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In this publicity image released by Lifetime Television, Joan Allen portrays Georgia O'Keeffe in the Lifetime Original Movie premiering Sept 19.

Behind the Giant Flowers: Georgia O'Keeffe's life revealed in TV movie

  • September 16th, 2009 20:05

The exhilarating rise of Georgia O'Keeffe's fame, fashioned by her tumultuous love life and a quest for indepedence, ...

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Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin's portraits of famous New Yorkers are on display at the Museum of the City of New York's exhibition "Dutch Seen."

Dutch Treat: New York exhibits the best in Netherlandish art

  • September 10th, 2009 12:54

This fall marks the 400th anniversary of Henry Hudson's historic journey from Holland to New York. In commemoration ...

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Theriault's sold this French art doll, circa 1914, by sculptor Albert Marque on July 12 for $263,000.00 (including buyers premium), shattering the previous record for a similar model sold in 2003 for $215,000.00.

Big-dollar Beauties: Dolls demand high auction prices

  • August 17th, 2009 19:57

Private collections are yielding some rare and coveted dolls to the auction market this year. An art doll from an ...

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Art Basel Miami Beach, the sister show to Art Basel in Switzerland, is a major annual contemporary art fair enjoyed by some members of the fund.

Investors eschew Wall St. for Wall Art

  • August 12th, 2009 18:55

Inflation may be lurking around the corner...so what are stock market-skittish Americans considering as investments? ...

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Edmund Tarbell's "An Opal" sizzled up to six-figures at Copley auction

Tarbell's "An Opal" Shimmers at Auction

  • August 5th, 2009 12:36

Within the wide selection of Frank Benson bird etchings and Ogden Pleissner sporting scenes in Copley Fine Art ...

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John Marin, Marin Island, Small Point, Maine, 1915, at Alexandre Gallery

Destination Maine: Artists' Vacationland

  • August 4th, 2009 14:27

Rugged and wild, the coast of Maine has inspired generations of painters to capture its primeval forests and rocky ...

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