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Banksy Unveils Dismaland in the UK
BBC / August 20th, 2015
Street artist Banksy has conjured up Dismaland in an abandoned waterpark in the U.K. It is decidedly not street art, says the artist. Bansky described the massive pop-up installation both as "escapism from mindless escapism" and a "family theme park unsuitable for ...
Religious Extremists Damage Art Exhibition in Moscow
Guardian / August 17th, 2015
A Christian group attacked a Moscow art exhibition on Friday toppling and smashing artworks on display. Dmitry “Enteo” Tsorionov, a self-proclaimed missionary, led the activists into Sculptures We Don’t See at the Manezh, an exhibition space next to Red Square. His group, called ...
New Book Delves Into the Economics of Running an Art Gallery
Bloomberg / August 3rd, 2015
The English edition of German author Magnus Resch's controversial Management of Art Galleries is weeks away from release. The book stirred some ire in Germany with its harsh look at the statistics of art dealing along with some intruiging and, at times, outlandish recommendations for making ...
British Art Dealing Couple Decamps to France Amid Claims of Fraud
Independent / August 3rd, 2015
Police are investigating claims of fraud and theft involving a gallery run by a pair of prominent British art dealers who are believed to have sold their business and moved to France, reports the Independent. Buyers are said to chasing more than half a million pounds of sales including ...
Private Search Continues for Missing Son of Art Miami's Nick Korniloff and Pamela Cohen
ArtfixDaily / July 31st, 2015
Perry Cohen and Austin Stephanos are two 14-year-old Florida boys who went missing during a fishing trip on July 24. Cohen is the stepson of Nick Korniloff, founder of Art Miami, and the son of his wife Pamela Cohen, director of marketing for Art Miami. The teens were last seen ...
Texas Man Hopes His $90 Thrift Shop Find is a Multi-Million Dollar Sigmar Polke
ABC News / July 20th, 2015
Texan Ray Riley picked up a painting priced at $90 at his local thrift shop. When he later examined it out the frame, Riley found a signature -- Sigmar Polke, an artist whose work reached a record $27.1 million at auction in June. Riley is a regular browser at The Guild Shop in Houston and in ...
Art, Offerings in Leonardo DiCaprio Gala Auction Set to Raise Major Funds for Environmental Causes
Forbes / July 19th, 2015
At a private villa in St. Tropez on July 22, a massive auction organized by the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation will offer up a host of fine art, jewelry, properties, goods and experiences to raise funds for environmental conservation. The first edition of the event raised $25 million last year, ...
Park Avenue Armory Receives $65 Million Gift to Create Endowment
NYT / July 12th, 2015
A gift of $65 million is set to create an endowment for arts programming and educactional initiatives at the Parl Avenue Armory, the Gothic Revival-style, hangar-size space on New York's Upper East Side that hosts art, music, performance and other activities. The Thompson Family Foundation, ...
Artist Sean Scully Installs Permanent Display in Barcelona Monastery
Santa Cecilia / July 6th, 2015
In the tradition of Mark Rothko in Houston and Henri Matisse in Venice, artist Sean Scully has adorned a chapel with his art. Scully's original plan to donate 200 of his artworks to Barcelona in a dedicated museum fell through after negotiations with city officials stalled. Instead, the ...
Clients Sue London Art Dealer Over Missing Millions
Daily Mail / July 5th, 2015
One of Mayfair’s most high-profile art dealers is at the center of a number of multi-million-pound international claims after wealthy clients who used him as an agent to sell masterpieces by artists such as Van Gogh, Canaletto, Picasso, Chagall, Modigliani and Magritte were not paid, reports the ...
Felony Arrest Warrant Issued for Artist Shepard Fairey in Detroit
Hyperallergic / June 25th, 2015
Last week a felony arrest warrant for street artist Shepard Fairey was filed in Detroit, accusing him of $9,000 in property damage and two counts of malicious destruction of property related to unsanctioned works he created when he visited the city in May, reports Hyperallergic. Fairey was ...
The Broad Acquires 50+ Artworks Ahead of Sept. Opening
The Broad / June 18th, 2015
A powerful charcoal drawing by artist Robert Longo depicting a police line facing protestors in last year’s racially charged riots in Ferguson, Mo. is one of more than 50 new artworks added to the Broad collection in anticipation of the September 20 opening of Los Angeles’s new contemporary art ...
Sales Sizzle at Opening of Art Basel
Bloomberg / June 17th, 2015
About $3.4 bllion worth of art is offered by 284 exhibitors at Art Basel this year, according to insurer Axa Art. The ultra-rich descended on the Swiss town of Basel Tuesday night, snapping up works priced in the six-and-seven-figures by Robert Rauschenberg, Takashi Murakami, Alexander Calder, ...
Coney Art Walls Brings a Sort of Curated Street Art to America's Playground
ArtfixDaily / June 16th, 2015
Works from Jeffrey Deitch's latest project can now be seen at America's Playground. The art dealer and former Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (MoCA) director has teamed up with redevelopment firm Thor Equities to display street art around Brooklyn's Coney Island. Deitch ...
Marina Abramovic Piece Causes Uproar at California High School
OC Weekly / June 15th, 2015
Showing a video documentary of seminal performance artist Marina Abramovic has erupted into a scandal at a Southern California high school. Now, an art history teacher has been removed and the school's popular principal fired, leaving questions about whether contemporary art led to the ...
Moscow's Garage Museum Debuts, With One Work in the Pipeline for 3015
NYT / June 14th, 2015
The Rem Koolhaas-designed museum in Moscow masterminded by Dasha Zhukova opened to much fanfare last week. Garage Museum of Contemporary Art is the first contemporary art museum to land in the capital since the fall of Communism. With 65,000-square-feet of space to cover, the verdict is ...
Cooper Union President, Trustees Resign Amid Turmoil
Inside Higher Ed / June 11th, 2015
Five trustees and the president of the Cooper Union resigned this week following years of turmoil at the elite New York college that trains artists, architects and engineers. President Jamshed Bharucha resigned Wedsnesday, a day after the trustees. The exodus follows backlash from students, ...
California Artist James Turrell Lights Up UK's Houghton Hall
ArtfixDaily / June 8th, 2015
On view now through October 24, 2015, the Palladian manor Houghton Hall, in Norfolk, UK, hosts a spectacular exhibition of James Turrell's light pieces, called Lightscape. Many works shown were collected by the Marquess of Cholmondeley, owner of Houghton, who has long been an admirer of ...
Former Employee of Dale Chihuly Charged in $3M Theft
USAToday / June 3rd, 2015
Authorities in Washington State have charged a former employee of glass artist Dale Chihuly with first degree theft and three counts of first-degree trafficking of stolen property. Pierce County Prosecutor's Office has accused Christopher Robert Kaul with stealing 90 pieces worth over $3 ...
Artist Richard Serra Receives France's Highest Honor
Observer / June 1st, 2015
Artist Richard Serra has been chosen France's most prestigious award, the insignia of Chevalier of the French Legion of Honor. French ambassador Gérard Araud bestowed the award Monday at the French Embassy in New York. Begun in 1802 by Napoleon Bonaparte, the Legion of Honor is the ...