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ARTFIXdaily News Feed - Tuesday, February 9, 2010
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 | Church's vision of the sublime: Romantic, dramatic, scientific
Wall Street Journal - February 8th, 2010 18:44
For a big dose of Hudson River School, Frederic Edwin Church's massive 'Heart of the Andes,' is currently on view in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Lehman Wing. Painted in 1859, this 10-foot-by-5-foot canvas embodies Church's overriding belief that God is revealed in the wonders of nature. View it 19th-century style: Mark Twain once marveled at the painting's details as seen through opera glasses at a distance, as if scouting an actual scene...Read more | |
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 | Iran to sever ties with British Museum over loan no-show
Washington Post - February 8th, 2010 18:26
On Monday, Iran stated it would cut ties with the British Museum because of the museum's failure to abide by an agreement to loan the Cyrus Cylinder, a 6th c. B.C. clay tablet. Considered to be the world's first bill of rights, the ancient Babylonian artifact has, for some, turned from a cultural object into a political issue. The stage is set against the backdrop of increasingly tense Iranian-British relations, largely strained over Iran's ...Read more | |
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 | Picasso goes home with Graff
Bloomberg - February 8th, 2010 04:56
Russian collectors and a U.K.-based diamond dealer emerged as big buyers in this month’s record-breaking London art auctions. They battled for trophies by 20th-century artists at Christie's and Sotheby's, spending about 258.9 million pounds with fees. Among the bidders was Laurence Graff, Chairman of Graff Diamonds Ltd, who bought Picasso’s 1963 painting “Tete de Femme (Jacqueline)” at Christie’s for 8.1 million pounds, double the upper ...Read more | |
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 | Collecting Federal-period Tucker china
Cape May County Herald - February 8th, 2010 17:59
Made briefly from 1826 to 1838, fragile Tucker china pieces are rare. William Ellis Tucker was a bright, enterprising Quaker in Philadelphia who taught himself the process of making porcelain. He enlisted other painters to depict American landscapes and city scapes on pieces that emulated the shapes and forms of English, Paris and Meissen porcelain. Prices start at $1,000. A pair of vases went at auction several years ago for $291,500.Read more | |
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