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ARTFIXdaily News Feed - Friday, April 18, 2014

John Sloan, "Fourteenth Street at Sixth Avenue" Detroit Institute of Arts.

U.S. Government Searching for WPA Works
NPR - April 17th, 2014 13:09

During the height of the Great Depression, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt rolled out the unprecedented New Deal Program for millions of unemployed Americans. For people who could prove they were poor and an artist there was the tantalizing incentive of $42 per week to produce art. Now, the U.S government is trying to track down...

Pair of Great Danes, 1907, Anna Vaughn Hyatt Huntington

MFA Boston Launches Naming Campaign for Dog Sculptures

On Tuesday, April 22––when many kids are on school vacation––the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), will kick off a naming contest for two life-size bronze Great Danes, who are lounging ...

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	"The Texas Aesthetic VII: Minding the Texas Tradition" May 9 - July 12, 2014 William Reaves Fine Art Houston, Texas Read more

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	Original works by Le Sidaner, Frieseke, LeRoy Neiman will headline Shannon's May 1 fine art auction Release Date: 18 April 2014 MILFORD, Conn. – Just over 250 American and European paintings, drawings, prints and sculptures – to include original oil paintings by Henri Le Sidaner, Frederick Carl Frieseke and LeRoy Neiman – will come up for bid at Shannon’s Fine Art Auctioneers on Thursday, May 1st, in Shannon’s gallery ... Read more

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