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The Wedding Dance a 1566 oil-on-panel painting by the Dutch artist Pieter Bruegel the Elder. Collection of Detroit Institute of Arts.

Donors Pledge $330 Million to Save Detroit's Art
ArtfixDaily Staff - January 13th, 2014 15:59

In a matter of months, $330 million has been promised by major foundations in an effort to save the collections of the Detroit Institute of Arts from being sold to alleviate the city's $18 billion debt load.

Claude Monet, Path in the Wheat Fields at Pourville, 1882. Bequest of Frederic C. Hamilton.

Denver Art Museum Lands Major Impressionist Art Collection
Release Date: 13 January 2014
The Denver Art Museum (DAM) announced today the largest gift ever given to the museum. Denver-based philanthropist Frederic C. Hamilton, the museum’s Chairman Emeritus, bequeathed 22 Impressionist masterworks from his private collection to the museum. The artworks are currently on view at the DAM ...

An oil-on-canvas portrait of Lady Randolph Churchill by John Singer Sargent.

Nye and Company to Feature Sargent Portrait of Jennie Churchill in Upcoming Sale
Release Date: 13 January 2014
Nye and Company announces its upcoming sale of extraordinary silver, jewelry, fine and decorative arts, taking place live and exclusively on iGavel, January 21 to February 4, 2014. Included in this exceptional sale is an historic work by the renowned portraitist John Singer Sargent: an ...

Elephant with Exploding Dust, Amboseli, 2004. Archival Pigment Ink Photograph on Paper. 27 x 27 inches. Promised Gift of Lynn and Foster Friess, National Museum of Wildlife Art. Photo credit: © Nick Brandt.

Nick Brandt “Elegy” Show Opens at National Museum of Wildlife Art
Release Date: 13 January 2014
Nick Brandt’s transcendent images of African wildlife create a strikingly intimate connection with the animals he photographs. Brandt, once a high profile maker of music videos, fell in love with Africa in 1996 while directing the music video for Michael Jackson’s “Earth Song,” and adopted an ...

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	“Wild Creatures – 40 Years Protecting Endangered Species” Art Exhibit January 29 - March 21, 2014 D&R Greenway Land Trust and Marie L. Matthews Galleries Princeton, New Jersey Read more

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	Works by David Burliuk, Cullen Yates, Homer Martin, much more to be sold Feb. 15-17 by Louis J. Dianni in Florida Release Date: 13 January 2014 (WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.) – Around 1,600 quality lots in a wide range of collecting categories will be sold at the fifth annual Palm Beach Auction slated for Feb. 15-17 by Louis J. Dianni, LLC. The three-day event will be held at the Hilton Hotel & Conference Center, located at 150 Australian ... Read more

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