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The Met spotlights Artful Objects from Afghanistan
MET podcast / August 3rd, 2009
Afghanistan’s ambassador to the United States, His Excellency Said Tayeb Jawad, speaks about the rich culture and history of Afghanistan at the inauguration of the exhibition “Afghanistan: Hidden Treasures from the National Museum, Kabul.” Introduction by Met Director Thomas P. Campbell.
Nantucket scrimshaw art losing its bite
Cape Cod Times 1 / August 2nd, 2009
NANTUCKET — Michael Vienneau peers through a bright, white magnifying glass to the polished whale tooth in his hand. He is one of the few remaining scrimshaw artists left on the island of Nantucket...
New York's Pier 57 may host Auction House, Galleries
Artinfo / August 3rd, 2009
NEW YORK - The newly chosen developer's plan includes a Contemporary Culture Center with a mix of auction, exhibition, gallery, and entertainment space. Auctioneer Phillips de Pury is part of the picture...
"Vivid pink" diamond could rock market
Reuters / August 3rd, 2009
HONG KONG - A rare, 5-carat pink diamond will be sold in Hong Kong this December by Christie's, which expects the stone to hover near world record prices, thanks in part to the buying prowess of top Asian jewelry collectors.
A bumper crop of country Americana at Skinner's, Aug. 9
Auction Central News / August 2nd, 2009
(Marlborough, Mass.) Skinner's 787-lot sale featuring American country furniture and decorative arts, folk art, paintings, rare clocks, American textiles, needlework and even early cast-iron banks, will take place on Sunday, Aug. 9, at the company's spacious new gallery in Marlborough, Mass., 40 ...
A Nazi's Hoard in New Catalog of Looted Art
Bloomberg / August 2nd, 2009
Quantity took priority over quality in Hermann Goering’s sprawling art collection, much of it plundered from Jews. His gluttony for oil canvases becomes clear in Nancy Yeide’s “Beyond the Dreams of Avarice: The Hermann Goering Collection,” the first comprehensive catalog of as many as 1,800 ...
At the Wolfsonian, Life's a Beach
UnBeige Mediabistro / July 30th, 2009
The Wolfsonian, the wonderfully eclectic Miami institution, didn't have to look far for the inspiration behind its new summer exhibitions, both of which center around the beach (just a few blocks away). Curated by The Wolfsonian's Marianne Lamonaca, "Beauty on the Beach: A Centennial ...
Eric Owen Moss wants to piece together L.A.'s fragments
LA Times Arts / August 2nd, 2009
(Los Angeles) The architect hopes his latest projects will help bring the city closer to a new vision. The neighborhood around the office of Eric Owen Moss feels first like Mayberry, then a bit like "Killer of Sheep." And just after the block of tree-shaded single family homes runs into a ...
Dillinger's Derringer blasts by auction estimate
About.com / July 30th, 2009
This week Heritage Auction Galleries in Dallas sold the pistol gangster John Dillinger hid in his sock the day he was arrested in Tucson, Arizona 75 years ago, just six months prior to being gunned down in Chicago. The Remington .41 caliber Double Derringer sold for $95,600 including Buyer’s ...
Palm Springs Museum gets bonanza of contemporary art
LA Times Arts / July 29th, 2009
The Palm Springs Art Museum's contemporary art collection will rise to a new level with a major gift of works assembled by Donna and Cargill MacMillan. Composed of 116 pieces by 66 artists, the international trove is particularly strong in sculpture...
'Artful Animals' at the National Museum of African Art
Washington Post / July 30th, 2009
If the lion is king of the jungle, then what's that rooster doing wearing his crown? The exhibition 'Artful Animals' unlocks the mystery...
Photographer Annie Leibovitz sued over $24 million loan
Bloomberg / July 30th, 2009
The photographer Annie Leibovitz was sued by Art Capital Group Inc. and accused of failing to live up to the terms of agreements for loans of $24 million. Leibovitz approached the firm last year over her “dire financial condition” arising from tax liens and debts...
Louvre online database now in English
CBCNews / July 29th, 2009
The Louvre museum in Paris has launched an English-language version of the online database that catalogues most of its works of art and antiquities. About 22,000 of the Paris-based museum's 35,000 works are shown in high-resolution images, with text that describes their provenance and location in ...
Lehman Mounts Art Bargain Auction With Lichtenstein, Bourgeois
Bloomberg / July 29th, 2009
Roy Lichtenstein’s 1982 print of the Statue of Liberty, once wall candy at Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., is expected to contribute about $30,000 to the bankrupt company’s coffers when it’s offered for auction in November. Lehman will begin selling its multimillion-dollar corporate art collection ...
Pavilion of Art & Design Show to Debut in London
Artinfo / July 29th, 2009
Timed to coincide with the Frieze Art Fair, the new show is signing up international dealers in contemporary art.
NY museum exhibit to show unseen Tim Burton works
Reuters / July 29th, 2009
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Films, paintings and drawings by film director and artist Tim Burton, which have never been seen before by the public, will be shown in a new exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art.
Bargain Warhols, Blue Rothkos Bring Collectors to Private Art Sales
Bloomberg / July 28th, 2009
Chelsea art dealer Leo Koenig used to negotiate private sales by bringing buyers and sellers together. Now, he has to buy the artwork to make a sale happen. “The super-deals are there for a second,” said Koenig, who owns a gallery on West 23rd Street in Manhattan. “You need to have a check ...
Boy-king Blockbuster: King Tut dazzles again
Robb Report Blog / July 28th, 2009
San Francisco’s de Young Museum is delighting visitors with the exhibition "Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs," on display through March 2010. For those who remember the 1970's blockbuster Tut exhibit in New York, this popular show is a deja vu, drawing huge crowds and rave ...
Museum overseers sue to halt Rose Art Museum closing
Boston Globe / July 28th, 2009
(Waltham, Mass.) - Three overseers of Brandeis University's Rose Art Museum, one of New England's most important repositories of post-War and modern art, are suing the college to prevent the sale of artwork.
With British Museum Plans Canceled, Richard Rogers Loses Second Big Project to Anti-Modern Forces
UnBeige Mediabistro / July 28th, 2009
Starchitect Richard Rogers seems neck and neck in competition with Frank Gehry for popular architect most raked over the coals in 2009. Last week, Rogers was back on top with the news that an unprecedented two of his projects had been shortlisted for the Stirling Prize. But now the bad ...