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A YouTube frame shows the suit-jacketed suspect who spray-painted a Picasso at the Menil Collection in Houston. Vandal Defaces Picasso at Menil Collection
ArtfixDaily Staff - June 19th, 2012 14:29
At Houston's Menil Collection, a supposed “up and coming Mexican-American artist,” (this according to a witness,) has defaced Picasso’s “Woman in a Red Armchair,” from 1929. Last week, the perpetrator, using a...

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Andy Warhol, Female Fashion Figure, 1950s Warhol & Cars Set to Open in Birmingham
Release Date: 19 June 2012
The Birmingham Museum of Art and PNC Bank, a member of The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc., together brings the Birmingham community a distinctive exhibition of works by Andy Warhol. Warhol and Cars: American Icons, on display from June 24 – September 16, is the first exhibition to examine ...

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Press Conference at Polish Embassy Polish Painting Looted in Second World War Goes Home
Release Date: 19 June 2012
  June 15, 2012: Thanks to the coordinated efforts of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland, ICE and a local auction house, a 19th century painting by Polish artist Josef Brandt, looted during the Second World War, is due to return to the National Museum in ...

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"First Light on Mt.  Moran," by Steve Datz - Oil on Canvas "Plein Air in the Park" Celebrates 75 Years of Painting in Grand Teton National Park
Release Date: 18 June 2012
 (Jackson, Wyoming) - "PLEIN AIR FOR THE PARK" the Rocky Mountain Plein Air Painters (RMPAP) 11th Annual National Paint-Out and Exhibition, takes place July 1 – 15, 2012 in Grand Teton National Park (GTNP). The two-week paint out brings together 44 professional artists from around the ...

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Featured Event
An Unusual and Important Ralph Cahoon Painting of a Mermaid in 18th Century China from Earle D.  Vandekar. Aspen Antiques, Jewelry and Fine Arts Fair
July 7-15, 2012
10th Anniversary
Aspen, Colorado
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William Trost Richards (American, 1833-1905) The Otter Cliffs, Mount Desert Island, Maine , 1866.  Signed and dated lower right “”WM T Richards / 1866″” Oil on panel backed canvas 36 1/4 x 29 inches.  Estimate: $40,000-100,000 BRILLIANT RESULTS FOR WORKS BY WILLIAM TROST RICHARDS, JEAN PAUL RIOPELLE, HENRIK WILLEM MESDAG, DAVID JOHNSON AND ROBERTO MATTA AT KENO AUCTIONS JUNE 12, 2012 SALE
Release Date: 18 June 2012
  Keno Auctions’ Important American and European Paintings sale, the first auction conducted at the company’s headquarters, achieved a total of $1.512 million, exceeding the pre-sale high estimate of $1.265 million by $300,000.  The auction was 73% sold by lot (including aftersales), with 49 ...

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