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ARTFIXdaily News Feed - Tuesday, August 25, 2009
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 | Sotheby's withdraws sculptures of Aborigines' ancestors amid protests
The Australian - August 24th, 2009 21:57
An outcry from Tasmanian Aborigines prompted Sotheby's to pull a pair of busts from auction just hours before the sale in Melbourne. Woureddy, An Aboriginal Chief of Van Diemen's Land and Trucaninny, Wife of Woureddy, by the English artist Benjamin Law, were expected to set a record price for sculpture in Australia, with pre-sale estimates of between $500,000 and $700,000. Protesters objected to the commercial sale of images of their ancestors.Read more | |
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 | New Tampa Museum debuts with Matisse, impressionists, video artists
The Tampa Tribune - August 24th, 2009 23:25
With an ambitious exhibit schedule that ranges from the celebrated works of Henri Matisse to introducing video artists, the new Tampa Museum of Art will try to redefine itself as a vibrant urban destination, according to executive director Todd Smith. Rounding out 2010, from September to early January will be "American Impressionists in the Garden." The goal is to draw new visitors to the $33 million, 66,000-square-foot facility in downtown Tampa that opens in February 2010.Read more | |
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 | Vote on the Hope Diamond's new setting
NPR 1 - August 23rd, 2009 04:00
The Hope Diamond might be the most famous gemstone on Earth. For the first time in nearly a century, it's getting a makeover — and you get to choose the new setting by casting your vote on the Smithsonian Channel website. Most of the 7 million or so people trooping through the National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C., are there to see this biggest of blue diamonds.Read more | |
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 | 'Sargent and the Sea' opens at the Corcoran
Art Knowledge News - August 24th, 2009 23:37
Washington, D.C. - In "Sargent and the Sea", the Corcoran Gallery of Art brings together for the first time more than 80 seascapes and coastal scenes from the early career of John Singer Sargent (1856-1925), America's pre-eminent exaptriate painter of the late 19th century. The Corcoran’s masterwork En route pour la pêche (Setting out to Fish) (1878), will serve as the centerpiece of the exhibition, and will be joined by other works produced during, and inspired ...Read more | |
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 | Acclaimed collection of African-American art travels
Temple Daily Telegram - August 24th, 2009 22:07
Cultivated collectors Dr. Harmon Kelley and wife, Harriet, of San Antonio, Texas, have assembled one of the nation’s most impressive collections of art by African-Americans, with works by Horace Pippin, Henry O'Tanner, and more. The couple has shared their collection through numerous loan exhibitions, including one at the Amon Carter attended by former First Lady Laura Bush and artist Ron Adams (shown here). Two more exhibits of this singular collection are coming up...Read more | |
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 | Think outside the box: Buy a bronze of cardboard at Christie's
LA Times - August 24th, 2009 22:50
Gavin Turk's "Brillo 5" (2003) is a bronze sculpture painted to look like a cardboard box. The work, which is less than 2 feet tall, goes on sale Sept. 23 at Christie's in New York as part of a postwar and contemporary art auction. The work is estimated at $20,000 to $30,000. The auction will also feature work by Jean-Michel Basquiat, Gerhard Richter, John Baldessari, Sol LeWitt, Andy Warhol and other contemporary luminaries.Read more | |
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 | NY rental with a Keith Haring mural, for $35K
New York Observer - August 24th, 2009 11:54
Even zippy, adorable, deified pop artists can’t save Manhattan’s luxury real estate these days. A $13.25 million listing for the 8,300-square-foot triplex at 260 West Broadway, famous for its in-house Keith Haring mural—discovered on a concrete wall behind a coat closet—has come off the market. Now, sadly, the apartment is only available for rent. At $35,000 a month.Read more | |
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