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Google Art Project Gives Tour of the White House
art / September 19th, 2012
Google's got a gigapixel view of George Washington, as portrayed by Gilbert Stuart in the White House's art collection, to show the world. Along with the famous portrait is every other detail of art and antiques...
A Long Island Collection of 20th Century Art Heads to Auction
Wall Street Journal / September 18th, 2012
A coveted cache of modern masters collected since the 1950s by Long Island residents Rudolph and Hannelore Schulhof will go under the gavel this fall. In November, 63 pieces from the Schulhof collection, including work by...
MoMA to Display Munch's "Scream"
New York Times / September 17th, 2012
A version of Edvard Munch's "The Scream"---the most expnseive artwork ever sold---will go on display at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). The mystery buyer will...
George Washington's Constitution Copy On View at Mount Vernon
CBS / September 17th, 2012
Nearly $10 million was spent to acquire George Washington's copy of the Constitution, complete with his handwritten notes on Presidential duties, for display at the Founding Father's Mount Vernon estate.
X-Rays Reveal Chemical Damaging Van Gogh's Colors
BBC / September 16th, 2012
A spray of vivid yellow flowers painted by Vincent Van Gogh have taken on a grayish-orange hue as a result of a chemical effect. Researchers have discovered through X-rays that ...
Christo's 6-Mile Fabric Art Project Delayed by Judge
Pueblo Chieftain / September 16th, 2012
A federal judge has ruled that artist Christo can not begin his Arkansas River project until a lawsuit seeking to block the immense project is resolved.
Eric Clapton's Richter Painting Offered at Sotheby's
Bloomberg / September 13th, 2012
Legendary rock guitarist Eric Clapton is selling one of his abstract paintings by Gerhard Richter with a high estimate of $20 million at Sotheby's in London on Oct. 12. Purchased in 2001, “Abstraktes Bild (809-4)” from 1994 is one in a series of 3 works that Clapton picked up for...
Billionaire Perelman, Gagosian Gallery Battle in Court Over Contemporary Art Sales
Bloomberg / September 12th, 2012
Billionaire art collector Ronald Perelman sued mega-art dealership Gagosian Gallery in New York State Supreme Court in Manhattan on Sept. 12. That same day, Gagosian Gallery filed a lawsuit against Perelman claiming he refused to pay for artworks.
Knoedler Gallery Inventory to be Sold at Auction
New York Times / September 11th, 2012
With lawsuits still pending from former clients, defunct art gallery Knoedler & Co. will auction off its inventory this fall. Thirty-four works by modern masters such as Robert Rauschenberg, Helen Frankenthaler, Jules Olitski, Milton Avery, and Walker Evans will be offered at...
Titillating Details Abound in Tate's Victorian Picture Show
Independent / September 10th, 2012
Long-overlooked by modern audiences, certain elements of famous Pre-Raphaelite paintings from the Victorian era will be exposed as more risque than prudish in a major exhibition at Tate Britain.
Virginia Flea Market Yields a Possible Renoir
New York Times / September 9th, 2012
A woman poking around a Virginia flea market might have rediscovered a Renoir painting in a $50 box lot. An appraiser at the Potomac Company, in Alexandria, Virginia, is convinced that the work is...
Andy Warhol Foundation Joins with Christie's to Sell-Off Holdings
LA Times / September 7th, 2012
In a major global marketing effort, the Andy Warhol Foundation will team up with Christie's New York to sell the famed Pop artist's work through a multifaceted program. Artwork could net in excess of $100 million with proceeds earmarked for...
Philadelphia Museum of Art Presents Winslow Homer's Depictions of Maritime Catastrophe and Rescue
ArtfixDaily / September 5th, 2012
While living in a tiny fishing village in England in 1881-82, the American artist Winslow Homer was profoundly moved by the sight of a shipwreck that would focus his imagination on the power and peril of the sea.
Cold War-Era American Modernist Exhibition Revived in Alabama
WLTZ / September 4th, 2012
A collection of modernist American art assembled in 1946 by the U.S. State Department traveled in the exhibition "Advancing American Art" to show the world America's artistic coming of age. Now, nearly 70 years later, all but 10 paintings from the original 117 oils and watercolors will be on display...
Museum's Rediscovered Picasso Offered for Sale
/ September 3rd, 2012
A rare Pablo Picasso "gemmaux," a fired-glass artwork, recently unearthed by a museum in Evansville, Ind., will be offered for private sale by...
Smithsonian Buys Benjamin Franklin Suit; His 1778 Bust Reported Stolen in Penn.
Washington Post / August 30th, 2012
Donors have helped the Smithsonian purchase Benjamin Franklin’s three-piece silk suit worn on a pivotal diplomatic mission to France in 1778. Just last week, a valuable portrait bust of Franklin, also dated 1778, was reported stolen from a private home...
Presidential Picks: Inside Barack Obama's Art Collection
L Magazine / August 29th, 2012
"And we are told we're divided as a people, and then suddenly the arts have this power to bring us together and speak to our common condition," remarked President Obama at the 2012 National Medal of Arts and National Humanities Medal ceremony.
Taxpayers Save Cash-Strapped Detroit Institute of Arts
ABC News / August 28th, 2012
With its industries hard hit for 20 years and a local economy made worse by the recession, the so-called Motor City is home to one of America's finest art institutions. Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) has recently struggled to stay afloat---until now.
Google Ranking Corresponds with Artists' Pricing, Study Says
Pacific Standard / August 27th, 2012
A Washington State University study says that a single percentage point increase in Google hits on an artist equates to a hefty price increase of 38 percent.
80-year-old Amateur Artist Botches Restoration of Church Painting
Washington Post blog / August 23rd, 2012
A century-old church fresco depicting Christ was overpainted by an elderly parishioner in a failed attempt to restore the work. Cecilia Gimenez had good intentions to fix the peeling painting by...