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ARTFIXdaily News Feed - Friday, February 05, 2010
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 | Georgia O'Keeffe: Early work exceeds estimate; abstracts in museum show
Washington Post - February 5th, 2010 00:55
A rare avocado still-life painting by Georgia O'Keeffe, hidden away for decades in a private Cape Cod collection, sold at a Skinner's auction last week for $225,150, with fees. "Alligator Pear in White Dish," painted in 1921, was estimated by the Boston firm at $100,000 to $150,000. A traveling exhibition "Georgia O'Keeffe: Abstraction," with about 100 works dating from 1915 to the 1970s, is currently on view at DC's Phillips Collection.Read more | |
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 | Record-setting Sotheby's sale boosted by partially restituted art
- February 5th, 2010 01:17
Estimated at £12–18 million, a rare 1913 landscape by Gustav Klimt - looted in Vienna by Nazis or Soviets during the Second World War from the family of a Canadian man - fetched £58 million ($45.4 million), including buyer's premium, at a breathtaking £146.82 million (about $233 million) sale at Sotheby's London Wed. Under a settlement agreement, the descendent, a retired Montreal camera-shop manager, will receive an undisclosed share of the proceeds from the ...Read more | |
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 | Chinese TV shows popularize antiques
New York Times - February 4th, 2010 23:07
Some four decades after the Cultural Revolution rejected old culture, an attitude adjustment towards Chinese historical objects has caused a sea change toward collecting antiques. Wildly popular antiques reality shows are captivating audiences with high drama. On "Collection World," a guest believes his vase to be from the Qing dynasty and worth about $30,000. “If it’s a fake, will you smash it?” asked the program’s host...Read more | |
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 | Spring blooms in Japanese exhibitions
Japan Times - February 4th, 2010 23:25
Two timely exhibitions at Tokyo institutions are bringing together paintings, objects and fabric works that illustrate the importance of the seasons in Japanese aesthetics, with a focus on the period between New Year's and cherry blossom viewing (hanami) in late March and early April. One show focuses on the tenets of Japanese hospitality while the other features "Flower Designs," including crafts with plum, orchid, cherry and camellia motifs...Read more | |
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