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Keith Haring Foundation Sues Exhibition Organizers
ArtfixDaily / March 11th, 2013
The Keith Haring Foundation, which owns intellectual property rights to the artist's work, along with a significant collection of Haring artwork, has filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Miami against organizers of the exhibition "Haring Miami."
Art Museums in Los Angeles Mull Over Merger
Bloomberg / March 10th, 2013
The beleaguered Museum of Contemporary Art has proposed a merger to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Lacma CEO Michael Govan responded to MOCA with...
George Lucas Proposes Billion-Dollar Art Museum for San Francisco
ArtfixDaily / March 10th, 2013
"Star Wars" filmmaker George Lucas is among 16 contenders who want to develop part of San Francisco's scenic Presidio park. He submitted a plan on Friday for an art museum---housing much of his own collection---as a main attraction in the federally-managed park.
Armory Week 2013 Event Guide
ArtfixDaily / March 6th, 2013
The week's largest fair, the Armory Show, features over 200 exhibitors on Piers 92 and 94 (12th Avenue at West 55th Street). Modern art dominates Pier 92 with contemporary art reigning on Pier 94.
Portland Institutes New $35 Arts Tax
Hyperallergic / March 5th, 2013
The city of Portland, Oregon, has put arts funding directly into the hands of every taxpayer. Last November, voters passed a new annual income tax of $35 that will raise an estimated $12.2 million a year from 350,000 citizens.
Seward Museum's Thomas Cole Painting Appraisal Revealed
Syracuse / March 5th, 2013
Minutes taken during a meeting in 2008 show that the Thomas Cole painting from the Seward House Museum in Auburn, New York, was valued at $20 million.
Dutch Police Arrest Teenager in Connection to Art Heist
ArtfixDaily / March 4th, 2013
A 19-year-old woman was arrested by Dutch police in connection to the art heist in Rotterdam last fall that netted seven artworks by the likes of Matisse, Gauguin, Picasso and Monet, among others.
US Seizes Trove of Stieglitz and Weston Photographs
HuffPo / March 4th, 2013
U.S. authorities seized about 2,200 works by such influential 20th-century photographers as Alfred Stieglitz, Edward Steichen and Edward Weston before the collection was shipped to Spain. The massive trove is valued at $16 million.
Tacoma Art Museum Auction of Chinese Items Upsets Donors
Seattle Times / March 4th, 2013
Donors to the Tacoma Art Museum have been stung by the auction of Chinese jades and robes gifted to the museum's collection. The Young family gave pieces in the 1970s that the museum has sold off, except for a few remaining items that are now slated for sale.
Sotheby's Follows Christie's in Raising Buyer's Premium
ArtfixDaily / March 3rd, 2013
Sotheby's announced last week that it would be increasing its buyer's premium, the commission paid the auction house above the hammer price, in a move already taken by rival Christie's earlier in the month.
Manet Masterpiece Meets Titian Muse in Venice
ArtfixDaily / February 28th, 2013
For the first time since 1890, Edouard Manet's seminal "Olympia" will leave Paris in order to hang alongside a kindred painting in Venice next month, announced Musee d'Orsay.
Skinner to Auction Textiles from Met Museum Collection
ArtfixDaily / February 28th, 2013
Skinner will offer textiles once belonging to The Metropolitan Museum of Art on March 13 in its Marlborough, Mass., gallery. From delicate Brussels lace to a bold Sonia Delauney shawl, the collection runs the spectrum of fine textiles and is estimated within an affordable price bracket for new ...
Greek Fashionista Busted for Swiping Dali Painting
NY Post / February 27th, 2013
A fashion publicist from Greece brazenly snatched a Salvador Dali watercolor off the wall of a Manhattan gallery, stuffed it in his bag and walked away.
Restorers Discover Early Picasso Underneath Another Painting
Olive Press / February 27th, 2013
Staff who were restoring an early Picasso work at Barcelona’s Picasso Museum found an even earlier charcoal drawing by his hand hidden underneath.
Museum of the White Mountains Debuts with Fresh Look at Landscape Painting
ArtfixDaily / February 25th, 2013
The Museum of the White Mountains celebrated its grand opening this past weekend in Plymouth, New Hampshire, with the inaugural exhibit “Passing Through, The Allure of the White Mountains.” Works by the likes of 19th century artists Thomas Cole, Benjamin Champney, Frank Shapleigh, Samuel Lancaster ...
New Lawsuit Presents Twist in the Knoedler Gallery Saga
ArtfixDaily / February 25th, 2013
Canadian theater owner and art collector David Mirvish has brought up a new lawsuit against New York's disgraced Knoedler Gallery. But his claim takes a completely opposite stance to the other suits.
Banksy Mural Withdrawn from Auction
ArtfixDaily / February 24th, 2013
A mural by the elusive street artist Banksy was removed from a Miami auction over the weekend after London residents complained of its mysterious disappearance from their neighborhood.
Thomas Cole Painting to be Sold from Seward House Museum
ArtfixDaily / February 24th, 2013
A landscape by seminal Hudson River School artist Thomas Cole (1801-1848) will be sold to aid the preservation of the Seward House Museum in Auburn, New York.
Francis Bacon Paintings Revealed on Reverse of Amateur Artist's Work
Mail Online / February 21st, 2013
The family of an unknown amateur artist in the U.K. discovered six Francis Bacon (1909-1992) paintings worth £200,000 on the back of their family member's artworks.
First U.S. Exhibition of Pre-Raphaelites Opens at National Gallery in D.C.
ArtfixDaily / February 21st, 2013
The National Gallery of Art has on view the first major survey of Pre-Raphaelite art to be shown in the United States featuring about 130 paintings, sculptures, works on paper, and decorative art objects.