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"Flowers and Butterfly Fireboard" by James Sharp

Shelburne Museum Exhibition Explores Flora and Fauna in Art

July 31, 2018

In Vermont, Shelburne Museum’s summer exhibition, In the Garden, examines the influence flowers and insects have had on art and material culture around the world over the course of five centuries. ...

Oak calf-shed door marked with magical symbols to protect livestock. From Laxfield, Suffolk, 19th century. 183 x 94 cm.

Need a Bit of Magic? The Ashmolean's 'Spellbound' Exhibition Has a 16th-Century Crystal Ball and Unicorn Horn

July 30, 2018

The Ashmolean’s autumn exhibition (Aug. 31, 2018, to Jan. 6, 2019) explores the history of a fascinating cultural phenomenon – magic. SPELLBOUND will display 180 objects from 12th-century Europe ...

Pierre-Auguste Renoir 'La Loge (Theatre box)', 1874 © The Samuel Courtauld Trust, The Courtauld Gallery, London

Impressionist Treasures from Courtauld's Private Collection Head to National Gallery London

July 29, 2018

For the first time in London since 1948 the National Gallery London will display major Impressionist paintings from the Courtauld Gallery, bought in the 1920s by Samuel Courtauld, alongside works ...

Detail: John Singer Sargent. Mrs. George Swinton (Elizabeth Ebsworth), 1897. Wirt D. Walker Collection. Art Institute Chicago.

John Singer Sargent and Chicago’s Gilded Age

July 29, 2018

Through September 30, 2018, the Art Institute of Chicago presents an exhibition of American portraitist John Singer Sargent with a focus on his numerous Chicago connections. Featuring nearly 100 ...

Jean-Michel Basquiat, Untitled, 1982, acrylic and oil stick on wood, 182.8 x 121.9 cm, Private Collection © Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat. Licensed by Artestar, New York

Solo Exhibitions on Basquiat and Schiele are Highlights in Paris This Fall

July 24, 2018

This fall, Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris will present the landmark exhibition Jean-Michel Basquiat, bringing together 120 works that trace the blazing career of the artist from 1980 to 1988. ...

International Fine Print Dealers Association Announces the 2018 Exhibitors for the Fine Art Print Fair

July 19, 2018

New York, July 19, 2018 – The International Fine Print Dealers Association (IFPDA) is pleased to announce the list of exhibitors for this year’s Fine Art Print Fair. The annual fair takes place on ...

The frame which once held Rembrandt's The Storm on the Sea of Galilee at the Gardner Museum.

A Podcast Will Explore the Unsolved Mystery of the Gardner Museum Heist

July 19, 2018

WBUR and The Boston Globe have joined forces to launch Last Seen, a weekly podcast on a still-shocking unsolved art crime. that will debut on September 17. (Listen to a Preview here.) Hosted by ...

Marsden Hartley (1877–1943), Songs of Winter, Oil on board laid down on canvas, 12¼ x 11⅜ inches.

Annual Boston International Fine Art Show Returns for 22nd Year to the Cyclorama, October 18 – 21 Gala Preview to benefit The Art for Justice Fund

July 18, 2018

Boston, MA – Tony Fusco and Robert Four are proud to announce the 22nd Annual Boston International Fine Art Show. Featuring the work of 40 galleries from around the world, this year’s Boston ...

Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot The Muse: History, c. 1865 oil on canvas overall: 46 × 35.2 cm (18 1/8 × 13 7/8 in.) framed: 73.7 × 61 × 11.5 cm (29 × 24 × 4 1/2 in.) Lent by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, H.O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929

Major Exhibition of Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot's Paintings of Women; National Gallery of Art is the Only Venue, September 9 through December 31, 2018

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May 11, 2018

Washington, DC—Dressed in rustic Italian costume or nude on a grassy plain, rendered with a sophisticated use of color and a deft, delicate touch, Corot's women convey a mysterious sense of their ...

Left: Claude Monet, The Artist's Garden at Vétheuil, 1881, oil on canvas, The Norton Simon Foundation; right: Claude Monet, The Artist's Garden at Vétheuil, 1880, oil on canvas, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Collection.

Monet's Study for "The Artist's Garden at Vétheuil" Shown with National Gallery of Art Painting for First Time as Part of Norton Simon Loan Exchange

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May 10, 2018

Washington, DC—Two of Claude Monet's paintings of the garden at his home in Vétheuil, France, will be on view together for the first time since they were created more than 100 years ago as part of ...

Signed tempera and gouache on paper done in the manner of Vincent van Gogh, titled Portrait of a Man Wearing a Hat, with COA (est. $20,000-$30,000).

Works attributed to the biggest names in art history will be at In the Manner Of's July 26th auction

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July 18, 2018

FRANKLIN, Mass. – Rare, market-fresh paintings and drawings from private collections in Europe and the Americas – to include decorative artworks in the styles of, and attributed to, master artists ...

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Bacchus and Ariadne, c. 1743/1745, oil on canvas, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Timken Collection

Major Conservation Treatment of Tiepolo's Monumental Bacchus and Ariadne Reveals Hidden Details

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May 25, 2018

Washington, DC—Following a four-year-long conservation treatment, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo's Bacchus and Ariadne (c. 1743/1745) will return to public view in the West Building of the National ...

Ugo da Carpi, after Parmigianino Diogenes, c. 1527–1530 chiaroscuro woodcut from four blocks in light green, medium green, brown, and dark brown, state iii/iii sheet: 47.9 x 34 cm (18 7/8 x 13 3/8 in.) National Gallery of Art, Washington, Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund

First Comprehensive Exhibition of Chiaroscuro Woodcuts from Italian Renaissance on View at National Gallery of Art, October 14, 2018, through January 20, 2019

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June 22, 2018

Washington, DC—Chiaroscuro woodcuts are among the rarest and most beautiful prints that flourished throughout Renaissance Italy. This exhibition, with its accompanying catalog, addresses all ...

Pair of masterpiece scrimshaw whale's teeth by whaleman Eli Bangs, Jr.

Eldred's Landmark Marine Sale Scheduled for July 19 and 20

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July 12, 2018

East Dennis, Mass. – A pair of masterpiece scrimshaw whale’s teeth by Eli Bangs, Jr., a China Trade ship portrait that descended in the family of a Cape Cod ship captain and a complete ...

Lot 365: Leonetto Cappiello, Carnaval / Vinho do Porto, 1911. Estimate $20,000 to $30,000.

Rare Cappiello Posters Encourage Drinking: Temperance Society Says No at Swann Galleries

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July 10, 2018

Swann Galleries’ auction of Vintage Posters on August 1 brings to market the largest selection of food and drink advertisements the house has ever offered, along with premier examples of Art ...

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