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Louvre Abu Dhabi Acquires Gilbert Stuart Portrait of Washington

Wall Street Journal / February 9th, 2015

Scheduled to open this fall, the Jean Nouvel-designed Louvre Abu Dhabi has already amassed a collection of 300 objects along with another 300 works on loan from the French government. A just-announced acquisition may seem unlikely: an 1822 portrait of George Washington by Gilbert Stuart will ...

Hidden Thomas Hart Benton Painting Could Go on Display

AP / February 1st, 2015

A Thomas Hart Benton work hidden away in storage for years could be put on public display after ...

John Wilson, Boston Artist, Remembered

Boston Globe / February 1st, 2015

John Wilson, 92, an African-American artist who rose to prominence from his Boston roots, died on Jan. 22. Katherine French, director emerita of Danforth Art, said Wilson "will be recognized as a major artist of the 20th century. I really have no doubt about that.” French has just finished ...

300 Years of American Art Showcased at Williams College Museum

Berkshire Eagle / January 28th, 2015

Familiar favorites along with artwork new to Williams College Museum of Art’s collection provide a panoply of American creativity in an exhibition opening January 31

Jane Wilson, Seminal Postwar Artist, Remembered

DC Moore Gallery Memorial Page / January 25th, 2015

Jane Wilson, whose sixty-year career established her as one of the leading landscape painters of the postwar era, died on January 13, 2015 in New York.

George Lucas Museum Could Land in L.A. if Chicago Fails

L.A. Times / January 18th, 2015

George Lucas said Friday that complications in his plan to build his Lucas Museum of Narrative Art on the Chicago lakefront may put Los Angeles back in the running.

Secrecy Looms in Slow Sift Through Corcoran Gallery's Art

Washington Post / January 12th, 2015

It's been five months since the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, went belly up and the National Gallery of Art (NGA) was named as the successor to its renowned collection.

Five Museum Blockbusters Come to Theaters

ArtfixDaily / January 6th, 2015

Popular recent exhibitions at major museums will be appearing on big screens in the U.S. for single-day virtual guided tours.

Detroit Institute of Arts Raises Goal for Grand Bargain

USA Today / January 5th, 2015

In less than a year, the Detroit Institute of Arts has fulfilled its promise to deliver $100 million to the city's $816-million grand bargain debt restructuring plan.

Couple Sues Gallery Over Fake Norman Rockwell

Courthouse News / January 5th, 2015

A Manhattan art gallery passed off a MobilOil advertisement as a "guaranteed" Norman Rockwell, for which it charged $347,437, a couple claims in court...

Painting the Divine: Images of Mary in the New World

Amazon / December 22nd, 2014

A rich tradition of painting in the New World revolved around depicting the Virgin Mary in various phases of her life, utilizing styles unique to the Southwest and other locales in the Americas.

Museum Seeks Art Covering Destroyed Ferguson Storefronts

St. Louis Today / December 7th, 2014

When riots ensued over the Nov. 24 grand jury annoncement that there would be no indictment of the officer who killed Michael Brown, many storefronts and businesses in Ferguson, Missouri, and on South Grand Boulevard in St. Louis were damaged.  Up went plywood to cover shattered windows. And ...

Whistler's Mother to Make Visit to U.S.

ArtfixDaily / November 20th, 2014

One of the most iconic images of American art is coming to the U.S. for the first time. James Abbott McNeill Whistler's...

Georgia O'Keeffe Shatters Record Auction Price for Women Artists

ArtfixDaily / November 20th, 2014

Georgia O’Keeffe’s "Jimson Weed/White Flower No.1" (1932) fetched $44.4 million, catapulting far above the previous record for the most expensive art work by a woman artist...

Smithsonian Unveils $2 Billion Renovation Plan

ArtfixDaily / November 19th, 2014

A master plan to renovate and improve the South Mall campus of the Smithsonian Institution was revealed with an estimate of $2 billion.

Rothkos, Reinstalled Galleries Rule Inside the Expanded Harvard Art Museums

ArtfixDaily / November 18th, 2014

A challenge emerged to integrate, renovate and expand Harvard Art Museums' three buildings under one 21st-century roof in a crowded city space that dates back to the colonial era. Italian architect Renzo Piano delivered...

$853 Million Christie's Postwar and Contemporary Art Sale Breaks Record

ArtfixDaily / November 13th, 2014

Christie's sale of Postwar and Contemporary art on Wednesday night made history when it brought a record-breaking total of $853 million.

Jasper Johns 'Flag' Sets Artist Auction Record

ArtfixDaily / November 11th, 2014

Offered on Veterans' Day, a version of Jasper Johns' signature 'Flag' painting was saluted with a record auction price for the artist...

Bunny Mellon's Rothkos Top $158.7 Million Sale

ArtfixDaily / November 10th, 2014

Rachel Lambert Mellon, known as Bunny, was an ardent supporter of Mark Rothko. The iconic abstract expressionist's dark blue-purple work from 1970 sold for nearly...

Chicagoans Question Design, Location of Lucas Museum

Chicago Tribune / November 10th, 2014

Architect's renderings of the planned Lucas Museum of Narrative Art are not winning much support for the project in Chicago.