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(UPDATE) Christie's Fined $16.7 Million by Manhattan DA
ArtfixDaily / April 9th, 2020
(Updated 4/10/20 with Christie's statement below) Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance, Jr. announced Thursday "the resolution of an investigation into Christie's auction house for failing to register to collect and to collect New York and local sales tax between 2013 to 2017," according to a ...
Go On a Virtual Tour of Thomas Jayne's Soho Loft on House Beautiful's Live Instagram, Tuesday, April 14
ArtfixDaily / April 8th, 2020
House Beautiful has been developing a creative mix of live events for its Instagram feed focused around conversations, tips and tours with top designers across the country. Thomas Jayne is on the schedule for Tuesday April 14th (time to be set) when he will take over ...
U.S. Arts Organizations Have Already Lost $4.5 Billion During Coronavirus Crisis, Per Study
Americans for the Arts / April 8th, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has cost U.S. arts and cultural organizations an estimated total of $4.5 billion since a survey began 3 weeks ago, according to data collected by Americans for the Arts. Some 11,500 organizations have responded to the study so far and reported losses of a median $38,000 ...
Museum Survey Details Impact of Closures and Results of Digital Initiatives
NEMO survey / April 7th, 2020
A new survey released by the Network of European Museum Organizations (NEMO) looks at data from museums in Europe and worldwide detailing current impacts of the coronavirus crisis. With most museums now closed, the survey aims to assess issues being faced and paths forward for arts ...
Virtual View: A Springtime Awakening with Selected Works from Hawthorne Fine Art
ArtfixDaily / April 7th, 2020
In celebration of the warmth and rejuvenation of the Springtime, New York's Hawthorne Fine Art presents an online viewing devoted to the beauty of the season. As a season representing renewal and rebirth, many American artists took inspiration from spring’s botanical splendor and explored the ...
Online Auction of Doris Day Estate Items Catapults to $3 Million, 10 Times Pre-Sale Low Estimate
Variety, for photos of Doris Day / April 6th, 2020
An online auction of memorabilia and estate items from popular mid-20th century singer and actress Doris Day fetched nearly $3 million over the weekend, far above its $300,000 to $600,000 pre-sale estimate range, at Julien’s Auctions. Top lots included a classic 1930 Ford convertible from the ...
Starry Nights: Visions of the Night Sky—Wildling Museum Online Exhibit Explores Nocturne Painting, Astrophotography and Light Pollution
ArtfixDaily / April 5th, 2020
If you're enjoying the Pink Supermoon this week, pair your lunar looking with some nocturnes in art. The Wildling Museum of Art and Nature in Solvang, California, offers a dazzling virtual view of its exhibition Starry Nights: Visions of the Night Sky. The expanse of the open night sky has ...
Sotheby's 20th Century Design Sale Brings Record Online at $4 Million
ArtfixDaily / April 5th, 2020
A Sotheby’s auction last week brought a total of $4 million, the highest-ever result for an online sale of 20th century design. The sale, which was moved from live to online, pushed past its high estimate by more than 25 percent. Highlights included a “Moorish” Twisted Wire Chandelier created ...
3 Kid-Friendly Projects from Museums To Do During School Closures
ArtfixDaily / April 4th, 2020
Sudden homeschooling takes a lot of juggling and tech support from parents who are trying to work from home, or are scrambling to keep their families afloat, during coronavirus lockdown orders. Museums have some answers for this scenario in the form of free activities online that will take kids ...
David C. Driskell, Artist and African American Art Scholar, Remembered
ArtfixDaily / April 2nd, 2020
David C. Driskell passed away on April 1st 2020 at the age of 88. From the David C. Driskell Center for the Study of the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora at the University of Maryland: One of the world's leading authorities on the subject of African ...
Sotheby's, Christie's Furlough Staff; and the Shift to Digital and Private Sales Accelerates
Observer / April 2nd, 2020
Due to the sudden loss of sales from live auctions and logistical challenges during the evolving coronavirus crisis, Sotheby’s will be furloughing 12 percent of its staff, about 200 people, first reported the Wall Street Journal. Christie’s will be furloughing some staff in Europe, laying off ...
Get Transported to the Salvador Dali Museums in Spain With A Virtual Tour
ArtfixDaily / April 1st, 2020
"A true painter is one who can paint extraordinary scenes in the middle of an empty desert. A true painter is one who can patiently paint a pear in the midst of the tumults of history." - Salvador Dalí A virtual tour of the Dalí Museums, currently closed for the public health emergency, ...
Need a New Zoom Background? This Museum Has You Covered
ArtfixDaily / April 1st, 2020
For people with stay-at-home orders shifting to Zoom and other virtual meeting apps, the North Carolina Museum of Art has created a suite of images for use as artistic Zoom backgrounds. Art from the museum's Italian Altar Piece Gallery and Contemporary Gallery, featuring works by Mickalene ...
The Getty Challenges People to Recreate Masterpieces With Their Stuff at Home
ArtfixDaily / March 31st, 2020
Last week, the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles tweeted to the masses, "We challenge you to recreate a work of art with objects (and people) in your home." For people worldwide who are sheltering in place due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Getty's request suggested that they choose a favorite ...
Virtually Tour the Stunning Installation of 'Flores Mexicanas: Women in Modern Mexican Art' at Dallas Museum of Art
ArtfixDaily / March 30th, 2020
The Dallas Museum of Art has a virtual tour of its spring exhibition surveying representations of women in Mexican Modernism. Flores Mexicanas: Women in Modern Mexican Art was inspired by the loan of the monumental painting Flores Mexicanas by Alfredo Ramos Martínez to the DMA ...
Escape Inside These Art Books From Currently Shuttered Museum Shows
ArtfixDaily / March 30th, 2020
Culture is not closed when you have a pile of new art books to get immersed in. Museum exhibitions temporarily out of public view during the coronavirus crisis have some richly-illustrated accompanying catalogues or related books that make for a lasting addition to any art lover's personal ...
Idelle Weber, Pop-Art Icon, Remembered
ArtfixDaily / March 30th, 2020
New York art dealer Hollis Taggart has announced the death of Pop-art icon Idelle Weber. Weber passed away on March 23 at the age of 88. Over the course of her multi-decade career, Weber produced an impressive oeuvre that drew on and expanded the visual vocabularies of the Pop-art and ...
Van Gogh Painting Stolen From Museum on the Artist's Birthday
AD / March 30th, 2020
A Dutch museum closed during the coronvirus pandemic was hit by thieves who took a painting by Vincent van Gogh. The Singer Laren museum, near Amsterdam, announced that van Gogh's 1884 "The Parsonage Garden at Nuenen in Spring," which was on loan, is now missing after the overnight raid. An ...
Museums Share Moments of Zen With Peaceful Artworks
ArtfixDaily / March 29th, 2020
While many museums are currently closed to the public, some have been sharing their most zen artworks on social media with #MuseumMomentofZen. So while you #stayathome, find some peace in art. 1. Glimpse a "turning point" In Culver City, Calif., the Wende Museum preserves Cold War ...
Get Ready to Celebrate Van Gogh's Birthday With a Free Art Show at Home
ArtfixDaily / March 26th, 2020
It's time to celebrate the birthday of one of the most famous and influential figures in the history of Western art. On Monday March 30th Exhibition on Screen will broadcast Vincent van Gogh: A New Way of Seeing, live, for free, on Facebook. The broadcast will feature a specially filmed ...