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Keith Haring Foundation Sues Exhibition Organizers
ArtfixDaily / March 11th, 2013
The Keith Haring Foundation, which owns intellectual property rights to the artist's work, along with a significant collection of Haring artwork, has filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Miami against organizers of the exhibition "Haring Miami."
Art Museums in Los Angeles Mull Over Merger
Bloomberg / March 10th, 2013
The beleaguered Museum of Contemporary Art has proposed a merger to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Lacma CEO Michael Govan responded to MOCA with...
Armory Week 2013 Event Guide
ArtfixDaily / March 6th, 2013
The week's largest fair, the Armory Show, features over 200 exhibitors on Piers 92 and 94 (12th Avenue at West 55th Street). Modern art dominates Pier 92 with contemporary art reigning on Pier 94.
Banksy Mural Withdrawn from Auction
ArtfixDaily / February 24th, 2013
A mural by the elusive street artist Banksy was removed from a Miami auction over the weekend after London residents complained of its mysterious disappearance from their neighborhood.
Francis Bacon Paintings Revealed on Reverse of Amateur Artist's Work
Mail Online / February 21st, 2013
The family of an unknown amateur artist in the U.K. discovered six Francis Bacon (1909-1992) paintings worth £200,000 on the back of their family member's artworks.
Missing Banksy Mural Turns Up at Miami Auction
NY Daily News / February 18th, 2013
A mural by the elusive street artist known as Banksy disappeared from the exterior of a London store last week and has emerged at a Miami auction.
$127 Million Christie's Contemporary Art Sale Led by Basquiat; Bacon Tops Sotheby's Auction
ArtfixDaily / February 13th, 2013
Jean-Michel Basquiat’s “Museum Security (Broadway Meltdown)” led Christie's $127 million contemporary art sale in London last night, selling for 9.3 million pounds ($14.5 million). The sale total was the highest ever for...
Billionaire Sues Co-owner of Jasper Johns Triptych Over Promised Gift
Gothamist / January 28th, 2013
Billionaire businessman Henry Kravis has sued multimillionaire investment advisor and winery owner Donald Bryant over a Jasper Johns triptych that the two purchased together.
LA Art Show Returns with Traditional to Cutting Edge Art
Los Angeles Times / January 27th, 2013
Opening under new ownership at the Los Angeles Convention Center's South Hall, the LA Art Show's massive and diverse selection of contemporary, modern, historic and traditional fine art drew big crowds from Jan. 23 to 27. Among the red dots indicating sales was...
Phillips Auction Expands After Chairman De Pury Exits
ArtfixDaily / January 17th, 2013
The auction house Phillips de Pury & Co. has changed its name back to Phillips and increased its size after Chairman Simon de Pury, the charismatic lead auctioneer, left the company.
80-year-old Restorer Who Botched Jesus Painting Takes to eBay
ArtfixDaily / December 18th, 2012
Spanish octogenarian artist Celia Gimenez made a sensation last summer when she botched a restoration of a Christ fresco in her local church.
2012: Contemporary Art Sales Swing Up and Up
LA times / December 16th, 2012
Nearly one billion dollars was exchanged for modern and contemporary art at the fall 2012 New York auctions, a staggering amount that soared far beyond sale totals for Impressionism and other categories.
Buyers Delight, Critics Waffle at 2012 Art Basel Miami Beach
Atlantic / December 12th, 2012
With $2 billion worth of art for sale from almost 260 exhibitors at last week's Art Basel Miami Beach alone, plus more than a dozen other concurrent fairs adding thousands more exhibitors, much modern and contemporary art has been admired and bought, but at least one critic finds the offered art...
Art Buyers Watch Trading Probe of Billionaire Steven Cohen
Bloomberg / December 6th, 2012
Sharks are circling around the carefully-curated art collection of billionaire hedge fund owner Steven A Cohen. Under investigation for...
Judge Rules Detroit Police Illegally Arrested Art Patrons
Detroit Free Press / December 5th, 2012
A federal judge ruled that police violated the rights of more than 100 people who were arrested or searched while attending an art gallery event in 2008.
Art Institute Sues Over Unfulfilled Donation
Kansas City Star / November 25th, 2012
A Southern California couple who fell on hard times is being sued by the Kansas City Art Institute for not coming through on a $5 million pledge they made.
Lucien Freud Inked His Art on Kate Moss
ArtfixDaily / November 19th, 2012
Supermodel Kate Moss says that the late British artist Lucien Freud inked two small...
Dealer Michael Findlay Talks "The Value of Art"
culturemap Houston / November 18th, 2012
At the helm of Manhattan's Acquavella Galleries, art dealer Michael Findlay has spent decades building up to his latest talk at the Menil Collection, "Connoisseurship in our Commodity Culture."
Record-Setting Christie's Contemporary Art Sale Hits $412 Million
ArtfixDaily / November 14th, 2012
A blockbuster contemporary art sale at Christie's on Wednesday night saw fierce bidding for the likes of Andy Warhol, Jeff Koons, and Jean-Michel Basquiat, to the tune of $412.2 million.
Sotheby's Lands Record $375.1 Million Contemporary Art Sale
ArtfixDaily / November 14th, 2012
A mystery telephone bidder won a paddle battle for Mark Rothko's 1954 “No. 1 (Royal Red and Blue)” for the final sum of $75.1 million (with fees) at an exceptionally strong Sotheby's sale on Tuesday night.