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A Renaissance Woman Artist's 'Last Supper' Is Unveiled
ArtfixDaily / October 17th, 2019
Revealed this week after a multiyear restoration, an artist-nun's masterwork is now on public view at the Santa Maria Novella Museum in Florence some 450 years after it was created. The only known Last Supper by a female artist in the modern age, Plautilla Nelli’s 21-foot canvas is ...
Tim Burton Stages Site-Specific Exhibition at Neon Museum in Las Vegas
View images from Las Vegas Review-journal / October 15th, 2019
For the first time in nearly a decade, renowned American film director, producer, artist, writer and animator Tim Burton will stage an exhibition of his original fine art in the United States. Installed at the Neon Museum in Las Vegas, “Tim Burton @ the Neon Museum” comprises a combination of new ...
On Stage, 'The Independents' Probes the Colorful Relationship of Artists Mary Cassatt and Edgar Degas
ArtfixDaily / October 15th, 2019
A visit to the National Gallery of Art in DC five years ago sparked the imagination of playwright Christopher Ward. Inspired by the exhibition Degas/Cassatt, Ward researched and wrote a character-driven play that is historical fiction, spiced with authentic dialogue between the two legendary ...
Global Art Market Slows in First Half of 2019
Barron's / October 14th, 2019
The global art market slowed due to political and economic uncertainty in the first half of 2019, according to Deloitte’s Art & Finance Report. Brexit woes, the U.S. trade war with China, and the Hong Kong protests are among the factors affecting the art market, the report states. In the ...
MIT Engineers Prove Leonardo da Vinci Was a Master...at Bridge Design
ArtfixDaily / October 10th, 2019
Some 500 years after his death, Leonardo da Vinci is still well-known as a Renaissance master artist and prolific inventor. MIT engineers have also just proven his engineering prowess in bridge design. In 1502, da Vinci submitted an innovative bridge design for a contest to connect ...
Banksy 'Devolved Parliament' Snags a Bananas Record Price of $12.2 Million at Auction
Guardian / October 3rd, 2019
As Brexit looms on Halloween, a painted satire of Britain's House of Commons filled with arguing chimpanzees brought an auction record of £9,879,500 ($12,200,000) for street artist Banksy. At the Sotheby's sale in London on Thursday, "Devolved Parliament" jumped well beyond tne ...
A New Kind of 'Art Hub' to Debut in London With Flexible Exhibition and Work Spaces for Members
Evening Standard / September 30th, 2019
A £20 million renovation of 5 historic buildings in London will create an innovative way to work and sell for professionals in the visual arts. Opening in May 2020, Cromwell Place is a new art center and membership organization with 14 gallery spaces set in the heart of South Kensington’s ...
Hidden for 450 Years, A Renaissance Woman Artist's Version of 'The Last Supper' to be Unveiled Next Month
Guardian / September 29th, 2019
2019 is the widely publicized 500th anniversary of Leonardo da Vinci's death and major museums are noting the great Renaissance master's genius with exhibitions, including the reservations-only blockbuster at the Louvre opening on October 24. The Paris show will have, after intense negotiations, ...
Last House Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright Comes to Auction
ArtfixDaily / September 29th, 2019
Circular Sun House, the last residence designed by America's pre-eminent 20th-century architect Frank Lloyd Wright, will be offered at auction next month. One of 14 circular homes Wright created, and his last design before he died in April 1959, the residence will be sold at a live, on-site ...
The Met Returns $4 Million Egyptian Sarcophagus After Investigators Discover It Was Looted
ArtfixDaily / September 26th, 2019
Earlier this week, an ancient Egyptian gilded cartonnage coffin from the first century B.C. that the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York purchased for about $4 million over a year ago was given back to Egypt. The prized new acquisition was stolen, said investigators. ...
5 Finds to Preview From 2019's AADLA Fine Art & Antique Dealers Show in NYC, Oct. 31-Nov. 4
ArtfixDaily / September 26th, 2019
{{image}} The Art & Antique Dealers League of America (AADLA) will present their third annual Fine Art & Antiques Show—with 24 dealers—for a 5-day run starting Thursday October 31st at the St. Ignatius Loyola Church in Wallace Hall, 980 Park Avenue on New York’s Upper East Side. ...
13 Haunting Art Exhibitions to See Ahead of Halloween
ArtfixDaily / September 25th, 2019
{{image}} Spooky, fanciful or simply autumnal in feeling, here are ARTFIXdaily's picks for October art exhibitions that deliver heftily on Halloween spirit. These 13 shows span the globe, from Andrew Wyeth's witches in Maine to a "resin lady" ancient corpse on view in the UK. {{image}} ...
'Mocking of Christ': Cimabue's $6 Million Masterpiece Is Rediscovered in French Woman's Kitchen
CNN / September 24th, 2019
A long-lost work by 13th century Florentine master Cenni di Pepo, known as Cimabue (active 1272-1302), has been found to be hanging over a kitchen hot plate in France. Cimabue's "Mocking of Christ" could bring around 6 million Euros ($6.59 million) at auction next month, according ...
With Columbia University's 'Year of Water,' Dutch Artist Daan Roosegaarde Returns an Immersive Virtual Flood to New York
ArtfixDaily / September 18th, 2019
Artists Are Featured in Columbia University's Year of Water Program Focused on Environment Ahead of events like the Global Youth Strike for Climate on Friday, Sept. 20 and the United Nations Climate Action Summit on Sept. 23, New York's Columbia University kicked off climate investigations this ...
Fragonard's 'The Souvenir,' Fabritius' 'The Goldfinch' in Movies Draw New Audiences to Museums
Guardian / September 15th, 2019
Fragonard's image of a lovestruck Julie D’Etange and Fabritius' portrait of a tiny chained bird from the Dutch Golden Age loom large in two 2019 films that draw inspiration from classic artworks. A well-received film released earlier this year in the U.S. and recently in the U.K. has ...
Maurizio Cattelan's Gold Toilet Artwork 'America' Is Stolen From Blenheim Palace Exhibit
NBC / September 14th, 2019
On Saturday morning, the interactive artwork that is an 18-karat solid gold toilet titled America -- part of a Maurizio Cattelan exhibition at Blenheim Palace in the UK -- disappeared. The burglary took place at the 18th-century palace, known as the birthplace of Sir Winston Churchill and ...
After Auctioneer's Tip, Los Angeles Police Seek Owners of Art Trove Stolen in the '90s
Los Angeles Times / September 4th, 2019
A Southern California auctioneer alerted police when stolen items were brought in for valuation this summer. The Los Angeles Police Department is now searching for the original owners of over 100 paintings, antiques, documents, antique firearms and collectibles that were taken in the 1990s from ...
After France Agrees to Artifact Exchange, Greece Drafts Loan Proposal for British Museum's Parthenon Marbles
Ta Nea / September 3rd, 2019
On Tuesday, Greece's Culture Minister Lina Mendoni said her ministry is preparing a draft proposal for a loan of contested Parthenon sculptures from the British Museum, reported the Washington Post. Details of the request have not been disclosed. The move comes after France agreed to ...
Banksy Brexit-Themed Mural Disappears From UK Wall
BBC / August 27th, 2019
A famous mural created by street artist Banksy in 2017 mysteriously was removed from a building in seaside Dover, UK, over the weekend. Popular with tourists and locals alike, the wall depicted a workman chipping away a star from the EU flag, in reference to the United Kingdom's decision ...
Auction Faux Pas Stalls Bidding on $20 Million Porsche
CNN / August 20th, 2019
An unusual slip up could be behind an early Porsche not becoming the most expensive car from the luxury maker ever sold at auction. The Type 64 was created by Ferdinand Porsche in 1930s Nazi Germany. Considered the precursor to the iconic Porsche 911 and other models, the ...