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ARTFIXdaily News Feed - Tuesday, February 10, 2015

Portrait of George Washington. Gilbert Stuart (1755-1828), 1822. Oil on canvas.

Louvre Abu Dhabi Acquires Gilbert Stuart Portrait of Washington

Scheduled to open this fall, the Jean Nouvel-designed Louvre Abu Dhabi has already amassed a collection of 300 objects along with another 300 works on loan from the French government. A just-announced acquisition may seem unlikely: an ...

View of the AD20/21 show at The Cyclorama, Boston Center for the Arts with its circular dome and skylight.

AD20/21 2015 Lifetime Achievement Award to Architecture Critic Robert Campbell

The 8th Annual AD20/21: Art & Design of the 20th & 21st Centuries & Boston Print Fair takes place March 26-29, 2015, at The Cyclorama at the Boston Center for the Arts. The ...

An Exotic Journey: The Furniture and Paintings of Lockwood de Forest

In celebration of the renewed interest in Lockwood de Forest (1850-1932) and in honor of the reopening of the Cooper-Hewitt Museum, Debra Force Fine Art is pleased to present An Exotic ...

Lockwood de Forest (1850-1932) Ramesseum at Thebes, Egypt, circa 1876, oil on canvas, 37 1/8 x 29 2/8 inches

Basket of Fruit, 1864. Édouard Manet, French, 1832 1883. Oil on canvas, 15 x 18 1/8 inches (38.1 x 46 cm). Philadelphia Museum of Art, 125th Anniversary Acquisition. Bequest of Mrs. Helen Tyson Madeira, 2000.

Discovering the Impressionists: Paul Durand-Ruel and the New Painting

This summer, the Philadelphia Museum of Art will present a ground-breaking exhibition examining the early struggles and ultimate triumph of the artists who created the style known as ...

Giovanni Bellini, "Virgin and Child," ca. 1480–85. Tempera and oil on panel, 24 1/2 x 18 1/4 in. (62.3 x 46.2 cm). Glasgow Museums; Bequeathed by Mrs. John Graham-Gilbert, 1877 (575). © CSG CIC Glasgow Museums Collection, Courtesy American Federation of Arts.

Botticelli, Titian, and Beyond: Masterpieces of Italian Painting from Glasgow Museums

This beautiful and powerfully moving exhibition explores the evolution of Italian painting over five centuries, from ...

LOVE AT HOME, a smile inducing antique hooked rug from Maine

Love is Wonderful the Second Time Around

Did you know that you can find love themes in antique textiles of yesteryear with more varied distinctive motifs than the images of love pushed at us in commercial products nowadays? Rug ...

Fine Art Auctions & Guntram von Habsburg Foundation Present a Night of Street Art

South Florida’s premier auction house, Fine Art Auctions Miami (FAAM), will hold its third annual Urban & Street Art Auction at SPACEBY3 in Wynwood ...