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ARTFIXdaily News Feed - Thursday, April 19, 2012

On Tuesday, Moderna Museet in Sweden closed due to a bomb threat concurrent to an uproar over an exhibition.

Bomb Threat Closes Swedish Museum During Controversial Exhibition
New York Daily News - April 18th, 2012 12:57

Tensions were running high in Stockholm, Sweden, after a bomb threat closed the city's modern art museum. On April 17, the Moderna Museet was evacuated after officers received the threat, delivered in English, and a bomb squad was dispatched to the museum. The threat came only a couple days after the opening of...

"The Clark Pink" sold for over $15 million at Christie's on April 17.

Huguette Clark's Jewels Tally $21 Million at Auction
ArtfixDaily Staff - April 18th, 2012 19:21

Jewels belonging to the reclusive heiress Huguette Clark, who died in 2011 at age 105, sold for $21 million on Tuesday. A record price was set for a pink diamond sold in the U.S.

Rare Schreckengost Jazz Bowl to Auction at Rago's in June
Release Date: 18 April 2012
One of the few original “Jazz” bowls extant will be sold in Rago’s June 17th auction of Modern and Contemporary design. Signed by Schreckengost and stamped Cowan, the 11 1/2" x 16” bowl carries an estimate of $40,000-60,000. “This could be the last of the original “Jazz” bowls in private ...

Stuart Shils, End of a Summer Day, Last Blast of Warm Light, Looking Back, 2012, oil on linen, 30 x 42 in

Stuart Shils: The Residue of Memory
Release Date: 18 April 2012
Steven Harvey Fine Art Projects presents an exhibition of recent paintings by Stuart Shils. The exhibition, “The Residue of Memory,” includes paintings based on architectural impressions of Tuscany and Rome, where Shils lived and taught last summer with the Jerusalem Studio School. The paintings ...

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	Crocker Art Museum Receives Long-Term Loan and Future Gift of Paintings by Guy Rose, California’s Premier Impressionist Release Date: 18 April 2012 The Crocker Art Museum, which houses one of the country’s largest collections of California art, is pleased to announce it will be the recipient of a comprehensive collection by the Golden State’s foremost Impressionist painter, Guy Rose. “Guy Rose was as important to California as Monet ... Read more

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