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Andrew Wyeth, Wind from the Sea, 1947 tempera on hardboard overall: 47 x 70 cm (18 1/2 x 27 9/16 in.) framed: 66.4 x 89.5 x 7 cm (26 1/8 x 35 1/4 x 2 3/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art Showcases Andrew Wyeth’s Window Paintings for the First Time
Release Date: 12 May 2014
Andrew Wyeth's fascination with windows is explored for the first time in an exhibition now on view at the National Gallery of Art, its sole venue, through November 30, 2014. "Andrew Wyeth: Looking Out, Looking In" presents some 60 tempera paintings, watercolors, and drawings that stand out from ...

Richard Prince, Nurse of Greenmeadow, 2002, sold for $8.57 million.

Record Prices for 'Gritty' Art in $134.6 Million Christie's Sale
ArtfixDaily Staff - May 12th, 2014 22:40

Christie's got the ball rolling for spring contemporary auction week in New York on Monday with a sale focused on “the gritty, underbelly-esque side of contemporary art.” Bidders sent...

Edward Hopper's Cape Cod Morning (1950).

Modern Realism Exhibition at Smithsonian Reveals One Collector's Remarkable Vision
Release Date: 12 May 2014
“Modern American Realism: The Sara Roby Foundation Collection” presents some of the most treasured artworks from the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s permanent collection, including works by Will Barnet, Isabel Bishop, Paul Cadmus, Arthur Dove, Nancy Grossman, Edward Hopper, Wolf Kahn, Yasuo ...

Alvan Fisher, The Great Horseshoe Fall, Niagara, 1820, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase

Smithsonian Collection to be Open for App Developers
ArtfixDaily Staff - May 12th, 2014 22:40

A White House blog on Friday announced that the Smithsonian American Art Museum would soon make its digitized collection open to developers so they can build it into educational apps.

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