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Married Couple to Lead Bowdoin College Museum of Art
Bowdoin College / January 30th, 2013
Frank H. Goodyear III and Anne Collins Goodyear have been named co-directors of the Bowdoin College Museum of Art, announced Dean for Academic Affairs Cristle Collins Judd on Jan. 30. Frank Goodyear currently serves as curator of photographs at the National Portrait Gallery...
LA Art Show Returns with Traditional to Cutting Edge Art
Los Angeles Times / January 27th, 2013
Opening under new ownership at the Los Angeles Convention Center's South Hall, the LA Art Show's massive and diverse selection of contemporary, modern, historic and traditional fine art drew big crowds from Jan. 23 to 27. Among the red dots indicating sales was...
Major Private Cache of 20th Century Prints in Benefit Sale
Buffalo News / January 13th, 2013
Nearly 400 prints by leading modern and contemporary artists from the collection of the late David K. Anderson, son of influential New York gallerist Martha Jackson, will be sold in a benefit sale in May.
Ruth Carter Stevenson, Museum Trustee and Art Patron, Remembered
ArtfixDaily / January 13th, 2013
Ruth Carter Stevenson followed the final wishes of her father decades ago to oversee the founding of the Amon Carter Museum of American Art, one of the premier American art collections in the nation. She died on Jan. 6 at her home in Forth Worth at 89.
Public High School Exhibits Multimillion Dollar Art Collection
INC / January 3rd, 2013
A 1913 graduate of a small town high school in Indiana left his alma mater with a tremendous legacy to honor his favorite teacher. From 1938 until his death in 1965, industrialist G. David Thompson showered artworks from his multimillion dollar collection to...
Homeless Heir to Huguette Clark Fortune Found Dead
ArtfixDaily / January 2nd, 2013
One of the possible heirs to the $300 million fortune left by Huguette Clark was discovered dead under a railroad pass in Wyoming.
United States Postal Services Debuts “Modern Art in America” Forever® Stamp Collection
ArtfixDaily / December 13th, 2012
Iconic modern artworks by the likes of Duchamp, Davis, Demuth and Dove will become the latest Forever® stamp collection offered by the United States Postal Services.
AXA Equitable Donates Thomas Hart Benton's Epic 1920s Mural "America Today" to Metropolitan Museum
ArtfixDaily / December 11th, 2012
American artist Thomas Hart Benton’s epic mural America Today—a sweeping panorama of American life, celebrating the promise of modern industry and technology and the accomplishments of working people in the boom years of the 1920s—has been donated by AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company to The ...
Controversial Plans to Sell Corcoran Gallery of Art Building Scrapped
Washington Post / December 10th, 2012
Home to major works by the likes of Corot, Degas, Sargent, and Homer, the Corcoran Gallery of Art will remain in its historic Beaux-Arts building in Washington D.C. after spending months under the threat of sale.
Art Buyers Watch Trading Probe of Billionaire Steven Cohen
Bloomberg / December 6th, 2012
Sharks are circling around the carefully-curated art collection of billionaire hedge fund owner Steven A Cohen. Under investigation for...
Yale University Art Gallery Unveils $135 Million Renovation
New Haven Register / December 4th, 2012
Stretching across city blocks and combining three major buildings of varying architectural styles, Yale University Art Gallery will unveil its $135 million renovation project on Dec. 12. Monets and Basquiats...
Strong Return for Fifth Annual American Art Fair
Antiques and the Arts / December 4th, 2012
Historic American art took center stage in New York last week. The American Art Fair, in its fifth incarnation, started off American Paintings Week on an upbeat note with...
Goodwill Yields Alexander Calder
TribLive / December 3rd, 2012
In the latest thrift store find story, a print titled "Red Nose" caught the eye of Karen Mallet at a Goodwill in Milwaukee. She took the piece home for $12.34. An appraisal revealed the find was an Alexander Calder...
Will Barnet, Innovative Artist, Remembered
Washington Post / November 16th, 2012
Will Barnet, printmaker and visionary artist with a productive 80-year-long career, passed away at age 101 on Nov. 13 in New York City.
Sotheby's Lands Record $375.1 Million Contemporary Art Sale
ArtfixDaily / November 14th, 2012
A mystery telephone bidder won a paddle battle for Mark Rothko's 1954 “No. 1 (Royal Red and Blue)” for the final sum of $75.1 million (with fees) at an exceptionally strong Sotheby's sale on Tuesday night.
Crystal Bridges Museum Draws 600K Visitors in First Year
The Republic / November 12th, 2012
A year ago, the art museum founded by Wal-Mart heiress Alice Walton opened its doors and since then 604,000 visitors have made the trek to Bentonville, Arkansas, to view American masterworks.
FENDI Casa Stages Warhol Exhibit at Art Basel Miami Beach
ArtfixDaily / November 8th, 2012
Among the swanky invitation-only soirees held in Miami during early December will be an exhibit of works by Andy Warhol focused on iconic female subjects---from Marilyn to Jackie O.
MoMA Issues Emergency Guidelines for Saving Artwork
ArtfixDaily / November 5th, 2012
In the wake of super storm Sandy's devastation, the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) has posted online a handy checklist of art-saving measures.
Where the Presidential Candidates Stand on the Arts
ArtfixDaily / November 4th, 2012
For voters on the eve of the presidential election, the political wing of the Americans for the Arts organization, a national service for nonprofit arts, has issued its analysis of each candidate's position on the arts.
Second Annual Art in the Adobes Celebrates Early California Painting
ArtfixDaily / October 29th, 2012
Set against a romantic backdrop of 19th-century architecture, the annual Art in the Adobes Festival each fall is a superbly curated special exhibition on view for one weekend only in the historic adobes of Monterey, California.