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ARTFIXdaily News Feed - Thursday, October 17, 2013

From William Kentridge: The Refusal of Time.

Metropolitan Museum and SFMOMA Jointly Acquire Major Installation Piece
Release Date: 16 October 2013
Marking a major collaboration between two leading U.S. museums, The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) announced today the joint acquisition of South African artist William Kentridge’s major multimedia installation The Refusal of Time (2012). Among ...

Girl with Dove Cephas Thompson Probably Rhode Island, ca. 1805 Oil on wood panel Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, 1933.100.3

COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG FOUNDATION JOINS eMUSEUM NETWORK TO SHARE COLLECTIONS GLOBALLY
Release Date: 08 October 2013
Williamsburg, VA (October 8, 2013)—The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation is proud to join the eMuseum Network to make its extensive collection more accessible to a global audience. This collaborative online networking platform, designed and hosted by Gallery Systems, enables member museums, ...

Katerina Cizek HIGHRISE. photo courtesy of the artist and National Film Board of Canada

MIT Visiting Artists Program Roster 2013-14 Features Filmmakers, Musicians, Sound and Kinetic Artists
Release Date: 16 October 2013
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) welcomes a new roster of visiting artists in the 2013-14 academic year working in a range of artistic disciplines -- from kinetic art to film and sound art to music. Residencies at MIT are embedded in ongoing research and creative collaborations with ...

This Union cannon, fired at the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863, sold for $86,250 on Oct, 12th.

Authentic Civil War cannon, fired by Union troops at the Battle of Gettysburg, sells at auction for $86,250
Release Date: 18 October 2013
(DECATUR, Ala.) – An authentic Civil War cannon, fired by Union troops at the Battle of Gettysburg, dated 1855 and complete with documented provenance, sold for $86,250 at an on-site sale of the contents of the Dancy-Polk House Inn, held Oct. 12 in Decatur. The Dancy-Polk House Inn, constructed ...

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	SOFA CHICAGO November 1-3, 2013 18 Galleries from 11 Countries Exhibit at SOFA CHICAGO’s 20th Annual Presentation Chicago, Illinois Read more

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	FRENCH REIGN AT BONHAMS NEW YORK Release Date: 08 October 2013 NEW YORK — Bonhams European Paintings auction on November 6 will feature excellent late 19th century landscapes by French masters Félix François Georges Philibert Ziem (1821-1911) and Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (1796-1875). Corot's La Baie de Somme, painted circa 1855-1860, is a tender ... Read more

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