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"Conspiracy" Claimed in Knoedler Trial Over Fake Art
AFD / January 28th, 2016
Plaintiffs Domenico and Eleanore De Sole in the Knoedler gallery art forgery case were heard on Wednesday. The Manhattan federal-court trial is expected to last four weeks. Taking the stand, ex-Gucci CEO Domenico de Sole, now the chair of Tom Ford International and Sotheby’s, said, “I ...
Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Artists' Resale Royalties Appeal
Lexology / January 13th, 2016
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal of last year’s Ninth Circuit decision striking down part of the California Resale Royalty Act, reports Lexology. Writes Nicholas M. O'Donnell of Sullivan & Worcester LLP: "The law provided royalties to artists on sales after the work ...
Sotheby's Buys Art Agency, Partners
WSJ / January 11th, 2016
Sotheby's announced on Monday that it would buy a boutique art advisory firm called Art Agency, Partners for a total up to $85 million. The deal is for $50 million with an additional $35 million pledged for undisclosed performance targets. New York-based Art Agency, ...
Ai Weiwei Sets Up Studio on Greek Island to Focus Artwork on Refugee Crisis
Guardian / January 5th, 2016
Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei has set up a studio on the Greek island of Lesbos and will create projects to call attention to the refugee crisis. Hundreds of thousands of refugees have stopped on Lesbos as they flee war-torn regions, including Syria, en route to Europe. Untold thousands ...
Portland Museum of Art to Unveil Two Major Acquisitions
MPBN / January 4th, 2016
The 135-year-old Portland Museum of Art in Maine is undergoing a transformation. After a first phase of refurbishment, this noted repository of American, European and contemporary art -- including a trove of Winslow Homer works and the artist's studio -- will open with some changes later this ...
Germany Negotiates Possible $3m Loan Fee For Tehran Museum's Modern Art
TAN / December 26th, 2015
Works from Iran's long-hidden collection of modern art may soon begin to travel. Officials in Tehran are negotiating a loan fee of up to $3m with their German counterparts, reports The Art Newspaper. The fee is for Berlin State Museums to host an exhibition of works of modern art from the ...
Exhibition, Database to Aid Search for Missing Public Art in England
Historic England / December 15th, 2015
England's post-war public art, created by some of the most important artists of the 20th century, is "disappearing before the public's eyes," according to Historic England, a government agency that protects English heritage. They have discovered that a growing number of sculptures, ...
Indian Police Probe Deaths of Acclaimed Artist Hema Upadhyay and Her Lawyer
Times of India / December 14th, 2015
Hema Upadhyay, the renowned Indian artist, and her legal counsel, Harish Bhambhani, were found dead in Mumbai on Dec. 12. Police are investigating the deaths as murders and several people have been questioned, including Upadhyay's ex-husband. The 43-year-old artist and her lawyer were ...
Miami Art Week Wraps on a High Note
ArtfixDaily / December 8th, 2015
Driving rain and a random stabbing of a patron at Art Basel Miami Beach failed to keep crowds away from shopping and browsing at Miami's art fairs. More than 20 fairs took place from Dec. 1 to 6, along with art openings and parties around town, with $3 billion in art offered at Art Basel ...
Turner Prize Goes to...Architects
BBC / December 7th, 2015
Britain's top award for contemporary visual art, the prestigious Turner Prize, has on-and-off-again stirred controversy for 31 years. This year the annual prize ventured even further with the question, "But is it art?" Assemble, a 15-person architecture and design collective, won on Monday for ...
An Actual Stabbing Mistaken as Performance Art at Art Basel
Miami Herald / December 6th, 2015
A section of exhibitor space at Art Basel Miami Beach was cordoned off with police tape after a stabbing on Friday night. Some visitors to the NOVA section, which promotes young artists, thought a woman being stabbing was a performance art piece while others later considered the police tape as ...
Art Basel Miami Beach Takes Off with VIP Opening
Bloomberg / December 3rd, 2015
A star-studded opening of Art Basel Miami Beach on Wednesday saw a flurry of sales, yet the world's most deep-pocketed buyers were somewhat cautious. The sweet spot for fast sales came in below $500,000 while marquee works by the likes of Andy Warhol and Francis Bason, priced upwards of $15 ...
Leslie Waddington, Pioneering Art Dealer, Remembered
ArtfixDaily / December 1st, 2015
A fixture on the international art scene for more than five decades and an esteemed promoter of 20th-century modernist masters, London art dealer Leslie Waddington, 81, passed away on Nov. 30 surrounded by his family. He was born in 1934 in Dublin. Leslie Waddington was Chairman of Waddington ...
Senators Scrutinize Tax Status of Private Museums
New York Times / November 30th, 2015
The Senate Finance Committee is reviewing the tax-exempt status of several private museums, questioning whether they provide the public with benefits that allow for the equivalent of a government subsidy, The New York Times reports. Leading the inquiry is Utah Senator Orrin Hatch, the ...
Miami Art Week Organized with App
Miami Herald / November 29th, 2015
It's a whirlwind of activity from Dec. 1 to 6, so the modern and contemporary art mecca dubbed Miami Art Week has got an app. The Miami Herald offers the free Art Finder Miami app for the tens of thousands of visitors descending on the city this week who will navigate Art Basel Miami Beach, ...
Over Half a Million Visitors Flocked to Venice Biennale in 2015; Next Year: Detroit Re-imagined at Architecture Pavilion
ArtfixDaily / November 24th, 2015
On November 22, 2015, the 56th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia chaired by Paolo Baratta and curated by Okwui Enwezor, closed its gates. Open to the public for about 7 months, the exhibition wrapped after hosting 501,502 visitors (475,000 in ...
Paddle8 Aims to Corner Middle Market of Art Auctions
Forbes / November 23rd, 2015
Fresh from raising $34 million Series C funding, of $44 million total from a host of high-profile investors, online auctioneer Paddle8 talks strategy with Forbes. Chairty auctions and contemporary art lots with an average selling price of $4,800 have taken the young company to $25 million in ...
Hannah Rothstein Imagines How Famous Artists Would Arrange Their Thanksgiving Dinner Plates
Hannah Rothstein / November 21st, 2015
Painter and illustrator Hannah Rothstein has revived her "Thanksgiving Special" photo series from 2014 with a new set of artists this year, including Georgia O'Keeffe, Man Ray and Salvador Dali. View the works (on plates) in the styles of 10 artists here. The artist's ...
MoMA Files Plans for Expansion of American Folk Art Museum Site
CurbedNY / November 17th, 2015
After the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) acquired its neighboring site housing the American Folk Art Museum for $32.1 million in 2011, the Tod Williams Billie Tsien-designed building was razed at 45 West 53rd Street. Plans were filed for the expansion and Diller Scofidio + Renfro is the firm ...
Inside Iran's Hidden World-Class Modern Art Collection
Bloomberg / November 17th, 2015
As the Tehran Contemporary Art Museum prepares to open its first exhibit of modern art in years on November 20—and plans for international shows—Bloomberg reporter Peter Waldman is the rare Western journalist to go inside the Museum’s locked basement vault to view its hidden collection of the ...