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Important Fine Art Auction to be held on Boston’s North Shore

ArtfixDaily / June 18th, 2021

On Saturday, June 26th at 11:00 am (ET), John McInnis Auctioneers, LLC will present its June Important Fine Art Auction which will be conducted before a live audience and online. Over (550) lots of paintings, prints, sculptures, mid-century modern furniture and fine art reference books that ...

Take a Trip to 'Robert Frost, At Present in Vermont' at Bennington Museum

ArtfixDaily / June 20th, 2021

Robert Frost’s life and work as a poet and farmer in Vermont are illustrated with an exhibition at Bennington Museum. Just over 100 years ago Robert Frost arrived in Vermont's Bennington County, where he lived in South Shaftsbury from 1920 to 1938. This exhibition celebrates and explores the ...

New Book Covers the Major Georgia O'Keeffe Retrospective Travelling in Europe

ArtfixDaily / June 17th, 2021

A visual feast of flowers, abstractions, cityscapes and landscapes from American modernism’s most iconic painter, a new book on Georgia O’Keeffe (1887–1986) corresponds with the traveling retrospective now on view at Spain's Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza.  Offering a complete ...

Crystal Bridges 2022 Exhibitions Will Explore Fashion, Architecture and Black Culture in the South

ArtfixDaily / June 16th, 2021

Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art announces the 2022 temporary exhibition schedule which includes the museum’s first fashion exhibition, Fashioning America: Grit to Glamour, its first architecture exhibition, Architecture at Home, and The Dirty South: Contemporary Art, Material Culture, and ...

Smithsonian American Art Museum's Nationally Touring Exhibition Re-Examines the American West Through Modern and Contemporary Art

ArtfixDaily / May 20th, 2021

 “Many Wests: Artists Shape an American Idea” Opens in Boise, Idaho, July 31   Ideas about the American West, both in popular culture and in commonly accepted historical narratives, are often based on a past that never was, and fail to take into account important events that ...

Reopening August 15, The Santa Barbara Museum of Art Is Transformed Following $50 Million Renovation

ArtfixDaily / June 12th, 2021

The Santa Barbara Museum of Art (SBMA) has announced the August 15, 2021 grand re-opening of its renewed and expanded galleries following a six-year, $50 million renovation, led by the Santa Barbara-based firm of Kupiec Architects PC and executed by Santa Maria-based Diani Corporation. Marking ...

Freeman's American Art and Pennsylvania Impressionists Sale Breaks Multiple Auction Records

ArtfixDaily / June 9th, 2021

Freeman’s has announced the results of its June 6 American Art and Pennsylvania Impressionists auction, which far outperformed its overall estimate to achieve an impressive sale result of nearly $3.5M. The 89-lot auction featured a 91% sell-through rate and multiple standout sales, confirming ...

Traveling Exhibition and New Catalogue Highlighting the Multidimensional Creativity of Alma W. Thomas Premieres at the Chrysler in July

ArtfixDaily / June 8th, 2021

Renowned artist Alma W. Thomas’ (1891-1978) artistic journey took her from Columbus, Georgia to international acclaim. Alma W. Thomas: Everything Is Beautiful will offer a comprehensive overview of her extraordinary career with more than 150 objects, including late-career paintings that have ...

Sublime Works in 'Another World: The Transcendental Painting Group' To Be Revealed in U.S. Museum Tour

ArtfixDaily / June 7th, 2021

The major traveling exhibition Another World: The Transcendental Painting Group kicks off this summer. This landmark museum exhibition—the first exhibition of this important group of American modernists to be shown beyond New Mexico’s borders, and the first to be accompanied by a ...

Brandywine River Museum Reopens June 20 With 'Ralston Crawford: Air & Space & War'

ArtfixDaily / June 7th, 2021

The Brandywine River Museum of Art will reopen to the public on Sunday, June 20, 2021, with a new special exhibition, Ralston Crawford: Air & Space & War. During its temporary closure, the Museum underwent several facility renovations. Additionally, the Museum’s other galleries have been ...

Thomas Clark Collection of American Impressionist Paintings On View at the Palmer Museum This Summer

ArtfixDaily / June 2nd, 2021

As the days grow longer and the weather warmer, the Palmer Museum of Art at Penn State will open Summer Light: American Impressionist Paintings from the Thomas Clark Collection. On view through August 29, this special exhibition features twenty-four paintings from the major forthcoming gift ...

Summer Destination: 'Cross Pollination: Heade, Cole, Church, and Our Contemporary Moment' Opens June 12 at the Thomas Cole Site and Olana

ArtfixDaily / June 1st, 2021

From June 12-October 31, 2021, a special new exhibition is presented jointly at the Thomas Cole National Historic Site in Catskill and Frederic Church’s Olana (State Historic Site) in Hudson in New York’s Hudson River Skywalk Region. The Olana Partnership, Olana State Historic Site, and the ...

ARTFIXdaily Will Return June 1

ArtfixDaily / May 24th, 2021

ARTFIXdaily e-newsletter service will resume on June 1 following a break. Check the ArtWire section for the latest news from our ArtGuild members. In June, look for ARTFIXdaily's coverage of summer auctions, exhibitions and even in-person art fairs. Coming up on the East Coast, the Spring ...

'For the Record: Celebrating Art by Women' Exhibition Debuts at Norton Museum of Art in June

ArtfixDaily / May 20th, 2021

The Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach, Florida, will present For the Record: Celebrating Art by Women, a new exhibition drawn largely from the Norton’s collection that explores issues of representation and inclusion in the art world. On view June 11 through October 3, For the Record ...

Alive in Color: Post-Impressionist and Realist Works by Women Artists at Hawthorne Fine Art

ArtfixDaily / May 20th, 2021

Hawthorne Fine Art is pleased to present Alive in Color: Post-Impressionist and Realist Works by Women Artists. The virtual exhibition is comprised of more than a dozen works in oils, watercolors, and pastels by historic women artists.    Among the work to be shown is Arboreal ...

'Flags and Founding Documents, 1776-Today' Special Exhibition Kicks Off a Revolutionary Summer

ArtfixDaily / May 20th, 2021

More than 40 American Flags Displayed with a Rare Printing of the U.S. Constitution and other Historic Documents Will Showcase the Nation’s Evolution at Philadelphia's Museum of the American Revolution From one of the earliest known 13-star flags to a black-and-white-striped 23-star ...

Despite Protests, Several Museums Sell Off Collection Artworks at Auction

ArtfixDaily / May 19th, 2021

A handful of U.S. museums sent collection artworks to the auction block at a Sotheby's American art sale that totalled $15 million on Wednesday. Women artists in the sale including Mary Cassatt, Georgia O'Keeffe, Grandma Moses and Gertude Abercrombie brought big prices for some small-sized works ...

The Ohr-O’Keefe Museum of Art Receives Major Gift of 50 Artworks From Collector Gordon W. Bailey

ArtfixDaily / May 19th, 2021

The Ohr-O’Keefe Museum of Art in Biloxi, Mississippi has received a major donation of 50 artworks by Los Angeles-based, advocate and collector Gordon W. Bailey. The transformative gift features African American artists Leroy Almon, David Butler, Richard Dial, Thornton Dial, Minnie Evans, Roy ...

The Collection of Artists Wolf Kahn and Emily Mason Tops $8 Million at Christie's

ArtfixDaily / May 18th, 2021

On Tuesday, Christie’s Fields of Vision: The Private Collection of Artists Wolf Kahn and Emily Mason totaled $8,122,375 and was 96% sold by lot and 152% hammer sold above low estimate. Both artists Wolf Kahn (1927-2020) and Emily Mason (1932-2019), who split their time between New ...

Whitney Museum Workers Seek To Unionize

New York Times / May 17th, 2021

Employees at The Whitney Museum of American Art in New York are looking to form a union under the United Automobile Workers. The New York Times reported that a petition asking for a union vote was filed on Monday with the National Labor Relations Board by the Technical, Office, and Professional ...