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Judge Dismisses Dallas Art Collector's Suit Over Multi-Million Dollar Rothko

Dallas News / September 11th, 2014

A Dallas judge last week dismissed collector Marguerite Hoffman's suit against financier David Martinez for breach of contract over the quick flip of a Mark Rothko painting.

Dia Art Foundation Names New Director

New York Times / September 10th, 2014

The Dia Art Foundation has chosen a new director as the 40-year-old non-profit institution struggles with issues of financing and a needed expansion of space in Manhattan.

San Francisco's de Young Museum Gets Beaux-Arts Sculpture Back

Wall Street Journal / September 9th, 2014

Popular with visitors for almost 100 years, a 1926 sculpture that was broken apart by vandals in 2011 has been returned intact to the de Young Museum in San Francisco

Christie's Brings Pop-Up Gallery of Auction Highlights to Silicon Valley

ArtfixDaily / September 3rd, 2014

Tech titans in Silicon Valley will now be served up blue-chip artworks for sale nearer to their own doorsteps. New York is coming to...

Georgia O'Keeffe Museum to Develop Think Tank

Business Journal / September 2nd, 2014

The Georgia O'Keeffe Museum in Santa Fe, NM, has announced a new museum studies fellowship that it hopes to expand into a larger think tank.

Anderson Collection at Stanford University to Open this Month

ArtfixDaily / September 1st, 2014

Stanford University's decade-long, $227-million investment in an arts initiative will be in the limelight this month with the unveiling of the Anderson Collection.

Jasper Johns's Assistant Pleads Guilty to Swiping Art

Wall Street Journal / August 27th, 2014

After more than two decades as the assistant to Jasper Johns, James Meyer pleaded guilty on Wed. to stealing and selling 22 works from the artist's studio.

Detroit Hit With a $4 Billion Proposal for City's Art

New York Times / August 27th, 2014

New York-based Art Capital has offered Detroit a loan of up to $4 billion in a new proposal that leaves the city's museum intact with its art used as collateral.

Hudson River School Masterpieces Made Into USPS Stamps

ArtfixDaily / August 20th, 2014

Four seminal 19th-century American artworks have become the latest Forever stamps issued by the United States Postal Service.

Leon Black to Buy Knoedler's Former Townhouse for $50 Million

New York Post / August 19th, 2014

Billionaire financier and art collector Leon Black and his wife Debra are reportedly buying 19 E. 70th St., the former Knoedler & Company art gallery...

Delaware Art Museum Confirms Homer and Calder Works to be Sold

New York Times / August 7th, 2014

Already under sanctions from the Association of Art Museum Directors for selling a painting from its collections, the Delaware Art Museum confirmed on Thursday that it will sell major works by Winslow Homer and Alexander Calder.

Rauschenberg Trustees Awarded $24.6 Million by Florida Judge

New York Times / August 5th, 2014

A Florida judge ruled that three former trustees of the Robert Rauschenberg Revocable Trust will split $24.6 million in a legal dispute that runs back to 2011 with...

'Art Everywhere' Takes Over 50,000 Outdoor Spaces Across America

ArtfixDaily / August 4th, 2014

Some 58 iconic American artworks are splashed across 50,000 outdoor spaces, from billboards to buses, across the U.S. this month.

American Impressionism Exhibition is One Highlight of Edinburgh Art Festival this August

ArtfixDaily / July 30th, 2014

Edinburgh Art Festival, the UK’s largest annual celebration of visual art, is on view starting from July 31 for a month-long program of special events, tours, and performances.

Norman Rockwell's Granddaughter Rips Apart New Biography of the Artist

Huffington Post / July 30th, 2014

"Deborah Solomon has been desperately trying to outrun the truth ever since American Mirror, her biography of my grandfather, Norman Rockwell, came out last November," writes Abigail Rockwell. "But the truth is catching up with her."

George Lucas Names Architects for His Chicago Museum

Chicago Tribune / July 29th, 2014

Billionaire filmmaker George Lucas made a surprise announcement Tuesday, naming a team of avant-garde architects for his future museum in Chicago.

C.M. Russell Works Hit Multimillion-Dollar Mark in Western Art Auction

AP / July 28th, 2014

A total of 30 Charles M. Russell works fetched millions of dollars at auction in Reno, with one painting symbolizing the railroad's effect on American Indians drawing $1.9 million...

Imperial War Museum in London Reopens After $70 Million Renovation

Newsday / July 26th, 2014

The Imperial War Museum in London recently reopened in time to commemorate the 100th anniversary of World War I.

Corcoran Gallery Takeover Opponents Will Get Court Hearing

LA Times / July 23rd, 2014

A judge ruled on Monday that opponents of the takeover of Washington's Corcoran Gallery of Art will be heard in court. The Corcoran is seeking...

George Lucas May Face Lawsuit Over his Chicago Museum Site

TIME / July 16th, 2014

A group of Chicagoans has vowed to file a lawsuit to block George Lucas from building his $1 billion museum...