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ARTFIXdaily News Feed - Thursday, September 03, 2009
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 | Up Close with Chuck Close: The contemporary art legend is feted at Akron Art Museum
Cleveland Plain Dealer - September 2nd, 2009 23:25
Chuck Close took the first step toward becoming one of America's most famous contemporary artists in 1967 by throwing away his brushes. Limiting himself to an airbrush and a few spoonfuls of acrylic paint, Close launched an extensive series of photo-based portraits that have been collected avidly and exhibited by museums around the world. On Saturday, the Akron Art Museum will salute Close when it opens a major fall exhibition with works borrowed from Ohio collections...Read more | |
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 | "Portfolio from the Past": Antique furniture is a solid (wood) investment
CNBC - September 2nd, 2009 23:15
Though things may be looking up for the stock market, the next time the Dow Industrials drop 500 points, you may want to consider pulling funds out of the market and putting them in your bed. It may not be a bad idea if your resting place is part of an exceptional Louis XV-style bedroom suite by François Linke, one of the great French furniture makers of the late 19th century, offered by New Orleans dealer M.S. Rau.Read more | |
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 | Quilts come in from the cold, with V&A collection as an art show
London Times - September 3rd, 2009 00:00
It is one of the common threads that runs through the great art collections of the world — among the masterpieces of Velázquez and Manet, Rennaissance frescoes, and the Venus de Milo, you are unlikely ever to come across a quilt. Now, though, the craft once disparaged as a pastime for bored women in ringlets is about to be given its own exhibition.Read more | |
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 | Indian Art: "Everything is sensuality, luxury and ease" in the royal paintings of Jodhpur
Financial Times - September 2nd, 2009 23:52
The British Museum has decided to extend its superb exhibition of Indian paintings from the palace at Jodhpur into October. Three rulers of Marwar, each with their very different interests and temperaments, commissioned these works from the 17th to 19th centirues. One of these warrior maharajas, Bakhat Singh, is always depcited surrounded by scores of beauties – lazing on a bed in the moonlight, boating on a pool, watching a dance, enjoying an elephant fight. Everything is sensuality, ...Read more | |
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 | Image Library at Risk: Art trade bemoans budget cuts at Courtauld
Guardian - September 2nd, 2009 22:57
The Courtauld Institute of Art in London, one of the most esteemed colleges in the world for the study of art history, is at the center of a storm over the upkeep of its photographic libraries - a hugely valuable resource for both art historians and the international art trade. A £1million budget shortfall is forcing the institution to consider closing the library four days a week and losing its staff. Art dealer Buffy Parker is one in the trade who made a major discovery at the ...Read more | |
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 | Weekend at Bernie's: The AP looks inside the Madoff beach house
AP - September 2nd, 2009 22:42
A court-appointed trustee is dispersing of Bernie Madoff's assets in order to pay back investors a portion of their losses. Among the three homes of the fallen Ponzi schemer is a Montauk, New York, beach bungalow listed by The Corcoran Group for $8.75 million. The Madoffs' collections catalogued within this relatively simple house include antique duck decoys and Native American baskets.Read more | |
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 | Channeling Artists: Funnyman Fallon imagines the voice of Georgia O'Keeffe
UnBeige Mediabistro - September 2nd, 2009 18:27
With Georgia O'Keeffe-mania sweeping the nation, actress Joan Allen, who plays the artist in the late September Lifetime biopic, was the lead guest on Tuesday's episode of Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. Fallon admitted to not knowing much about the artist, including how she acted or spoke. "I never actually got footage to hear how she talked, except as an older woman," said Allen. That gave Fallon an idea. "It kind of gives you creative license. You can make her sound ...Read more | |
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