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Norman Rockwell's Marble Champion, The Saturday Evening Post, September 2, 1939. Collection of George Lucas.

LA Joins Battle for George Lucas Museum
Bloomberg - June 11th, 2014 22:25

Giving Chicago and San Francisco a run for their money, Los Angeles is now in the bidding for the $300 million museum proposed by "Star Wars" and "Indiana Jones" creator George Lucas.

Getty, Mellon Trusts Add $13 Million to Help Save Detroit's Art
LA Times - June 11th, 2014 22:00

After U.S. automakers announced a combined $26 million pledge to save the collections of the Detroit Institute of Arts from the city's creditors, two charitable foundations followed suit on Wednesday with...

"Horst: Photographer of Style" exhibition comes to the V&A this fall.

V&A to Showcase Photographer Horst in Major Retrospective
ArtfixDaily Staff - June 10th, 2014 17:42

This autumn, London's Victoria & Albert Museum will present the definitive retrospective exhibition of the work of master photographer Horst P. Horst (1906-1999) - one of the leading photographers of the 20th century.

This museum-quality, finely carved English cameo art glass vase by Thomas Webb sold for $260,000 on May 29th by Woody Auction.

Museum-quality English cameo art glass vase soars to $260,000 at Woody Auction, May 29th
Release Date: 11 June 2014
WICHITA, Kan. – A museum-quality, finely carved English cameo art glass vase by Thomas Webb, 9 ½ inches tall and boasting a figural rendering signed “G. Woodall 1887,” soared to $260,000 at Part 2 of the sale of the lifetime collection of porcelain and fine art glass gathered over the course of ...

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	Ibram Lassaw Bronze, Moons of Saturn, Featured at Clarke Release Date: 12 June 2014 Clarke Auction’s June 16th sale will feature some of its best American sculpture, paintings, and graphic works to date. The most exciting and important work by an American artist in the sale is the 1954 abstract bronze sculpture entitled Moons of Saturn by Ibram Lassaw. Lassaw, a New York School ... Read more

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