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New Gallery to Open--ARTtalk.com, Inc., has announced its new "Gallery at the Square" located at 18 E. Main St., Beacon, N.Y. (Beacon is home to the Tallix art foundry--which produced Il Cavallo, da Vinci's horse--and also the future home of the new DIA Center for the Arts targeted to open in mid-2002.) A gallery opening is scheduled for May 5, and the inaugural exhibition will include paintings and prints by Robert Anderson, Glen Brill, Kirk Lybecker, Robert Paschal, Peter Sheehan, and Peter West as well as sculpture by Dennis Connors and Wendy Carrol. Also featured at the gallery will be ceramics by Janean Thompson. Hours will be Friday -- Sunday afternoons as well as by appointment or by chance. (845) 831-4458.

Painting "Rescued"--A famed 8 x 5 foot portrait of George Washington, painted from life in 1796 by Gilbert Stuart, will continue to hang in the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., thanks to the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation. On loan since 1968, courtesy of a British Lord, the painting was scheduled for the auction block unless the Smithsonian came up with $20 million for purchase.

Milestone Reached--The highly regarded European painter Balthus has died in Switzerland at the age of 92. Renowned for his provocative paintings of young women, he also received wide acclaim for his portraits and French landscapes.

Site Chosen--Philadelphia has been chosen as the site of a $50 million museum dedicated to the work of late sculptor Alexander Calder. The building will be designed by Tadao Ando, winner of the 1995 Pritzker Prize and erected on land donated by the city.

Buyer Beware!--Three men have been indicted for wire and mail fraud in connection with a bidding ring that cost hundreds of art buyers a total of several hundred thousand dollars. The suspects reportedly placed "shill" bids (bids on their own auctions) in over one thousand auctions on eBay, the popular web site.

New Acquisition Made--The National Gallery of Art has purchased its first work by sculptor Richard Serra, "Five Plates, Two Poles" (1971). Valued at $4.5 million, a record price for the artist, the indoor work is on view in the East Building.

Exhibitions:

Denver Art Museum, CO -- Deep Roots: Indian Artists, Community Heroes features stunning artworks (photography, woodcarvings, basketry, pottery, sculpture, etc.) by six of this country's leading American Indian artists in celebration of the Community Spirit Awards--a national fellowship award for established artists who have made substantial contributions to their communities through their careers. Through May 6.

McMullen Museum, Boston College, MA -- Edvard Munch: Psyche, Spirit and Expression presents 83 outstanding examples of Munch's prints and paintings from private collections and leading museums in the U.S. and Norway. Through May 21.

Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA -- On Paper II features varied uses of paper as a medium for contemporary artists. Some 50 recently acquired works on paper have been created from methods as ancient as woodblock printing to the digitally captured and inkjet printed images of today. Through May 6.

National Academy of Design, New York City -- The Cos Cob Art Colony: Impressionists on the Connecticut Shore is the first fully documented analysis of one of America's oldest preeminent art colonies and features more than 60 works by 12 artists, including Twachtman, Hassam, Robinson, and Weir. Through May 13.

Birthdays:
  4    Edward Hicks
  6    Raphael
15    Theodore Rousseau
24    Bridget Riley
26    Eugene Delacroix

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