Top 5 most-read ArtWire press releases in Spring 2011 (March 1-June 7):

1. A MAGNIFICENT EARLY RENOIR AND AN EXTRAORDINARY STORY OF JEALOUSY AT TEFAF MAASTRICHT MARCH 18-27, 2011

2. Screen Goddess Marilyn Monroe Brings Record Prices at Julien’s Auctions Hollywood Legends Event in Beverly Hills

3. Harvard Art Museums Announce Exhibition That Investigates Connections between Renaissance Art and Science

4. American Masters of Art and Architecture in Exhibitions that Reveal Expansive Sweep of National Academy Museum Collections

5. INAUGURAL SPRING SHOW NYC OPENS TO A RESOUNDING POSITIVE RESPONSE AND STELLAR REVIEWS FROM DEALERS AND FAIR-GOERS ALIKE

Top 5 most popular ArtGuild blog posts:

1. The Thrill of The Hunt: The Francis I Renaissance Sideboard, Beauty, Rarity, History...The M.S. Rau Antiques Blog, by Bill Rau

2. Two American Treasures, Sold, Hudson River School Stories, by Paul G. Stein

3. The Prodigy, Hudson River School Stories, by Paul G. Stein

4. Raoul and Jean Dufy at the Musée Marmottan Monet, Gene Oliver Musings about Fine Art, by Gene Oliver

5. For the Love of Tiffany: Silver and Jewelry by Tiffany & Co., Beauty, Rarity, History...The M.S. Rau Antiques Blog, by Bill Rau

Top 5 most-viewed events:

1. 2011 Charleston Art & Antiques Forum 

2.  Edward Hopper, Prelude: The Nyack Years

3. Chihuly: Through the Looking Glass at MFA, Boston and Slidedeck of images

4. Transcending Vision: American Impressionism, 1870-1940, at Crocker Art Museum

5. Important Two-Day Estate Auction, Northeast Auctions

Most popular ARTFIXdaily articles and news briefs:

1. Copper heiress Huguette Clark dies at 104

2. Detained artist Ai Weiwei's Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads opening delayed in New York

3. More American masterworks exit Westervelt-Warner Museum

4. Steve Martin scammed in $48-million art forgery-ring

5. World's largest collection of iconic Hollywood costumes at auction

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