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Advocates Speak Up for Saving the National Endowment for the Arts
ArtfixDaily / March 11th, 2017
With Thursday's official White House release of a $1.1 trillion federal budget blueprint featuring $54 billion in cuts and increased defense spending, America's culture programs are among the many casualties in the proposal set before Congress. Proposed agency eliminations include the National ...
Versailles to Expand Contemporary Art Program With 10 Artists
Le Figaro / March 15th, 2017
Château de Versailles introduced its contemporary art program a decade ago with a solo exhibition of one artist each year. Director Catherine Pégard has announced that Versailles will this year expand the program to feature ten contemporary artists at a time in exhibitions. Massive ...
Museum Leaders Speak Out Against Proposed Elimination of Funding For National Endowment for the Arts
ArtfixDaily / February 18th, 2017
The Hill first reported in January that the National Endowment for the Arts is under threat, again. With a 2017 budget at $149.8 million -- the NEA is a tiny fraction of federal spending -- the 52-year-old agency has been subjected to budget cuts and threats of elimination before. It has ...
National Endowments for the Arts, Humanities Could Face Elimination Under Trump
The Hill / January 19th, 2017
The Hill first reported that staff from the Trump transition team have been briefing White House career staff ahead of the inauguration about plans to slash government spending -- from major cuts for several departments to all out eliminations. Budget cuts and program deletions are ...
From Trump Plates to Chippendale Chairs, A Range of Works in Antiques Week 2017
Antiques and the Arts Weekly / January 18th, 2017
Americana collectors and "best of the best" object seekers will head to events during Antiques Week 2017 underway now in New York City. Antiques and the Arts Weekly (aka "The Bee") has published this guide to the week's events, exhibitions, shows, lectures, auctions and more. (The action ...
Maria Balshaw Expected to Succeed Serota as Tate Director
Manchester Evening News / January 11th, 2017
Maria Balshaw has been named as the likely successor of Sir Nicholas Serota, following his 30-year leadership, as the new director of London's Tate Galleries. Known for her revitalization of Manchester's Whitworth Art Gallery, Balshaw would become the first female director of the Tate. ...
Google Augmented Reality Platform Enters Museum Sphere at DIA
The Verge / January 9th, 2017
Verge reports that Google is partnering with select museums to bring its augmented reality platform called Tango to devices that will enhance visitor experience. Detroit Institute of Arts is the first institution to partner with Google in the endeavor, along with mobile developer GuidiGO. DIA ...
NYT Debuts New Series of Guides to Iconic Museums
New York Times / January 4th, 2017
The New York Times debuted "Make the Most of The Met," a guide to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. It highlights the best of the museum's offerings and offers tips to help visitors on their journey through one of America's most visited museums. Daniel McDermon, an editor on the culture desk, walks ...
John Berger, Art Critic Known For 'Ways of Seeing', Remembered
Guardian / January 3rd, 2017
Influential English art critic, essayist, poet, playwright and novelist John Berger, who lived mostly in France, has died at age 90. His 1970s Ways of Seeing BBC television series, also a book, opened up new ideas about viewing art and culture. Among his many publications, Berger's novel G. won ...
Will a New Law Facilitate Loans From Foreign States to U.S. Museums?
Lawfare Blog / January 2nd, 2017
Foreign states have been wary of loaning artworks to U.S. museums for exhibitions ever since the 2007 Malevich case. Heirs of artist Kazimir Malevich had sued the City of Amsterdam over the loan of his artwork to U.S. museums. The heirs contended the artwork was illegally acquired ...
Happy Holidays from ARTFIXdaily, Closed Through Dec. 31
ArtfixDaily / December 15th, 2016
ARTFIXdaily will close for the holidays on Friday, Dec. 16. E-newsletter service will resume on January 1, 2017. ArtGuild members may continue to add content to ARTFIXdaily's ArtWire and Events calendar throughout the closure. Content promotions will resume on Jan. 1. Thank you to our ...
Heritage Auctions Sues Christie's Over Data Scraping
Dallas News / December 13th, 2016
Dallas News has reported that Dallas-based Heritage Auctions has sued rival auction house Christie's for allegedly stealing data by scraping its website. A copyright infringement suit was filed in federal court in Dallas on Friday. It claims that London-based Christie's and its independently ...
National Petition Circulates to President-Elect Trump to Support the Arts in America
Arts Action Fund / December 8th, 2016
With legislative changes ahead under a new US Presidential administration, American for the Arts Action Fund developed a pro-arts action list in a national petition. While pointing out the important economic impact of the arts and culture sector in the US, the petition also includes the ...
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco Plans Bold Future Under Max Hollein
San Francisco Chronicle / November 27th, 2016
Max Hollein, the somewhat new director and CEO of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, has some ideas that could be "leading to a rebirth of the Bay Area’s largest visual arts organization," reports Charles Desmarais of the San Francisco Chronicle. Clearly defining the concepts of the two ...
Sotheby's Reports $54.5 Million Loss, Adds New Board Member
Bloomberg / November 7th, 2016
Sotheby’s announced its third-quarter results on Monday and sales were a loss due to a contracting market. Its net loss grew to $54.5 million, or 99 cents a share, from $17.9 million, or 26 cents, a year ago. Revenue was down 34 percent from a year ago, coming to $91.5 million. In ...
Art Institute Chicago and Cleveland Museum of Art Played Artful World Series
Ohio.com / November 2nd, 2016
After six games led to a tie, the final game of the World Series between the Cleveland Indians and Chicago Cubs dragged on with a rain delay on Wed. night. For the Cubs, victory came with a 8-7 win. The whole suspenseful series also played out most artfully between the Cleveland Museum of Art and ...
France Proposes Unprecedented $3.2 Billion Culture Budget
The Art Newspaper / October 5th, 2016
The Art Newspaper first reported that France’s Minister of Culture and Communication, Audrey Azoulay, plans to increase cultural funding by 6.6% to a total of $3.2 billion next year—the largest amount of government money promised for the arts in the country’s history. Azoulay said in a ...
TripAdvisor Ranks Top U.S. Museums
ArtfixDaily / September 15th, 2016
Travelers have ranked their favorite museums on TripAdvisor for 2016 and New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art topped the list for museums in the U.S. The Met had a record number of visitors—6.7 million—during the fiscal year that ended on June 30 (FY16). There were some big draws, ...
4 Ways Technology Has Altered the Museum Visit
The Atlantic / September 13th, 2016
The Atlantic breaks down four ways museums will be, and already are, adapting to the digital age. 1. Cellphones are no longer shunned at museums and are used for social media sharing, "selfies," navigating galleries, and more... Atlantic: Embracing cellphones also means that more art ...
Alec Baldwin Sues Manhattan Art Dealer Over Alleged 'Copy'
ArtfixDaily / September 13th, 2016
Actor Alec Baldwin sued Manhattan art dealer Mary Boone in New York Surpreme Court on Monday, alleging that she sold him a later version of a painting for $190,000 that was not the original he thought he was buying. Baldwin says he wanted to buy Ross Bleckner’s 1996 painting 'Sea and ...