Temple of Dendur in The Sackler Wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY.News Feed

Known as Museum Donors, Sackler Family Now Under More Scrutiny in OxyContin Lawsuits

Boston / January 20th, 2019

Long-celebrated as arts and culture philanthropists, the Sackler family is increasingly in headlines for their company's role in pushing OxyContin, the prescription drug that has helped fuel a nationwide opioid epidemic. A legal filing ...

stARTup SF at the Hotel del SolCalendar

stARTup San Francisco 2019: Call for Artists

San Francisco / April 26-28, 2019

stARTup Art Fair San Francisco is a contemporary hotel art fair for independent artists. stARTup SF runs April 26-28, 2019 at the Hotel Del Sol and takes place at the same time as SF Art Market SF gallery fair at nearby Fort Mason....

This exceptionally rare and exquisite panel was composed by the renowned Florentine painter Domenico Puligo. Circa 1515. Blogs

Motherly Love: Renaissance Devotional Painting by Puligo

Beauty, Rarity, History...The M.S. Rau Antiques Blog / December 31st, 2018 07:39

The Virgin Mary has served as a centralizing figure in Christian art since the religion’s beginnings, but it took many centuries for her devotional images to humanize this pivotal historical figure as nurturer and mother of God.    ...

J. Dauvergne (French, 19th/20th Century) An Art Deco Spelter figure of a female on onyx base circa 1920. Sold on 1/12/19 for $500.

New Showroom Launches for Antiques and Design Businesses in Philadelphia

Business of Home / January 22nd, 2019

Joe Holahan and Jeff Kamal of Kamelot Auctions have founded an antiques center that offers dealers the chance to house booths and showrooms in New York’s unofficial sixth borough, Philadelphia, reports Business of Home. “What’s ...

Gordon Parks, "Trapped in abandoned building by a rival gang on street, Red Jackson ponders his next move," 1948, gelatin silver print, part of the exhibition "Gordon Parks: The New Tide, Early Work 1940–1950" at the National Gallery of Art through Feb. 18, 2019.

Virtually Browse (and Support) the 20 Museums Closed by the Government Shutdown

ArtfixDaily / January 15th, 2019

With the 19 federally-funded Smithsonian museums and the National Gallery of Art in DC closed due to the continuing federal government shutdown, people can still view collections and support these vital American institutions--online. ...

Still from video by Klaus Obermeyer/Rocket.film, 'Letting the light in, James Turrell, ASU partner on artwork'

James Turrell's 'Roden Crater' Project Gets $10 Million Donation from Kanye West

ASUnow / January 14th, 2019

James Turrell, 75, began his Roden Crater Project in 1977. The California artist has gotten a huge recent boost to the endeavor through a partnership with Arizona State University to raise $200 million, and now celebrity rapper Kanye ...

Dr Bendor Grosvenor in an episode of Britain's Lost Masterpieces (with Emma Dabiri). (The painting shown is not the one destroyed by cat.)

Art Expert Says Cat Destroyed His Rare 17th-Century Painting

Telegraph / January 10th, 2019

A cat wrecked a rare 17th-century portrait painting, according to the pet's owner, UK-based art historian and writer Dr. Bendor Grosvenor. Grosvenor says the £5,000 ($6,371) artwork by Scottish artist John Michael Wright was scratched ...

Artforum cover

Lawsuit Dismissed Against Artforum and Knight Landesman in #MeToo Case

New York Times / January 5th, 2019

A New York State Supreme Court judge has dismissed a lawsuit against Knight Landesman, the 68-year-old co-owner and former publisher of Artforum magazine, that alleged he repeatedly sexually harrassed a former employee and another eight ...

general antiques & arts

Trevi Fountain, part of the historic center of Rome that is protected as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The U.S. Withdraws From Unesco, the U.N. Agency That Aims to Build Peace Through Cultural Understanding

contemporary art

Gordon Parks, "Trapped in abandoned building by a rival gang on street, Red Jackson ponders his next move," 1948, gelatin silver print, part of the exhibition "Gordon Parks: The New Tide, Early Work 1940–1950" at the National Gallery of Art through Feb. 18, 2019.
Virtually Browse (and Support) the 20 Museums Closed by the Government Shutdown

european art

Detail of Otto van Veen’s “Apollo and Venus.”
Museum Readies to Display Newly Restored Multi-million Dollar Painting Found in Closet

design

J. Dauvergne (French, 19th/20th Century) An Art Deco Spelter figure of a female on onyx base circa 1920. Sold on 1/12/19 for $500.
New Showroom Launches for Antiques and Design Businesses in Philadelphia

architecture

View of the Korai in the Acropolis Museum, with space for the one at the British Museum.
Brexit Could Help the Case for Parthenon Sculptures to be Returned to Greece

european antiques

Detail of the Getty Bronze, or Victorious Youth, made by Lysippos between 300 and 100 BC. Greece.
The Getty Responds to Court Ruling on 2,000-Year-Old Victorious Youth Statue

folk art

Gerry Lenfest
Gerry Lenfest, Philadelphia Philanthropist and Arts Patron, Remembered

glass

Charles Burchfield, Bee Hepaticus, 1962. Collisart, Stand A32.
20 Pieces for Chippendale’s Tercentenary Plus New Work by Marina Abramović Among Highlights of Masterpiece London 2018

jewelry & watches

Swedish Crown Jewels Swiped by Thieves
 

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