September 8, 2026

Fine Art

Fine Art

Fine art meets family fun at Lakeshore Art Festival in Downtown Muskegon

[ad_1] MUSKEGON, Mich. — The Lakeshore Art Festival continues a decades-long tradition of bringing a mix of fine art, crafts, music, and food to Downtown Muskegon. WATCH: Fine art meets family fun at Lakeshore Art Festival spanning 8 blocks of Downtown Muskegon Fine art meets family fun at Lakeshore Art Festival spanning 8 blocks of

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Rain, mud and extreme heat put a damper on Novi Fine Art Fair

[ad_1] Artist Steven Wirtz, of Goetzville, Michigan, and Cartuna Art Gallery & Studio, works on papier-mâché sculptures June 21 at the Novi Fine Art Fair. Vibeman John, who brought his vibraphone and bubbles to the event, gives a vibraphone lesson to Natalie, 5, and Lauren Barnett, 7, of Novi. Photo by Patricia O’Blenes Advertisement Advertisement

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Observer’s 2025 July Art Fair Calendar

[ad_1] Secci Gallery at Aspen Art Fair in 2024. Zach Hilty/BFA.com There’s no rest for the weary. In July, the art world’s collective Basel hangover lingers, but many galleries have to pack it up all over again and make their way to one or more of the international or niche-y art fairs held in July,

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Strategic or speculative? Once again, art investment funds are on the rise

[ad_1] The art trade has a knotty relationship with investment funds. Although the $57.5bn art industry has arguably been built on the premise that art is a good investment, the bare-faced profit pledges of funds make traditionalists squirm. Art funds famously boomed in the early 2000s, when the rise of the contemporary art market seemed

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Climate protester splashes pink paint on Picasso work at Montreal Museum of Fine Arts

[ad_1] On Thursday morning (19 June) a supporter of the environmental activism group Last Generation’s Canadian chapter splattered pink paint on Pablo Picasso’s 1901 portrait L’hétaïre at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA). A representative for the museum said that the painting was quickly inspected and there were “no immediate signs of damage” to

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Orangeburg Fine Arts Center showcases Campbell Frost’s lifetime of artistry in new exhibit

[ad_1] “Keep Out,” by Columbia, SC artist Campbell Frost, featured in the Orangeburg County Fine Arts Center’s “Windows in Time” exhibit. (Provided) Photo: WCIV   (WCIV) — The Orangeburg Fine Arts Center will celebrate Campbell Frost, the recipient of South Carolina’s highest arts honor, the Governor’s Award for Lifetime Achievement, with an exhibit showcasing his works.

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Review: Alex Da Corte at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth

[ad_1] “The Whale” reveals Da Corte’s ability to shift styles and themes while maintaining conceptual depth. Courtesy of the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth Welcome to One Fine Show, where Observer highlights a recently opened exhibition at a museum not in New York City, a place we know and love that already receives plenty

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Art museum, PAFA to host exhibit featuring Phillies owner John Middleton’s collection

[ad_1] Paintings, sculptures and textiles owned by Phillies managing partner and CEO John Middleton will be on display in an upcoming exhibit for the semiquincentennial, the 250th anniversary of the United States declaring independence.  The Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts are jointly putting on a show titled “A Nation of

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Fine art experts in Kington on Friday for charity antiques valuation event

[ad_1] Experts from Shrewsbury-based Halls Fine Art will be visiting the Oxford Arms in Kington on Friday, June 20 from 10am to 2pm to hold a charity antiques valuation event. A fee of £2 will be charged for each item professionally valued and all money raised by the event will go Open Arms Kington CIC,

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Can AI tell us how much art is really worth?

[ad_1] Forget the old-school charms of the BBC’s Antiques Roadshow. Art valuations today are more likely to rely on artificial intelligence to help close the gap between educated guesswork and reality — as much as this mysterious market will allow. “We are using AI for efficiency. It can process millions of data points instantly, then sort, clean

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