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Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Gifted $200 Million American Art Collection
Richmond Times-Dispatch / October 18th, 2015
A major private collection of American art, spanning the Hudson River School to modernism, has been gifted to the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, reports the Richmond Times-Dispatch. James W. and Frances G. McGlothlin have boosted the VMFA's American art holdings with 73 ...
S.F. Fine Arts Museums Refutes Allegations Against Board President
San Francisco Chronicle / October 19th, 2015
Dede Wilsey, the president of the board of trustees at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco and a major philanthropist, was reported to be under investigation by city officials after a complaint was filed of financial misconduct, according to an Oct. 16 article in the San ...
CBS News Features "River Crossings" Exhibition at Hudson River School Sites
CBS News / October 18th, 2015
CBS Sunday Morning visited the exhibition "River Crossings: Contemporary Art Comes Home" for a segment on October 18 that showcases the new art on view at two artist-home historic sites representing the Hudson River School, the first homegrown art movement in America. Cedar ...
U.S. Appeals Court Rules for Google in Book-Scanning Case
Reuters / October 16th, 2015
The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York on Friday rejected infringement claims from the Authors Guild and several individual writers against Google's online project to scan millions of books for public usage online. The project began in 2005, but has been halted by litigation from ...
Public Re-Opening of Gracie Mansion will Showcase Art Additions
ArtfixDaily / October 14th, 2015
Gracie Mansion, the official residence of the Mayor of New York City, has once again been transformed. Built in 1799, the stately Federal style mansion (East End Ave and 88th St.) underwent a $7-million restoration in 2002, and when first occupied in 2014 by Mayor Bill de ...
A Revamped Petersen Automotive Museum With $350M in Cars to Invigorate LA's Miracle Mile
ArtfixDaily / October 13th, 2015
Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles is finishing up a complete exterior overhaul and a dynamic redesign of the interior, resulting in a world class museum that will showcase the art, experience, culture and heritage of the automobile. The culmination of a 13-month total ...
Double-Sided Picasso, Iconic Monet From Bill Koch Collection to Hit Auction
Sothebys / October 11th, 2015
A rare to market Blue Period painting by Pablo Picasso with a second picture on its reverse will go under the gavel this fall. Sotheby's i offering the Picasso, which reportedly could fetch $60 million, from the collection of energy billionaire William "Bill" I. Koch, known for his ...
Chinese Imperial Portrait Tops $344 Million Sale Series in Asia
Diamond World / October 8th, 2015
An imperial portrait depicting Chinese Emperor Qianlong's favorite consort fetched a record $17.6 million on Wednesday at Sotheby's in Hong Kong closing a five-day flurry of sales. An anonymous bidder prevailed after a 20-minute bidding battle for the painting by Italian ...
Columbus Museum of Art to Re-Open After $64-Million Transformation
BusinessJournal / October 7th, 2015
A multiyear, $64-million effort is concluding with the final touches coming together on the Columbus Museum of Art's 50,000-square-foot addition and renovation of a wing built in 1974. Grand opening celebrations will be held Oct. 22-25, 2015, for the new Margaret M. ...
Douglas Druick Resigns Lead Role at Art Institute of Chicago
ArtfixDaily / October 7th, 2015
Douglas Druick, the president of the Art Instiute of Chicago since 2011, announced that he will step down from the top position when his replacement is found. His decision was told to the museum's board on Tuesday evening. Druick, 70, has been with the museum since 1985. He was at the ...
National Press Club to Sell Norman Rockwell Painting
Washington Post / October 6th, 2015
A Norman Rockwell painting owned by National Press Club Journalism Institute, and the National Press Club, will be offered at auction this fall with a $10- to $15-million estimate. “Norman Rockwell Visits a Country Editor” was a gift from the artist to the National Press Club more than 50 ...
Judge Rules Two Knoedler Forgery Cases WIll Head to Trial
Art Newspaper / October 6th, 2015
An estimated $60 million in fake Abstract Expressionist works were sold through New York's now-defunct Knoedler gallery, according to the U.S. attorney general. Since the forgery scandal broke in 2011, four out of ten cases have been settled against the gallery and its ...
Alibaba Billionaire Jack Ma Sells Debut Painting for $5.4M
CNN Money / October 5th, 2015
Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma, who is perhaps the wealthiest person in mainland China, sold his first painting on Sunday at a Hong Kong auction for millions. Ma painted "Paradise," an oil on canvas depicting Earth, in collaboration with his friend, renowned Chinese artist Zeng ...
$45M Paves Way for 'Totally Immersive' Arts Museum in Mississippi
Meridian Star / October 5th, 2015
Officials broke ground Saturday on a $45-million, 58,500 sq. foot facility devoted to Mississippi artists in film, literature, music, arts, dance, theater and visual arts to be named the Mississippi Arts and Entertainment Experience. An opening date in November 2017, ...
Islamic State Blows Up Arch of Triumph, a Roman-Era 'Jewel' of Palmyra
Reuters / October 4th, 2015
Islamic militants have blown up the Arch of Triumph, one of the jewels in the architectural crown of Roman-era buildings in Palmyra. Syrian antiquities officials confirmed the destruction on Sunday. The arch follows ISIS-led attacks on 2,000-year-old temples and other ...
Olga Hirshhorn, Art Collector and Widow of Museum Founder, Remembered
Washington Post / October 4th, 2015
Olga Hirshhorn, wife of the late founder of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, and known as a significant art collector and patron in her own right, passed away at her home in Naples, Florida on Oct. 3. She was 95. The fourth wife of financier and mining tycoon Joseph Hirshhorn, Olga ...
France and The Netherlands Agree to Jointly Acquire Rembrandts
Guardian / October 1st, 2015
The Netherlands and France will split ownership of a portrait pair painted by Rembrandt after a potential bidding battle was averted. A deal was struck to buy the works at €160m from France's Rothschild banking family. The 1634 full-length double wedding portraits - Portrait of Marten ...
Frida Kahlo Exhibition at New York Botanical Garden Set to Draw Record Half-Million Visitors
ArtfixDaily / September 30th, 2015
New York Botanical Garden has struck a chord with audiences who have flocked for five months to see the current exhibition "Frida Kahlo: Art. Garden. Life." Beyond an art exhibition, this is an immersive experience in the artist's life and culture, combining garden ...
Hermann Goering's Full Catalog of Nazi Looted Art Published for First Time
Telegraph / September 30th, 2015
A registry listing every artwork that Hermann Goering--Hitler's righthand man--looted during the Nazi regime has been published for the first time. The handwritten log has been in French diplomatic archives and only available to scholars. The Goering Catalogue, published by Flammarion, was ...
Egypt Confirms Theory That Hidden Chambers Could Lie Behind King Tut's Tomb
National Geographic / September 29th, 2015
On Monday, U.S. researcher Nicholas Reeves joined a group of Egyptian and foreign archaeologists to examine the famed tomb of Tutankhamun, an 18th-Dynasty pharaoh who died around 1323 B.C. Egypt’s antiquities minister confirmed Reeves's new theory that evidence suggests the ...