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Galleries Ready Their Best Works for This Week's ADAA Art Show
ArtfixDaily / February 27th, 2014
Gallery presentations at the 26th annual ADAA Art Show, the nation's longest running fine art fair, will feature thoughtfully curated solo, two-person and thematic exhibitions by 72 of the nation’s leading art dealers.
Radiocarbon Helps Label Léger Painting a Fake
LiveScience / February 26th, 2014
A painting once attributed to French modernist Fernand Léger has now been deemed a fake. The work languished out of view in the Guggenheim collection under suspicion that it was not "right." It took today's latest scientific analysis to uncover miniscule traces of Cold War-era nuclear bombs...
Obama Picks New Chair of the NEA
ArtfixDaily / February 16th, 2014
The White House announced last week that President Obama will nominate Jane Chu as the next chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts.
Bacon's Lover Hits $70 Million at Christie's Auction
ArtfixDaily / February 13th, 2014
A Francis Bacon painting of his lover sold for 42.2 million pounds ($70.3 million) at Christie's in London as part of a 124.2 million-pound sale of postwar and contemporary art.
Sotheby's Sale Soars to $146 Million With Richter, Warhol Stand-outs
ArtfixDaily / February 12th, 2014
A vibrant red and blue abstract painting by Gerhard Richter and Andy Warhol's red 1973 portrait of Mao Zedong helped boost Sotheby's contemporary art sale in London to 87.9 million pounds ($146 million).
Joan Mondale, Arts Supporter, Remembered
ArtfixDaily / February 4th, 2014
An effective advocate for the fine arts, Joan Mondale earned the nickname Joan of Art in Washington during the vice presidential term of her husband, Walter E. Mondale, in the late 1970s.
Elaine Wynn Named as Buyer of $142 Million Francis Bacon
New York Times / January 15th, 2014
When Francis Bacon's massive triptych "Three Studies of Lucian Freud" sold to a telephone bidder for $142.2 million at Christie's New York in November, the unnamed buyer fueled speculation.
LA's MOCA Selects New Director
New York Times / January 15th, 2014
After a tumultuous several years, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles is set to announce its new director. The role is expected to go to...
Bowdoin College Receives 320 Works from Vogel Collection
ArtfixDaily / January 14th, 2014
He was a postman. She was a reference librarian. Together, Herbert and Dorothy Vogel of New York City amassed “one of the world’s great collections of minimal and post-minimal art,” ...
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...
Castro Views Art on First Public Outing in Months
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Americas/Latin-America-Monitor/2014/0109/The-art-of-Fidel-Castro-s-public-night-out / January 9th, 2014
Cuba's Fidel Castro spent an evening at an art opening after keeping out of the public eye for nine months. He attended the opening of...
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...
Artist Uses Google Glass to Create Interactive Installation
ArtfixDaily / December 17th, 2013
A first of its kind in the world, David Daturna's Viewpoint of Billions is a a new kind of artwork that takes interactive art to the next level through Google Glass.
World's Most Expensive Artwork to Go On View at Portland Art Museum
ArtfixDaily / December 16th, 2013
Oregon's Portland Art Museum will exhibit Three Studies of Lucian Freud by Francis Bacon, from December 21, 2013 to March 30, 2014. On loan from a private collection, the triptych sold for $142.4 million last month...
Perez Art Museum Miami Debuts with Ai Weiwei
ArtfixDaily / December 10th, 2013
Perez Art Museum Miami opened its doors last week with an inaugural exhibition of work by the dissident Chinese artist, Ai Weiwei.
Sky's the Limit at Art Basel Miami Beach
ArtfixDaily / December 3rd, 2013
Art Basel Miami Beach boasts about $3 billion worth of art is on sale from 258 international galleries this week. At this largest art fair in the U.S., comprised mostly of post-war and contemporary art, the estimated value of works offered is up...
Auctioneer Tobias Meyer Exits Sotheby's
ArtfixDaily / November 25th, 2013
Sotheby's principal auctioneer, Tobias Meyer, will leave his post after some 20 years at the helm. From the podium, and as head of contemporary art sales, Meyer oversaw such spectacular sales as
Younger American, Asian Galleries Added to Art Basel Miami Beach
ArtfixDaily / November 21st, 2013
A number of younger American galleries and Asian art dealers are among the new participants in this year's edition of Art Basel Miami Beach, the anchor fair of the Miami Arts Week, held from Dec. 5 to 8, 2013.
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.