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Cincinnati Museum CEO Retires as $208 Million Renovation Begins
Cincinnati Museum Center / December 14th, 2014
Cincinnati Museum Center's long-time leader, Doug McDonald, is stepping down – just as the museum undertakes a $208 million renovation...
Christie's Chief Executive Murphy to Depart
FT / December 2nd, 2014
Christie's chief executive Steven Murphy will leave the auction house by the end of the year, the London-based company announced on Tuesday.
UK Project Puts Every Publicly-Owned Painting Online
Telegraph / December 2nd, 2014
When Fred Hohler got peeved 14 years ago that a catalog did not exist of the paintings in Cambridge’s Fitzwilliam Museum, the seed for an unprecedented cultural heritage project was planted.
3 Holiday Gift Ideas for Art Lovers on #GivingTuesday
ArtfixDaily / December 2nd, 2014
Following Black Friday and Cyber Monday is the new international day of giving dubbed #GivingTuesday. On Dec. 2, holiday shoppers around the world will focus on making gifts to support charities and non-profits. Here's ARTFIXdaily's GivingTuesday gift guide...
Sotheby's CEO Ruprecht to Step Down
ArtfixDaily / November 23rd, 2014
William Ruprecht, chairman and chief executive of Sotheby's, will leave the company by "mutual agreement."
Smithsonian Unveils $2 Billion Renovation Plan
ArtfixDaily / November 19th, 2014
A master plan to renovate and improve the South Mall campus of the Smithsonian Institution was revealed with an estimate of $2 billion.
Rothkos, Reinstalled Galleries Rule Inside the Expanded Harvard Art Museums
ArtfixDaily / November 18th, 2014
A challenge emerged to integrate, renovate and expand Harvard Art Museums' three buildings under one 21st-century roof in a crowded city space that dates back to the colonial era. Italian architect Renzo Piano delivered...
Witness Spills Details on $250 Million Heist from Turkish Museum
Hurriyet / November 12th, 2014
An anonymous witness dubbed "Daylight" has come forward with details about the theft uncovered in 2010 of 302 artworks and objects worth over $250 million from a Turkish museum.
Art Collection Digs Detroit Out of Bankruptcy
wsj / November 9th, 2014
It appears that U.S. District Judge Gerald Rosen has successfully navigated his so-called Grand Bargain to ease Detroit out of bankruptcy...
Frederick Wiseman's Documentary Delves Deep Into 'National Gallery'
New York Times / November 4th, 2014
"It's about art and process, money and mystery, and all the many, many people gazing and gawking...,"
Delaware Art Museum Receives $1.7 Million in Gifts
ArtfixDaily / October 29th, 2014
The Delaware Art Museum has received three gifts totaling $1.7 million to fully endow the museum’s Curator of the Bancroft Collection of Pre-Raphaelite Art. Currently under sanctions...
Focus on Art and Technology Propels New Institute of Art History at UT Dallas
Dallas News / October 28th, 2014
The Edith O’Donnell Institute of Art History is set to be launched on Wednesday at the University of Texas at Dallas. A $17 million gift from ...
Gold Rush at the San Francisco Fall Antiques Show
ArtfixDaily / October 27th, 2014
A six-pound gold nugget and an 800-pound glass chair were big draws at a dazzling edition of the San Francisco Fall Antiques Show over the weekend. An unnamed buyer rushed in for...
Experts Claim Fifty Percent of Artwork on the Market is Fake
AFP / October 14th, 2014
Scientists at the Fine Arts Experts Institute (FAEI) in Geneva say that 70 to 90 percent of the artwork that they analyze is fake. More than half of artworks circulating on the market are either forgeries or misattributed contend some authorities...
Judge Grills Detroit Emergency Manager: "Why Not Monetize the Art?"
Detroit Free Press / October 4th, 2014
On day 18 of Detroit's historic bankruptcy trial, Judge Steven Rhodes pressed the city's emergency manager, Kevyn Orr, to state a better argument for saving the Detroit Institute of Art's collection...
'The Art Newspaper' Sold to Russian Entrepreneur
Art Newspaper / October 4th, 2014
Described as a "mathematician, engineer and collector," Inna Bazhenova, who lives in Moscow and in the UK, has acquired The Art Newspaper.
New Documentary Explores How a Forger Fooled Dozens of Museums
npr / September 28th, 2014
Mark Landis gave Picassos, Old Masters, Charles Schulz cartoons, and more to about 45 museums over a 30-year period. The artworks were all his own forgeries.
Luxembourg Opens Art Freeport for Luxury Goods Storage
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/17/us-art-luxembourg-idUSKBN0HC26P20140917 / September 18th, 2014
The super-rich now have a new freeport in Luxembourg where they can store and trade art, wine and other treasures without paying sales tax or customs.
TripAdvisor Names World's 25 Best Museums to Visit
ArtfixDaily / September 17th, 2014
User reviews on TripAdvisor have ranked the Art Institute of Chicago as first in a list of the world's best museum destinations.
John Travolta Studies Art Forgery for 'The Forger' Filmed at MFA, Boston
ArtfixDaily / September 16th, 2014
Actor John Travolta took some lessons in making fake paintings from an unnamed artist in Hong Kong. Travolta says he was prepping for his role...