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Installation view of the American Folk Art Museum's "Infinite Variety: Three Centuries of Red and White Quilts," a special exhibition at the Park Avenue Armory in Spring 2011.

Last chance to visit American Folk Art Museum on West 53rd Street
ArtfixDaily Staff - July 1st, 2011 02:21

Independence Day weekenders can soak up Americana, from Colonial portraiture to quilts, in Manhattan for one last stretch at the American Folk Art Museum's 45 West 53rd St. location. The museum will be moving to its home at 2 Lincoln Square on July 9.

Welcoming the Return of the Boat by Thomas Moran is one of the paintings in the "Escape with Water Views" exhibit at the Figge Museum.

Water Views from the Figge Collection
Quad-City Times - July 1st, 2011 02:30

Works by Hudson River School masters figure laregly in“Water Views from the Figge Collection,” an exhibition on display through Aug. 21 at the Figge Art Museum, appropriately overlooking the Mississippi River, in Davenport, Iowa.

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John Paulson fund rescues Berry-Hill Galleries
Wall Street Journal - June 30th, 2011 16:55

A fund controlled by finance titan John Paulson has purchased a loan to American-art specialist Berry-Hill Galleries for about $10 million, as well as the mortgage on the gallery's property...

Rose Art Museum Collection Catalogue (2009).

Rose Art Museum will keep its collection
Boston Globe - June 30th, 2011 19:42

A contentious lawsuit against Brandeis University has been settled with an agreement that will keep its Rose Art Museum's modern art collection intact.

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	DeCordova exhibition "Andy Goldsworthy: Snow" on view this summer Release Date: 01 July 2011 The exhibition Andy Goldsworthy: Snow is on view at deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, in Lincoln, Mass., now through December 31, 2011. This spring, deCordova announced it had approved a proposal from the internationally renowned sculptor Andy Goldsworthy for a commissioned work called Snow ... Read more

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