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ARTFIXdaily News Feed - Thursday, September 4, 2014

Austrian Tycoon Acquires Essl Collection

Austrian construction mogul Hans Peter Haselsteiner has bought the modern art collection of hardware chain owner Karlheinz Essl who needed fast funds to rescue his flailing BauMax stores.

Roy Lichtenstein (1923 – 1997) Girl in Mirror, 1964 porcelain enamel on steel 42 x 42 x 2 in. (106.7 x 106.7 x 5.1 cm.) Executed in 1964. This work is from an edition of eight. Estimate: $2,000,000-3,000,000 © Estate of Roy Lichtenstein

Christie's Brings Pop-Up Gallery of Auction Highlights to Silicon Valley

Tech titans in Silicon Valley will now be served up blue-chip artworks for sale nearer to their own doorsteps. New ...

Rose Art Museum Receives Grants from Andy Warhol Foundation and Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

Christopher Bedford, Director of the Rose Art Museum at Brandeis University, has announced two major grants, both for $100,000, from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts and The ...

An exhibition of major new painting and sculptures inspired by 16th and 17th century decorated sea maps by MacArthur-award winning artist Mark Bradford, on view at the Rose Art Museum, Sept. 11, 2014, to Dec. 21, 2014.

Alex Katz, White Roses, 2014, 43 x 86 in., ed. 50, signed by the artist.

Art Silicon Valley Names Exhibitors for Inaugural Show

The inaugural edition of Art Silicon Valley/San Francisco (Art SV/SF) - Art Miami’s first international, contemporary and modern art fair on the West Coast – takes place over Columbus Day ...

Winslow Homer, Moonlight, 1874, Watercolor and gouache on paper, Arkell Museum at Canajoharie

Winslow Homer: The Nature and Rhythm of Life

The Arkell Museum at Canajoharie is celebrating the homecoming of its Winslow Homer works with a reception, talk and ...

Hazel Larsen Archer, "Josef Albers Teaching at BMC, with Ray Johnson in the Foreground," ca. late 1940s Courtesy of the Estate of Hazel Larsen Archer and the Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center

BLACK MOUNTAIN COLLEGE MUSEUM + ARTS CENTER RECEIVES MAJOR GRANT TO ADVANCE EXPANSION PLAN

The receipt of a major grant for Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center (BMCM+AC), in Asheville, NC, from the Windgate Charitable Foundation (Siloam Springs, AR) was announced today ...

Bonhams' Sept. 17 Jewelry Sale in London features a Diamond Frog gifted to Wallis Simpson.

Bonhams to Sell Diamond Frog Gifted to Wallis Simpson and A 'River' of Diamonds This Month

On 17th September, the autumn Fine Jewellery sale takes place at Bonhams newly built headquarters on London's New Bond Street. A diamond frog which was a gift ...