Ancient weapons head 400-lot Artemis Gallery auction April 20

Ancient Chinese bronze ge (pole ax), 16in long, early Han Dynasty, circa 450-100 BCE. Estimate $2,400-$3,400. Artemis Gallery image
Ancient Chinese bronze ge (pole ax), 16in long, early Han Dynasty, circa 450-100 BCE. Estimate $2,400-$3,400. Artemis Gallery image

 

BOULDER, Colo. – Fresh collections with impeccable provenance and an ironclad guarantee of authenticity and legality form the core of Artemis Gallery’s Wednesday, April 20, auction. The expertly curated 400-lot selection includes ancient weapons, Asian and ethnographic art, and other great rarities. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.com.

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JFK library holds largest archive of Ernest Hemingway papers

Ernest Hemingway (far left) with friends at a cafe in Pamplona, Spain, summer 1925. EH05734P. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum image
Ernest Hemingway (far left) with friends at a cafe in Pamplona, Spain, summer 1925. EH05734P. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum image

 

BOSTON (AP) – Ernest Hemingway penned 47 possible endings to A Farewell to Arms, eight of which are on display at a new exhibition on the famed American writer at the John F. Kennedy presidential library – along with the one that actually concluded the classic World War I novel.

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Smithsonian’s Irving Penn photo exhibit opens at Dallas museum

Irving Penn, ‘Bee, New York, 1995, printed 2001,’ chromogenic print, 21 1/2 x 24 in (54.6 x 61.0 cm). Smithsonian American Art Museum, Promised gift of Irving Penn Foundation. Copyright © The Irving Penn Foundation
Irving Penn, ‘Bee, New York, 1995, printed 2001,’ chromogenic print, 21 1/2 x 24 in (54.6 x 61.0 cm). Smithsonian American Art Museum, Promised gift of Irving Penn Foundation. Copyright © The Irving Penn Foundation

 

DALLAS – The Dallas Museum of Art presents “Irving Penn: Beyond Beauty,” the first retrospective of Penn’s work in nearly 20 years, which will celebrate his legacy as a modern master and reveal the full expressive range of his work.

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Detroit museum gearing up for The Open Road exhibit

 

'Phillips 66, Flagstaff, Arizona,' Ed Ruscha, 1962. © Ed Ruscha, courtesy of the artist
‘Phillips 66, Flagstaff, Arizona,’ Ed Ruscha, 1962. © Ed Ruscha, courtesy of the artist

 

DETROIT – The Detroit Institute of Arts invites visitors to take a visual road trip through the exhibition “The Open Road: Photography and the American Road Trip,” on view June 17–Sept. 11.

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Mural to honor ballpark where Cincinnati Reds once played

Autographed photo of Pete Rose at bat at old Crosley Field in Cincinnati. Image courtesy of Last Chance by LiveAuctioneers
Autographed photo of Pete Rose at bat at old Crosley Field in Cincinnati, circa 1969. Image courtesy of Last Chance by LiveAuctioneers

 

CINCINNATI (AP) – Officials with the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame and Museum say a mural portraying a game from the 1950s will honor the baseball team’s former home.

Officials tell WLWT-TV that dozens of volunteers and artists from Keep Cincinnati Beautiful will paint a 17-foot-by-50-foot mural of Crosley field, at the intersection of Findlay Street and Western Avenue, where the Cincinnati Reds played from 1912 to 1970.

Work on the mural, which started Monday, is scheduled to be finished in early June.

Replicated foul poles and a replicated light pole have already been erected. The site of the stadium’s bases will also be marked. A new plaza will also commemorate the site.

Funding for the mural will come in part through the selling of personalized bricks.

A self-guided tour map will be available once the project is finished.
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FBI offers reward in Missouri theft of Warhol prints

Andy Warhol's 'Campbell's Soup I' series. Image courtesy of LiveAuctioneers.com archive
Andy Warhol’s ‘Campbell’s Soup I’ series. Image courtesy of LiveAuctioneers.com archive

 

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) – Federal investigators looking into the theft of artwork – including Andy Warhol prints of Campbell soup cans – at a southwest Missouri museum hope a $25,000 reward stirs up leads.

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Brazil midcentury modern furniture gets a new look

Lina Bo Bardi lounge chairs, Peroba, upholstery, 1950. Image courtesy of LiveAuctioneers.com archive and Wright
Lina Bo Bardi lounge chairs, Peroba, upholstery, 1950. Image courtesy of LiveAuctioneers.com archive and Wright

 

NEW YORK – Brazil’s modernist architecture may be better known, but the country’s distinctive midcentury modern furniture is getting new international attention.

Sensuous curves, tropical woods, woven leathers, and traditional techniques like caning and netting were all part of a style that developed from the 1940s to the 1970s called Brazil Modern.

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Studebaker museum sending 2 cars to auction

A 1955 Studebaker Conestoga station wagon still in service in 2012. Image by Riley in Christchurch, New Zealand. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.
A 1955 Studebaker Conestoga station wagon still in service in 2012. Image by Riley in Christchurch, New Zealand. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.

 

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) – A South Bend museum that honors cars built by the hometown Studebaker manufacturer is selling two vehicles from its collection to the public.

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