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ARTFIXdaily News Feed - Wednesday, April 9, 2014

Chicken Cup Smashes Auction Record for Chinese Porcelain
ArtfixDaily Staff - April 8th, 2014 17:42

Considered the holy grail of Chinese art, a rare Ming-dynasty porcelain cup adorned with chickens brought $36 million on Tuesday in Hong Kong.

Counterfeit Damien Hirst "spin" paintings, front and back.

Florida Pastor Convicted of Trying to Sell Fake Hirst Paintings
ArtfixDaily Staff - April 8th, 2014 22:33

A pastor in Florida who did some art dealing on the side was convicted in New York of attempting to off-load five counterfeit works by British artist Damien Hirst.

Images, left to right: Charles M. Russell, When the Plains Were His, 1906. Oil on canvas, 15⅛ x 15⅛ inches. Tacoma Art Museum, Haub Family Collection, Promised gift of Erivan and Helga Haub. Ed Mell, Rain and Runoff. Oil on canvas, 36 x 54 inches. Tacoma Art Museum, Haub Family Collection, Promised gift of Erivan and Helga Haub. Alexander Phimister Proctor, The Buckaroo, 1915. Bronze, 28⅜ x 20½ x 8 inches. Tacoma Art Museum, Haub Family Collection, Promised gift of Erivan and Helga Haub

Tacoma Art Museum Expansion to Showcase Haub Family Collection of Western American Art
Release Date: 08 April 2014
Tacoma Art Museum is counting down the days until its new wing and renovations open to the public on Sunday, November 16, 2014. The project’s centerpiece is the new Haub Family Galleries, showcasing the Haub Family Collection of Western American Art. The collection places the museum among a ...

Shaving shovel, wood, metal, 52 ⅜" x 14 ⅝" x 3 ⅓", 1950.3485. Snow Shovel, pine, maple, iron, 56 ½" x 15 ⅜" x 5 ⅛" 1950.3355.1 Spading Fork, wood, metal, 42 ¾" x 8 ⅞" x 3 ⅜", 1950.3201.1 Shovel, Oak, iron, 42 ⅜" x 16 ⅝" x 1 ⅞", 1952.4656.1 Collection of the Shaker Museum| Mount Lebanon, New Lebanon, New York Photo by Alan LaValle

Major Exhibition Opening at the Farnsworth—The Shakers: From Mount Lebanon to the World
Release Date: 08 April 2014
On Saturday, June 14, the Farnsworth Art Museum will open an exhibition entitled The Shakers: From Mount Lebanon to the World. The exhibition of approximately 200 works will run through Sunday, January 4, 2015 in the museum’s Morehouse wing. The exhibition has been organized in partnership with ...

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