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Christie's Brings Pop-Up Gallery of Auction Highlights to Silicon Valley
ArtfixDaily / September 3rd, 2014
Tech titans in Silicon Valley will now be served up blue-chip artworks for sale nearer to their own doorsteps. New York is coming to...
Austrian Tycoon Acquires Essl Collection
Reuters / September 3rd, 2014
Austrian construction mogul Hans Peter Haselsteiner has bought the modern art collection of hardware chain owner Karlheinz Essl who needed fast funds to rescue his flailing BauMax stores.
Georgia O'Keeffe Museum to Develop Think Tank
Business Journal / September 2nd, 2014
The Georgia O'Keeffe Museum in Santa Fe, NM, has announced a new museum studies fellowship that it hopes to expand into a larger think tank.
Neanderthal 'Artwork' Discovered in Gibraltar Cave
BBC / September 2nd, 2014
Engravings found inside a Gibraltar cave are the artistic expressions of Neanderthals, say scientists of a new discovery.
Researcher Creates Huge Online Database of Historical Images
BBC / September 2nd, 2014
An American academic has created a massive, copyright-free database of historical images on Flickr.
UK's Art Fund Launches Campaign to Save Wedgwood Collection from Sale
Independent / September 2nd, 2014
One of the most important--and beautiful--industrial archives in the world, the Wedgwood Collection, could be sold off unless the UK's Art Fund can raise £2.7 million in three months' time.
5,000 Works from Essl Collection to be Sold
ArtfixDaily / September 2nd, 2014
One of Europe's premier collections of contemporary art will be liquidated this October...
Portuguese Government Could Sell 85 Miro Artworks
Telesur / September 1st, 2014
On Friday, the Portuguese government announced that it would not list 84 paintings and a sculpture by Spanish surrealist artist Joan Miró as cultural heritage. The decision frees up the art, valued at $50 million...
Anderson Collection at Stanford University to Open this Month
ArtfixDaily / September 1st, 2014
Stanford University's decade-long, $227-million investment in an arts initiative will be in the limelight this month with the unveiling of the Anderson Collection.
Sotheby's Doubles Down on Auction Guarantees
Art Newspaper / August 28th, 2014
Sotheby’s is taking an aggressive stance prior to the next major sales seasons...
Artist Will Make Covent Garden Appear to Float this Fall
Telegraph / August 28th, 2014
Popular marketplace Covent Garden in the heart of London is set to levitate this fall.
Jasper Johns's Assistant Pleads Guilty to Swiping Art
Wall Street Journal / August 27th, 2014
After more than two decades as the assistant to Jasper Johns, James Meyer pleaded guilty on Wed. to stealing and selling 22 works from the artist's studio.
Houston Couple Donates $10 Million Latin American Art Collection to Blanton Museum
Houston Chronicle / August 27th, 2014
A gift of 120 modern and contemporary Latin American artworks from Houston residents Charles and Judy Tate has significantly boosted the holdings of Blanton Museum of Art.
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.
New York Antique Dealers Protest New Ivory Sales Restrictions
Bloomberg / August 26th, 2014
A new law passed in New York by Governor Andrew Cuomo on Aug. 12 has some antique dealers up in arms.
Aspen Art Museum Removes Turtles from Controversial Exhibition
ArtfixDaily / August 26th, 2014
Cold weather has forced the Aspen Art Museum to remove African sulcata tortoises from a controversial art exhibition...
When Crowds Curate, Exhibitions Are By the People
ArtfixDaily / August 26th, 2014
Curating a museum exhibition can now be as easy and interactive as thousands of people clicking Like on Facebook.
Billionaire's Legal Dispute with Art Dealer Pulls in Mugrabi Family
CNBC / August 26th, 2014
Depositions are said to be scheduled for September in a legal dispute between billionaire financier Ronald O. Perelman and contemporary art dealer Larry Gagosian.
Mass MoCA Gets $25.4 Million from State for Expansion
New York Times / August 25th, 2014
Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (Mass MoCA) received $25.4 million in state funding through a capital facilities bond bill passed by Governor Deval Patrick...
Architect Zaha Hadid Sues Over Article
Reuters / August 25th, 2014
Pritzker prize-winning architect Zaha Hadid filed a lawsuit on Thursday against The New York Book Review and architecture critic Martin Filler...