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ARTFIXdaily News Feed - Friday, May 13, 2011
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$95m Phillips sale closes out $525m auction series
The Art Newspaper - May 13th, 2011 03:19
Phillips de Pury wrapped this week's auction series with a $94.8m sale of 50 lots of which 88% were sold by value, and 76% by lot. It was a Warhol-heavy, four days of postwar and contemporary sales, totaling $524.6m at the major auction houses. Phillips had Warhol's blue silkscreen "Liz #5 (Early Colored Liz)," 1963 (est $20m-$30m) from Steve Cohen's collection. It to a buyer on the telephone for $27m. Another highlight was Jacob Kassay who got his evening sale premier with Untitled, 2009, ...
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MoMA to acquire building from American Folk Art Museum
artinfo - May 12th, 2011 22:32
New York's American Folk Art Museum is attempting to alleviate itself of a $32 million debt by selling its West 53rd Street flagship building to neighboring Museum of Modern Art. In a statement on Wednesday, MoMA told Artinfo, "This mutually beneficial arrangement between the two museums will provide funding for the American Folk Art Museum at a critical time, and additional space for The Museum of Modern Art." Among other recent changes, the folk art museum's annual fundraising antiques ...
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HIRSCHL & ADLER INAUGURATES NEW GALLERY LOCATION WITH MASTERWORKS EXHIBITION
Release Date: 12 May 2011
In February of this year, Hirschl & Adler moved from a landmark townhouse on East 70th Street, where it had been housed for 33 years, to expanded quarters in The Crown Building, at the world-renowned crossroads of Fifth Avenue and 57th Street. Now happily ensconced in its modern and ...
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Clarke Auction - Jasper Cropsey Oils Headline its Sunday, May 15th Sale
Release Date: 12 May 2011
Rare Hudson River paintings, estate jewelry collection, 19th C. Gorham sterling, Chinese antiques, period American Empire, midcentury modern design, other listed fine art and sculpture, oriental carpets, Deco chandeliers, handmade antique carpets... While the rediscovered Cropsey oils, ...
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Ai Weiwei exhibition opens at Lisson Gallery
Release Date: 12 May 2011
Lisson Gallery is proud to present a major survey show of work by Ai Weiwei to be held across both Bell Street spaces, London. The broad selection of key works from the past six years was agreed with the artist at the beginning of 2011. Ai Weiwei is one of the leading cultural figures of his ...
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