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Restoring Art at Fisk University

Fisk Galleries Director and Curator Jamaal Sheats and Art Conservator Ian McClure talked about teaching the students how to conserve historical paintings from Fisk’s art collection. Fisk University is ...
The Chronicle of Higher Education

Prolonged Dispute Over O’Keeffe Art Ends as Museum Drops Lawsuit Against Fisk U.

A museum has dropped a lawsuit that sought to strip Fisk University of a 101-piece art collection after a lengthy litigation stemming from Fisk’s plan to sell two paintings to raise money, The ...
The Chronicle of Higher Education

Fisk U. Approves Deal to Share Art Collection With Arkansas Museum

Fisk University’s Board of Trustees has agreed to share the institution’s valuable Alfred Stieglitz Collection of Modern American and European Art with a new museum in Arkansas founded by an heir to ...
Washington Examiner

Fisk completes agreement to share art collection

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Fisk University said Friday it has completed an agreement with an Arkansas museum to share ownership of the Stieglitz Art Collection. The courts have allowed the school to sell ...
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COPY-Court decision may finally end Fisk art case

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Fisk University may soon be able to generate cash off its 101-piece art collection donated by the late painter Georgia O'Keeffe. On Monday, the Tennessee Supreme Court ...
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Fisk University senior Alexander Ngwuogbe and other students gather after the university-wide meeting on the school's financial status at Fisk University in Nashville. Fisk University, a historically ...
Nashville Scene

The Talented Professor Henry: On Enigmatic Artist Alicia Henry

Alicia Henry is relaxed inside the Carl Van Vechten Gallery. She is relaxed in most places, but especially here — the gallery, named after the photographer and Harlem Renaissance patron, is the ...
The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Fisk U. Art Sales Open Window Into ‘Deaccessioning’ Debate

The New York Times looks at sales of donated art by Nashville’s Fisk University in light of the larger debate in the museum world over such “deaccessioning” by financially struggling institutions.
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Fisk University to Appeal Art Sale Ruling

Fisk University in Nashville plans to appeal a court decision last month that set limits on the sale of its prized Stieglitz art collection, according to a recent university-issued statement. The ...
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Museum directors offer help with Fisk art

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A national group of art museum directors has offered to help Fisk University figure out how to avoid breaking up or selling its art collection. Chancellor Ellen Hobbs Lyle of ...
The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Tennessee Officials Wrangle with Fisk U. Over Art Collection

Tennessee’s attorney general unveiled a proposal Friday designed to prevent Nashville’s Fisk University from selling a partial share of its $74-million art collection from the estate of the renowned ...