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Early Alamo painting ascends above $35K
ArtfixDaily / September 30th, 2010
Clarke Auctions, now in a new location on Boston Post Road in the Village of Larchmont, Westchester County, New York, had a few surprises in its Sept. 12 to 13 sales. One hot lot was a small Seymour Thomas oil painting, in poor condition, originally estimated at $100-150. It sold to a Texas art ...
TRIO OF EXHIBITIONS ILLUMINATING POST-WAR JAPANESE CONTEMPORARY CERAMICS AT JOAN B. MIRVISS LTD.
ArtfixDaily / September 29th, 2010
Continuing with her on-going effort to present cutting-edge contemporary Japanese ceramics, Joan B. Mirviss will present three consecutive exhibitions illuminating the world of post-war contemporary ceramics in Japan. Never before has a comparable series of exhibitions of this magnitude been ...
$80 million contemporary art auction to launch new Phillips de Pury space
ArtfixDaily / September 28th, 2010
Auctioneer Phillips de Pury & Company will open its landmark space at 450 Park Avenue in New York on October 30 with a preview of its new Carte Blanche and Contemporary Art Part I evening sale. The auction on Nov. 8 will feature a blockbuster set of artworks with a low estimate of ...
Steve Martin pens art world novel
ArtfixDaily / September 27th, 2010
Publisher's Weekly interviews comedian/actor/writer/musician Steve Martin about his latest novel, An Object of Beauty. The book centers on the art trade in New York City during the "gold rush" days around the new millenium. It's the end of an era. The main character, an ambitious art dealer ...
TEFAF calls for emerging gallery applicants
ArtfixDaily / September 23rd, 2010
TEFAF Showcase provides talented younger dealers with an important opportunity to exhibit at TEFAF Maastricht, the world’s most influential art and antiques fair. Candidates are invited to apply to take part in TEFAF Showcase at the 24th edition of the Fair, which will take place from March ...
Ex-banker's artwork returned to Brazil
ArtfixDaily / September 22nd, 2010
The US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York returned two seized paintings to Brazil on Tuesday. Part of a large collection smuggled into the U.S. in 2006, Roy Lichtenstein's "Modern Painting with Yellow Interweave" and "Figures dans une structure" by Uruguayan artist ...
French wine ignites in Asian auction market
ArtfixDaily / September 21st, 2010
In Hong Kong last weekend, a duo of wine auctions sold out, totalling $15 million (US). Asian buyers clamored for rare French wines, especially Bordeaux. Acker Merrall & Condit's sale of 920 bottles fetched HK$50 million ($8.8 million), including lots from San Francisco collector Wilfred ...
Bank of America commits $10 million gift to MFA Boston
ArtfixDaily / September 20th, 2010
The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA) has announced a donation of $10 million from Bank of America, making the financial institition the leading corporate donor to the museum. The gift is spilt between $5 million in funding and $5 million in art from the bank's extensive collection. Ellsworth ...
Chinese art, modernism transform Biennale
ArtfixDaily / September 19th, 2010
Smaller, and with a many more stands focused on 20th century art, the dazzling 25th Paris Biennale on view at the Grand Palais through Sept. 22, has taken a giant leap into a new aesthetic in 2010. The New York Times' Souren Melikian calls this year's show "a watershed in the history of Western ...
Kroll painting, Chinese export smash auction estimates
ArtfixDaily / September 16th, 2010
Ten Chinese Export armorial plates, conservatively estimated at $1,000 to $2,000, catapulted to a final bid of $16,157.50 (including 15% buyers premium) at Cleveland-based Aspire Auctions' recent sale ending Sept. 2. The Kang Hsi (circa 1720) plates, noted as heavily glazed with carved rims, ...
President Obama pens Georgia O'Keeffe profile
ArtfixDaily / September 15th, 2010
This fall President Barack Obama will publish his first children's book: Of Thee I Sing: A Letter to My Daughters. The book profiles thirteen prominent figures in American history, among them, first President George Washington, baseball legend Jackie Robinson, and pioneering painter Georgia O' ...
Audubon birds may soar to record $9 million
ArtfixDaily / September 14th, 2010
A bonanza for bibliophiles, Magnificent Books, Manuscripts, and Drawings from the Collection of Frederick, 2nd Lord Hesketh (1916-1955) will be offered in a Sotheby's sale on Dec. 7. The star lot is a rare first edition of John James Audubon’s (1785- 1851) “Birds of America.” Recognized as a ...
Splurge on modernism: The Mira Hong Kong
ArtfixDaily / September 14th, 2010
Fine Art Asia 2010, from October 3 to 6, as well as the many fall art and antiques auctions, will bring visitors to Hong Kong who may happily discover the city's current hotspot for dinner, drinks, or sweet dreams. The Mira Hong Kong is the latest jewel in the crown of the Design Hotels chain. ...
New $25 million fund buying up Chinese art
St. Louis Business Journal / September 13th, 2010
The St. Louis-based Xiling Fund, LLC. launched four years ago with $17 million earmarked for investment purchases of antique Chinese porcelain. Managed by Bill Carey, president and chief investment officer of Cortland Associates, a Clayton, Missouri, investment firm with $450 million in assets ...
Roycroft among highlights at upcoming Rago sale
ArtfixDaily / September 13th, 2010
A browse-worthy duo of 20th-century design auctions is slated for a three-day weekend this fall. Rago Arts and Auction Center in Lambertville, New Jersey, will offer up several hundred choice decorative items, from Arts & Crafts pieces by Stickley and a Louis Comfrot Tiffany sketchbook to ...
Let them eat (Thiebaud) cake: SFMOMA coffee bar offers artful desserts
Huffington Post / September 12th, 2010
If you ever wanted to lick the thick and alluring frosting (brushwork) of a Wayne Thiebaud cake painting, or deconstruct Mondrian's abstractions with a fork, the time has come. The coffee bar within the new rooftop sculpture garden at San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) is making edible ...
1934: A New Deal for Artists
ArtfixDaily / September 12th, 2010
American artists during the Great Depression produced a body of artwork that told the story of the era. Their paintings, capturing harsh realities and, often, the resiliency of the American spirit, has a certain resonance in the current economic climate. Genre scenes depicting life in gritty ...
Useful & Beautiful: The Transatlantic Arts of William Morris and the Pre-Raphaelites
ArtfixDaily / September 9th, 2010
Influential English craftsman, designer, artist, and writer William Morris (1834-1896) once told an audience, "...if you want a golden rule that will fit everybody, this is it: ‘HAVE NOTHING IN YOUR HOUSES THAT YOU DO NOT KNOW TO BE USEFUL OR BELIEVE TO BE BEAUTIFUL.’" The multitude of ...
Estate auction offers 2,000 lots from 10 generations
ArtfixDaily / September 9th, 2010
From Thomas Jefferson letters to Tiffany glass, a George Inness landscape to 1860s gowns, the personal property of ten generations of descendants from Thomas Green (born 1640) are part of a huge four-day auction underway through Sept. 12. The R.W. Oliver auction takes place at the DCU Center in ...
Collectors' Guide: Asian Art Week New York
ArtfixDaily / September 8th, 2010
From Edo Castle folding screens to Indian miniature paintings, snuff bottles to jade carvings, a vast array of Asian art and antiques is on the market this month in New York City. Each Spring and Fall, museum curators, private collectors, dealers, and art enthusiasts descend upon the city for a ...