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Manet Masterpiece Meets Titian Muse in Venice
ArtfixDaily Staff - February 28th, 2013 22:12

For the first time since 1890, Edouard Manet's seminal "Olympia" will leave Paris in order to hang alongside a kindred painting in Venice next month, announced Musee d'Orsay.

[Detail] Multicolored Sonia Delaunay-Terk Shawl Entitled 'A Damiers,' France, c. 1977 (Lot 556, Estimate $600-$800)

Skinner to Auction Textiles from Met Museum Collection
ArtfixDaily Staff - February 28th, 2013 21:43

Skinner will offer textiles once belonging to The Metropolitan Museum of Art on March 13 in its Marlborough, Mass., gallery. From delicate Brussels lace to a bold Sonia Delauney shawl, the collection runs the spectrum of fine textiles and is estimated within an affordable price bracket for new collectors.

Oscar Bluemner, Red Building with Statue

FIGURATIVELY CONSIDERED, WORKS ON PAPER BY SELECTED ARTISTS WHO EXHIBITED IN THE 1913 “INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF MODERN ART”
Release Date: 28 February 2013
Although best known for introducing European avant-garde painting and sculpture to the American public, the direct influence of “The Armory Show” exhibition on American artists was varied. Some artists were inspired to explore greater abstraction and dramatic variations in palette while others ...

Joseph Fiori Untitled, 1954 Oil on canvas 20 x 34 inches Private Collection, Roslyn, New York

AB-EX / RE-CON Abstract Expressionism Reconsidered
Release Date: 27 February 2013
Artists of the Abstract Expressionist school rejected the mass cultural values which were being formulated in America at mid-century, searching for alternatives to the consumer and advertising culture that had become prevalent in post-World War II America. AB-EX / RE-CON: Abstract ...

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	Boston Rare Maps Showcases Non-Cartographic Material in New Acquisitions Release Date: 27 February 2013 SOUTHAMPTON, MA – Boston Rare Maps, one of the country’s premier specialists in rare and unusual antique maps, announces the acquisition of a number of exciting new pieces, many among them rare and unusual non-cartographic materials. Featured works include original artwork for Guiness, a ... Read more

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