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ARTFIXdaily News Feed - Tuesday, December 15, 2009
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 | Chicago's forgotten Renaissance man
NPR - December 14th, 2009 19:05
If you want to see a work of art by Edgar Miller, you basically have to go to Chicago where the masterpieces he built reside. Richard Cahan and Michael Williams have made it easier; their new book, Edgar Miller and the Handmade Home showcases the incredibly original style of this 1920s-30s painter-sculptor-woodcarver-printer-ironsmith-mosaic artist, etc. There are traces of deco and art nouveau, frontier folk art, medieval art, and even fauvism -- as well as a strong Native American influence.Read more | |
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 | Mississippi museum displays 75 new acquisitions
Hattiesburg American - December 14th, 2009 18:40
Lauren Rogers Museum of Art's "Recent Acquisitions: 2004-2009," opening Dec. 15, reveals 75 works of art acquired over the last five years through purchase, bequests, and gifts. Additions to the American Art collection include William Merritt Chase's "Shinnecock Hills." Several works were added to the European Art, Native American basketry and Japanese Ukiyo-e print collections, including a vibrant triptych by Utagawa Kuniyoshi, "The Dragon King's ...Read more | |
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 | Louvre returns five frescoes to Egypt
BBC - December 14th, 2009 18:21
French President Nicolas Sarkozy presented one of the slabs, or steles, to his Egyptian counterpart Hosni Mubarak, who was on a visit to Paris. The Egyptians had demanded the return of the Pharaonic fragments and had broken off ties with the Louvre. They are believed to be from a 3,200-year-old tomb of the cleric, Tetaki, in the Valley of the Kings, near Luxor.Read more | |
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 | 400-year-old Japanese armor finds home in Minneapolis
Star-Tribune - December 14th, 2009 17:10
Signaling an aggressive new strategy to upgrade its collection, the Minneapolis Institute of Arts has paid a record-setting $602,500 for a rare set of 17th-century Japanese armor. Sold by the Idemitsu Museum of Art in Tokyo at an October Christie's auction, the intricate iron and leather suit, with gold lacquer and gold leaf, is "hands down the best to come on the market in at least three decades," said Matthew Welch, the museum's assistant director and curator of Japanese ...Read more | |
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