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ARTFIXdaily News Feed - Thursday, January 8, 2015

Cartoonists React with Art to Killings at Charlie Hebdo Newspaper in Paris

The shooting deaths of 12 at the Parisian offices of the Charlie Hebdo weekly has prompted some cartoonists to express their grief through art.

Pinckney Marcius-Simons American, 1865-1909, The Child Canova Modeling a Lion out of Butter, ca. 1885. Oil on canvas. Canvas: 23 3/4 x 29 inches

Chrysler Museum Acquires Five New Artworks Through Donor Event

Five new accessions to include 19th-century genre painting, Renaissance sculpture, early photographs of Paris, contemporary glass, and large-scale painting by Kehinde Wiley. Members of ...

Birds, Bugs and Blooms: Observing the Natural World in the 18th Century Illuminates How Nature Was Studied in the 18th Century in New Exhibition Opening in Winter 2015

While Easterners will be awaiting the onset of spring on February 21, 2015, the DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum, one of the Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg, will be abloom with ...

The Superb Lily, Richard Earlom after Philip Reinagle, London, England, 1799, Color mezzotint engraving, Framed H: 31⅜” Framed W: 25⅜”, 1988-410

Thom Collins with Robin Rhode, Requiem for a Pavilion of Silence, 2010. Photo by Chocolate Milk photography.

THOMAS “THOM” COLLINS NAMED EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND PRESIDENT OF THE BARNES FOUNDATION

The Board of Trustees of the Barnes Foundation announced Wednesday that they have named Thomas “Thom” Collins as the new Executive Director and President of the Barnes Foundation. An ...

Michael Goldberg (1924-2007), Matlock Tor by Daylight, 2002, oil and oil stick on canvas 61” x 60”, signed and dated

Michael Goldberg: Making His Mark, Paintings and Drawings, 1985-2005

One Show, Two Cities: Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, New York, NY: January 17–March 15, 2015. Manny Silverman Gallery, ...

Alice Fischer (American, b. Vienna, 1907–2004), Eight buttons, ca. 1943–63. Hand-painted, mold-poured and fired porcelain in various colored and textured glazes, 3/4 x 3/4 x 1/4 inches each. Private collection.

Georgia Museum of Art to Show Works of Cultural Pioneer Alice Fischer

The Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia will present “The Life and Work of Alice Fischer, Cultural Pioneer” Jan. 10 to March 8, 2015. The exhibition will feature selections ...

Ann Purcell (Represented), AM-RM 1976, Acrylic on canvas Ann Purcell, AM-RM, 1976, Acrylic on canvas, 36 x 36 in. (91.4 x 91.4 cm)

Ann Purcell | Paintings from the 1970s

Berry Campbell is pleased to announce an exhibition of Ann Purcell: Paintings from the 1970s. The opening reception will be held Thursday, January 8, 2015 from 6 to 8 PM. A nationally ...