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ARTFIXdaily News Feed - Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Edward Hopper, Nighthawks. Art Institute of Chicago.

Edward Hopper Draws More Crowds than Picasso in Paris
ArtfixDaily Staff - February 4th, 2013 22:28

Organizers of a major Edward Hopper retrospective at the Grand Palais in Paris say that the exhibition brought in more visitors than a prime Picasso collection.

Lot 102, the Ohio blanket chest, which sold for $50,525 during Garth's January 12 Country Americana auction.

Color, Form and Pure Whimsy are the Magic in Garth’s January Americana Auction
Release Date: 01 February 2013
In the words of several bidders, Garth’s January 12, 2013 auction of Country Americana was a barnburner. The 190-year old bank barn in Delaware, Ohio (occupied by Garth’s for almost 60 years) was the enchanted site for the realization of the "magic formula in today's market”, to which President ...

Gilles-Lambert Godecharle (1750-1835) Bust of Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592), 1816-1817 Terracotta; height: 60 cm Tomasso Brothers at TEFAF 2013, Stand 165

TOMASSO BROTHERS TO OFFER IMPORTANT EUROPEAN SCULPTURE AT TEFAF, MAASTRICHT
Release Date: 04 February 2013
A terracotta bust of the renowned 16th century French philosopher and essayist Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592) by the most important neoclassical Flemish sculptor of his time, Gilles-Lambert Godecharle (1750-1835), will be among the superb examples of European sculpture to be offered by Tomasso ...

CHEEKWOOD ANNOUNCES FASCINATING EXHIBITION OF MINIATURE PORTRAITS
Release Date: 04 February 2013
Cheekwood is excited to announce a delightful new exhibition opening in February in its renowned Museum of Art. Affectionately Yours: American Miniature Portraits and the Stories They Tell will open on Valentine’s Day, and will remain at the museum until August 25 of this year. The exhibition ...

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	Knotholes, Textures, Grains: The "Language of Wood" in Modern Art February 6, 2013 Harvard Art Museums Cambridge, Massachusetts Read more

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	China Cultural Department Opens Public Museum Celebrating NYC Artist Kwong Lum Release Date: 04 February 2013 The first Chinese government funded museum to honor a living Chinese American artist celebrates the contemporary art of New York based artist Kwong Lum. Located in in the Cultural Department of Xinhui in the city of Jiangmen, Guangdong Province, the Kwong Lum Museum will feature the artist’s ... Read more

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