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American Modernism Highlights of Armory Arts Week
ArtfixDaily / March 5th, 2015
Armory Arts Week is now in full swing, kicking off the international spring arts season with an array of fairs, events and parties around New York. Leading the headlines are the contemporary art attractions, but The Armory Show and The Art Show (both through March 8) also are offering ...
Billionaire William Louis-Dreyfus to Gift Art Collection to Harlem Nonprofit
Barron's / March 4th, 2015
Some fifty years of collecting 3,500 artworks will culminate in a grand gift to a Harlem school. Paris-born billionaire William Louis-Dreyfus, 82, says his collection will be sold periodically to benefit school children. His bequest includes works by about 170 artists, from big names ...
Did ISIS Destroy Replicas at Mosul Museum?
channel 4 / February 28th, 2015
The attack on antiquities by ISIS militants at the Nineveh Museum in Mosul, Iraq, last week might not have been as damaging as appears in the video. Experts say many of the statues destroyed in the propaganda piece were actually replicas. An Assyrian winged bull sculpture dating from ...
Elizabeth Taylor Trust Sues Christie's Over Jewelry Sale
Page Six / February 26th, 2015
The estate of a Hollywood legend and Christie's auction house in a legal tangle over a $8.8 million sale that was caanceled. Actress Elizabeth Taylor’s Taj Mahal necklace (a 40th birthday gift from Richard Burton) was part of the $183.5 million auction of her jewels in 2011 ...
Historians Capture World Heritage Site with 3D Laser Scanner
Live Science / February 24th, 2015
Historians Charles Matz and Jonathan Michael Dillon went to the Muslim holy city of Harar in Ethiopa to take 3D scans of the city's historic structures. They captured the crumbling contours of the UNESCO world heritage site, and in the process, created a new form of art by also digitally ...
Collector Ron Pizzuti Opens Art Boutique Hotel in Ohio
ArtfixDaily / February 23rd, 2015
Renowned art collector Ron Pizzuti is behind a new luxury-boutique art hotel opening in Columbus, Ohio. The hotel features art from Pizzuti's private collection along with local and world-class contemporary art from emerging artists. Partnering with upscale, design-focused international hotel ...
Broad Museum Preview Tour Draws a Crowd
LA Times / February 16th, 2015
A one-day sneak peek at the under-construction Broad museum in downtown Los Angeles drew a who's who of about 3,000 art world figures and media on Sunday. Scheduled to open Sept. 20, the museum's milky white honeycomb architecture filtered in an energizing light. Museum founder Eli Broad said ...
Auction Record for Ai Weiwei's Zodiac Heads in London
Business Times / February 15th, 2015
A near-billion-dollar two weeks of Impressionist, modern, post-war, and contemporary art sales ended in London with an auction record for Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei.
Modernism Week in Palm Springs Showcases 20th-21st C. Design and Art
ArtfixDaily / January 26th, 2015
Winter weather could drive some folks to Palm Springs this February for the 10th annual Modernism Week. On tap are tours of the Annenberg's art-filled Sunnylands estate, visits to an iconic midcentury modern showhouse, and shopping the Modernism Show along with the Palm Springs Fine Art Fair.
Lalique Partners with Damien Hirst on Crystal Butterfly Limited Editions
Lalique / January 25th, 2015
Lalique announced Friday a new collaboration with British artist Damien Hirst that celebrates the butterfly motif in crystal form.
Four Charged by Denver DA in Dale Chihuly Theft
Denver Post / January 25th, 2015
Four people have been charged in the theft of Dale Chihuly glasswork from a Denver Botanic Gardens exhibit last summer.
New Buyers Help Drive Auctions to Record Sales
WSJ / January 20th, 2015
Christie’s International PLC said Tuesday it sold $8.4 billion of fine and decorative art last year, up 17% from the year before and a record
Duchess Kate Steps Out with Artist Grayson Perry to Support The Art Room
Today / January 15th, 2015
The Duchess of Cambridge, who is expecting a second baby in April, made an appearance Thursday at a London elementary school where she officially named the Clore Art Room.
Abstract Art and Society Focus of New Exhibition at Whitechapel Gallery
Telegraph / January 14th, 2015
The evolution of abstract art, and its impact on society, are on view at a major new exhibition staged by London's Whitechapel Gallery. "It's a journey worth taking,
Kehinde Wiley to Receive U.S. State Dept. Medal of Arts
NY Observer / January 14th, 2015
Kehinde Wiley will be awarded the U.S. State Department Medal of Arts.
Punk Band Finds and Returns $250K Stolen Painting
BBC / January 12th, 2015
Punk band Stereo Fire Empire discovered a painting stolen from a New Orleans gallery propped up against a wall after playing a gig ...
Bill Gates Commissions Artists to Promote Foundation's Agenda
NPR / January 8th, 2015
Bill Gates has used his Microsoft billions to influence issues as wide ranging as education in the U.S. to clean water delivery for the world's poorest regions. Now he's enlisted artists to promote...
Swiss Art Dealer Held Following Friend's Murder
TheLocal / January 6th, 2015
The son of a prominent Swiss art dealer is in police custody after the death of a 23-year-old man at the family's villa on Zurich's posh Gold Coast. The 29-year-old assailant, also an art dealer...
Former Fashion Designer Helmut Lang Debuts Artwork in New York
WSJ. Magazine / January 6th, 2015
Since leaving the fashion industry a decade ago, Helmut Lang has transitioned to the art world, working from his Long Island estate on a series of sculptures.
Judge Greenlights Christo's Arkansas River Project
Denver Post / January 5th, 2015
Artist Christo got a judicial nod for his controversial project to drape miles of fabric over the Arkansas River.