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Bidders To Battle For Ides of March Ancient Roman Coin Thought to Be Worn By Julius Caesar Assassin Brutus
ArtfixDaily / March 14th, 2022
One of the most important gold coins from the ancient world, which is thought to have been worn by a murderer of Julius Caesar, will be auctioned in May 2022, by the leading ancient coin firm, Numismatica Ars Classica. The ‘Eid Mar’ coin was minted by Caesar’s betrayer, Marcus Junius Brutus, to ...
Hudson River Museum Acquires 19th-Century Masterworks By Fitz Henry Lane and Severin Roesen
ArtfixDaily / March 14th, 2022
Hudson River Museum (HRM) has announced the gift of two exquisite paintings: Gloucester, Stage Fort Beach, 1849, by Fitz Henry Lane; and Fruit with Water Glass, ca. 1850–70, by Severin Roesen; both works were generously donated to the HRM’s collection by Shelley and Felice Bergman. These major ...
New Monograph Along With Exhibition of Lesser-Known Works By Käthe Kollwitz Revisit Her Powerful Art
ArtfixDaily / March 14th, 2022
“I want to have an effect during this age in which people are so perplexed and in need of help.” - Käthe Kollwitz, diary entry from 1922 Käthe Kollwitz (1867–1945), considered one of the most important German artists of the first half of the 20th century, famously addressed themes of war, ...
The Winter Show Announces Exhibitor Highlights for 68th Edition in the Former Barneys New York This April
ArtfixDaily / March 11th, 2022
The Winter Show has shared preview highlights for its upcoming 2022 edition, including notable booth presentations and special activations at the fair. The 68th edition of the Show takes place April 1–10, 2022 at 660 Madison Avenue, the former flagship location of Barneys New York, following the ...
New Works Featured in First-Ever Major Exhibition of Urs Fischer in Latin America
ArtfixDaily / March 13th, 2022
From April 2 through September 18, Museo Jumex in Mexico City will present Urs Fischer: Lovers, a 20-year survey of one of the most internationally celebrated artists working today and the artist’s first solo show in Latin America. Organized by Museo Jumex with guest curator Francesco Bonami, Urs ...
Russian-Owned Phillips Auction House to Donate $7.7 Million to Ukrainian Red Cross Society
ArtfixDaily / March 3rd, 2022
Phillips auction house announced on the morning of March 3 that it would donate 100 percent of the buyer’s premium and vendor’s commission from its 20th Century & Contemporary Art Evening Sale to the Ukrainian Red Cross Society. At the end of the day, £5.8 million ($7.7 million) from the ...
Artists Turn Their Work Into Relief Funding for Ukraine
ArtfixDaily / March 3rd, 2022
Artists are using their art to make statements and raise funds as Russia's brutal attack on Ukraine intensifies. “There is no place for art when civilians are dying under the fire of missiles, when citizens of Ukraine are hiding in shelters, when Russian protesters are getting silenced,” wrote ...
Investigators Probe Cold Case Murder for Clues to Gardner Museum Heist
Smithsonian Magazine / March 3rd, 2022
An unsolved murder in 1991 is being revisited by authorities for possible clues into the infamous art heist at Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, reports Bob Ward for Boston 25 News. In the over three decades since thieves made off with treasured artworks valued then at $500 million, ...
Magritte Masterwork Fetches Record $79.8 Million
ArtfixDaily / March 2nd, 2022
Described as one of the most "definitive images of Surrealist art," René Magritte’s L’empire des lumières captured an artist record price of £59.4 million ($79.8 million) at Sotheby’s on Wednesday. The Belgian Surrealist's previous record was $26.8 million, landed by Le Principe du ...
Exhibition at The Met to Examine Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux’s Why Born Enslaved! through the Lens of Slavery, Colonialism, and Empire
ArtfixDaily / March 2nd, 2022
Organized around a single object—the marble bust Why Born Enslaved! (1868) by French sculptor Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux—Fictions of Emancipation: Carpeaux Recast is the first exhibition at The Met to examine Western sculpture in relation to the histories of transatlantic slavery, colonialism, and ...
Restituted Franz Marc 'Foxes' Painting Leads Christie's Shanghai/London Sale
ARTFIXdaily / March 1st, 2022
A three-part auction hosted both in London and Shanghai totalled $334 million in sales for 20th and 21st century art on Tuesday. The Christie's auction marked the first ever time that London's mid-season evening sale included a section of sales taking place in Asia. The top lot was a ...
Major Exhibition of the Art of George Rickey Opens at Naumkeag House & Gardens This Spring in The Berkshires
ArtfixDaily / March 1st, 2022
Beginning this spring at its annual Daffodil and Tulip Festival on April 22, The Trustees will present ViewEscapes, a curated exhibition featuring the life and work of sculptor, George Warren Rickey (1907-2002) at Naumkeag, a historic Gilded Age Berkshires homestead located in Stockbridge, MA. ...
Imogen Cunningham Retrospective Sharpens Focus On Her Profound Contributions to Photography
ArtfixDaily / March 1st, 2022
One of the greatest photographers of the 20th century, Imogen Cunningham (American, 1883–1976) enjoyed a career that spanned three-quarters of a century, creating a large and diverse body of work that underscored her vision, versatility, and commitment to the medium. The first ...
Museum Leaders Condemn Destruction of Cultural Heritage in Ukraine
ArtfixDaily / February 28th, 2022
Curators and museum leaders are speaking out against the cultural consequences of Russia's violent attack on Ukraine. One known casualty has been the Ivankiv Historical and Local History Museum, northwest of Kyiv, which Russian forces burned down, along with around 25 works by famed Ukrainian ...
'Powder and Light: Late 19th-Century Pastels' Exhibits Some Radical Experimentation at The Getty
ArtfixDaily / February 28th, 2022
The J. Paul Getty Museum presents Powder and Light: Late 19th-Century Pastels, an exhibition tracing the evolution of pastels from Impressionism to Symbolism, featuring works from the Getty collection including Edgar Degas, Odilon Redon, Camille Pissarro, Pierre Bonnard, Henri de ...
Collection of 150 Mesmerizing Works by M.C. Escher Reveal a Mathematician's Mind in Comprehensive Exhibition
ArtfixDaily / February 28th, 2022
The Chrysler Museum of Art is set to bring the mesmerizing work of the renowned M.C. Escher to Norfolk, Virginia. M.C. Escher: Infinite Variations, on view April 15–Aug. 28, spans the Dutch artist’s entire career with more than 150 works from the collection of Paul and Belinda Firos of Athens, ...
'She/Her/Hers' Exhibition at the Harn Museum of Art Examines Roles of Women in Chinese Art
ArtfixDaily / February 28th, 2022
The Harn Museum of Art at the University of Florida is exploring the intersecting roles of women in the arts of premodern, modern and contemporary China in a new exhibition titled She/Her/Hers: Women in the Arts of China. More than 50 works of painting, calligraphy, embroidery, photography, ...
Blockbuster Loan Exhibition of Russia's Prized Morozov Collection Is Still in Paris
ArtfixDaily / February 27th, 2022
A major international exhibition, which opened in Paris last fall after being postponed three times due to COVID-19, offers a rare view of 200 masterpieces collected over a century ago by the Russian brothers, Mikhail and Ivan Morozov. As Russia invaded Ukraine last week, the exhibition of ...
'Alive With Birds' Exhibition Brings Together Historic Art to Illustrate the Role of Bird Advocate William Brewster
ArtfixDaily / February 27th, 2022
“To my great surprise, the Farm was simply alive with birds, the entire morning.” William Brewster, April 7, 1893. The Concord Museum in Concord, Massacusetts, has collaborated with Mass Audubon on the special exhibition, Alive with Birds: William Brewster in Concord, on view March 4, ...
Major Exhibition of American Art From a Transformative Era Heads to Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
ArtfixDaily / February 27th, 2022
The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) will host the highly anticipated exhibition Whistler to Cassatt: American Painters in France from April 16, 2022 to July 31, 2022. The exhibition, which made its debut at the Denver Art Museum, focuses on a group of aspiring artists who, between the late ...