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ARTFIXdaily News Feed - Friday, March 2, 2012

Greece Debt Restructuring Blamed for Sotheby's Shares Fall After Banner Year
Bloomberg - March 1st, 2012 15:23

Sotheby's shares fell 9 percent based on lower auction revenues and fears about the European sovereign debt crisis. The auction house recently reported its second best year ever in 2011 with a profit of $171.4 million. Consolidated sales reached $5.8 billion, including a 65 percent increase in private sales.

Occupy Wall Street Takes Aim at Whitney Biennial
ArtfixDaily Staff - February 29th, 2012 22:04

Hard on the heels of a faux Whitney Biennial website being set up to mock the museum for its corporate ties, an Occupy Wall Street (OWS) group has written a letter calling for the Biennial’s cessation in 2014.

Kehinde Wiley, Equestrian Portrait of the Count Duke Olivares, 2005. Oil on canvas, 108 x 108 in. (274.3 x 274.3 cm) Rubell Family Collection, Miami .

30 Americans Surveys African-American Artists Over Three Decades
Release Date: 01 March 2012
The Chrysler Museum presents 30 Americans, an exhibition of contemporary African-American art of the past three decades. From Robert Colescott and Jean-Michel Basquiat to Kehinde Wiley and Iona Rozeal Brown, works by some of the most important African-American artists of our time will take ...

Edgar Payne Painting Featured at Matthew's Auction
Release Date: 01 March 2012
Matthew’s Galleries of Lake Oswego, Oregon, is offering an Edgar A. Payne (American, 1883-1947) painting as its featured lot in its spring fine arts auction, March 20th. Fresh on the market, “Off Shore, French Tuna Boats”, 20" x 24", carries an estimate of $20,000-30,000. The sale of 19th ...

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	Rago's Achieves a Record $237,500 for Sale of American Arts & Crafts Table from Rose Valley Release Date: 01 March 2012 On Saturday, February 25, a record was set for work from the Arts and Crafts colony Rose Valley when a large trestle table sold at the Rago Arts and Auction Center for $237,500 against an estimate of $30,000-40,000. The buyer is a private collector. "The Rose Valley table is truly a treasure - ... Read more

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