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ARTFIXdaily News Feed - Thursday, February 11, 2010
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 | Re-visiting Margi Hofer's 2007 book "A New Light on Tiffany: Clara Driscoll and the Tiffany Girls"
Tallmedge Express - February 11th, 2010 02:54
In 1906, the highest paid female in the U.S. was a woman born and raised in Tallmadge, Ohio, who was making it big in the big city. Clara (Wolcott) Driscoll moved to New York City and became Louis Comfort Tiffany's go-to designer. Driscoll is noted for her jewelry and glass lamp designs such as the wisteria lamp, one of her most famous pieces, inspired by wisteria her mother picked in Tallmadge and shipped to her...
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 | Arshile Gorky's mysterious paintings at Tate Modern
Guardian - February 11th, 2010 01:46
Arshile Gorky, a master of reinvention, was perhaps once the greatest painter in America. Having spent two decades catching on to the coat-tails of style he had developed a tentative yet expansive originality just before total despair overwhelmed him. His death at a young age left the field open for his rival Jackson Pollock, says writer William Feaver.Read more | |
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 | Bob Dylan canvases unveiled in London
Citizen - AFP - February 11th, 2010 01:26
On view Feb. 13 to April 10, "Bob Dylan on Canvas" at the Halcyon Gallery in London's upmarket Mayfair district includes pieces with price tags ranging from 95,000 to 450,000 pounds (150,000-700,000 dollars, 110,000-510,000 euros). Says the musician-artist, "I just draw what's interesting to me, and then I paint it. Rows of houses, orchard acres, lines of tree trunks, could be anything." Read more | |
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 | In China, Sotheby's to pursue legal action for non-payments
Luxist - February 11th, 2010 01:22
Sotheby's is suing two Chinese buyers for $270,300 because they never paid the tabs they bid up. According to Sotheby's, one winning bidder of a Qing Dynasty cloisonné censer and cover didn't pony up the cash required, "despite repeated requests and demands." With Hong Kong now the third largest art market in the world (after New York and London), the message will reach a pretty broad audience.Read more | |
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