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06/19/2022

https://news.artnet.com/market/jan-lievens-discovery-tefaf-2130975

New York's Christopher Bishop Fine Art is selling a rediscovered drawing by Jan Lievens for $1.4 million at the TEFAF Maastricht art fair.

01/31/2022

https://news.artnet.com/market/master-drawings-new-york-debuts-rare-durer-2065043?utm_content=from_artnetnews2&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Saturday%201/29&utm_term=Daily%20Newsletter%20%5BALL%5D%20%5BMORNING%5D

Albrecht Dürer’s rediscovered drawing, "The Virgin and Child," is on view during Master Drawings New York.

08/23/2021

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/tiffany-unveils-new-ad-campaign-starring-beyonce-and-basquiat-2001708?utm_content=from_artnetnews2&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=US%208%2F23%20Afternoon&utm_term=US%20Daily%20Newsletter%20%5BAFTERNOON%5D

The painting in the new ad campaign starring Beyoncé and Jay-Z is due to go on display at Tiffany's Fifth Avenue flagship in New York.

08/16/2021

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/new-york-city-vaccine-mandate-museums-1995427?utm_content=from_artnetnews2&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=US%20Morning%20Newsletter%208/16/2021&utm_term=US%20Daily%20Newsletter%20%5BMORNING%5D

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is mandating vaccines for indoor activities which will likely include museums.

06/12/2021

https://news-artnet-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/news.artnet.com/art-world/what-i-buy-and-why-lawrence-van-hagen-1976522/amp-page

Lawrence Van Hagen is putting the finishing touches on his new home, a bright and airy apartment filled with art and design in London’s Cadogan Square. The 27-year-old collector is an art advisor by day, having founded LVH Art, which specializes in postwar, modern, and contemporary art.

04/04/2021

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/02/nyregion/alice-neel-boys-painting-nyc-toby-neal.html?campaign_id=44&emc=edit_ur_20210404&instance_id=28842&nl=new-york-today®i_id=54700088&segment_id=54858&te=1&user_id=583eadc87caa582cfda7365c1d0149f1

Alice Neel painted two neighborhood boys in her studio in the 1960s. Fifty years later, the mystery of what happened to the picture has been solved.

03/31/2021

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/30/us/augusta-savage-black-woman-artist-harlem-renaissance.html?campaign_id=2&emc=edit_th_20210331&instance_id=28660&nl=todaysheadlines®i_id=54700088&segment_id=54552&user_id=583eadc87caa582cfda7365c1d0149f1

At the dawn of the Harlem Renaissance, Augusta Savage fought racism to earn acclaim as a sculptor, showing her work alongside de Kooning and Dalí. But the path she forged is also her legacy.

03/19/2021

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03/01/2021

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/01/arts/design/jacob-lawrence-painting-resurfaces.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage

Its owner, a nurse living on the Upper West Side, flagged a worker at the Metropolitan Museum’s information desk. “Listen, nobody calls me back. I have this painting. Who do I need to talk to?”