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ARTFIXdaily News Feed - Friday, April 16, 2010

This "Saint John the Baptist" painting may be a Michelangelo at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

A "new" $230 million Michelangelo at the Met?
Guardian UK - April 16th, 2010 01:57

Everett Fahy, former head of European paintings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, says a painting long-attributed to the workshop of Francesco Granacci is actually by Michelangelo. Stylistic elements and a look at the underpainting with infrared led Fahy to the conclusion that "Saint John the Baptist Bearing Witness" was misidentified. The Met bought the painting at Sotheby's London as by the "close circle of Francesco Granacci" for £60,000 decades ago. As ...

Edward Hopper, Gas, 1940. Oil on canvas, 26-1/4 x 40-1/4 inches. The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Mrs. Simon Guggenheim Fund.

A fight to preserve Edward Hopper's landscape

A Massachusetts land court judge has ordered construction to cease on a large house that neighbors say spoils the Cape Cod coastline views that inspired American painter Edward Hopper. ...

Deitch to debut at MOCA with Dennis Hopper

Former art dealer Jeffrey Deitch has enlisted painter-director Julian Schnabel to curate his first show as the incoming director at LA's Museum of Contemporary Art. The exhibition ...

Irving Penn's 2 Guedras, 1972, sold for $314,500 at Christie's.

Irving Penn photos sold-out at Christie's auction

A large collection of photographs owned by Irving Penn’s assistant Patricia McCabe soared to $3.85 million this week, with 70 lots earning 100 percent sell-through rates by ...

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