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Brancusi Fetches Record-Setting $57 Million, Nazi-Seized Picasso Makes $45 Million at Christie's

ArtfixDaily / May 16th, 2017

New York's auction "gigaweek" is underway with Impressionist, Modern, and contemporary art offered over four days. Christie's started it off with a solid sale total of $289.2 million, above the $200 million expected. Two notable works ...

Original oil on canvas painting by Giovanni Boldini (It., 1842-1931), beautifully housed in a gold gilt frame.Calendar

Weiss Auctions 2-day blockbuster sale, May 24-25

Lynbrook / May 24-25, 2017

An original charcoal drawing by Willem de Kooning, oil paintings by Giovanni Boldini and Hunt Slonem, a fabulous collection of bronze sculptures, dazzling estate jewelry, rare sheet music from the early 20th century and a trove of...

Folk Dancers by Jacques Martin-Ferrières. The artist's inimitable technique, rich with swift and short brushstrokes of opaque color, reveals the strong influence of his father, Henri Martin, and the legendary Post-Impressionist generation before him.Blogs

More Than a Name: The Paintings of Jacques Martin-Ferrières

Beauty, Rarity, History...The M.S. Rau Antiques Blog / April 7th, 2017 15:14

The paintings of Jacques Martin-Ferrières (1893-1972), abounding with exuberance and skill, stand as brilliantly-hued snapshots of the human spirit. The son of famed Post-Impressionist Henri Martin, Martin-Ferrières sought to step out...

"The Apollo Blue" earring went for $42.1 million, and "The Artemis Pink" diamond sold for $15.3 million.

Pair of Diamond Earrings Fetch Record $57.4 Million

ArtfixDaily / May 17th, 2017

A mis-matched pair of fancy colored diamond earrings sold together for $57.4 million at a Geneva auction Tuesday, setting a new record. A single anonymous buyer won both of the pear-shaped earrings which were auctioned separately by ...

Indian Creek and Cliffside, Bears Ears National Monument

The Living Museum Within Bears Ears National Monument

ArtfixDaily / May 15th, 2017

Southeast Utah's Bears Ears National Monument has been called the "Sistine Chapel" of the West for its ancient wall etchings, notes the New York Times. Some 100,000 archaeological sites comprise this 1.3-million acre landscape known for ...

Hopper, Nighthawks

Edward Hopper Paintings Come to Life to Mark 50 Years Since the Artist's Death

ArtfixDaily / May 14th, 2017

May 15 marks the 50th anniversary of Edward Hopper's death. New York native Hopper (1882-1967) is widely regarded as one of the greatest American artists. His realist works---ranging from watercolors to printmaking and etching---capture ...

The East Room of the White House, 1990s.

Resident Curator at the White House Will Leave His 'Dream Job' in June

ArtfixDaily / May 11th, 2017

White House curator William G. Allman will retire on June 1, as first reported by CNN and announced officially on Tuesday in a White House statement issued from the East Wing. The curator is among the White House resident staff ...

Mural of EU flag, Dover, by Bansky

Banksy Delivers First Anti-Brexit Mural on Dover Wall

BBC / May 8th, 2017

Street artist Banksy over the weekend left a new mural on a wall in the English city of Dover on the Channel. Posited overnight at the Dover ferry terminal, the image depicts a worker chiselling a star from the EU flag. Commentators ...

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Mural of EU flag, Dover, by Bansky
Banksy Delivers First Anti-Brexit Mural on Dover Wall

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Constantin Brancusi, La muse endormie (1913)
Brancusi Fetches Record-Setting $57 Million, Nazi-Seized Picasso Makes $45 Million at Christie's

collectibles & memorabilia

Indian Creek and Cliffside, Bears Ears National Monument
The Living Museum Within Bears Ears National Monument

antiquities

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) repatriated five illegally smuggled ancient artifacts to the government of Egypt, including a mummy hand from the 8th century BCE, in Dec. 2016.
U.S. Received Influx of $100 Million in Artifacts from Egypt and Turkey in 2016

ceramics

The East Room of the White House, 1990s.
Resident Curator at the White House Will Leave His 'Dream Job' in June

general antiques & arts

The Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum in Wausau, Wisconsin is a 2017 IMLS National Medal finalist for Museum and Library Service. Woodson Art Museum volunteers guide school groups through galleries featuring changing exhibitions, artwork from the collection, and the sculpture garden. Docents facilitate thoughtful dialogue through hands-on materials, storytelling, and interactive questions, and Museum educators and visiting artists lead hands-on art making.
Spending Bill Proposes Uptick in Federal Arts Funding, For Now

jewelry & watches

"The Apollo Blue" earring went for $42.1 million, and "The Artemis Pink" diamond sold for $15.3 million.
Pair of Diamond Earrings Fetch Record $57.4 Million

native american arts

Screenshot of the Acoma shield in the May 30 EVE auction
Pueblo Shield Withdrawn From Contested Paris Auction

sculpture

National Museum of Iran
Iranian Museum Exhibits Over 500 Artifacts Repatriated From the West
 

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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.
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  • 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
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  • 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
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Brancusi Fetches Record-Setting $57 Million, Nazi-Seized Picasso Makes $45 Million at Christie's

"The Apollo Blue" earring went for $42.1 million, and "The Artemis Pink" diamond sold for $15.3 million.

Pair of Diamond Earrings Fetch Record $57.4 Million

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Resident Curator at the White House Will Leave His 'Dream Job' in June

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