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ARTFIXdaily News Feed - Friday, August 28, 2009
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 | The Bouguereau Blow-up: New lawsuit entails from nuns' sale to art dealers
Maine Antiques Digest - August 27th, 2009 19:42
Last April news broke about a group of cloistered nuns from upstate New York who sold a major work by French artist William Adolphe Bouguereau. The buyer was art dealer Mark LaSalle, who was representing Santa Fe dealer Mark Zaplin. After $50,000 of restoration work to the painting, Zaplin reportedly flipped it for $2 million. The nuns and their bishop cried foul. But a new countersuit filed with the Supreme Court of the State of New York claims that the nuns were not, in fact, victims.Read more | |
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 | Roman Ruins Re-hashed: German discovery of 2,000-yr-old horse statue
Reuters - August 27th, 2009 18:13
BERLIN (Reuters) - German archaeologists on Thursday unveiled a bronze and gold horse's head they said was believed to be a remnant of a 2000-year-old Roman statue. A team digging at a former Roman town near Waldgirmes in central Germany found the life-sized head along with the foot of a rider on August 12.
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 | Insinuating Brushwork: Abstract Expressionist Jack Tworkov revisited at UBS Art Gallery
New York Observer - August 27th, 2009 15:00
That there should still be, in 2009, degrees of neglect in an artistic movement as heavily studied as Abstract Expressionism may be a surprise. But the artist Jack Tworkov certainly belongs in that category. Born in Poland, in 1900, the artist emigrated to New York at the age of 13 and spent most of his life pursuing a wide range of abstract styles. He hasn't gone totally unnoticed. His "Watergame," shown here, sold for an auction high of $396,800 in 2005 at Christie's.Read more | |
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 | Heave-ho to Heirlooms: Recession is boom time for antiques appraisers
BND.com - August 27th, 2009 22:57
Charlotte, N.C. - A North Carolina stay-at-home mom had her dining room set appraised for insurance purposes. When the appraiser came back with a valuation of $32,000 for a marble-top Louis XV buffet in her foyer, the homemaker and her husband considered selling it. The economy had diminished their stock portfolio, and the couple, like many Americans, was looking for ways to replace their nest egg.Read more | |
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 | "Retail is for rednecks": Bargains to be found at Baltimore Summer Antiques Show
Metro Weekly - August 27th, 2009 22:44
From Sept. 3 to 6, more than 30,000 people are expected to attend Baltimore's 29th Summer Antiques Show. Billed as the largest indoor antiques show in the U.S., over 550 international jewelry, art, and antiques dealers converge. Highlights include a 70-dealer antiquarian book fair and a slew of silver specialists. ''There are incredible values -- you're not paying retail prices,'' says dealer Gus Davis, adding with a laugh, ''retail is for rednecks.''Read more | |
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 | Behold the Barbarians' Loot: £1m Viking hoard exhibited for first time
London Times - August 27th, 2009 15:46
The largest and most important Viking hoard of jewels and coins found in Britain for over 150 years has gone on display for the first time. Unearthed by a father and son team of treasure hunters in a field, their 2007 find of 617 coins and gilt goodies is dated at more than 1,000 years old. The pair will share its valuation — £1,082,000 — with the landowner. Yorkshire Museum and the British Museum will display the discovery.Read more | |
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 | Art Talks: "Mona Lisa" speaks Mandarin in high-tech exhibit
Reuters - August 27th, 2009 17:05
BEIJING (Reuters) - For centuries, Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa" and her enigmatic smile have inspired as much speculation as admiration. Now she's ready to answer questions -- in Mandarin. A digital, interactive version of the renowned 16th century painting is one of 61 high-tech replicas breathing life into classical and ancient art works in the "World Classic Interactive Arts Exhibition" which opened in Beijing last week.
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