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ARTFIXdaily News Feed - Monday, January 18, 2010

"From Process to Print: Graphic Works by Romare Bearden" in Baltimore
Baltimore Sun - January 18th, 2010 00:17

At the height of the 1960s civil rights movement, when "an overwhelmingly white art world ... tended to regard blacks as a social abstraction" (in the typically sharp words of critic Robert Hughes), Romare Bearden helped open eyes and minds with works of striking communication, beauty and power. More than 75 examples of Bearden's works on paper can be savored in an engrossing exhibit at the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History and Culture.

Museums and lawmakers discuss regulation of art sales
NY Times - January 18th, 2010 01:08

Members of the New York State Legislature have been trying to draft a bill that would regulate deaccessioning of artworks and artifacts. On Thursday legislators and representatives from museums in the New York City area came together to debate the proposed bill that would prohibit museums from using proceeds from the sale of artworks “for traditional and customary operating expenses” (as opposed to new acquisitions)...

Massive Manship sculpture weighs in at Winter Antiques Show
NY Times Blog - January 18th, 2010 00:46

An enormous Tennessee marble vase was sent over Sat. to Manhattan's Park Avenue Armory in preparation for the upcoming Winter Antiques Show. Weighing 14,000 pounds, the pink piece was transferred by a moving team using a heavy duty rigging machine. The 9-foot-tall artwork “Urn” by American sculpture Paul Manship, known for his golden “Prometheus” presiding over Rockefeller Center, is reportedly priced at $6 million by show exhibitor Gerald Peters Gallery.

Seattle Asian Art Museum has reason to boast about new acquisitions
Seattle Times - January 17th, 2010 23:59

An impressive 40 newly acquired works have beefed up the holdings of the Seattle Asian Art Museum. Two exhibitions show them off: "The New Old" features Chinese paintings and calligraphy dating back to the 17th century, and "The New New" presents contemporary work. Highlights include a painting by Ren Bonian (1840-1895), the most influential painter of the "Shanghai school" in the late Qing period, and a jarring car-crash installation by Cai Guo Qiang...

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