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Controversy Swirls Over Amount of BP's Tate Sponsorship

Guardian / January 26th, 2015

After the Tate Britain waged an unsuccessful three-year legal battle to keep the numbers hidden, reports revealed Monday show just how much money the oil company BP has given the museum.

Andy Warhol, Flash – November 22, 1963, 1968. Screen print, sheet: 21 in. x 21 in. Gift of The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. 2013.73Calendar

Warhol @ Wellesley

Wellesley / February 24 - June 7, 2015

This exhibition explores the rich holdings of artwork—some iconic and others lesser known —by Andy Warhol (1928–1987) in the collections of the Davis Museum, which were recently greatly enhanced by generous gifts from The Andy Warhol...

"St. Jerome in a Dark Chamber" displays the stunning artistry and emotional depth for which Rembrandt is renowned.Blogs

A Lasting Impression: Rembrandt's Incredible Etchings

Beauty, Rarity, History...The M.S. Rau Antiques Blog / January 2nd, 2015 12:00

Rembrandt is one of the greatest artists in history, with his name alone being synonymous with fine art itself.  His portraits and genre scenes are iconic, enriched with a level of realism that gives them an exquisite ethereal...

Groninger Museum

Man with Knives Shot Outside Groninger Museum

AFP / January 27th, 2015

A man swinging meat cleavers at pedestrians outside a Dutch museum was shot and killed by police on Sunday.

Modernism Week in Palm Springs.

Modernism Week in Palm Springs Showcases 20th-21st C. Design and Art

ArtfixDaily / January 26th, 2015

Winter weather could drive some folks to Palm Springs this February for the 10th annual Modernism Week. On tap are tours of the Annenberg's art-filled Sunnylands estate, visits to an iconic midcentury modern showhouse, and shopping the ...

Ikebana Boat by Dale Chihuly

Four Charged by Denver DA in Dale Chihuly Theft

Denver Post / January 25th, 2015

Four people have been charged in the theft of Dale Chihuly glasswork from a Denver Botanic Gardens exhibit last summer.

Lalique and Damien Hirst have created the Eternal collection of crystal panels: Love, Hope and Beauty.

Lalique Partners with Damien Hirst on Crystal Butterfly Limited Editions

Lalique / January 25th, 2015

Lalique announced Friday a new collaboration with British artist Damien Hirst that celebrates the butterfly motif in crystal form.

Jane Wilson in front of her painting, The Open Scene, 1960. (Collection of The Museum of Modern Art.)

Jane Wilson, Seminal Postwar Artist, Remembered

DC Moore Gallery Memorial Page / January 25th, 2015

Jane Wilson, whose sixty-year career established her as one of the leading landscape painters of the postwar era, died on January 13, 2015 in New York.

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Modernism Week in Palm Springs.
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Groninger Museum
Man with Knives Shot Outside Groninger Museum

design

Lalique and Damien Hirst have created the Eternal collection of crystal panels: Love, Hope and Beauty.
Lalique Partners with Damien Hirst on Crystal Butterfly Limited Editions

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Historical Heritage Group of the Civil Guard in Spain confiscates counterfeit artworks by Miro, Picasso and Matisse.
Spain Busts Art Forgery Ring

antiquities

King Tutankhamun mask at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.
Beard Glued Back on Damaged King Tut Mask

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Ikebana Boat by Dale Chihuly
Four Charged by Denver DA in Dale Chihuly Theft

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Twitter image of the Wells Fargo History Museum gold heist @AlexSavidge
Thieves Crash SUV Into SF Museum in Gold Heist

european antiques

Detroit Industry, east wall (detail), Diego Rivera, 1932. Detroit Institute of Arts
Detroit Institute of Arts Raises Goal for Grand Bargain

arts & crafts

Two chairs from set of six by Charles Rennie Mackintosh sold for £13,200 in March, but two more have just sold for £109,000.
Prices for Charles Rennie Mackintosh Work Soar Following Glasgow School of Art Fire

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  • Guy C. Wiggins (1883 - 1962) Winter Along Central Park. Signed, Guy Wiggins, NA, lower right, titled and signed again, verso, oil on canvas, 30" x 25". The Cooley Gallery at the Armory Antique Show.
  • Marsden Hartley (1877-1943) Blue Mountain, New Mexico, 1918. Pastel on paper 17 x 27 1/2 inches. James Reinish & Associates, Inc.
  • Ammi Phillips. Portrait of a Winsome Young Girl in Red with Green Slippers, Dog and Bird. Est. $300/500,000.
  • LOUIS VALTAT, Vase de Fleurs, Oil on canvas, 21 3/8 x 25 ¾ inches (54.3 x 65.4 cm), Schiller & Bodo European Paintings
  • Mary Cassatt (1845-1926) Children Playing with a Cat, 1908. Oil on canvas, 32 x 39 ½ inches. Courtesy of John H. Surovek Gallery.
  • Frank Weston Benson (1862-1951) Summer Day, 1911. Oil on canvas, 36 1/8 x 32 1/8 in. (91.8 x 81.6 cm). Courtesy Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas. Photography by Dwight Primiano. © Estate of Frank Weston Benson / Licensed by Faith Andrews Bedford, St. Petersburg, FL
  • The Dancers, by Arthur Frank Mathews (1869-1945), oil on board, City of Monterey deHaven/Jacks Collection.
  • Catalogue cover featuring a detail of William Frederick de Haas (1830–1880), Fishermen Off Beavertail Light, 1875.
  • Dale Chihuly, Lime Green Icicle Tower, installed in the Shapiro Family Courtyard at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
  • Lockwood de Forest's (1850 - 1932) Full Moon Over Sea, 1906, is part of an exhibition of the artist's work at Sullivan Goss Gallery in Santa Barbara, CA., January 6-April 11, 2011.
  • Snowy Owls from John James Audubon's Birds of America at Sotheby's Dec. 7 London auction.
  • Charles Courtney Curran (American, 1861-1942) Breakfast for Three, 1909. Oil on canvas, 20 x 30 inches. Gift of the West Foundation in honor of Gudmund Vigtel 2010.117. High Museum of Art.
  • At Bonhams is Everett Shinn (American, 1876-1953) The Singer, 1920. Pastel on paper, 13 x 16 1/2in. Estimate: $100,000 - 150,000
  • Frank Vining Smith, The Seventh Wave, 1942. Oil on canvas, 40 x 60 in. Private Collection.
  • Winslow Homer (1836-1910), Croquet Players, 1865.
  • Willard L. Metcalf's (1858–1925) Poppy Field (Landscape at Giverny), 1886. Oil on canvas, 10 5/8 x 18 5/16 inches. Inscribed on verso: La Maison de Claude Monet Giverny. Looking across from the end of my garden W. L. Metcalf
  • John Marin American (1856-1915) The Times Tower, West 42nd Street, circa 1909-10 Watercolor on paper, 12 x 9 inches. Courtesy of Thomas Colville Fine Art.
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  • Eduard Charlemont Austrian, 1848-1906 Artist in his Studio 1890 signed and dated lower right: Ed. Charlemont 1890 oil on cradled panel 36 x 28 ½ inches 46 x 38 inches framed Schiller & Bodo European Paintings
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  • Master of the Johnson Assumption (Tuscany, active c.1485-1515), Madonna and Child with Young Saint John the Baptist, Tondo, tempera on panel. Diameter: 88.5 cm, 34⅞ ins
  • Artist: Hu Li Title: Backward Backward Courtesy of MR Gallery

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