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“The Child and Tradition” (detail), from Violet Oakley’s mural series “The Building of the House of Wisdom,” 1910–11.

A Grand Vision: Violet Oakley and the American Renaissance

October 15, 2017

Woodmere Art Museum in Philadelphia presents the ground-breaking exhibition A Grand Vision: Violet Oakley and the American Renaissance, now through January 21, 2018. The most ambitious exhibition ...

A Chinese Huanghuali Canopy Bed, dating to the early Qing Dynasty

iGavel Auctions Announces Robust Fall Schedule of Asian Works of Art

October 16, 2017

Lark Mason Associates 2017 fall Asian art sales on the iGavel Auctions platform are now underway through the end of November with five specialized sales spanning all the arts of Asia. The season ...

Jordan Schnitzer and Robert Flynn Johnson at the 2016 Preview Gala of the San Francisco Fall Art & Antiques Show.

FLOWER POWER: San Francisco Fall Art & Antiques Show Runs With Floral Imagery Theme in Ode to Summer of Love

October 15, 2017

The 2017 San Francisco Fall Art & Antiques Show will take place Thursday, October 26 through Sunday, October 29 at Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture’s Festival Pavilion. The always ...

President-elect Barack Obama and Michelle Obama wave to the crowd gathered at the Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., Jan. 18, 2009

National Portrait Gallery Announces Artists Commissioned to Paint Portraits of Barack and Michelle Obama

October 14, 2017

The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery announced Friday that it has commissioned the museum’s official portraits of former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama. Artist ...

Norman Rockwell’s endearing Lazybones (Boy Asleep With Hoe), also known as Taking a Break, is expected to sell for more than $1 million in Heritage Auctions’ Nov. 3 American Art Auction in Dallas.

Stolen for 40 Years, Norman Rockwell Masterwork May Bring $1 Million at Heritage Auctions

October 15, 2017

American Art Auction offers fresh-to-market paintings, works on paper and sculptures Nov. 3 in Dallas Recently returned to a family after it was stolen more than 40 years ago, Norman Rockwell’s ...

Kingfisher Feather Headdress and Four Hairpins in Skinner's September Asian Works of Art Auction sold on Bidsquare for $110,700

SOLD! RARE AND UNIQUE KINGFISHER FEATHER HEADDRESS FETCHES EXTRAORDINARY RESULT ON BIDSQUARE

October 14, 2017

NEW YORK, NY — From iconic designs to rare and unique collectibles, we've seen extraordinary results at auction so far this Fall. One standout lot is a Kingfisher Feather Headdress and Four ...

Belgin Yücelen Solo Art Exhibition

Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery
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October 15, 2017

Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery is extremely pleased to announce that Belgin Yücelen has been awarded a month-long solo art exhibition on their website. Belgin Yücelen and her award ...

Chen Lin, Y17-N06, Acrylic on Wood Panel,80x100cm,2017

Your Eyes II: Little Narratives Group Exhibition

Art+ Shanghai Gallery
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October 14, 2017

In November 2017, Art+ Shanghai Gallery will present a second edition of “I Will Be Your Eyes” group exhibition series by CAFA post-graduates. This edition of the show, entitled “Little Narratives” ...

Oil on board painting by William Glackens (Am., 1870-1938), titled The Bathers, unsigned (est. $250,000-$350,000).

Oil paintings by Glackens, Graves and Nichols will headline Shannon's 20th anniversary fine art auction, Oct. 26

Shannon's Fine Art Auctioneers
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October 13, 2017

MILFORD, CT. – Shannon’s Fine Art Auctioneers will celebrate its 20th anniversary on Thursday, October 26th, with a special inaugural auction in their new gallery location at 49 Research Drive in ...

Wayne Thiebaud, White Mountain, 1995, oil on canvas, 48 x 60 in.

Allan Stone Projects Presents Wayne Thiebaud: Land Survey

October 12, 2017

Allan Stone Projects in New York will present Wayne Thiebaud: Land Survey, on view from October 26 – December 23, 2017. This exhibition celebrates one of the most prolific bodies of work from one ...

Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn, Portrait of Aeltje Uylenburgh (detail), 1632. Oil on panel. Rose-Marie and Eijk van Otterloo Collection.

MFA Boston Receives Landmark Gifts of Two Major Collections

October 12, 2017

Rose-Marie and Eijk van Otterloo and Susan and Matthew Weatherbie have made a commitment to give their exceptional collections of 17th-century Dutch and Flemish art to the Museum of Fine Arts, ...

Anatoly Kaplan, Evening Tea, Tempera on Board, 1969. Collection of Vladimir and Vera Torchilin, image courtesy of Ballets Russes Arts Initiative

Migration & Memory: Jewish Artists of the Russian and Soviet Empires opens at the Museum of Russian Icons

Museum of Russian Icons
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October 12, 2017

CLINTON, MA–The Museum of Russian Icons is pleased to announce their upcoming exhibition, Migration & Memory: Jewish Artists of the Russian and Soviet Empires, on view October 12, 2017 – ...

Bound for Posterity: Henry Martin Gasser (1909–1981)

October 12, 2017

An exhibition and sale, November 10–December 9, 2017 New York (October 10, 2017) – Questroyal Fine Art is proud to present Bound for Posterity: Henry Martin Gasser (1909–1981). An artist ...

Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum's annual Christmas tree, 2016

Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum's 60th Anniversary Celebration Culminates in Annual Folk Art Christmas Tree Display and Special Carolina Room Installation

October 12, 2017

A perennial favorite among guests of the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum, one of the Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg, its fabled folk art Christmas tree will be on glorious view once ...

Giclee print titled Train Tracks, pencil signed and numbered (75/295) by Bob Dylan, from the singer-songwriter's Drawn Blank Series ($5,312).

Bob Dylan giclee prints, signed and numbered by the singer-songwriter, perform well at Woodshed Art Auctions

The Woodshed Gallery
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October 12, 2017

FRANKLIN, Mass. – It’s not often Bob Dylan shares center stage with anyone – certainly not 19th and early 20th century painters – but that’s exactly what happened on September 20th when a ...

John Quincy Adams photograph, 1843, by Philip Haas. The National Portrait Gallery purchased the portrait for $360,500 at the Sotheby’s photographs auction held Oct. 5 in New York City.

National Portrait Gallery Acquires Earliest Known Photograph of a U.S. President

October 11, 2017

The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery announced today that it has acquired the earliest known photograph of a U.S. President for its permanent collection. Dating from 1843, the photograph of ...

Ai Weiwei’s Good Fences Make Good Neighbors art project in Washington Square Park. Photograph: JasonWyche

Ai Weiwei's City-Wide 'Good Fences Make Good Neighbors' Installation Spreads a Message

October 11, 2017

“Something there is that doesn’t love a wall,” wrote Robert Frost in his beloved 1914 poem The Mending Wall. The poet's conversation with a neighbor over a fence between their properties leads the ...

Collector/Patron: Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon Vincent Van Gogh (1853-1890) (Dutch, Active in France, 1853-1890) Daisies, Arles, 1988 Oil on Canvas

The 2018 Winter Antiques Show Loan Exhibition: Collecting for the Commonwealth/Preserving for the Nation: Celebrating a Century of Art Patronage, 1919-2018 Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

October 9, 2017

Works made by Tiffany, Lalique, Jean Schlumberger, Paul Storr, and Fabergé as well as paintings by Robert Henri, George Stubbs, John Singer Sargent, Berthe Morisot, Willem de Kooning, Eastman ...

Wild in the Country: A Loan Exhibition from the Genesee Museum at Pebble Hill Plantation, Thomasville, GA

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October 11, 2017

An important exhibition of sporting and wildlife paintings, drawings and sculpture, on loan from the Genesee Museum in Mumford, New York, will be on view at Pebble Hill Plantation, the historical ...

Arie L. Kopelman, Chairman Emeritus of the Winter Antiques Show

Arie L. Kopelman Named Chairman Emeritus of the Winter Antiques Show and Honored by East Side House Settlement

Winter Antiques Show
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October 5, 2017

New York, NY – The East Side House Settlement Board of Managers is pleased to announce that Arie L. Kopelman, distinguished longtime Chairman of the Winter Antiques Show, becomes Chairman Emeritus ...

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