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ARTFIXdaily News Feed - Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Wayne Thiebaud, "Pies," 1961, sold for about $4 million.

Thiebaud takes the cake at Sotheby's Allan Stone auction
New York Times - May 10th, 2011 17:46

The estate of Manhattan gallerist and collector Allan Stone yielded a trove of contemporary artworks which began the week of post-war and contemporary art auctions on a happy note. Three John Chamberlain sculptures, 9 Willem de Koonings, and twenty Wayne Thiebuad paintings helped boost the Sotheby’s sale on Monday night to a total of $54.8 million (with commissions), soundly over its $46.8 million high estimate. Of the 42 works being offered, only 3 failed to sell. Chamberlain reached an ...

Figure of a Dunlin; prior to 1899; rose jasper, 14-karat gold, cabochon emerald.

FRICK ART & HISTORICAL CENTER ANNOUNCES MAJOR FABERGE EXHIBITION OPENING FALL 2011 AND LAUNCH OF FabergeAtTheFrick.org
Release Date: 10 May 2011
The Frick Art & Historical Center announces that in fall 2011 it will present the first major exhibition of Fabergé objects to be shown in Pittsburgh. FabergeAtTheFrick.org, a new website that provides information about this special exhibition and related museum-wide offerings, launches ...

Daniel Brodsky Elected to Succeed James R. Houghton as Chairman of the Metropolitan Museum’s Board of Trustees
Release Date: 11 May 2011
The Metropolitan Museum of Art announced today the election of business and civic leader Daniel Brodsky, a Trustee of the institution since 2001, as its next Chairman of the Board. Mr. Brodsky will officially assume the chairmanship on September 13, when James R. Houghton retires from the post ...

Bonaparte Entering Cairo by Jean-Léon Gerome.

MS RAU'S LE SALON COMMEMORATES NAPOLEONIC ERA WITH DÉCOR INSPIRED BY NAPOLEON BONAPARTE
Release Date: 09 May 2011
Emporer Napoleon Bonaparte's bee emblem was a fitting symbol for his tenacious behavior, almost as steadfast as the expression "bee in a bonnet", that won him conquest after conquest. Revived by Napoleon for its heraldic symbolism, the honey bee allowed the Emperor to associate himself, even ...

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	NEW EXHIBITION EXPLORES ABSTRACT ART Release Date: 06 May 2011 The Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art at Auburn University presents an exhibition titled Form, Line, and Color: Selected Works of Abstraction in the Permanent Collection on view from May 14–Aug. 13 in the Chi Omega–Hargis Gallery. The exhibition will showcase recent acquisitions ... Read more

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