegeren
Hermann Goering
New
Florence, Pa
Presbyterian Church
U.S.A
United Presbyterian Church
Vermeer
Susanne Sack
Sheldon Sack
John A. Hofmann
Thomasville, N. C
S. Main
College Village Shopping Center
Heritage
College Village
Penney’s Piece Goods
Cupioni
R. Anlid
Penney
Sis
Penicord
Mand
Brody
Friendship Garden
Shulton
Paris
Ogilvie Isisters
Dorothy Gray
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