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Art-filled Hotel Opens Near Crystal Bridges Museum
ArtfixDaily / April 25th, 2013
Over the weekend, 21c Museum Hotels opened its third property in Bentonville, Arkansas, near the Crystal Bridges Museum of Art. The hotel features 12,000 square feet of exhibition space solely dedicated to exhibiting art of the 21st century.
Tate Tweets Guided Tour of Roy Lichtenstein Exhibit
ArtfixDaily / April 24th, 2013
London's Tate Modern Gallery will present a guided museum tour on Twitter of the major retrospective of works by Pop art master Roy Lichtenstein.
Group Formed to Oppose Sale of Museum's Cole Painting
ArtfixDaily / April 23rd, 2013
A group has formed in New York in an attempt to prevent a small museum's Thomas Cole painting from being sold.
Corcoran to Partner with National Gallery of Art and University of Maryland
ArtfixDaily / April 3rd, 2013
The Corcoran Gallery of Art and Corcoran College of Art + Design are taking measures to reduce expenses by partnering with other institutions, according to recent announcements.
Remote, New Museum Gets High Rank on Attendance
ArtfixDaily / March 28th, 2013
Infiltrating the usual suspects on the list of international museum attendance numbers compiled by the The Art Newspaper is a new museum that has enticed visitors to its rural corner of the world.
Colby College Museum of Art Readies to Open with $100 Million Gift
ArtfixDaily / March 21st, 2013
This is a historic year for both Colby College and the Colby College Museum of Art in Waterville, Maine. Colby celebrates its bicentennial, and the capstone is the grand opening of the Alfond-Lunder Family Pavilion, featuring a $100 million gift of more than 500 works of art, and the reopening of ...
C.M. Russell Auction of Western Art Wrangles Top Prices
ArtfixDaily / March 17th, 2013
The Russell: the Auction to Benefit the C.M. Russell Museum boasted 220 lots on the auction block, with preliminary estimates indicating the sale raised slightly over $3.1 million Saturday, a total just above last year's.
Cy Twombly Foundation in Turmoil Over Lawsuits
ArtfixDaily / March 14th, 2013
A lawsuit filed Wednesday alleges two board members of the Cy Twombly Foundation, which was established to promote the American painter’s works and legacy, erroneously collected $300,000 in fees from the charity.
All of Audubon's Birds on view at New-York Historical Society
ArtfixDaily / March 13th, 2013
A colorful and historically significant group of 474 bird watercolors by John James Audubon will be on view from the collection of the New-York Historical Society for the first time.
Keith Haring Foundation Sues Exhibition Organizers
ArtfixDaily / March 11th, 2013
The Keith Haring Foundation, which owns intellectual property rights to the artist's work, along with a significant collection of Haring artwork, has filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Miami against organizers of the exhibition "Haring Miami."
George Lucas Proposes Billion-Dollar Art Museum for San Francisco
ArtfixDaily / March 10th, 2013
"Star Wars" filmmaker George Lucas is among 16 contenders who want to develop part of San Francisco's scenic Presidio park. He submitted a plan on Friday for an art museum---housing much of his own collection---as a main attraction in the federally-managed park.
Seward Museum's Thomas Cole Painting Appraisal Revealed
Syracuse / March 5th, 2013
Minutes taken during a meeting in 2008 show that the Thomas Cole painting from the Seward House Museum in Auburn, New York, was valued at $20 million.
Museum of the White Mountains Debuts with Fresh Look at Landscape Painting
ArtfixDaily / February 25th, 2013
The Museum of the White Mountains celebrated its grand opening this past weekend in Plymouth, New Hampshire, with the inaugural exhibit “Passing Through, The Allure of the White Mountains.” Works by the likes of 19th century artists Thomas Cole, Benjamin Champney, Frank Shapleigh, Samuel Lancaster ...
New Lawsuit Presents Twist in the Knoedler Gallery Saga
ArtfixDaily / February 25th, 2013
Canadian theater owner and art collector David Mirvish has brought up a new lawsuit against New York's disgraced Knoedler Gallery. But his claim takes a completely opposite stance to the other suits.
Thomas Cole Painting to be Sold from Seward House Museum
ArtfixDaily / February 24th, 2013
A landscape by seminal Hudson River School artist Thomas Cole (1801-1848) will be sold to aid the preservation of the Seward House Museum in Auburn, New York.
Iconic WWII Sculpture Set for Auction in New York
ArtfixDaily / February 19th, 2013
An iconic monument that inspired patiotism during World War II will be offered in Bonhams' upcoming February 22 auction in New York entitled World War II: the Pacific Theater, the inaugural auction to focus entirely on the war's historic events in the Pacific Ocean and western Pacific Rim.
Jasper Cropsey Painting Banned from UK Export
ArtfixDaily / February 12th, 2013
An 1862 painting of London's Richmond Hill by Hudson River School artist Jasper Francis Cropsey (1823-1900) has had its export license deferred for the second time in 13 years. Microsoft executive Christopher Larson, from Seattle, bought the painting for a record...
Walters Museum to Present "New Eyes on America: The Genius of Richard Caton Woodville"
ArtfixDaily / February 11th, 2013
Painter of iconic works of American genre, Richard Caton Woodville (1825–55) led a life of paradox. His humorous characterizations of contemporary life, realistic depictions of period interiors and use of narrative detail give viewers access to a fascinating period of American and European history.
Edward Hopper Draws More Crowds than Picasso in Paris
ArtfixDaily / February 4th, 2013
Organizers of a major Edward Hopper retrospective at the Grand Palais in Paris say that the exhibition brought in more visitors than a prime Picasso collection.
A Case for Mixing Folk and Academic Art
New York Times / January 31st, 2013
After several major museums have renovated and expanded their American art galleries, the trend continues to separate folk and outsider art from academic art. Usually, folk art is relegated to a smaller, lesser space than more realistic, academic artworks.