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A Luminous 26-Foot Tiffany Landscape Window Is Unveiled at The Art Institute of Chicago

ArtfixDaily / May 31st, 2021

Seen by very few people for over a century, the monumental window will now be a permanent centerpiece welcoming thousands of visitors near the Michigan Avenue entrance of The Art Institute of Chicago. The Art Institute of Chicago revealed in its galleries last week an extraordinary memorial ...

10 Works That Show Monet as a 'Struggling Artist' Under Pressure on View at Seattle Art Museum This Summer

ArtfixDaily / May 31st, 2021

The Seattle Art Museum will present Monet at Étretat (July 1–October 17, 2021), exploring the artist’s engagement with Étretat, a seaside village in Normandy, France. The exhibition takes Fishing Boats at Étretat (1885), the only work by Claude Monet in SAM’s collection, as inspiration, ...

ARTFIXdaily Will Return June 1

ArtfixDaily / May 24th, 2021

ARTFIXdaily e-newsletter service will resume on June 1 following a break. Check the ArtWire section for the latest news from our ArtGuild members. In June, look for ARTFIXdaily's coverage of summer auctions, exhibitions and even in-person art fairs. Coming up on the East Coast, the Spring ...

David Zwirner Launches Platform, Offering A New Click-To-Buy Art Marketplace

New York Times / May 20th, 2021

Mega-gallerist David Zwirner launched a new art buying experience on Thursday simply called Platform. Platform aggregates a selection of artworks, priced well under $50,000, from smaller partner galleries' inventory in a rotating online exhibit. The difference from other online art-selling ...

'For the Record: Celebrating Art by Women' Exhibition Debuts at Norton Museum of Art in June

ArtfixDaily / May 20th, 2021

The Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach, Florida, will present For the Record: Celebrating Art by Women, a new exhibition drawn largely from the Norton’s collection that explores issues of representation and inclusion in the art world. On view June 11 through October 3, For the Record ...

Alive in Color: Post-Impressionist and Realist Works by Women Artists at Hawthorne Fine Art

ArtfixDaily / May 20th, 2021

Hawthorne Fine Art is pleased to present Alive in Color: Post-Impressionist and Realist Works by Women Artists. The virtual exhibition is comprised of more than a dozen works in oils, watercolors, and pastels by historic women artists.    Among the work to be shown is Arboreal ...

'Flags and Founding Documents, 1776-Today' Special Exhibition Kicks Off a Revolutionary Summer

ArtfixDaily / May 20th, 2021

More than 40 American Flags Displayed with a Rare Printing of the U.S. Constitution and other Historic Documents Will Showcase the Nation’s Evolution at Philadelphia's Museum of the American Revolution From one of the earliest known 13-star flags to a black-and-white-striped 23-star ...

Despite Protests, Several Museums Sell Off Collection Artworks at Auction

ArtfixDaily / May 19th, 2021

A handful of U.S. museums sent collection artworks to the auction block at a Sotheby's American art sale that totalled $15 million on Wednesday. Women artists in the sale including Mary Cassatt, Georgia O'Keeffe, Grandma Moses and Gertude Abercrombie brought big prices for some small-sized works ...

'Alphonse Mucha: Art Nouveau Visionary' To Include Rarely Seen Works From the Artist's Family

ArtfixDaily / May 19th, 2021

The North Carolina Museum of Art (NCMA) announced its fall 2021 exhibitions, including Alphonse Mucha: Art Nouveau Visionary, opening October 23, 2021, and on view through January 23, 2022.  Czech-born Alphonse Mucha (1860–1939) was one of the most influential and celebrated artists in ...

The Ohr-O’Keefe Museum of Art Receives Major Gift of 50 Artworks From Collector Gordon W. Bailey

ArtfixDaily / May 19th, 2021

The Ohr-O’Keefe Museum of Art in Biloxi, Mississippi has received a major donation of 50 artworks by Los Angeles-based, advocate and collector Gordon W. Bailey. The transformative gift features African American artists Leroy Almon, David Butler, Richard Dial, Thornton Dial, Minnie Evans, Roy ...

The Obama Portraits Hit the Road

ArtfixDaily / May 18th, 2021

The official presidential portraits of Barack and Michelle Obama will depart Washington, D.C., for the first time on a nationwide tour, starting this summer. The loans from the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery will be displayed in five cities. The first stop, from June 18-Aug. 15, is the ...

The Bourse de Commerce — Pinault Collection Aims to Deliver a Fresh Museum Experience in France

Town & Country / May 18th, 2021

Set to open on May 22 after a long delay, François Pinault's $170 million museum project The Bourse de Commerce — Pinault Collection is finally ready for the public in Paris. While limits to tourism during the pandemic may keep visitor numbers low in the short term, the new museum on the Right ...

The Collection of Artists Wolf Kahn and Emily Mason Tops $8 Million at Christie's

ArtfixDaily / May 18th, 2021

On Tuesday, Christie’s Fields of Vision: The Private Collection of Artists Wolf Kahn and Emily Mason totaled $8,122,375 and was 96% sold by lot and 152% hammer sold above low estimate. Both artists Wolf Kahn (1927-2020) and Emily Mason (1932-2019), who split their time between New ...

Whitney Museum Workers Seek To Unionize

New York Times / May 17th, 2021

Employees at The Whitney Museum of American Art in New York are looking to form a union under the United Automobile Workers. The New York Times reported that a petition asking for a union vote was filed on Monday with the National Labor Relations Board by the Technical, Office, and Professional ...

Rago Design Auctions Bring In $10 Million With A World Record Smashed For Tiffany

ArtfixDaily / May 17th, 2021

With a total of $10 million, more than double the high estimate, and a 89% sell-through rate, Rago’s Early 20th Century Design and Modern Design auctions illustrate the continued strength of the design market. The highlight of the two-day auction event was the record sale of an important ...

'Rembrandt’s Orient' Conveys More Than a Fascination

ArtfixDaily / May 16th, 2021

Ideas of escapism, cultural appropriation and historical issues may weave through viewers' minds with the current exhibition Rembrandt’s Orient: West Meets East in Dutch Art of the Seventeenth Century which has been extended to July 18, 2021, at the Museum Barberini, in Potsdam, Germany. It was ...

'Supernatural America: The Paranormal in American Art' Traveling Exhibition Begins Appearances

ArtfixDaily / May 13th, 2021

This exhibition opens June 12 – September 5, 2021, at Toledo Museum of Art; travels from October 7, 2021 – January 2, 2022 to Speed Art Museum; and from February 19 – May 15, 2022, arrives at Minneapolis Institute of Art. Supernatural America: The Paranormal in American Art is the ...

The American Art Fair Marks Spring 2021 American Art Week With Exhibitions In Galleries and Online

ArtfixDaily / May 13th, 2021

The American Art Fair celebrates spring 2021 American Art Week from May 15-22 with Open Houses by appointment at most galleries during the opening weekend, featured in-gallery exhibitions, as well as online highlights at theamericanartfair.com through June 30. The Spring 2021 American Art Week ...

Basquiat Brings $93.1 Million at Christie's; Records Toppled at Sotheby's $596.8 Million Trio of Sales

ArtfixDaily / May 12th, 2021

A 1983 painting by Haitian-American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat reached $93.1 million on Tuesday at a Christie’s auction in New York, nearly twice its estimated price. A ten-minute bidding battle between three phone bidders for “In This Case” began at $40 million, escalated quickly to $50 ...

Takashi Murakami Guest Curates 'Super-Rough' With Outsider Art Fair Dealers in New York

ArtfixDaily / May 12th, 2021

Japanese artist Takashi Murakami will guest curate Super-Rough, a large-scale group exhibition of close to two hundred sculptural works by approximately 50-60 self-taught, visionary and vernacular folk artists from around the world. Overseen by Murakami, in collaboration with several dozen ...