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Lyman Allyn Art Museum Showcases Abstract Work by Xanda McCagg
ArtfixDaily / February 9th, 2021
The Lyman Allyn Art Museum announces the opening of Xanda McCagg Recent Work: Icon, on view Feb. 13 through Apr. 18, in the Glassenberg Gallery on the first floor as part of the Museum’s Near :: New contemporary series. Xanda McCagg’s abstract paintings are investigations of the human condition ...
New $38.5M Fund Launches For Los Angeles Arts Pandemic Recovery
ArtfixDaily / February 9th, 2021
The largest-ever pooled private investment for arts across Los Angeles County will sustain community organizations and save jobs Arts nonprofits in LA County will benefit from a record $38.5 million pandemic recovery fund, the result of an unprecedented collaboration between Los Angeles-based ...
To Sell Or Not to Sell, That Is The Question Some U.S. Museums Mull
ARTnews / February 8th, 2021
Financial strains exacerbated by pandemic-related impacts have left some museums across the U.S. struggling with the question of whether to deaccession artworks. In the early part of the coronavirus pandemic, when the economy tanked, the Association of Art Museum Directors (AAMD) relaxed rules ...
Sean Scully Retrospective Opens In June At The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth; The Artist's Pandemic-Made 'Dark Windows' To Debut In New York
ArtfixDaily / February 4th, 2021
The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth presents a major retrospective exhibition of Sean Scully’s most significant works from the 1970s to the present. Sean Scully: The Shape of Ideas, organized by the Philadelphia Museum of Art, closely examines the Irish-born American artist’s contribution to the ...
Aspen Snowmass Adds Fun To Its Latest Art Activations With On-Site Installations
ArtfixDaily / February 4th, 2021
Aspen Snowmass and FriendsWithYou (FWY), launched a lift ticket art collaboration November 2020. What started as uplifting, fine art images on Aspen Snowmass lift tickets is now an immersive world of interactive art and wonder across Aspen Snowmass’ mountains. Installations include “Little Cloud” ...
'Crafting America' Debuts At Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
ArtfixDaily / February 5th, 2021
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art debuts Crafting America, which will be on view February 6 to May 31, 2021, with an array of programs and a virtual experience of the exhibition. Crafting America is the first exhibition at Crystal Bridges dedicated to the subject of modern and ...
New Exhibition 'Hilma af Klint: The Secret Paintings' To Open In Australia
ArtfixDaily / February 4th, 2021
The Art Gallery of New South Wales will present Hilma af Klint: The Secret Paintings, the first major survey in the Asia Pacific region of visionary Swedish artist Hilma af Klint (1862–1944), whose remarkable body of abstract and mystical paintings bring new perspectives to the narratives of ...
View Highlights Of This Extensive Florida Art Collection Gifted to the University of Florida
ArtfixDaily / February 4th, 2021
A private collection of Florida works of art, some created by the foremost artists of their time, has a new home at the Harn Museum of Art at the University of Florida. The oil paintings, watercolors, drawings and prints—the largest single art collection ever donated to the university—as well as ...
New Orleans Museum of Art Acquires Transformative Gift of Photography from Dr. Russell Albright
ArtfixDaily / February 4th, 2021
Noted radiologist and art collector Dr. H. Russell Albright (1934-2017) bequeathed his extensive and important photography collection to the New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA), and left a fund to create an endowment in support of the museum’s Department of Photographs. Dr. Albright had a long and ...
'Black Art: In the Absence of Light, A Celebration of African American Artists' Premieres On HBO February 9
ArtfixDaily / February 3rd, 2021
"Black Art: In the Absence of Light, A Celebration of African American Artists", a documentary premiering on HBO on February 9th surveys African-American artists who have contributed to the art canon in the U.S. over two centuries. Directed by Sam Pollard, the film draws on “Two Centuries of ...
San Francisco Artist's 'Blue Check Homes' Spoof Hits a Nerve
SFGate / February 3rd, 2021
A San Francisco artist created a sensation last week with her 'Blue Check Homes' project — a made-up designation to signify an "authentic public figure" lives at a residence. Applications rolled in after the artist's Twitter announcement for an architectural emblem to showcase on a home's ...
Attempted Robbery Of Warhol Artwork At Memorial Art Gallery Under Investigation
ArtfixDaily / February 2nd, 2021
Police in Rochester, New York, confirmed an attempted robbery from an Andy Warhol exhibition at the Memorial Art Gallery (MAG) on Sunday, according to reports. The museum released a statement: “The matter is still under investigation and we’re working on putting the pieces together to ...
Gee's Bend Quilts Are Selling Quickly In New Shops On Etsy
ArtfixDaily / February 2nd, 2021
Online retailer Etsy announced on its blog a new offering of coveted quilts by makers from Gee's Bend on Monday. Sales appear to be brisk; 12 quilts were quickly sold from one quilter, Doris Pettway of KandKQuiltedTreasure, since the makers' shops debuted in honor of Black History Month. From ...
Beauford Delaney Exhibition Travels To Asheville Art Museum This Spring
ArtfixDaily / February 2nd, 2021
Featuring more than 40 paintings and works on paper, Beauford Delaney’s Metamorphosis into Freedom examines the career evolution of modern painter Beauford Delaney (Knoxville, TN 1901–1979 Paris, France) within the context of his 38-year friendship with writer James Baldwin (New York 1924-1987 ...
Angelina Jolie To Sell Artwork Gifted By Winston Churchill To FDR
AP / February 1st, 2021
The AP reports that Christie’s will sell the Moroccan landscape Tower of the Koutoubia Mosque — a gift from Sir Winston Churchill to U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt — from the art collection amassed by actress Angelina Jolie and her ex-husband, Brad Pitt, next month. The work could secure a ...
A Judy Chicago Art-Inspired Dior Bag Gains Visibility From Megan Thee Stallion
ArtfixDaily / February 1st, 2021
A Lady Dior Art Bag (limited edition handbag retails for $8,500), made in a collaboration with artist Judy Chicago, is making a statement on the arm of Megan Thee Stallion. The rapper posted her Dior look to social media on January 31, showcasing a rainbow outfit to echo the brightly iridescent ...
The Cheech, A Chicano Art Center To Open This Fall In California
NY Times / January 31st, 2021
Nicknamed The Cheech, a new center focused on Mexican-American art and culture is set to open this fall in Riverside, California. A significant portion of actor and comedian Cheech Marin's 700-piece collection will always be exhibited at the center. Marin has developed the finest private ...
Richard L. Feigen, Art Dealer and Collector, Remembered
ARTnews / January 31st, 2021
New York art dealer and collector Richard L. Feigen passed away from COVID-19 complications on January 29, 2021. He was 90. Read remembrances from Artforum and ARTnews. The Richard L. Feigen & Co. wrote on the gallery's website: "It is with profound sadness that we inform you of the ...
Berkshire Museum Renovates Building With Funds Raised From Art Sales
WAMC / January 31st, 2021
The Berkshire Museum in Pittsfield, Massachusetts has begun an initial $3.5 million improvement and redesign plan using money raised by controversial art sales in 2018, reports WAMC. Nearly $50 million was raised by auctioning off collection artworks, including Norman Rockwell's "Shuffleton's ...
Botticelli 'Young Man' Portrait Realizes $92.2 Million At Sotheby's Auction
New York Times / January 28th, 2021
A rare portrait by Florentine Renaissance master Sandro Botticelli brought $92.2 million at a livestreamed Sotheby's sale on Thursday morning. The price is the highest at auction for an Old Master work since Leonardo da Vinci's "Salvator Mundi" fetched $450.3 million in 2017. It is also the ...