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ARTFIXdaily News Feed - Wednesday, June 26, 2013

U.S. Authorities Seize $11.5 Million Picasso Painting
ArtfixDaily Staff - June 25th, 2013 15:56

A U.S. district judge decided on Monday that a 1909 Pablo Picasso painting titled "Compotier et tasse," or "Fruit bowl and cup," will remain with U.S. authorities while criminal proceedings are underway against the painting's owner...

Ghislain d’Humières Appointed as New Director of the Speed Art Museum
Release Date: 25 June 2013
The Board of Trustees of the Speed Art Museum announced today that Ghislain d’Humières has been appointed as the new Director of the Museum. D’Humières, who is currently serving as the Director of the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art at the University of Oklahoma, succeeds Charles Venable, who served ...

The Rhinegold & The Valkyrie [Rackham, Arthur] Wagner, Richard London and New York: William Heinemenn and Doubleday Page, 1910. Deluxe Edition (No.430 of 1150) Exhibitor: First Folio

Baltimore Brings On the Books
Release Date: 25 June 2013
The Antiquarian Book Fair Returns during the 33rd Annual Baltimore Summer Antiques Show. The Baltimore Summer Antiques Show will once again feature the highly anticipated Antiquarian Book Fair when it returns to the Baltimore Convention Center the weekend prior to Labor Day, August ...

Jacob Lawrence, Bar-b-que, 1942. Gouache on paper, 29 1/2 x 21 1/8 inches (sight); 30 7/8 x 22 1/2 inches (paper). Terra Foundation for American Art, Daniel J. Terra Art Acquisition Fund, 2013.1. © 2013 The Jacob and Gwendolyn Lawrence Foundation, Seattle / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Image courtesy of DC Moore Gallery, New York.

Terra Foundation Adds Significant Jacob Lawrence Painting to its American Art Collection
Release Date: 24 June 2013
The Terra Foundation for American Art announced today the recent acquisition of Bar-b-que by pioneering African American artist Jacob Lawrence (1917-2000). Created in 1942, the gouache-on-paper painting belongs to Lawrence’s thematic group of work about life in Harlem, a focal point of ...

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	CHRISTIE’S FIRST INTERNET EXCLUSIVE SALES OF ASIAN ART OPEN FOR BIDDING IN JULY Release Date: 25 June 2013 New York - Christie’s is pleased to announce the launch of two online-exclusive sales for a Chinese Works of Art in July 2013, the first internet exclusive opportunities for the collecting category. Blanc de Chine: Dehua Porcelain from the Galster-Ireland Collection will run from July 9-23, ... Read more

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