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Roy Lichtenstein, Oh, Jeff…I Love You, Too…But… 1964.© Collection Simonyi © Estate of Roy Lichtenstein/DACS 2012

Tate Tweets Guided Tour of Roy Lichtenstein Exhibit
ArtfixDaily Staff - April 24th, 2013 20:02

London's Tate Modern Gallery will present a guided museum tour on Twitter of the major retrospective of works by Pop art master Roy Lichtenstein.

Bonhams captured a world record price of $1.8m per carat for this blue diamond on Wednesday, April 24.

Blue Diamond Fetches Auction Record Price in London
Release Date: 24 April 2013
An extremely rare fancy deep-blue diamond weighing 5.30 carats sold at Bonhams Fine Jewellery sale in London for £6.2 million ($9.5 million 7.3 million euros) on April 24th, setting a new record price of $1.8m per carat. The previous world record price per carat for a blue diamond was $1.68m. ...

Envelope from Random House to Truman Capote.

Truman Capote final working draft of Breakfast at Tiffany's up at auction
Release Date: 24 April 2013
Breakfast at Tiffany's is one of the most enduring and influential pieces of literature, despite its less than auspicious beginning. In the fall of 1958, the world was slated to receive the debut of New York sophisticate, Connie Gustafson. However, Connie Gustafson never made her debut— she ...

 Impressionists on the Water, by Phillip Dennis Cate, Daniel Charles and Christopher Lloyd, Skira Rizzoli, 2013.

Impressionists on the Water Reveals Artists' Nautical Tendencies
ArtfixDaily Staff - April 24th, 2013 15:18

Did you know that 85% of Impressionists had sailor, yachtsman or boat designer on their résumé? This nautical background, not often explored, inspired the many water scenes celebrated in a new book and related exhibition.

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	Rediscovered Masterpieces to be Unveiled May 7 - June 7, 2013 Moretti Fine Art New York, New York Read more

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	Going Horizontal: Turning Painting On Its Side Opens at Studio Vendome, April 25-June 2 Release Date: 25 April 2013 Going Horizontal: Turning Painting On Its Side, the first exhibition featuring the work of a seven artists known as The Horizontalists will open at Studio Vendome at The Philip Johnson Urban Glass House, 330 Spring Street (between Washington and Greenwich Streets) in SoHo on April 25th ... Read more

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