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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.

Detroit Takes Action to Protect Art from Creditors
Times Herald - June 5th, 2014 23:16

Detroit's City Council on Thursday unanimously approved a transfer of city-owned art and other assets at the Detroit Institute of Arts to a charitable trust as part of a proposal to protect the art from being sold off...

Nikolai Roerich, 'Signal Fires of Peace' sold for £1,426,500

Roerich's "Signal Fires of Peace" Tops Bonhams Russian Sale
Release Date: 05 June 2014
Bonhams Russian Sale realised £6.2million on June 4th in London. Particularly strong interest came from buyers on the saleroom floor at the newly built headquarters on Bond Street. The highest price was achieved by Signal Fires of Peace by Nikolai Roerich (Russian, 1874-1947), which sold to ...

New Exhibitors Bolster Line-Up of Masterpiece London in its 5th Edition
Release Date: 05 June 2014
Now in its fifth year, Masterpiece London returns as the main event at the heart of London’s summer art season – taking place once again on the South Grounds of the Royal Hospital Chelsea from 26 June – 2 July (with a Preview on 25 June). This year, the fair has been joined by principal sponsor ...

Johan Christian Dahl, Frederiksborg Castle, 1817, oil on canvas.

Dallas Museum of Art Acquires Stunning Moonlit Scene by Johan Christian Dahl
Release Date: 05 June 2014
The Dallas Museum of Art acquired in May "Frederiksborg Castle by Moonlight," 1817, by Danish artist Johan Christian Dahl (1788 – 1857). The recent acquisition is one of the most important works from the Copenhagen phase of Johan Christian Dahl’s career. Long missing, the work was rediscovered in ...

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	Mark di Suvero : Tom Hanafan River’s Edge Park June 7 - September 7, 2014 Exhibition @ Joslyn Art Museum / 65-foot Sculpture @ Council Bluffs, Iowa Omaha, Nebraska Read more

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	Egyptian Sarcophagus with passport leads Artemis Gallery's June 13 auction Release Date: 04 June 2014 BOULDER COUNTY, Colo. – On Friday, June 13th, Artemis Gallery LIVE will conduct a 350-lot auction of rare and outstanding ancient art, together with select classical and Pre-Columbian antiquities; and both prehistoric and historic Native-American art. A special section of the sale is devoted to ... Read more

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