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C.M. Russell's true story of the Wild West
Antiques & Arts Weekly / February 25th, 2010
"The Cowboy Artist" Charles M. Russell, who once worked as a cowpuncher, infused his work with details that only an artist with experience on the open range could capture. His paintings are prized for their genuine and sophisticated depictions of the American West's fading ...
TEFAF aggregates the world's best art for sale
Hello Magazine / February 25th, 2010
Over 30,000 works of art, from antiquities to modern paintings, much of it desirable for pedigree, rarity, and beauty, will descend upon the Dutch town of Maastricht from March 12 to 21. With 263 top-tier exhibitors bringing the best of their blue-chip art, plus special sections for design, works ...
European masters to adorn N.C. Museum of Art's new building
Triangle Business Journal / February 25th, 2010
North Carolina Museum of Art has been promised works by Alfred Sisley, Maurice de Vlaminck, Emil Nolde, and Pablo Picasso from the collection of hedge fund pioneer Julian Robertson and his wife, Josie, of New York City. The four paintings will be displayed in the Raleigh museum's new gallery ...
Steady sales in Americana
Maine Antiques Digest / February 24th, 2010
Maine Antique Digest's Lita Solis-Cohen recaps the January Americana sale at Christie's which reaped a decent $5,681,025 (including buyers' premiums) for 398 lots sold. The recession-induced dip in the antiques market was evident with American furniture. Lots in the $50,000 range proved soft with ...
Sign of the Times: A pared down Whitney Biennial
Reuters / February 24th, 2010
New York's Whitney Museum staged a smaller version of its influential annual show featuring up-and-coming American artists. Just 55 artists were showcased this year, a reduction due, in part, to the wobbly U.S. economy. The curators didn't give the show a theme, but commented that "creepy" and ...
$32 million Bloch collection of snuff bottles on the block
Bloomberg / February 24th, 2010
Bonhams expects to raise at least 20 million pounds ($32 million) in a series of auctions featuring antique Chinese snuff bottles. The late Hong Kong-based businessman, George Bloch, and his wife Mary, known as astute collectors, accumulated 1,720 Qing Dynasty bottles over the course of twenty ...
A newly-authenticated Van Gogh
Dutch News / February 24th, 2010
Art experts have decided an 1886 painting titled "Le Blute-fin Mill," depicting Montmartre in Paris, is the work of Vincent Van Gogh. The scene features a large amount of colorful figures, an atypical element in Van Gogh's work, gathered around a windmill. Museum director and collector Dirk ...
Bradford painting, mocha pottery on the block in Boston
Auction Central News / February 23rd, 2010
A luminous William Bradford oil depicting a whaleship off New Bedford (est. $60,000-$80,000) is among the highlights in Skinner's March 7 Americana auction. Also of note is an elegant Simon Willard tall clock in a classic Roxbury case (est. $30,000-$50,000), an enormous collection of mocha ...
University faces more legal hurdles in art collection sale
Tennessean / February 23rd, 2010
Attorney General Bob Cooper issued a statement on Tuesday saying that a collection of 110 works of art, given by artist Georgia O'Keeffe to Fisk University, can not be moved. The Tennessee Supreme Court refused to hear the case so the fate of the artwork will be decided in chancery court within ...
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art expansion plans on fire
San Francisco Gate / February 23rd, 2010
San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom orchestrated a deal for SFMOMA to take over property housing an aging, architecturally-challenged fire station. The museum would raze the building for a planned expansion, in part, to showcase the renowned collection of modern and contemporary art on long-term ...
U.S. picks "blastproof" glass cube design for new embassy
Bloomberg / February 23rd, 2010
Kieran Timberlake, the Philadelphia architecture firm noted for such projects as Yale's Sculpture Building & Gallery, has been chosen to design a new (and very expensive) U.S. embassy in the U.K. With a billion-dollar budget, the 12-story, cube-shaped building is not without critics who ...
Financial fortunes rise for Boston's Gardner Museum
Boston Business Journal / February 22nd, 2010
Rich in works by Old Masters and American impressionists, the palazzo-like Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum says its investment portfolio closed out the year valued at $161.6 million — some 53 percent higher than at the end of June, the close of its last fiscal year. A rise in the stock market and ...
The modernist photographs of Irving Penn
Guardian / February 22nd, 2010
In his famously bare and basic studio, Irving Penn captured many 20th-century icons with a masterful mixture of austerity and playfulness. Alfred Hitchcock, for instance, was portrayed in profile on a mound of grey carpet, looking both plump enough to burst out of his suit and absurdly ...
Was Monet the father of Abstract Expressionism?
Reuters / February 22nd, 2010
With more than 100 works, Madrid's Thyssen-Bornemisza museum will attempt to show that French Impressionist Claude Monet influenced a stream of young artists of the post-WWII era, such as Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko and Willem de Kooning. On the Web, visit the museum's micro-site on the ...
London's Tate Britain shows a darker, deeper side of Henry Moore
Reuters / February 22nd, 2010
Sculptor Henry Moore is portrayed as a radical who explored a dark world of sex, war and death in a show that challenges his modern image as the creator of gentle figures that adorn windswept plazas around the world. Ranked among Britain's most famous 20th century artists, Moore was a ...
New Islamic art gallery debuts in Detroit
Crains Detroit / February 21st, 2010
The Detroit Institute of Arts will unveil a new 3,350-square-foot gallery on Feb. 28 with a rotating collection of 168 of the museum's 1,400 Islamic artworks. “This is a phenomenon going on around the world. Almost everyone is getting a new Islamic gallery,” curator Heather Ecker says. Works on ...
Some antiques seen as 'safe haven' investments with aesthetic appeal
Financial Times / February 21st, 2010
According to antiques valuers in the U.K., auction prices have been climbing steadily for leading English silversmiths of the 18th and 19th centuries, including works by Paul de Lamerie, Hester Bateman and Paul Storr. Other strong categories include antique armor and jewellery, which increased 37 ...
“Treasury of the World: Jewelled Arts of India in the Age of the Mughals”
Bloomberg / February 21st, 2010
A 430-carat emerald the size of a tangerine, a dagger and scabbard studded with 2,400 rubies, diamonds, emeralds, ivory and agate---these now-unthinkably costly objects are stunning examples in an exhibition that illustrates the wealth and craftsmanship found in Mughal India during its three ...
Austrian museum offers multi-course dinner/exhibit viewing combo
Luxist / February 21st, 2010
On Thursday nights, Vienna's Museum of Fine Arts lures in tourists and locals alike with a tantalizing dinner and dessert buffet, not to mention the masterpieces of art. Leading caterer Gerstner provides a lavish spread, allowing for a taste of Caprese salad after taking in a Canova. Visitors ...
"Tracing the Past, Drawing the Future: Master Ink Painters in 20th-Century China"
Silicon Valley Mercury News / February 18th, 2010
Stanford University's Cantor Arts Center has mounted an enlightening exhibition that delves into the connection between imperial Chinese art and Western-influenced avant-garde works. On view are 110 images by Wu Changshuo, Zhu Wenyun, Pan Tianshou, Qi Baishi, and Huang ...