Biloxi's New Museum (Designed By Frank Gehry, No Less) Isn't Working Out

"After surviving Hurricane Katrina, the gulf oil spill and an economy that has battered the tourist trade," the Ohr-O'Keefe Museum of Art "is almost out of cash, hurt by fewer visitors than it had hoped for, higher operating costs than it expected and less city support than it had counted on." [Read Full Article]

Published By: The New York Times 
On: 07/28/11
Website: http://www.nytimes.com/

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Art Call

INTERNATIONAL CALL FOR ENTRIES

Brooklyn, New York
Deadline: July 31, 2011
Posted: 2/10/11
Exhibit Dates:November 11-13, 2011

Title:Celeste Prize 2011 - 3rd Edition, Open Call for Artists

Sponsor:Celeste Network

Venue:The Invisible Dog, Brooklyn, New York

Awards:40,000 US$ (painting, photography, graphics, drawing, print, video, sculpture, installation)

Juror:Eugene Tan

Eligibility:Open to any artist (professional, part-time, student, self-taught) anywhere in the world. There is no limit of age, sex or qualification, with or without experience of public or private exhibitions, critical acclaim. Celeste Prize encourages participation by artists at every level.

Fees:80 to 120 US$

Commission:none

E-mail:Steven Music

Phone:+39 0577 939425

Website:http://www.celesteprize.com/prize/

Prospectus:http://www.celesteprize.com/terms_2011/

Museum Of Modern Art Raises Admission Price To $25

"The change takes effect on Sept. 1. Admission will remain free for children 16 and under; the charge for full-time students will rise to $14 from $12. MoMA is following the Metropolitan Museum of Art." [Read Full Article]


Published By: The New York Times
On: 07/28/11
Website: http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/

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DC's Textile Museum Moving To GWU

"The venerable Textile Museum is moving to the campus of George Washington University ... This is the first move ever in its more than 80 years for the museum, an international destination above Dupont Circle." [Read Full Article]

Published By: The Washington Post
On: 07/27/11
Website: http://www.washingtonpost.com/

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Scotland's National Museum Reopens After £47 Million Makeover

"There are 16 new gallery spaces in the restored Victorian building, but the centrepiece is the Grand Gallery, a four-storey, 18-metre high display of over 800 objects." [Read Full Article]

Published By: The Telegraph (UK)
On: 07/28/11
Website: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/

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People Really Do Have Physical Responses To Art

"Art exhibits are not generally thought of as opportunities to get our pulses racing and skin tingling. But newly published research suggests aesthetic appreciation is, in fact, a full-body experience." [Read Full Article]

Published By: Miller-McCune
On: 07/26/11
Website: http://www.miller-mccune.com/

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$1.3 Million For Andy Warhol At Auction

"The price was a record for a 1978 "Flowers" painting as well as for a fine art online auction, according to the auction house. The painting, in brilliant tones of blue and green and measuring 22 by 22 inches, is one of only four "Flowers" paintings ..." [Read Full Article]

Published By: Antiques and Arts Weekly
On: 07/26/11
Website: http://antiquesandthearts.com/


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Exhibit Of Buddhist Art From Pakistan, Delayed By Diplomatic Problems, Finally Set To Open

"A long-planned exhibition of nearly 70 pieces of Buddhist art from Pakistan will finally open at Asia Society on Aug. 9, after political intrigue in Pakistan and a breakdown in American-Pakistani relations delayed it for six months." [Read Full Article]

Published By: The New York Times
On: 07/27/11
Website: http://www.nytimes.com/

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Maintaining Monet's Gardens For Half A Million Visitors A Year

'Giverny head gardener James Priest: "Monet's garden would not have had concrete paths, for instance. But they are a necessity today. You have to meander between the purist line and the practical one. Take the irises. They are all over his paintings. But look at them now. They are nubs. So, you need other flowers blooming to keep that Impressionist feeling along those paths."' [Read Full Article]

Published By: The New York Times
On:07/27/11
Website: http://www.nytimes.com/

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Why Contemporary Art Is Getting Bigger

"With the growth of private museums, they have space to fill and the means to do so. They also want works with huge visual impact: contemporary art spaces, be they private or public, need to grip visitors, give them an 'experience' and send them away thinking 'wow!' Size is one of the ways of achieving this." [Read Full Article]

Published By: The Art Newspaper
On: 07/25/11
Website: http://www.theartnewspaper.com/

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Christie’s France: results of first semester of 2011

"In 2002, the auction house realised €36 million during the first semester in France. Turnover has thus trebled in ten years, reflecting the boom of the art market. The auction house's figures have shown continuous and steady growth, except in 2009, ..." [Read Full Article]

Published By: AMA
On: 07/25/11
Website: http://www.artmediaagency.com/


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How Will the Art World Remember Lucian Freud? See Pictures and Assessments of the Painter's Work

"Since the artist's death in London on Wednesday, critics and art figures of all stripes have been weighing in on his career. Here's what they're saying." [Read Full Article]

Published By: ArtInfo
On: 07/22/11
Website: http://www.artinfo.com/

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Sotheby's art handlers in strike threat

"By Rob Sharp, Arts Correspondent Sotheby's may be notching up colossal profits worldwide, but a group of its art handlers – the people who package and carry around the multi-million-dollar works going under the auction house's hammer – are threatening ..." [Read Full Article]

Published By: The Independent
On: 07/25/11
Website: http://www.independent.co.uk/


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How The Hapsburgs Shaped European Art

"Out of the doomed empire came some of the most provocative and brilliant art of the modern age, with Klimt and contemporaries such as Schiele investigating sexuality and the psyche years before the surrealists. The Habsburgs deserve to be remembered. They played a colossal role in the story of Europe, and its art."[Read Full Article]

Published By: The Guardian (UK)
On: 07/26/11
Website: http://www.guardian.co.uk/

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Bierstadt paintings fetch $4 million at NV auction

"They were the highest-selling pieces at the Coeur d'Alene Art Auction on Saturday in Reno. Two paintings by Charles M. Russell - his 1892 "Water for Camp" and 1924 "A Dangerous Sport" - rustled up nearly $1.5 million each. The former painting depicts a ..." [Read Full Article]

Published By: The Seattle Times
On: 07/24/11
Website: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/


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Be It Resolved: You Can't Close A Museum To Raise Money

"Thanks to the indefatigable determination of the claimants, Rose Museum board members Jonathan Lee, Lois Foster, Meryl Rose and Gerald Fineberg, with the support of the Massachusetts Attorney General, Brandeis acknowledges that they cannot simply "close" a museum and sell off its art collection for monetary gain aimed at easing budgetary difficulties. It is astonishing that they thought they could do so in 2009." [Read Full Article]

Published By: The Art Newspaper
On: 07/23/11
Website: http://www.theartnewspaper.com/

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Is It Time To Start Charging Again Admission For UK Museums?

"If you visit the British Museum this summer the sheer crowd numbers startle. How about turning that popularity into money? We can't let recent progress in our galleries and museums be destroyed by a cost-cutting mentality that first freezes, then rolls back, everything that has been achieved." [Read Full Article]

Published By: The Guardian (UK)
On: 07/21/11
Website: http://www.guardian.co.uk/

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Copyright Vs. Copywrong In Richard Prince V. Patrick Cariou

"The biggest news Mr. Prince's collectors have to absorb now, though, may be that the paintings they bought from Gagosian Gallery not only can't be displayed; it's also likely they can't be resold except, conceivably, on the black market (unless the court's decision is overruled on appeal, a process that could take years)." [Read Full Article]

Published By: New York Observer
On: 07/19/11
Website: http://www.observer.com/

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Zahi Hawass Is Back - Again! - As Egypt's Antiquities Chief (For Now)

"The controversial minister of antiquities was fired this week - for the second time since the Tahrir Square revolution. But his designated successor withdrew after a rebellion by ministry employees, and now Hawass says he's been asked to stay on the job." [Read Full Article]

Published By: The Art Newspaper
On: 07/19/11
Website: http://www.theartnewspaper.com/

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Must We Really Pay Any Attention To Thomas Kinkade?

"More than a generation after Pop Art became holy writ, it is rather tiresome to be announcing yet again that we live in a democracy where one person's treasure is another person's trailer trash, and that their masterworks are not necessarily inferior to the Picasso's and Matisse's in our museums." [Read Full Article]

Published By: The New Republic
On: 07/18/11
Website: http://www.tnr.com/

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Did Lax Security At London's National Gallery Lead To Poussin Vandalism?

"A painting like Poussin's Golden Calf is made by a great artist, cherished by owners, and miraculously preserved down the centuries. It is looked after in a museum, cleaned, studied, and silently enjoyed by thousands. And then in an instant someone can brutally attack this venerable human creation and make a vile mark on it." [Read Full Article]

Published By: The Guardian (UK)
On: 07/18/11
Website: http://www.guardian.co.uk/

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Egypt's Replacement Antiquities Minister Dropped Before Swearing-In

"'Antiquities professor Abdel Fatah al-Banna, who was announced as Egypt's new minister of antiquities has been removed from the list of the new Cabinet members as worries over his character surfaced.' Banna was to replace the famous and controversial Zahi Hawass, who was fired (for the second time) over the weekend." [Read Full Article]

Published By: BikyaMasr (Egypt)
On: 07/18/11
Website: http://bikyamasr.com/

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Detroit Institute Of Arts Diverts Acquisition Funds To Operations

"Facing a deficit, Graham Beal 'approached the trustees of the estate of one benefactor two years ago, asking if the income generated for acquisitions could be diverted to operations. (The original donor may have helped pay the DIA's staff wages during the Depression, the museum believes.) The trustees agreed. Beal also sought permission from probate court. The transfer of the funds became effective 15 months ago.'" [Read Full Article]

Published By: The Art Newspaper
On: 07/18/11
Website: http://www.theartnewspaper.com/

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Museum Surprises By Becoming a Big Hit In Tasmania

"More than 220,000 visitors, almost half from outside the island, have explored MONA's rambling subterranean galleries, which display ancient and contemporary artworks from Walsh's private collection. Mid-winter is usually the low tourism season in Tasmania but still they keep coming, at an average 800 people a day." [Read Full Article]

Published By: The Australian
On: 07/19/11
Website: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/

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International Call For Entries

Flagstaff, Arizona
Deadline: July 27, 2011
Posted: 5/6/11
 
 Exhibit Dates: September 24 - November 2, 2011

Title: Night Visions IV

Sponsor: Flagstaff Cultural Partners

Venue: Coconino Center for the Arts

Awards: Best of Show: $1000; 2nd: $500; 3rd: $250

Jurors: photographer Joe Cornett Jr., astronomer Chris Luginbuhl, painter Alan Peterson, and ceramic sculptor Paula Rice

Eligibility: All mediums, all ages.

Fees: $35

Commission: 30%

Send SASE to: Flagstaff Cultural Partners P.O. Box 296 Flagstaff, AZ 86002

E-mail: Marja van der Loo

Phone: 928-779-2300

Website: http://www.culturalpartners.org/

Prospectus: http://www.culturalpartners.org/exhibitions.htm#calls

Stealing Art Is A Vastly Uncreative Act

'Art crime, you see, is a dumb crime. With masterpieces in particular, it's virtually impossible to find a buyer for a stolen work. As the authors write: "A Rembrandt, real or imagined, is far harder to sell than it is to steal.' [Read Full Article]

Published By: The Wall Street Journal
On: 07/14/11
Website: http://online.wsj.com/


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Enough With The "Iconic" Public Art Cliches!

"Let's stipulate that public statuary derived from movie scenes is at best dubious... But worse is the endless recycling of images, whether from film, photos or art, that have become--and here's that dreaded word again--iconic. What is an icon these days but a cliché on stilts?" [Read Full Article]

Published By: The Wall Street Journal
On: 07/15/11
Website: http://online.wsj.com/

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Man Vandalizes Poussin At London's National Gallery

"A 17th-century painting by Nicolas Poussin was vandalised at the National Gallery in London after a 57-year-old man reportedly sprayed it with red paint before being arrested by police." [Read Full Article]

Published By: The Guardian (UK)
On: 07/16/11
Website: http://www.guardian.co.uk/

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Police Recover Eleven Artworks Stolen In June

"A man who was arrested in the theft of a Picasso drawing from a San Francisco gallery last week was keeping a virtual museum in his apartment, including 11 works stolen from New York galleries and hotels, according to the police." [Read Full Article]

Published By: The New York Times
On: 07/15/11
Website: http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/

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International Call For Entries


Vancouver BC Canada
Deadline: July 29, 2011
Posted: 6/22/11
 
 Exhibit Dates: October 4-23, 2011

Title: AIRS - Annual International Representational Show

Sponsor: Federation of Canadian Artists, Vancouver

Venue: FCA Gallery

Awards: $2500 FCA Grand Prize

Jurors: Marcus Bowcott, Fred Forster and Kiff Holland

Eligibility: AIRS is an international juried exhibition of representational or semi representational original art. The show includes media such as paintings, printmaking and drawings and subject matter including portraits, figures, still life, floral, landscape, interiors and wildlife. Work must retain semblance to reality while maintaining the subjective interpretation of the artist. It is open to all living artists worldwide. Entries must be originals not based on copies, derivatives or other copyrighted or published paintings, photographs or artistic works. Works must be entirely created by the registrant, executed without the supervision of an instructor and within two years of the entry deadline. Work must not have been previously exhibited in any other FCA exhibition.

Fees: Non-refundable entry fees in Canadian dollars only. $25.00 per image for FCA members. $30.00 per image for non-members.

Commission: 35%

E-mail: Mila Kostic, Gallery Director

Phone: 604-681-8534

Website: http://www.artists.ca

Prospectus: http://www.artists.ca

How The Internet Is Changing The Future Of Photography

'The fast-forward momentum of digital technology "changes our sense of what it means to make" and "results in work that feels like play, work that turns old into new, elevates the banal. Work that has a past but feels absolutely present."' [Read Full Article]

Published By: The Guardian (UK)
On: 07/14/11
Website: http://www.guardian.co.uk/

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Caroline Ashley, A Modern Day Georgia O’Keefe?

"Caroline, who now lives and creates in Calgary, Alberta, is a Fine Arts graduate of the University of Manitoba. Aware of her artistic inclinations from a very young age, she was strongly encouraged by her Grandparents and her High School art teacher, to create the work that took her into undergraduate study. Indeed, it was her teacher who pushed her to stretch far beyond that which she felt capable of, to see the world around her through artist’s eyes, to see color where most people see none and, as with many accomplished artists, to appreciate even the tiniest things in life." [Read Full Article]

Published By: Artistically Connected
On: 07/14/11
Website: http://www.artisticallyconnected.com

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Getting Your Art Exhibited In An Art Gallery For A Solo Show

"Art magazines, directories and the Internet are good places to start when you want to discover galleries, shows and art calls. But visiting art fairs is one of the best ways to find exhibit organizers in your area. You can check out their stands and get a chance to actually talk to the staff, get to know them and sell yourself a bit. Always carry a business card with your AC profile URL and a mini-portfolio, so it will be easier for you to build a network and stay top of mind." [Read Full Article]

Published By: Artistically Connected
On: 07/14/11
Website: http://www.squidoo.com/

What's Wrong At Tate Liverpool?

"The Merseyside branch of the Tate has had a run of high-impact successes including its current Rene Magritte exhibition. Or were they successes at all? The apparently thriving gallery announced this week that it is to shed staff in a comprehensive review of the way it is run. Meanwhile, director Christoph Grunenberg is leaving for a new job in Bremen." [Read Full Article]

Published By:The Guardian (UK)
On: 07/14/11
Website: http://www.guardian.co.uk/

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Famous Banksy Mural Mistakenly Painted Over

"The gorilla in a pink mask on the wall of the ex-North Bristol Social Club, in Eastville, had been a familiar landmark in the area for more than 10 years. But the building has recently been turned into a Muslim cultural centre. New owner Saeed Ahmed assumed it was a regular piece of graffiti and had it painted over." [Read Full Article]

Published By: BBC
On: 07/14/11
Website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/

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Infrared Scan Reveals Dorm Room Art to Be a Lost Michelangelo

"A Christ painting at Oxford's Campion Hall, previously attributed to Marcello Venusti, may actually be by the Renaissance master." [Read Full Article]

Published By: ArtInfo
On: 07/13/11
Website: http://www.artinfo.com/

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Today In Unusual Artistic Media: Human Hair Sculpture And Jewelry

"Although hair is certainly an unconventional artistic medium, it hasn't exactly been neglected -- nor have its uses been limited to the field of jewelry - since the Victorian era. Contemporary artists employ the material for a wide variety of (often startling) projects." [Read Full Article]

Published By: Salon
On: 07/13/11
Website: http://www.salon.com/

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Art-Market Prices Returning to Near Peak Levels, Collector Rachofsky Says

"Sotheby's and Christie's International's June series of contemporary art auctions in London raised 220.6 million pounds ($352 million), the second-highest total ever for the UK capital. Still, the market isn't fully back to the boom levels of 2007 and ..." [Read Full Article]

Published By: Bloomberg
On: 07/13/11
Website: http://www.bloomberg.com/


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Million-dollar Warhol painting on sale in landmark online auction

"Before they launched their auction platform, the Berlin-based company had been renowned mainly for its core business, a price database. It is the largest archive of fine art auction results worldwide. Collectors can access information from around 500 ..." [Read Full Article]

Published By: Deutsche Welle
On: 07/13/11
Website: http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,15229136,00.html


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The World's Biggest Art Buyer: Qatar

"Working through a number of advisors, as well as buying directly from dealers and at auction, Qatar is reliably believed to be building up a top-class collection of modern and contemporary art." [Read Full Article]

Published By: The Art Newspaper
On: 07/13/11
Website: http://www.theartnewspaper.com/

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Behind the scenes of Dubai's art auction

"Putting together an international art sale is a big undertaking, and for auction house Christie's Dubai it paid off in the millions. Here is a look at the preparations. In order to use the SBS Video Player you must have Flash 9 installed and Javascript ..." [Read Full Article]

Published By: SBS
On: 07/12/11
Website: http://www.sbs.com.au/


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Will the Teamsters Strike Sotheby's? The Head of the Art Handlers Union Discusses the Touchy Negotiations With the Auction House

"Jason Ide of Teamsters Local 814 explains his views on what's at stake as negotiations with Sotheby's drag on." [Read Full Article]

Published By: ArtInfo
On: 07/12/11
Website: http://www.artinfo.com/

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Did Ryan McGinley Rip Off Photographer Janine "Jah Jah" Gordon? See the Evidence and Decide for Yourself

"Gordon is filing a lawsuit against art star Ryan McGinley for biting her style. But is it possible to trademark an aesthetic?" [Read Full Article]

Published By: ArtInfo
On: 06/13/11
Website: http://www.artinfo.com/

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Open Call for Solo Exhibition At The Dacia Gallery

"Dacia Gallery is pleased to present the following Solo Exhibition opportunity to one artist to exhibit new works of art. One artist will be selected by Dacia Gallery directors and advisors to receive a Solo Exhibition from August 3-19, 2011. The artist selected for the solo exhibition will be considered for future representation." [Read Full Article]

Published By: Dacia Gallery
Deadline: July 21, 2011
Website: http://www.daciagallery.com


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Jell-O As Artistic Medium ... Yummm

"Long a cubed dessert of hospital cafeterias, flavored gelatin is turning up in the work of avant-garde chefs and established design studios across the country. Artists are using the wobbly medium to create sculptures of everything from colorful cities to President Barack Obama." [Read Full Article]

Published By: The Wall Street Journal
On: 07/13/11
Website: http://online.wsj.com/

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Why Did Warhol Choose Campbell's Soup For A Subject? (Blame De Kooning!)

"Soup was essential studio slang, the conversational lingo among New York School painters when they talked about their work. Specifically, soup was the metaphor used by Willem de Kooning - the most successful artist of the era - to characterize his robust Abstract Expressionism. If soup worked for him, why not for Warhol?" [Read Full Article]

Published By: Los Angeles Times
On: 07/10/11
Website: http://www.latimes.com/

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A Surprise Museum Raid, Then... Silence

"Officials at the Mingei International Museum say they've only received one follow-up call from the federal government since its agents swarmed the building in 2008 as part of an investigation into suspected smuggling. The museum is adjacent to the ..." [Read Full Article]

Published By: Voice of San Diego
On: 07/10/11
Website: http://www.voiceofsandiego.org/


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Is Britain A Nation Of Abstract Art Philistines?

"Jonathan Jones: "Britain has never 'got' abstract art. Even articles that appeared this week marking the death of Cy Twombly attracted comments of the 'my child could do that' variety. It is tempting to dismiss these attacks as philistine, but that would be to ignore an eminently respectable and artistically sophisticated British tradition of disdain for abstract painting.'" [Read Full Article]

Published By: The Guardian (UK)
On: 07/07/11
Website: http://www.guardian.co.uk/

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How Charles Saatchi Remade The British Art World (Again And Again And Again)

"Charles Saatchi has remade the British art market three times, most famously by championing young British artists such as Damien Hirst and Sarah Lucas. But was he lucky or did he have true vision? And more importantly can he do it again?" [Read Full Article]

Published By: The Guardian (UK)
On: 07/11/11
Website: http://www.guardian.co.uk/

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Should Local Governments Be Allowed To Sell Art To Make Their Budgets Work?

"When councillors are being forced to make very serious decisions affecting the quality of life of residents, to the extent of the potential closure of libraries and care homes, and funding being withdrawn for many projects supporting our young people and voluntary groups, the sale of arts collections should certainly be given serious consideration." [Read Full Article]

Published By: BBC
On: 07/11/11
Website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/

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The Road From Cicero to Marion True: What "Chasing Aphrodite" Reveals About the Getty's Notorious Antiquities Trafficking Controversy

"On the eve of the Conference in the Study of Art Crime, ARCA founder Noah Charney takes a look at the intrigue-filled new book." [Read Full Article]

Published By: ArtInfo
On: 07/08/11
Website: http://www.artinfo.com/

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Rare Example Of 18th-Century Egyptomania Uncovered In Italy

"Strange hieroglyphs and representations of Egyptian gods and goddesses have been found in the middle of the Po valley in northern Italy, revealing a unique example of Egyptomania." [Read Full Article]

Published By: Discovery
On: 07/05/11
Website: http://news.discovery.com/

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Simian Photographers: Macaques Discover Camera And Take Self-Portraits

"Visiting a national park in North Sulawesi, Indonesia, award-winning photographer [David] Slater left his camera unattended for a while. It soon attracted the attention of an inquisitive female from a local group of crested black macaque monkeys, known for their intelligence and dexterity." [Read Full Article]

Published By: The Daily Mail (UK)
On: 07/05/11
Website: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/

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Art Call

INTERNATIONAL CALL FOR ENTRIES
Brooklyn, New York
Deadline: July 31, 2011
Posted: 2/10/11
 
 Exhibit Dates: November 11-13, 2011

Title: Celeste Prize 2011 - 3rd Edition, Open Call for Artists

Sponsor: Celeste Network

Venue: The Invisible Dog, Brooklyn, New York

Awards: 40,000 US$ (painting, photography, graphics, drawing, print, video, sculpture, installation)

Juror: Eugene Tan

Eligibility: Open to any artist (professional, part-time, student, self-taught) anywhere in the world. There is no limit of age, sex or qualification, with or without experience of public or private exhibitions, critical acclaim. Celeste Prize encourages participation by artists at every level.

Fees: 80 to 120 US$

Commission: none

E-mail: Steven Music

Phone: +39 0577 939425

Website: http://www.celesteprize.com/prize/

Prospectus: http://www.celesteprize.com/terms_2011/

In Detroit - Art To The Masses

"The Detroit Institute of Arts has installed nearly 80 high-quality, life-size reproductions of some of its greatest paintings in 11 cities in southeastern Michigan. In its second year, the Inside/Out initiative is bringing a taste of the DIA to the masses where they live, work, shop and play. DIA leaders hope to woo new visitors downtown to visit the original paintings once they've seen the copies in their own backyard." [Read Full Article]

Published By: Detroit Free Press
On: 07/07/11
Website: http://www.freep.com/

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Art Of Arab Spring

"Is there an art style of the Arab spring? No. Rather, there is a commitment to communicate using any means necessary." [Read Full Article]

Published By: The Guardian (UK)
On: 07/04/11
Website: http://www.guardian.co.uk/

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Modern Art? It All Belongs To The Super-Rich

"For the last couple of decades, contemporary art has flourished through an alliance of the rich and the not-so-rich. It is the same educated, probably public-sector-employed middle class (many of whom marched this week) that enthusiastically visit galleries and art fairs. It is these fans of modern art who have helped, by their acclaim, to generate the charisma that makes it apparently worth so many millions."[Read Full Article]

Published By: The Guardian (UK)
On: 07/03/11
Website: http://www.guardian.co.uk/

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Museums Think Big (The Museum As Think Tanks)

"While these projects might seem far afield from museums' traditional mission--to preserve, study, and show their collections--directors say they reflect a logical evolution of their founders' intentions." [Read Full Article]

Published By: ARTnews
On: 07/11
Website: http://artnews.com/

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Chairman Mao's Technicolor Dream World: Revisiting China's Propaganda Art

"As technologies have changed, however, a former totalitarian standby has fallen out of favor: the propaganda poster. Communist China viewed through decades of propaganda posters was a uniformly cheerful and confident nation." [Read Full Article]

Published By: Foreign Policy
On: 06/30/11
Website: http://www.foreignpolicy.com/

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Artwork And Treasure Worth Billions Found In Indian Temple

"During the past week, a team of experts appointed by India's supreme court has opened five vaults dedicated to the deity Lord Vishnu to uncover an enormous hoard of gold idols, jewellery studded with diamonds, emeralds and other precious stones, antique silver, and even two golden coconut shells studded with rubies and emeralds." [Read Full Article]

Published By: The Guardian (UK)
On: 07/04/11
Website: http://www.guardian.co.uk/

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Bye Bye, Barnes: A Last Look at the Topsy-Turvy History of America's Most Contentious Art Collection as It Moves to Philly

"As the Barnes Foundation closes its doors in Merion this weekend, its polarizing move to the city proper isn't the only issue surrounding the storied trove." [Read Full Article]

Published By: Art Info
On: 04/07/11
Website: http://www.artinfo.com/

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Chiswick Auctions sale review: were they buying the real thing?

"They had belonged to her father, Gerald M Norman, an art dealer, who died nearly 20 years earlier. Most were unsigned, but many had been attributed by Norman to well-known artists either in the catalogues he produced for exhibitions, ..." [Read Full Article]

Published By:Telegraph.co.uk
On:07/04/11
Website: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/



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Contemporary sales review: one last burn for Britain?

"Christie's auction sales figures are not yet available, but are thought to be close. The figures were topped up by one of the most successful fortnights of Impressionist, modern and contemporary art auctions in London, which ended last Thursday, ..." [Read Full Article]

Published By:Telegraph.co.uk
On: 07/04/11
Website: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/



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A Crossroads For Contemporary Art Sales?

"For the first time in years, it seemed to be heading in a new direction this week as Christie's opened the round of sales on Tuesday evening." [Read Full Article]

Published By: The New York Times
On: 07/01/11
Website: http://www.nytimes.com/

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Rose Art Museum Settles Lawsuit, Won't Sell Art

The sad saga of the Brandeis University museum, "whose collection university trustees had voted to sell in 2009, ended today when the university announced the settlement of a lawsuit filed by museum supporters and the promise to keep the museum open without putting any of its art up for sale." [Read Full Article]

Published By: The Art Newspaper
On: 06/30/11
Website: http://www.theartnewspaper.com/

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Art Call For Art Book

"As in volume II the book will include paintings, sculptures, installations, digital art and photography, showing in each page the individuality of each artist and different styles of expression as well. Emerging and established artists are welcome to submit their work for selection in order to be included to the book. A juried committee will select the artists who will be able to show their work in a full-color art book." [Read Full Article]

Published By: TheArtList
On: 06/27/11
Website: http://www.the-art-list.com/


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