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ARTFIXdaily News Feed - Monday, July 28, 2014

Imperial War Museum in London Reopens After $70 Million Renovation
Newsday - July 26th, 2014 00:00

The Imperial War Museum in London recently reopened in time to commemorate the 100th anniversary of World War I.

Raphaelle Peale (1774-1825), Peaches and Grapes in a Chinese Export Basket, 1812, Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas, Acquisition in memory of Ruth Carter Stevenson, President of the Board of Trustees, 1961-2013, with funds provided by the Ruth Carter Stevenson Memorial and Endowment Funds, 2014-7

Amon Carter Museum of American Art Acquires Masterpiece by Raphaelle Peale in Memory of Ruth Carter Stevenson
Release Date: 26 July 2014
The Amon Carter Museum of American Art has acquired the painting Peaches and Grapes in a Chinese Export Basket (1813) by Raphaelle Peale (1774–1825). The first work by Peale to enter the collection, the still life painting was purchased in memory of the museum’s founder Ruth Carter Stevenson ...

First Lady Michelle Obama cutting the ribbon to open The Costume Institute's new Anna Wintour Costume Center yesterday morning. Pictured, from left: Thomas P. Campbell, Director of the Metropolitan Museum; First Lady Michelle Obama; Anna Wintour, Artistic Director of Condé Nast and Editor-in-Chief of Vogue; and Emily K. Rafferty, President of the Metropolitan Museum

Metropolitan Museum Announces 6.2 Million Annual Attendance
Release Date: 26 July 2014
The Metropolitan Museum of Art announced that 6.2 million people—from New York City, the tri-state area, across the United States, and 187 foreign countries—visited the Museum during the fiscal year that ended on June 30. For the third year in a row, attendance at the Museum has exceeded six ...

Jane Stuart (attr.) portrait of George Washington after her father Gilbert Stuart's 1806 masterpiece.

Morgan Rank Collection of Folk Art & Musical Instruments and 19th Century Paintings Highlight Eldred's Summer Americana & Paintings Auction
Release Date: 25 July 2014
The Robert C. Eldred Co. is excited to announce its flagship Summer Americana & Paintings Auction, being held July 30 through August 1, 2014, will feature the Morgan Rank Collection of Folk Art and Musical Instruments. Mr. Rank had operated an eponymous gallery in East Hampton, New York, from the ...

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