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ARTFIXdaily News Feed - Monday, February 2, 2015

Horace Pippin (1888-1946) Harmonizing, 1944, oil on fabric. Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College, Ohio, Gift of Joseph and Enid Bissett, 1964

Brandywine River Museum of Art Presents Horace Pippin: The Way I See It

The Brandywine River Museum of Art is organizing Horace Pippin: The Way I See It, a major exhibition of over 65 paintings of his work assembled from museums and private collections across ...

John Wilson, Boston Artist, Remembered

John Wilson, 92, an African-American artist who rose to prominence from his Boston roots, died on Jan. 22. ...

Hidden Thomas Hart Benton Painting Could Go on Display

A Thomas Hart Benton work hidden away in storage for years could be put on public display after ...

“Utah Highlands,” a painting by Thomas Hart Benton

Featured on the Met's Teen Blog is a post with Thomas Hart Benton's (American, 1889–1975). City Activities with Dance Hall from America Today (detail), 1930–31. Mural cycle consisting of ten panels. Egg tempera with oil glazing over Permalba on a gesso ground on linen mounted to wood panels with a honeycomb interior. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of AXA Equitable, 2012.

Art Museums Ease Into Interconnecting Information

Besides posting sometimes tens of thousands of images online--along with exhibition catalogs, blogs, videos and commentary--some museums are taking the next step to interconnect information.

This seasonal watercolor by Charles E. Burchfield (Am., 1893-1967), titled Dreaming of Christmas, will be sold at Cottone's Feb. 20-21 auction.

Watercolor rendering by Charles Burchfield could reach $100,000 at Cottone's Feb. 20-21 auction

GENESEO, N.Y. – Items descended in the family of General and former President Ulysses S. Grant, an 18kt gold presentation box purportedly given by France’s Louis XVI to Marquis de ...

Sarasota Sculpture Center Announces Its Inaugural Exhibition "Rubber, Metal & Stone, Small Works, Sculptures & Drawings" at Alfstad& Contemporary

Sarasota Sculpture Center announces its Inaugural Exhibition in its new headquarters at Alfstad& Contemporary: “Rubber, Metal & Stone, Small Works, Sculptures & Drawings” up ...

Tintypes by Melissa Cacciola at Steven Kasher Gallery

Skywalkers: The Legacy of the Mohawk Ironworker at the World Trade Center

Exhibition of tintypes by Melissa Cacciola presented by Steven Kasher Gallery, February 4th - March 12th, 2015. Public ...