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Wayne Thiebaud, "Pies, Pies, Pies," 1961. Oil on canvas, 20 x 30 in (50.8 x 76.2 cm).

Expanded Crocker Art Museum inaugurates new galleries with special exhibitions
ArtfixDaily Staff - August 2nd, 2010 21:12

This fall the Crocker Art Museum, in Sacramento, California, will celebrate the opening of its 125,000-square-foot expansion, designed by Charles Gwathmey, with a retrospective of the work of Sacramento native Wayne Thiebaud. On view beginning October 10, 2010, Wayne Thiebaud: Homecoming is one of a series of special exhibitions that will inaugurate the galleries in the Crocker’s new Teel Family Pavilion. Featuring more than 50 paintings and drawings spanning the artist’s ...

Christie's sold this Gustave Klimt portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer privately in 2006 for a reported $135 million (Neue Galerie New York)

The rise of auction houses in private sales

Even while record prices for major artists at auction have been headline news in the past year, the recession has helped accelerate the art market's shift towards private sales. Some ...

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	New Exhibition at the Farnsworth: First Annual Arnold Newman Prize Winner Exhibition featuring Emily Schiffer—Cheyenne River Release Date: 02 August 2010 On Saturday, August 14, the Farnsworth Art Museum in Rockland, Maine, will open the first annual Arnold Newman Prize Winner Exhibition: Emily Schiffer-Cheyenne River. The exhibition, which will take place in the museum's Craig Gallery, will be celebrated at a Live at Night at the Farnsworth ... Read more

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