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Norman Rockwell Tops Sotheby's $46 Million American Art Sale

ArtfixDaily / May 22nd, 2014

American Art at Sotheby’s in New York on Wednesday achieved $45,869,625 (est. $33.2/49.7 million) – among the highest totals for an American Art sale in the last five years. Ten lots brought prices over $1 million...

Ansel Adams Museum Set Surfaces in Charity Auction

ArtfixDaily / May 19th, 2014

An anonymous seller is offering a coveted collection of Ansel Adams photographs through the online auctioneer Charitybuzz.com. According to the site, 100% of the sale's proceeds will go towards...

Plans Finalized to Merge Corcoran with National Gallery, George Washington University

AP / May 18th, 2014

Details have been finalized in the merger of DC's financially-troubled Corcoran Gallery of Art, one of the oldest museums in the U..S., with two other institutions.

Paul Allen's Rothko Painting Propels Phillips Sale

Bloomberg / May 15th, 2014

A Mark Rothko painting from the collection of Microsoft founder and billionaire Paul Allen fetched $56.2 million at a Phillips sale that tallied...

Detroit Creditors Not Allowed to Remove Art, Judge Rules

USA Today / May 15th, 2014

Bankruptcy Judge Steven Rhodes ruled Thursday that Detroit's major creditors will not be allowed to remove artwork from the Detroit Institute of Arts in order to have it appraised. The ruling is a blow to...

Smithsonian Collection to be Open for App Developers

ArtfixDaily / May 12th, 2014

A White House blog on Friday announced that the Smithsonian American Art Museum would soon make its digitized collection open to developers so they can build it into educational apps.

Norman Rockwell from High School's Storage Heads to Auction

ArtfixDaily / May 8th, 2014

An original Norman Rockwell painting owned by a high school in central Massachusetts is heading to auction after it hung for decades in the principal's office.

Delaware Art Museum Sends Pre-Raphaelite Painting to Auction Block

ArtfixDaily / May 7th, 2014

The Delaware Art Museum has revealed that the Pre-Raphaelite painting Isabella and the Pot of Basil by William Holman Hunt (1827–1910) will be the first artwork to be deaccessioned in a controversial decision...

Detroit Institute of Art to Showcase Rivera, Kahlo Works

ArtfixDaily / May 5th, 2014

Detroit Institute of Arts is planning an exhibition of works by Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo for 2015. The show will focus on...

Nan Rosenthal, National Gallery and Met Curator, Remembered

ArtfixDaily / May 4th, 2014

Known as an influential proponent of contemporary art at the National Gallery of Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, curator Nan Rosenthal passed away at her home in Manhattan...

San Francisco, Chicago to Battle for George Lucas Museum

SF Gate / May 4th, 2014

San Francisco and Chicago are gunning for the massive American art and movie memorabilia collection of "Star Wars" creator George Lucas.

Minnesota Marine Art Museum Expands with Acquisitions, New Manoogian Gallery

ArtfixDaily / April 29th, 2014

Poised above the Mississippi River, the Minnesota Marine Art Museum boasts a fine marine art collection. Newly acquired...

Iconic Red Sox Painting by Norman Rockwell On View at MFA, Boston, Prior to Auction

ArtfixDaily / April 24th, 2014

Before hitting the auction block next month, the beloved Norman Rockwell painting, The Rookie (The Red Sox Locker Room) (1957) will be on view for six days only at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston...

Monet, Stradivarius Among Highlights of Huguette Clark Estate Sale

ArtfixDaily / April 22nd, 2014

A Monet Waterlilies painting not exhibited since 1926 and a Stradivarius violin found hidden in a vacant home are among the treasures to be offered at auction from the estate of reclusive heiress Huguette Clark starting next month.

Details Emerge in Modern Art Forgery Debacle

ArtfixDaily / April 22nd, 2014

Three men were indicted Monday in the massive art scam that placed dozens of fake modern masters on the market and took down one of America's oldest art galleries. The 11-count indictment provided new details...

Art Dealer Arrested for Fraud in Spain

ArtfixDaily / April 20th, 2014

The partner of accused art fraudster Glafira Rosales was nabbed by authorities in Spain during Easter festivities over the weekend.

U.S. Government Searching for WPA Works

NPR / April 17th, 2014

During the height of the Great Depression, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt rolled out the unprecedented New Deal Program for millions of unemployed Americans. For people who could prove they were poor and an artist there was the tantalizing incentive of $42 per week to produce art. Now, the U.S government is trying to track down...

Winslow Homer Masterpiece May be Sold by Delaware Museum

ArtfixDaily / April 15th, 2014

A prized painting by American artist Winslow Homer may be one of four works to be sold by the Delaware Art Museum in order to replenish its endowment and pay off debt.

George Lucas Considers Chicago for Art Museum

ArtfixDaily / April 10th, 2014

Art collector and billionaire filmmaker George Lucas is looking at Chicago as a place to house his vast collection of fine art and movie memorabilia after plans for a museum in San Francisco's Presidio have faltered.

Major Museums Present 'Art Everywhere,' Largest Outdoor Art Show Ever

ArtfixDaily / April 8th, 2014

Billed as “the largest outdoor art show ever conceived,” a summer exhibition will span from Hollywood billboards to New York's Times Square. Five museums...