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American University Chosen to Receive Majority Share of Works from Corcoran Art Collection

May 14, 2018

Under one of the largest free art distributions in U.S. history, American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center, part of American University, has been offered nearly 9,000 works from the ...

John Fulton Follinsbee's 1920 "Grey Thaw" will be an addition to the Phillips Collection's New Hope paintings.

Corcoran Gives Over 10,750 Artworks to Institutions

May 14, 2018

The Corcoran Art Gallery Board of Trustees on Monday announced that more than 10,750 works remaining in the Corcoran’s art collection will be distributed to 22 institutions across Washington in one ...

High Demand for Norman Rockwell Lifts Heritage American Art Auction above $4.5 Million

May 12, 2018

Nine works by Norman Rockwell and new auction records for seven artists drove Heritage Auctions’ May 4 American Art Auction in Dallas, Texas to $4,571,987.50 versus pre-sale estimates of ...

Henri Matisse 'odalisque couchee aux magnolias' sold for $80 million.

Rockefeller Collection Nets Highest Ever Total for a Single-Owner Art Auction

May 12, 2018

After a six-month campaign, 10 days of online sales and three days of dynamic live auctions at Christie’s Rockefeller Center HQ, the total for the 1,500 objects comprising The Collection of Peggy ...

Two-part marble statues of a little girl with a cat, 31 inches tall, signed "Napoleone Ruffini".

Quality merchandise from across the South will be offered in Stevens Auction Company's May 18-19 sale

Stevens Auction Company
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May 14, 2018

ABERDEEN, Miss. – A gorgeous Prudence Mallard five-piece bedroom suite, a Sevres three-sided capped urn, a bronze sculpture of fighting bulls signed by the French artist Jean Baptiste Clesinger ...

Museum of Russian Icons presents contemporary Russian-American artist Alexander Gassel

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May 09, 2018

The Museum of Russian Icons presents the contemporary paintings of Russian-American artist and designer Alexander Gassel, May 20, 2018 – January 6, 2019. Blending the avant-garde with traditional ...

Back in 1966-67, the “Souper” dress, inspired by the famous Soup Can art series by Andy Warhol, married art and advertising when paper dresses were in vogue. If one mailed in two labels from Campbell’s soup cans to the company along with $1, this dress was their reward.

Benefit Shop Foundation Auction Goes From Soup (Can) To Nuts May 16

Benefit Shop Foundation, Inc.
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May 07, 2018

The Benefit Shop Foundation, Inc., usually has merchandise that runs the gamut from soup to nuts in its monthly Red Carpet auctions. This is especially true for its next auction on Wednesday, May ...

Untitled oil on canvas painted in the manner of Jean-Michel Basquiat (Am., 1960-1988), 36.25 inches by 29 inches, unframed, signed and dated 1983 (est. $20,000-$30,000).

In the Manner Of -- a new art auction house offering just attributions -- will hold its first online sale May 17th

In the Manner Of
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May 08, 2018

FRANKLIN, Mass. – A new specialty art auction house that deals exclusively in antique and vintage artworks created in the styles of master artists will hold its inaugural internet-only sale on ...

Colby College Names Smithsonian Curator to Lead Lunder Institute for American Art

May 07, 2018

Colby College has named Lee Glazer the founding director of the Lunder Institute for American Art. Currently curator of American art for the Smithsonian Institution’s Freer Gallery of Art and ...

R. J. Kern at the Klompching Gallery — Opening Reception: May 10th, 6:00–8:00pm.

KLOMPCHING GALLERY
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May 07, 2018

KLOMPCHING GALLERY is delighted to present an exhibition of photographs by R. J. Kern. This will be the artist’s first solo show in New York, bringing together a selection of color photographs from ...

OIl on panel by the renowned American artist and illustrator John Philip Falter (1910-1982), rendered around 1955 ($92,400).

Oil on panel painting by John Philip Falter (Am., 1910-1982) brings $92,400 at Ripley Auctions

Ripley Auctions
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May 07, 2018

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – An oil on panel painting by renowned American artist and illustrator John Philip Falter (1910-1982) soared to $92,400, and an important early modern studio pottery vase by ...

Modern and Contemporary Art Sales Abound at Second Edition of TEFAF New York Spring

May 06, 2018

The second edition of TEFAF New York Spring opened on Friday, May 4, 2018 at the historic Park Avenue Armory, following a packed preview day on Thursday, May 3. In the first two days, the Fair saw ...

An Artist Without Borders: Nenne Sanguineti Poggi

May 06, 2018

May 17 - June 3, 2018 with its opening reception May 17th, 6-10PM El Barrio’s Artspace, PS109, 215 E 99th St., New York, NY Some 61 paintings, drawings, etchings and ceramics will be on display ...

Painting of the Simpsons character Krusty the Clown by Ron English (Ill./Tex., b. 1959), 16 inch by 16 inch acrylic on canvas titled Krusty the Grin, circa 2017 (est. $20,000-$25,000).

KAWS, Ron English, Sylvia Ji, others will be in Bruneau & Co.'s first-ever Pop Culture, Street & Unusual Art Auction, May 12th

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May 07, 2018

CRANSTON, R.I. – Bruneau & Co. Auctioneers’ first-ever Pop Culture, Street and Unusual Art sale, slated for Saturday, May 12th, is packed with 118 lots by some of the most famous artists in the ...

Oliver Lee Jackson, Triptych, 2015, applied fabric, mixed media on panel, 95 in. x 72 inches each, photo by Philip Maisel

"Oliver Lee Jackson: Recent Paintings" Exhibition Announced for March 2019 at National Gallery of Art

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April 30, 2018

National Gallery of Art, Washington, March 3–September 2, 2019 East Building, Mezzanine American painter, printmaker, and sculptor Oliver Lee Jackson (b. 1935) has created a complex body of work ...

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