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Amal Clooney Advises Greece on Legal Bid for British Museum's Elgin Marbles
Daily Mail / October 15th, 2014
Actor George Clooney's new bride, Amal Alamuddin Clooney is going to bat for Greece in a quest to return the famed 2,000-year-old Elgin Marbles at the British Museum to their homeland.
Whitney Studio Designated "National Treasure" by National Trust of Historic Preservation
Blog PreservationNation / October 10th, 2014
In the early 20th century, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney spurned a life as a privileged socialite to make her mark as a noted sculptor, arts patron, and cultivator of audiences for American artists at her New York City studio.
Giacometti Sculpture Could Fetch $100 Million at Auction
Sotheby's / October 4th, 2014
A work by Alberto Giacometti is expected to crack $100 million at auction next month.
San Francisco's de Young Museum Gets Beaux-Arts Sculpture Back
Wall Street Journal / September 9th, 2014
Popular with visitors for almost 100 years, a 1926 sculpture that was broken apart by vandals in 2011 has been returned intact to the de Young Museum in San Francisco
Detroit Hit With a $4 Billion Proposal for City's Art
New York Times / August 27th, 2014
New York-based Art Capital has offered Detroit a loan of up to $4 billion in a new proposal that leaves the city's museum intact with its art used as collateral.
Connecticut Collector Alleges Fraud Over Sculpture Sale
CT Post / August 24th, 2014
A Greenwich, CT., art collector is again taking legal action against a Manhattan art dealer with new claims of fraud and charges of racketeering.
Possible Rodin, Degas Sculptures Newly Discovered in Gurlitt's Apartment
BBC / July 24th, 2014
Officials in Bavaria announced on Thursday that two more works have been found in the apartment of Munich art hoarder Cornelius Gurlitt. The task force in charge...
Art Dealers File Suit Over Missing Degas
ArtfixDaily / June 19th, 2014
Two Manhattan art dealers have filed a suit against a dealer whose fraudster client allegedly made their $3 million Degas disappear.
Newly Authenticated Rodin Fetches $306,800 at Auction
Washington Post / May 18th, 2014
A New York auction house could not authenticate it, but a sculpture that a family owned since 1960 finally got validation as an original work by Auguste Rodin when it sold for $306,800 at...
Iconic WWII Sculpture Set for Auction in New York
ArtfixDaily / February 19th, 2013
An iconic monument that inspired patiotism during World War II will be offered in Bonhams' upcoming February 22 auction in New York entitled World War II: the Pacific Theater, the inaugural auction to focus entirely on the war's historic events in the Pacific Ocean and western Pacific Rim.
Claire Falkenstein Sculpture Stolen Concurrent to Major Exhibition on the Artist
ArtfixDaily / March 6th, 2012
With the price for scrap metal running high, thieves recently ripped apart a public sculpture by the artist Claire Falkenstein (1908-1997). Now missing is her copper fountain, entitled Tide Pool, an outdoor centerpiece created for the Commons in San Francisco. Falkenstein Foundation president, ...
Getty Museum Appoints New Director Who Will "Think Big"
ArtfixDaily / February 19th, 2012
As of September 1, the Getty Museum will have a new director, a position that has been empty since the departure of Michael Brand over two years ago. The incoming director will be...
Animal Art Collection of Geraldine Rockefeller Dodge Offered in New York
ArtfixDaily / January 25th, 2012
A focused collection of artworks, once belonging to philanthropist and art patron Geraldine Rockefeller Dodge, has come up for sale to benefit an animal shelter. The late Geraldine Rockefeller Dodge was known as the favorite niece of oil tycoon John Rockefeller, but she is perhaps even better ...
New Tuscaloosa Museum of Art to Showcase Important American Art
ArtfixDaily / December 12th, 2011
Last week, the Tuscaloosa Museum of Art opened its doors, finally giving a home to the art collection assembled by Jack Warner. Earlier this year, the Jack Warner Foundation and Westervelt Company separated, leaving the fate undetermined as to where their respective collections would be housed. ...
Significant Acquisitions for Getty Center, Los Angeles County Museum of Art
ArtfixDaily / December 5th, 2011
Earlier this year, the Getty Center acquired a significant work by renowned French painter, Édouard Manet. This week, it will go on view. The oil painting, entitled “Portrait of Madame Brunet,” is characteristic of Manet’s early Realist style and dates from the period when he created his two ...
Auction Records Set for American Folk Art Portraiture, Botero Sculpture, Yellow Diamond
ArtfixDaily / November 16th, 2011
Skinner's sold a rare 18th-century portrait for a record-setting $1,271,000 with commission (est. $150,000-250,000) on Nov. 5 in Boston. The portrait of Abigail Rose of North Branford, Conn., broke the previous record for American folk art portraiture...
Two Dozen Sculptures from Cleveland Museum of Art at Auction
Cleveland Plain Dealer / November 8th, 2011
The Cleveland Museum of Art is offering a carefully-considered selection of 24 sculptures from its collections at a Christie's sale in New York on Nov. 22. Mostly 19th-century reproductions of Renaissance-era pieces, the sculptures were deemed by curators as non-essential to the museum's ...
Tate ranks second most popular arts organization in world
ArtfixDaily / September 8th, 2011
Tate, Britain's family of four art galleries, attracted a record number of visitors in 2010-11 with 7.4 million people visiting its various locations, and 19 million unique users hitting its website during the same period. The Tate says the increased attendance makes it the most popular arts ...
Museum director accused of selling off collection
The Independent / September 5th, 2011
The trustees of the British Empire and Commonwealth Museum are pitted against its former director in a fight over the sale of 150 objects. In a police report leaked to The Art Newspaper...
Yale debuts free online collection database
ArtfixDaily / May 13th, 2011
Yale University has launched a massive online database with records on over 250,000 objects from its museums, archives and libraries. Providing unprecedented, unlimited access to the Ivy League school's varied collections, including a tantalizing peek at artwork in storage, the digitization ...