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ARTFIXdaily News Feed - Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Cornice and roof detail of southest corner of the Corcoran Gallery of Art (Ernest Flagg, 1897), at 500 17th Street NW, Washington, DC.

Hard Times for Washington's Corcoran, Sale Possible
Reuters - October 23rd, 2012 22:32

Washington's oldest museum, the Corcoran Gallery of Art, is seeking an eleventh hour saviour. The private, non-profit institution is steadily losing money even with the draw of its first-class collection of 17,000 artworks...

Detail of Matisse's "Reading Girl in White and Yellow," 1919, stolen from the Triton Foundation Collection during a special exhibition at the Kunsthal Museum in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

Deactivated Lock Helped Art Thieves, Museum Says

An electronic lock deactivated after an alarm was triggered, allowing two thieves to raid Rotterdam's Kunsthal museum last week. The Dutch museum issued a statement on Monday saying...

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	Terra Foundation Announces 2013 Academic Award, Fellowship & Grant Opportunities Release Date: 23 October 2012 Today, the Terra Foundation for American Art announced its 2013 fellowship & academic opportunities, including an international essay prize and visiting professorships in Berlin, London, and Paris, which enable scholars from countries across the globe to study the art of the United ... Read more

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