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Mark Dion and Dana Sherwood, Sketch for the Pollinator Pavillion. Courtesy of the Thomas Cole National Historic Site.

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The great mythologizer of Montmartre, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, maintained his appeal to bidders. His 1894 Eldorado / Aristide Bruant changed hands for $78,000.

Belle Epoque icons Toulouse-Lautrec, Alphonse Mucha prevail in PAI's Rare Posters Auction LXXXI

After design by Charles Fitch & Apollos Hale, Detail, A Chronological Chart of the Visions of Daniel & John, 1842, hand-tinted lithograph on cloth, 55 ¾ x 39 ½ inches, J.V. Himes, Boston.

Recruiting for Utopia: Print and the Imagination Opens Next Month at Fruitlands Museum

Egg-shaped desk clock Firm of Fabergé, workmaster Mikhail Perkhin St. Petersburg, Russia, before 1903. Bowenite, gilded silver, enamel. Private collection, New York, NY

Tradition & Opulence: Easter in Imperial Russia at the Museum of Russian Icons

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Tony Castro with Alpha Castro removing door molding to discover original decoration at Cumston Hall, Monmouth, Maine.

Got Old House? A Live Stream Symposium Will Cover Historic Painted Wall Conservation

ArtfixDaily / August 6th, 2020

"Conserving Our Painted Past" Live Stream Symposium Oct. 26-28, 2020, 1:00 pm-4:30 pm REGISTRATION NOW OPEN AT www.pwpcenter.org/symposium Distemper paint on historic painted plaster is fragile and can be damaged in a variety of...

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Counter for Cutting Cloak Material, 1850s. Church Family, Mount Lebanon, NY Pine, maple pulls, brass tacks, red paint Accession Number: 1950.382.1

Shaker Museum Taps Selldorf Architects for New $15 Million Facility

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Gustav Dentzel (American, born Germany, 1844–1909), Horse, ca. 1907. Basswood and pigments and hair, 60 x 62 x 12. Crocker Art Museum, gift of Larry and Gail Freels, 2019.94.6.

Early American Carousel Sculptures Find New Home at the Crocker

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Renee Cox, Chillin; with Liberty, 1998. Courtesy Renee Cox.

New Commissions by 100 Women Marking Centennial of 19th Amendment Debut Online August 18

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The damaged statue is the original plaster cast used to make a marble statue of Paolina Bonaparte (in Borghese Gallery, Rome).

Police Identify Tourist Who Broke Toes Off Canova Sculpture During Selfie

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Noel Ed De Leon in his attic. (c) noeleddeleon archives. Photo courtesy, Godwin De Leon, London 2020

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George Wesley Bellows (American, 1882-1925). Jackie (Jacqueline Hudson), 1914. Oil on panel. 24 1/2 x 24 3/4 inches. Museum Purchase with funds donated by Susan Bateson and Stephen S. Fuller in honor of Edward L. Deci, Director from 1984-2019.

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Hank Willis Thomas (American, born 1976), Amandla, 2014. Silicone, fiberglass, metal finish, 51 3/16 × 29 15/16 × 20 inches. Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York. © Hank Willis Thomas

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