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Philadelphia Museum Receives $70 Million Gift in Art
ArtfixDaily / January 9th, 2014
A major gift of top-tier contemporary artworks is headed to the Philadelphia Museum of Art from longtime supporters Keith L. and Katherine Sachs. Amassed with the help of...
Crystal Bridges Exhibition Reveals Alice Walton's Love of American Watercolors
ArtfixDaily / January 7th, 2014
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, in Bentonville, Ark., will offer a diverse group of temporary exhibitions for 2014. Opening on January 18 are two exhibitions. One is centered on Edward Hopper’s Blackwell’s Island, a recently acquired work. Also, on view will be At First Sight: Collecting ...
Remembering R. Crosby Kemper Jr.: Banker, Art Collector, and Philanthropist
ArtfixDaily / January 6th, 2014
Banker, art patron, philanthropist, and motivated mover-and-shaker in so many roles, R. Crosby Kemper Jr. left a lasting legacy. In the art world, he was known as...
"Boston Loves Impressionism" Marks MFA's First Crowdsourced Exhibition
ArtfixDaily / January 2nd, 2014
For the first time ever, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), invites the public to choose their most-loved Impressionist works for a special exhibition, Boston Loves Impressionism. From January 6–26, 2014, participants can
2013: A Record-Breaking Year at Auction
ArtfixDaily / January 1st, 2014
Prices at auction for artwork in the upper echelon of the market surged in 2013...
Dallas Collector Gets $500,000 in Fight Over Rothko Painting
ArtfixDaily / December 23rd, 2013
Prominent Dallas collector Marguerite Hoffman was awarded $500,000 in a battle over a Rothko painting by a U.S. District Court jury on Friday. The cash award comes after...
Rockwell, Hopper Top American Art Sales in New York
ArtfixDaily / December 5th, 2013
Records were broken in New York sales of American art this week. An iconic Norman Rockwell fetched the highest price ever paid for a work offered at an American art auction while a museum's deaccessioned Edward Hopper brought an artist auction record.
Traveling Exhibition Serves Up Food in American Art
ArtfixDaily / December 3rd, 2013
Art and Appetite: American Art, Culture, and Cuisine is a mouthwatering exhibition of 60 paintings that explores the art and culture of food.
New Lawsuits Erupt Against Knoedler Gallery
ArtfixDaily / December 1st, 2013
Two new lawsuits have been leveled against New York's now-defunct Knoedler & Co. Manny Silverman Gallery of Los Angeles and New York dealer...
Victims Named in Abstract Expressionist Art Scam
ArtfixDaily / November 24th, 2013
Documents filed in federal court have revealed the identities of buyers involved with the Knoedler Gallery art forgery scandal. Prominent collectors, two museums and various dealers are named in a list provided to the court by Knoedler.
Civil War Painting Could Fetch Record $5 Million
ArtfixDaily / November 19th, 2013
A work that Sanford Robinson Gifford painted when he served in the Union army during the Civil War leads Christie’s Dec. 5 auction in New York. Estimated at $3-5 million, "Sunday Morning in the Camp of the Seventh Regiment near Washington, D.C., in May 1861" could fetch a new world auction record ...
Warhol Breaks Record in Blockbuster Auction Week
ArtfixDaily / November 13th, 2013
One of the more provocative works by Pop artist Andy Warhol soared to an artist auction record price of $105.4 million at Sotheby's contemporary art auction on Wednesday.
Norman Rockwell Painting Goes Missing from Storage Facility
ArtfixDaily / October 9th, 2013
A Norman Rockwell painting valued at about $1 million was stolen from a storiage facility in New York City. Authorities say the painting...
"Making It in America" Exhibition to Open at RISD Museum
ArtfixDaily / October 2nd, 2013
More than 100 outstanding works of painting, sculpture, and decorative arts from the Rhode Island School of Design Museum’s collection illuminate connections between American ambitions and the making of art in "Making It in America."
Huguette Clark Estate Comes Closer to Becoming a Museum
ArtfixDaily / September 30th, 2013
Court proceedings over the weekend of Sept. 20 in New York have paved a clearer path for an art museum in the Clark Estate perched on a Santa Barbara seaside bluff. The settlement includes $10 million in cash, a share in a Monet worth $25 million, and a seat on the board...
American Symphony Orchestra Honors 1913 Armory Show's Centennial
ArtfixDaily / September 26th, 2013
On October 3, 2013, the American Symphony Orchestra opens its season with New York Avant-Garde, at Carnegie Hall. The centennial year of the 1913 Armory Show is captured in music in this partnership with the New-York Historical Society...
Special IRS Panel Has an Eye on Art Tax
Wall Street Journal / September 22nd, 2013
While their names are public record, their duties as the "art tax police" for Uncle Sam are done behind closed doors. About half the time, the Art Advisory Panel of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue goes against the taxpayer.
Alice Walton's Big Coup Set to Debut at Crystal Bridges Museum
Forbes / September 16th, 2013
Alice Walton, the Walmart heiress, had her critics when she set out to open a major American art museum in remote Bentonville, Arkansas. But her 21-month-old institution has already welcomed its one millionth visitor and...
Glafira Rosales Pleads Guilty to $80 Million Art Forgery Scam
ArtfixDaily / September 16th, 2013
Glafira Rosales, 57, pleaded guilty on Monday in Manhattan federal court to her role in a scheme to sell more than 60 fake works of modern art to two prominent New York galleries.
Knoedler Gallery Ex-President Files Defamation Suit
ArtfixDaily / September 13th, 2013
Ann Freedman, the art dealer who helmed the now-defunct Knoedler & Co. gallery in New York, filed a defamation suit in New York Supreme Court on Sept. 11. Freedman's suit takes issue with a comment in