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ARTFIXdaily News Feed - Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Edward Hopper's East Wind over Weehawken.

Museum to Sell Hopper Painting to Fund New Acquisitions
ArtfixDaily Staff - August 27th, 2013 22:44

The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts will sell one of two important works by American realist Edward Hopper in its collections to boost funds for new acquisitions.

Edward Hopper's 1928 oil painting "Blackwell's Island."

Crystal Bridges Acquires Hopper Oil of Blackwell's Island
ArtfixDaily Staff - August 27th, 2013 22:44

On Monday, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art announced that it would soon debut a new acquisition of a major work by American modernist painter Edward Hopper (1882–1967). Titled Blackwell’s Island, the massive oil painting sold in May 2013 at a Christie's sale to...

John McEnroe at the Vanity Fair kickoff party for the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival.

John McEnroe Wins Co-Ownership of Gorky Painting in Court
NY Daily News - August 27th, 2013 22:48

Tennis legend John McEnroe was awarded co-ownership in a multi-million dollar Arshile Gorky painting by a Manhattan judge, according to a court decision revealed on Tuesday.

Ann Freedman Says She's 'Central Victim' in $80 Million Art Fraud
New York - August 27th, 2013 16:01

Art dealer Ann Freedman claims she is the "central victim" in the art forgery scandal that resulted in 63 fake artworks infiltrating the market. In a first-time interview...

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