NEW YORK, NY.- Sotheby’s set a new record for a piece of American Indian Art at auction when an Oglala Sioux Beaded and Fringed Hide War Shirt which once belonged to the famous and celebrated Sioux Chief, Black Bird sold to an anonymous buyer for …
Significant Unique Works by American and Contemporary Artists at Swann Auction Galleries
NEW YORK, NY.- Swann Galleries’ June 9 auction of American Art & Contemporary Art offers outstanding works by important artists. A circa 1943 painted metal stabile by Alexander Calder, which comes with copies of the artist’s handwritten lette…
Huntington Aquires Depression-Era Sculpture and Early 20th Century American Painting
SAN MARINO, CA.- The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens added to its holdings two significant works of American art on Saturday. At the annual meeting of its Art Collectors’ Council, the institution acquired a 22-foot-long …
Amon Carter Museum of American Art Receives $75,000 Education Grant from NEH
FORT WORTH, TX.- The Amon Carter Museum of American Art announces that it has received a $75,000 Picturing America School Collaboration Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). Only nine such grants were awarded nationwide, a…
Crystal Bridges Announces Endowment Gifts from Walton Family Foundation
BENTONVILLE, ARK.- The Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art announced three endowments from the Walton Family Foundation. “We are in the fortunate position of having a founding donor family that understands the need for stability and sustainabil…
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art Announces Endowment Gifts from Walton Family Foundation
BENTONVILLE, ARK.- The Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art announced three endowments from the Walton Family Foundation. “We are in the fortunate position of having a founding donor family that understands the need for stability and sustainabil…
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar Endorses American Latino Art Museum Plan
WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP).- Interior Secretary Ken Salazar is endorsing a federal commission’s call to build a national museum devoted to American Latino art, history and culture next to the Capitol as part of the Smithsonian Institution. In an interview w…
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar Endorses American Latino Art Museum Plan
WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP).- Interior Secretary Ken Salazar is endorsing a federal commission’s call to build a national museum devoted to American Latino art, history and culture next to the Capitol as part of the Smithsonian Institution. In an interview w…
The Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale is Showing "William Glackens and The Eight"
Fort Lauderdale, FL – As the repository of the William Glackens estate, the Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale has among its holdings a large collection of paintings and works on paper by this intriguing turn-of-the-century American artist. Along with fe…
Auctioneer Don Presley’s May 7-8 Sale Includes Select Offerings From California Estates
ORANGE, CA.- There probably isn’t a stretch of highway between Beverly Hills and Newport Beach that auctioneer Don Presley doesn’t know. That’s his turf, and when the owners of fine estates in those well-heeled communities decide to part…