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New Museum Dedicated – A celebration in the Campbell Atrium of the William D. Walsh Family Library marked the dedication and official opening of the Fordham Museum of Greek, Roman and Etruscan Art on the Rose Hill Campus in Bronx, NY. Alumnus William D. Walsh and his wife Jane Walsh donated the 260-plus ancient artifacts that comprise the new collection.

Auction Sculpture Record Set – The Guennol Lioness, one of the last known masterworks from the dawn of civilization remaining in private hands, sold for a remarkable $57.2 million at Sotheby’s recently.  This set a new world record for any sculpture at auction and more than tripled the pre-sale high estimate for this 5,000 year-old figure.

Prize Winner Named – The Turner Prize 2007 award of $50,000 has been given to Mark Wallinger.  Established in 1984, the prize is awarded to a British artist under fifty for an outstanding exhibition or other presentation of his or her work.

NEA News – In its first major grant announcement of fiscal year 2008, the NEA will award $20.2 million to fund 908 grants to nonprofit national, regional, state and local organizations across the country through the Access to Artistic Excellence category. — In an attempt to bring the arts to all Americans, the NEA has announced grant awards totaling $1.15 million (FY 2008) through the Challenge America: Reaching Every Community program. – The Minnesota State Arts Board has been named the recipient of the 2007 National Accessibility Leadership Award/grant for their outstanding accessibility work.

Exhibition:

Washington, DC – National Gallery of Art – Edward Hopper is the first comprehensive survey of Hopper’s career to be seen in American museums outside New York in more than 25 years.  This exhibition of 96 paintings and works on paper focuses on the period of the artist’s great achievements, from about 1925 to mid century.  Through Jan. 21 and travels to The Art Institute of Chicago on Feb. 16.

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