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Chelsea Art Galleries Generate $40 Million in Claims, Axa Says
Businessweek / November 12th, 2012
French insurer Axa SA (CS) says that $40 million in claims have come in from New York's Chelsea art district after Hurricane Sandy.
Louvre, High, Crystal Bridges, and Terra Foundation Announce Second Installment of Multi-year American Art Collaboration
ArtfixDaily / November 12th, 2012
Opening at the Louvre on Jan. 17, 2013, "American Encounters: Genre Painting and Everyday Life" provides a close look at three major genre paintings, each of which offers a unique perspective on 19th-century America.
Judy Garland's Wizard of Oz Dress Brings $480K at Julien's Auction
ArtfixDaily / November 12th, 2012
The blue and white gingham dress memorably worn by Judy Garland in the "Wizard of Oz" went for $480,000 at Julien's Auctions in Beverly Hills. Trouncing its estimate was a slice of Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding cake which brought...
FENDI Casa Stages Warhol Exhibit at Art Basel Miami Beach
ArtfixDaily / November 8th, 2012
Among the swanky invitation-only soirees held in Miami during early December will be an exhibit of works by Andy Warhol focused on iconic female subjects---from Marilyn to Jackie O.
Picasso Painting of Mistress Swells to $41.5 Million in $163 Million Sotheby's Sale
ArtfixDaily / November 8th, 2012
A phone bidder picked up Pablo Picasso's 1932 painting of his lover and muse Marie-Therese Walter for $41.5 million to lead a mixed-results Sotheby's sale in New York on Thursday.
Mixed Results Start New York's Billion-Dollar Auction Season
ArtfixDaily / November 7th, 2012
Christie's kicked off the auction season in New York on Wednesday with a record price for Kandinsky and $44 million for a Monet water lilies painting. These key results were in sharp contrast to the thirty percent of offered lots that went unsold.
Nazi-seized Poster Collection Heads to Auction
ArtfixDaily / November 6th, 2012
Now worth millions of dollars, 3,600 posters stolen by the Nazis in 1938 have been returned to the collector's son and will now be offered on the auction block.
Artist Decries John Lennon Art Sales
Littleton Independent / November 6th, 2012
Florida-based artist Gary Arseneau is a vocal opponent of the sale of limited edition prints of minimalist drawings by Beatles band member John Lennon.
Chinese Artist Ai Weiwei's Very American Exhibit at Hirshhorn
ArtfixDaily / November 5th, 2012
With both Democrat and Republican presidential candidates taking big anti-China stances in this election, it is almost jarring that a Chinese artist has managed to have a succinctly "American" exhibition this fall.
Brad Pitt Debuts Art Deco-style Furniture Collection
ArtfixDaily / November 5th, 2012
Actor Brad Pitt is delving into the world of furniture design. His Art Nouveau and Art Deco-inspired collection will be launched in...
MoMA Issues Emergency Guidelines for Saving Artwork
ArtfixDaily / November 5th, 2012
In the wake of super storm Sandy's devastation, the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) has posted online a handy checklist of art-saving measures.
Gallery Sued by Band Member of Barenaked Ladies
Ottawa Citizen / November 4th, 2012
A dispute over a painting by Canada's most famous aboriginal artist has spilled into a Toronto court.
Where the Presidential Candidates Stand on the Arts
ArtfixDaily / November 4th, 2012
For voters on the eve of the presidential election, the political wing of the Americans for the Arts organization, a national service for nonprofit arts, has issued its analysis of each candidate's position on the arts.
Iconic Artworks Could Signal a Blockbuster Auction Season
New York Times / November 1st, 2012
Next week's deluge of big-ticket art auctions in New York are tied to high expectations that the world's super-wealthy will continue to part with cash for hundreds of millions of dollars worth of artwork.
Second Annual Art in the Adobes Celebrates Early California Painting
ArtfixDaily / October 29th, 2012
Set against a romantic backdrop of 19th-century architecture, the annual Art in the Adobes Festival each fall is a superbly curated special exhibition on view for one weekend only in the historic adobes of Monterey, California.
Google Art Project Hits 15 Million Viewers, 35,000 Artworks
ArtfixDaily / October 30th, 2012
The Phillips Collection, Palazzo Vecchio Museum, and the Clyfford Still Museum are just a few notable art institutions to join the ranks of image collections on Google Art Project. The site now boasts...
A Survey of Frightful Fine Art
Guardian / October 29th, 2012
Spooky paintings by the likes of art giants Bosch, Memling, Titian and Warhol evoke frightening imagery this Halloween season. Do you have a favorite scary work of art?
Monet Deaccession Amid Cleveland Museum of Art's $350 Million Expansion
Cleveland / October 29th, 2012
The Cleveland Museum of Art has opened the Ames Family Atrium, designed by New York architect Rafael Vinoly, and the centerpiece of a $350 million expansion. Alongside this mulitmillion-dollar expansion, the museum plans to trim its collection of a Monet.
Ripple Effect of the Arab World Art Boom
Wall Street Journal / October 28th, 2012
The Arab world is investing in their art culture with unprecedented spending, recently acquiring Cezanne’s The Card Players for $250 million, after purchasing the Louvre name for $525 million and another $750 million for works from its collection.
Gardner Museum Heist Inspires New Novel
CTPost / October 25th, 2012
A Boston art dealer, a young artist, and the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum's unsolved 1990 art heist are woven together in a new novel called "one of the sleeper hits of the fall season."