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ARTFIXdaily News Feed - Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Fitz Henry Lane (1804-1865) – The Yacht “Northern Light” in Boston Harbor, 1845 – oil on canvas. Collection of Shelburne Museum.

Shelburne Museum rolls out 11 new summer exhibitions
ArtfixDaily Staff - May 25th, 2010 00:43

From luminist marine paintings to Ogden Pleissner sporting art, New England landscapes by Jay Hall Connaway to Victorian crazy quilts, Vermont's venerable Shelburne Museum, which touts its many "collections within collections," has organized a near-dozen diverse exhibitions for the summer season. On view now through October 24, the museum's special exhibitions boast some new acquisitions and rarely-seen works from the permanent collection. Several of the highlights: Jay ...

Lounge, walnut (upholstery not original), made by Thomas Day for Gov. David S. Reid, Rockingham County, 1858.

"Behind the Veneer: Thomas Day, Master Cabinetmaker" opens

Thomas Day, a free man of color who owned and operated one of North Carolina’s largest cabinetmaking shops prior to the Civil War, created a remarkable output of American furniture. ...

California Country Antique and Folk Art Show is June 12-13 at Hillview Community Center in Los Altos, Calif.

Antiques found in Silicon Valley; Ceramics, Americana to feature in two fairs

"Antiques Roadshow" will air its last episode taped in San Jose on Thursday night. The heart of the high-tech region yielded up some treasures including a circa 1815 chronometer ...

The Richard Prince painting “Nurse in Hollywood #4,” one of the works at the center of the dispute between Minor and Christie's, sold for $6.4 million (with fees) at Phillips de Pury this May.

Minor prevails over Christie's in court

CNet cofounder Halsey Minor won the favor of a San Francisco jury in his complicated dispute with Christie's International. The court ordered Christie's to pay $8.57 million in ...

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	Sculpture comes home to Gropius House Release Date: 24 May 2010 Historic New England is acquiring a bronze reclining figure by sculptor and artist Henry Moore (1898-1986) that was a gift from Moore to Walter and Ise Gropius and, during their lifetime, was displayed on a shelf in the living room of Gropius House in Lincoln, Massachusetts. Moore, one of ... Read more

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