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After 13 Years, ARTFIXdaily to Cease Daily News Service
ArtfixDaily / August 15th, 2022
ARTFIXdaily will end weekday e-newsletter service after 13 years of publishing art world press releases, events and news. The final subscriber e-newsletter appeared on July 8, 2022. Thank you to the thousands of readers of more than 3,000 daily e-newsletters, especially those subscribers who ...
View Highlights of Norway's Massive, New National Museum Debuting June 11
ArtfixDaily / May 31st, 2022
Norway's long-awaited National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design opens in Oslo on June 11. Designed by Klaus Schuwerk, who partnered with Kleihues + Kleihues of Germany and Dyrvik Arkitekter of Norway, the new 587,000-square-foot building merges the collections of four institutions with some ...
A Museum Dedicated to a Poet Among Cultural Sites Attacked in Ukraine
NBC News / May 30th, 2022
A missile strike targeted the Hryhorii Skovoroda Literary Memorial Museum in Skovorodynivka, Ukraine, on May 6. The Russian attack damaged paintings, sculptures and books housed in the historic house museum dedicated to one of Ukraine’s most influential poets and philosophers. The museum burned, ...
'Women's Work' Exhibition at Lyndhurst Takes on Craft and Tradition Themes
ArtfixDaily / May 24th, 2022
A groundbreaking new exhibition of historic and contemporary works by women artists fills the Gothic Revival Lyndhurst Mansion and gallery in Tarrytown, New York, this summer. Women’s Work includes more than 125 works of art in a variety of media by American women from diverse backgrounds ...
Collection of Art Dealer Forrest Fenn, Known for His Treasure Hunt, Heads to Auction
ArtfixDaily / May 22nd, 2022
Santa Fe art dealer and collector Forrest Fenn famously hid a treasure chest -- supposedly worth over one-million dollars -- in the Rocky Mountains in 2010. Based on a riddle-laden poem in Fenn's memoir, hundreds of thousands are said to have pursued the elusive treasure for a decade, and ...
Schwenke Thirteenth Anniversary Auction Features Multiple Estates, Over 700 Unreserved Lots Selling Sunday, May 22nd
ArtfixDaily / May 18th, 2022
On Sunday, May 22nd Schwenke Auctioneers will auction a diverse group of over 700 lots consigned from 49 separate estates and consignors from Maine, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Florida, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Connecticut and New York. The auction includes over 100 lots of Asian decorative ...
Exhibition Guest Curated by Security Guards Opens at Baltimore Museum of Art
ArtfixDaily / March 30th, 2022
For the first time in the Baltimore Museum of Art’s (BMA) history, the people who protect the art have selected the art. Guarding the Art, an exhibition curated entirely by 17 current and former members of the museum’s security team, opens on Sunday, March 27, with approximately 25 ...
Art Market Soars to $65.1 Billion in 2021, According to Art Basel UBS Report
ArtfixDaily / March 30th, 2022
Last year saw a strong recovery of the art market with a gradual return to live sales and events that had previously closed during the COVID-19 pandemic, while online sales continued to grow, according to the sixth edition of The Art Basel and UBS Global Art Market Report. Written by cultural ...
The Winter Show Announces Exhibitor Highlights for 68th Edition in the Former Barneys New York This April
ArtfixDaily / March 11th, 2022
The Winter Show has shared preview highlights for its upcoming 2022 edition, including notable booth presentations and special activations at the fair. The 68th edition of the Show takes place April 1–10, 2022 at 660 Madison Avenue, the former flagship location of Barneys New York, following the ...
Museum Leaders Condemn Destruction of Cultural Heritage in Ukraine
ArtfixDaily / February 28th, 2022
Curators and museum leaders are speaking out against the cultural consequences of Russia's violent attack on Ukraine. One known casualty has been the Ivankiv Historical and Local History Museum, northwest of Kyiv, which Russian forces burned down, along with around 25 works by famed Ukrainian ...
Schwenke Auctioneers February 27th Sale Comprises Over 350 Lots of Eclectic Fine & Decorative Arts, Oriental Rugs and Fine Art Frames
ArtfixDaily / February 23rd, 2022
Woodbury, CT – On Sunday, February 27th at 11:00am Schwenke Auctioneers will hold its February Eclectic Estates Auction with an offering of over 350 lots of freshly consigned estate property. The auction features property from an Old Saybrook estate, a Westchester County NY collector, a ...
The Winter Show Is Rescheduled to Open April 1 at the Former Barneys Flagship Store
ArtfixDaily / February 20th, 2022
The Winter Show has announced that the 68th edition of the fair will take place April 1–10, 2022 at 660 Madison Avenue, the former flagship location of Barneys New York, following the postponement of its previously scheduled January dates due to surges in COVID-19 cases. The 2022 edition will ...
5 Swoon-Worthy Museum Shows for Valentine's Weekend Strolling
ArtfixDaily / February 10th, 2022
This weekend ahead of Valentine's Day, visitors can catch five exhibitions packing some emotional punch—from sensuality to sadness, light-heartedness to power—at museums across the U.S. Radiating energy and magnificence in grand artworks, The Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg's (MFA) Bernini ...
Art Basel to Launch New Art Fair in the Grand Palais of Paris During FIAC's Dates
ArtfixDaily / January 26th, 2022
The October dates at the Grand Palais held by FIAC, Paris's top fair, will now be occupied by Art Basel, in a new decision that is a "major shake-up," according to ARTnews. Art Basel, together with its parent company MCH Group, announced Wednesday that it has been awarded a seven-year ...
The Winter Show and TEFAF Maastricht Among 2022 Art Fairs to be Postponed
ArtfixDaily / December 30th, 2021
Due to rising COVID-19 cases in New York City, the Board of Managers of East Side House Settlement—the owner and beneficiary of The Winter Show—announced a decision to postpone the 2022 edition of The Winter Show, originally scheduled for January 21-30. New dates at the Park Avenue ...
ARTFIXdaily Closed for the Holidays, Returns January 2022
ArtfixDaily / December 13th, 2021
ARTFIXdaily is closed for the holidays. E-newsletter service will resume on January 3, 2022. Thank you to our readers and to ARTFIXdaily's contributors and advertising supporters for providing inspiring art news and information during the peaks and valleys of 2021. The peaks included a first ...
Broad Range of Contemporary & Antique Items In Schwenke Auctioneers December 12th Holiday Fine Estates Auction
ArtfixDaily / December 6th, 2021
Woodbury, CT – On Sunday, December 12th Schwenke Auctioneers offers over 485 lots of estate fine and decorative arts sourced from multiple estates and collections in the tri-state area. The 11:00 am online sale will be broadcast live on Invaluable and Live Auctioneers. Absentee and phone bidding ...
The Arts Society's Artvent Calendar Offers a Free Digital Daily Treat For the Festive Season
ArtfixDaily / October 28th, 2021
An innovative digital take on the traditional advent calendar, The Arts Society’s Artvent Calendar offers 31 days of digital art experiences and events to delight and surprise throughout the month of December. Behind each door of the digital calendar art lovers will discover a range of daily ...
The Art Show Concludes Successful Edition With New Fall Dates; ADAA Appoints New President and Board Members
ArtfixDaily / November 8th, 2021
Inaugurating a new moment on the art fair calendar, The Art Show, organized by the Art Dealers Association of America (ADAA) to benefit Henry Street Settlement, closed its 2021 edition yesterday with an enthusiastic response from ADAA members, collectors, museum leaders, and visitors, who ...
Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen Innovates Museum Model in World First; Displays Entire Collection by Size and Climatic Requirements
ArtfixDaily / November 3rd, 2021
With Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen, a new all-access art museum and system of collection management debuts. The King of the Netherlands, Willem-Alexander, will open the Depot this week, with all 151,000 collection items—from Vincent van Gogh paintings to a Yayoi Kusama Infinity Mirror Room—on ...