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ARTFIXdaily News Feed - Friday, February 1, 2013

Custom Dining Table by Paul Evans, USA, 1967.

Winter Antiques Show Opens 10-Day Run with Strong Sales
Release Date: 31 January 2013
Show Runs Through February 3rd at Park Avenue Armory. The Winter Antiques Show opened its 10-day run at the Park Avenue Armory with strong sales, celebrity sightings, standing-room-only at the special lectures, and a 25% increase in daily visitors. Mayor Michael Bloomberg was among the first ...

Cult Statue of a Goddess (the "Aphrodite" aka "Morgantina Venus"), 425-400 B.C., Greek, recently was returned to Sicily by the J. Paul Getty Museum

Museum Group Tightens Guidelines on Antiquities Acquisitions
LA Times - January 31st, 2013 21:38

Five years ago--in response to complaints from Greece, Italy, Egypt and other countries--the Assn. of Art Museum Directors (AAMD) gave its members stricter guidelines for acquiring pieces originating from ancient lands. Now the AAMD...

Thomas Chambers, Staten Island and the Narrows, painted between 1833 and 1857, oil on canvas, 55.8 × 76.9 cm (22 × 30.3 in). Brooklyn Museum.

A Case for Mixing Folk and Academic Art
New York Times - January 31st, 2013 21:17

After several major museums have renovated and expanded their American art galleries, the trend continues to separate folk and outsider art from academic art. Usually, folk art is relegated to a smaller, lesser space than more realistic, academic artworks.

African American and American Abstraction to Headline at Clarke Auction February 3rd
Release Date: 01 February 2013
To kick off Black History Month, Clarke Auction’s upcoming sale will feature a generous selection of art by African American Artists on Super Bowl Sunday. Of the featured African American artists, the most interesting may be Keith Duncan. Duncan is known for his visual ...

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	Farnsworth Art Museum Season to Include American Treasures and N.C and Andrew Wyeth Shows Release Date: 31 January 2013 (Rockland, ME) The Farnsworth Art Museum is pleased to announce an outstanding upcoming exhibition season that will include a complete re-installation of almost every gallery in the museum for the presentation of American Treasures: The Best of the Farnsworth Collection. The 2013 season will also ... Read more

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