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| Rembrandt news A chance to see Rembrandts rarities Rembrandt is given a Slavic focus this month as the National Museum in Warsaw exhibits sketches and drawings specifically from Polish collections. LAD TO LIFT HENDERSON YARD CHELTENHAM: 12.55 Katchit, 1.30 Denman, 2.05 Tipperary All Star, 2.40 COPSALE LAD (NAP), 3.10 His Nibs, 3.45 Sir Rembrandt. Eakins Masterwork Is to Be Sold to Museums ?The Gross Clinic,? widely acknowledged as one of the greatest canvases of American art, will be sold for $68 million to the National Gallery of Art and the new Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. Awesome Austin With hip coffeehouses, cargo shorts-and-sandals dress code and celebrity residents, Austin exudes youthful energy. Cambiaso, out of the shadows Despite being one of the most popular artists of the 16th century, Italian painter Luca Cambiaso is perhaps the most neglected artist of the late Renaissance, much better known for his drawings than his paintings. Simm to play Van Gogh as TV makes drama of art The tense relationship between Vincent van Gogh and Paul Gauguin while they were housemates in the south of France is to be explored in a drama for Channel 4. Radio Netherlands Worldwide: Nominees for the International Rembrandt Contest The names of the 18 nominees for the international contest Inspired by Rembrandt have been released by Radio Netherlands Worldwide. Artists from a number of countries including Colombia, Peru, Indonesia, the United States and the Netherlands can win a special workshop at the renowned Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam. LAD To Lift Henderson Yard Thomas Deane previews Saturdays meetings in the UK. J. Verspronck: Portrait of a Woman in an Armchair Johannes Verspronck (ca. 1597-1662), Portrait of a Woman in an Armchair, 1642-45. Oil on canvas, 98 x 80.3 cm. Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main. Photo: Artothek. SERVCO COMPUTER SERVICES TROPHY CHASE PREVIEW The Servo Computer Services Trophy Handicap Chase is likely to develop into a war of attrition with nearly three and a half miles of Cheltenhams undulations to be circum-navigated, and 21 daunting fences to be negotiated. | ||