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"Morning in Brooklyn," supposedly by artist George Ault, sold for $336,500.

FBI Raids Alleged Art Forgery Ring in Michigan Woods

Fitz Henry Lane, Ship Southern Cross in Boston Harbor, 1851. Oil on canvas, 34 1/4 x 47 x 4 1/2 inches (86.995 x 119.38 x 11.43 cm) framed. Peabody Essex Museum, Gift of the estate of Stephen Wheatland, 1987, M18639. Courtesy of Peabody Essex Museum. Photo by Mark Sexton

Diverse American Stories⁠—Told Through Marine Art Plus Surveys of Crafting and Diego Rivera⁠—Ahead at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art

Top row: Pilar Tompkins Rivas, chief curator and deputy director of curatorial and collections (photo by Monica Orozco); Nenette Luarca-Shoaf, managing director of learning and engagement; Amanda Hunt, director of public programs and creative practice (photo by Ian Spanier); Bottom row: Anais Disla, director of special events; Larissa Gentile, managing director of special projects; and Erica Neal, director of computing and infrastructure

Six New Hires Join Lucas Museum Staff in Leadership Roles

Findlay Galleries | The Summer Survey | Cover photo

Findlay Galleries – New York, Opens With a Contemporary Exhibition | The Summer Survey

Lot 1014, Collection of sailors’ valentines

Extraordinary Napoleonic ephemera and Marie Antoinette’s lace collar features in Chorley’s July Sale

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Via Twitter: Museums worldwide have been sharing their #bestmuseumbum. The Minnesota Marine Art Museum's winner for best back-side has to belong to André Derain's "Les Repos" (1905).

Museums Battle on Social Media Over Best Cats, Mystery Objects and Derrières in Art

ArtfixDaily / July 8th, 2020

Museums are stepping up on social media with fierce curator's battles over whose collection holds the #BestCat, #MysteryObject and #BestMuseumBum—for figures in art boasting backside⁠—human or animal, apparently. Yorkshire Museum in...

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Rodin, The Kiss, 1882, marble.

Musée Rodin to Increase Sculpture Sales During Pandemic-Produced Slump

ArtfixDaily / July 8th, 2020

American Pickle, 2008. H 7”. Slipcast sri molded and handbuilt porcelain. Photo Credit Gavin Ashworth, The Reeves Collection, Washington & Lee University VA.

You Say You Want a Revolution? Well, Recreate an 18th-Century Style Pickle Stand

ArtfixDaily / July 8th, 2020

Some Parts of Arts Industry Got Multimillions in PPP Loans

ArtfixDaily / July 7th, 2020

At MASS MoCA, Martin Puryear, "Big Bling," 2016. Pressure-treated laminated timbers, plywood, chain-link fencing, fiberglass, and gold leaf. Courtesy of the artist and Matthew Marks Gallery, New York.

Massachusetts Museums Are Readying to Reopen; Find Fresh Exhibitions and Art Walks in The Berkshires

ArtfixDaily / July 7th, 2020

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Mevlana Lipp, Gaze, 2020, acrylic, ink, wood, sand, velvet and aluminium frame, 140 x 100 cm

Mevlana Lipp: Calypso

July 15, 2020
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Noel Ed De Leon in his attic. (c) noeleddeleon archives. Photo courtesy, Godwin De Leon, London 2020

Microcosmic Orbit - 'Sheltering'

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ecofeminism(s)

July 20, 2020
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CrossTalk 2.0

July 21, 2020
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‘Chloe’ by Marco Grassi, Oil and resin on aluminium, 24 k gold leaf, 2020 (150cm)

Contemporary artist Marco Grassi’s new exhibition will be digitally twinned by HOFA Gallery for all to enjoy as the lockdown eases

July 22, 2020
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London, United Kingdom

Female Old Masters: Who Are They? Live Webinar

July 23, 2020
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Bisa Butler: Live in Conversation

August 02, 2020
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Noel Ed De Leon in his attic. (c) noeleddeleon archives. Photo courtesy, Godwin De Leon, London 2020

Microcosmic Orbit - 'Wrapping'

August 14, 2020
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Noel Ed De Leon in his attic. (c) noeleddeleon archives. Photo courtesy, Godwin De Leon, London 2020

Microcosmic Orbit - 'Temporalities'

September 18, 2020
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Affordable Art Fair- New York | FALL 2020 (Booth C11)

September 24, 2020
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New York, New York

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Top row: Pilar Tompkins Rivas, chief curator and deputy director of curatorial and collections (photo by Monica Orozco); Nenette Luarca-Shoaf, managing director of learning and engagement; Amanda Hunt, director of public programs and creative practice (photo by Ian Spanier); Bottom row: Anais Disla, director of special events; Larissa Gentile, managing director of special projects; and Erica Neal, director of computing and infrastructure

Six New Hires Join Lucas Museum Staff in Leadership Roles

DETAIL: Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, I See Red: Target, 1992, mixed media on canvas, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Purchased with funds from Emily and Mitchell Rales, 2020.6.1

National Gallery of Art Adds Its First-Ever Painting by a Native American Artist to Collection

Against the Cold Maker by Howard A. Terpning sold for $585,000.

More Than a Dozen Six-Figure Sales of Major Artists Push Heritage Auctions’ American Art Event Past $6 Million

Paul Brown was the star of Auction Kings for 97 episodes, and now can be seen on another reality series, Endless Yard Sale.

Paul Brown, star of TV's Auction Kings and Endless Yard Sale, is back for one final blockbuster auction, Feb. 5th

Modernist-Cubist watercolor painting by renowned Indian artist Maqbool Fida Hussain (1913-2011), 20 inches by 30 inches (paper, less holder), done in 2002 (est. $8,000-$12,000).

Bruneau & Co.'s July 23 auction will kick off with paintings by Indian artists Maqbool Hussain, B. Prabha

Lot 1014, Collection of sailors’ valentines

Extraordinary Napoleonic ephemera and Marie Antoinette’s lace collar features in Chorley’s July Sale

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Tawaraya Sōri, Autumn Maple Trees, Japanese, Edo period, second half 18th century. Six-panel folding screen; ink, color, and gold on paper. Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Promised gift of Robert S. and Betsy G. Feinberg, TL42147.39.

Best of the Best on View in 'Painting Edo: Japanese Art from the Feinberg Collection' at Harvard Art Museums

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Two Assemblage Paintings by Thornton Dial and A Rare Drawing by Anthony Bourdain Lead the Summer Fine Art Sale Now Open for Bidding on iGavelauctions

Morphy Auctions / July 13, 2020

Rare Tiffany lamps and windows, Webb perfumes, antique canes, more in Morphy's July 14-15 auction

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Bruneau & Co.'s July 23 auction will kick off with paintings by Indian artists Maqbool Hussain, B. Prabha

Questroyal Fine Art, LLC / July 10, 2020

Questroyal Fine Art has reopened!

/ July 09, 2020

Six New Hires Join Lucas Museum Staff in Leadership Roles

Museum of Russian Icons / July 09, 2020

Museum of Russian Icons appoints new curator

/ July 09, 2020

Extraordinary Napoleonic ephemera and Marie Antoinette’s lace collar features in Chorley’s July Sale

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Literary Illustrations from Children’s Classics Shine in Illustration Art at Swann July 16

MOCA Toronto / July 07, 2020

MOCA Toronto Reopens to the Public on July 16

Findlay Galleries / July 07, 2020

Findlay Galleries – New York, Opens With a Contemporary Exhibition | The Summer Survey

/ July 08, 2020

Grayson Perry, Aida Muluneh, Russell Tovey and Jean Jullien Invite Artists to Join WaterAid Campaign for Water for All

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