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ARTFIXdaily News Feed - Thursday, May 22, 2014

Counterfeit Damien Hirst "spin" paintings, front and back.

Florida Pastor Sentenced to Prison for Fake Hirst Paintings
AP - May 21st, 2014 23:58

A Miami pastor will spend six months in jail for trying to sell fake works by British artist Damien Hirst.

Number of US Museums is Double Previous Estimate
ArtfixDaily Staff - May 20th, 2014 17:02

The U.S. government announced there could be twice the number of museums previously accounted for across the country.

This recently discovered pen and ink drawing by Winslow Homer. Fresh Air, 1879, is a study from his seminal, same-titled watercolor now at the Brooklyn Museum of Art

NEWLY DISCOVERED WINSLOW HOMER DRAWING, PAUL CADMUS NANTUCKET MAN SERIES, GUY WIGGINS AND WILL BARNET PAINTINGS FEATURED IN SWANN GALLERIES’ AMERICAN ART AUCTION ON JUNE 12
Release Date: 21 May 2014
Sale Offers Works From the Collection of American Painter and Printmaker James D. Smillie. Swann Galleries’ auction of American Art on Thursday, June 12 features important unique works by artists such as Will Barnet, Paul Cadmus, John La Farge, Guy Wiggins and Andrew Wyeth. A selection ...

Alexander Calder, Blue and Yellow Butterfly, 1973. Gouache on paper. 30 x 44 in. (76.2 x 111.8 cm.). Signed and dated "Calder 73" lower right.

DOWNTOWN FAIR CLOSES TO RAVE REVIEWS IN ITS INAUGURAL YEAR
Release Date: 20 May 2014
IMPRESSIVE HIGH SIX-FIGURE SALES OF BLUE CHIP WORKS SET THE STANDARD AND REINFORCE IMPORTANT ACQUISITIONS OF EMERGING, MID-CAREER AND CUTTING EDGE ARTISTS. Downtown Fair Brings New Vitality to Frieze and Auction Week in New York City. As the Downtown Fair drew to a close, the overwhelming ...

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	Summer Awards Celebration to Honor artist Robert De Niro, Sr., actor/arts philanthropist Robert De Niro, Jr. and the award-winning author Ann Patchett July 12, 2014 A ticketed benefit for the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown Provincetown, Massachusetts Read more

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	HALL CHAIRS: STYLISH STATEMENTS by Michael Pashby Antiques Release Date: 20 May 2014 Michael Pashby Antiques Announces a Special Exhibition, HALL CHAIRS: STYLISH STATEMENTS On view at 180 Duane St, New York, NY 10013 from May 21, 2014. Opening reception at 6pm on Thursday May 22, 2014. Hall chairs are a particularly interesting subset in the history of English ... Read more

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