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Artprice Enters Online Auction Arena

2012-01-04T13:00:00.001-05:00

"French-owned Artprice, the art information and price database website, will launch its online auctions in a competitive market space this month.

Online auction service will commence on January 18, according to a company release. Previews of upcoming lots will begin on January 9.

Artprice reports it has 1.3 million members in more than 90 countries, and several thousand lots are already uploaded for auctions." [Read Full Article]

Published by: Artfix Daily
On: 01/03/12
Website: http://artfixdaily.com

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Musket Remnant, Herzog Painting Lead Doyle’s Americana Auction

2012-01-04T11:00:00.001-05:00

"Doyle New York's auction of American furniture and decorative arts, including paintings and prints, on November 17 showcased important American furniture and decorative arts from the colonial period through the Federal and classical styles.
. . .
Highlighting the sale was a painting by Hermann Ottomar Herzog (American, 1832–1932) depicting a sunset in the Florida Everglades that doubled its estimate of $25/35,000 to fetch $74,500." [Read Full Article]

Published by: Antiques and the Arts Online
On: 01/03/12
Website: http://antiquesandthearts.com

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David Hockney and Damien Hirst go head to head with solo London shows

2012-01-04T09:00:00.001-05:00

"A small note on the posters for David Hockney's forthcoming exhibition at the Royal Academy contains a sly dig at another superstar artist about to launch a major exhibition. The note reads: 'All the works here were made by the artist himself, personally.'

In an interview with the Radio Times, Hockney confirmed that he had in mind Damien Hirst, whose £50m diamond and platinum skull will be the centrepiece of a Tate Modern exhibition in April, the first solo show of his work in a UK museum." [Read Full Article]

Published by: The Guardian
On: 01/03/12
Website: http://www.guardian.co.uk

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Big Beat: Why is some art a better investment than stocks?

2012-01-03T13:00:00.002-05:00

"It’s a slippery thing to compare the art of specific artists to the stock market as a whole, as one measure is individual and the other is aggregation. Ottawa collector Glenn McInnes notes, 'I suspect there are some individual stocks such as Microsoft and Google that have performed equally for the original purchasers to those of the Hirsts and Warhols, and I suspect very strongly that all stocks have outperformed all art produced in the last century.'

True enough, but it’s also true that by times investors (or perhaps just extraordinarily lucky art lovers) have earned far greater returns by buying art than a stock-market index would have gained in that same period." [Read Full Article]

Published by: Ottawa Citizen
On: 01/02/12
Website: http://www.ottawacitizen.com

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This is not a tax, says Boston’s mayor

2012-01-03T11:00:00.001-05:00

"The Museum of Fine Arts was dismayed to learn that the city of Boston is requesting a payment of $250,000 this year under new rules for the amount that not-for-profit organisations have to pay in lieu of taxes. The city plans to quadruple the bill to more than $1m by 2016.

The steep rise in contributions is a result of the Mayor of Boston Thomas Menino’s revised Payment in Lieu of Taxes scheme, known as Pilot. The art museums, and the city’s other not-for-profit organisations owning property that is worth more than $15m, face paying a fee that is based on 25% of what they would have to pay if they were charged the city’s commercial tax." [Read Full Article]

Published by: The Art Newspaper
On: 01/01/12
Website: http://www.theartnewspaper.com

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Arab protesters put their art on the streets

2012-01-03T09:00:00.001-05:00

"'What is interesting to see in Egypt, and in all these countries, is that artists are not only going out into the city, they also become agents of change in society,' says Hans Ulrich Obrist of London’s Serpentine Gallery, who is chairing a discussion on art patronage in the Middle East as part of a summit at the British Museum and the Royal College of Art (12-13 January). 'If you think about it in terms of the Russian Revolution and Mayakovsky saying ‘the streets are our brushes, the squares our palettes’, it’s about art going beyond the museum and blurring the boundaries between art and life.'" [Read Full Article]

Published by: The Art Newspaper
On: 12/30/11
Website: http://www.theartnewspaper.com

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UK Droit de Suite Comes Into Law

2012-01-02T13:00:00.001-05:00

"In case you took your eye off the ball, while everyone was popping their Champagne or Prosecco corks at midnight 2012, the EU Droit de Suite Artist's Resale rights came into effect, here in Britain. This is perhaps the most detrimental law, ever to be passed, since the UK was art market leader, back in the 1960's -1970's. At the beginning of 2011, the UK was the number two secondary market for Modern and Contemporary art, after the United States. It has since slipped into third place after China. British dealers and auction houses will now lose works of art to rival markets in New York, Geneva, Moscow and Hong Kong or wherever the European sales levy, known as Droit de suite is not implemented." [Read Full Article]

Published by: ArtLyst
On: 01/01/12
Website: http://www.artlyst.com

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Leicestershire Council auctions off art collection for over £170,000

2012-01-02T11:00:00.001-05:00

"An oil on canvas, painted by the late artist Avinash Chandra, sold for a staggering £16,000 – making it the most expensive painting sold at the auction.

Leicestershire County Council is aiming to cut £79 million from its budget over the next four years, and said that the money raised from the auction would be reinvested in museums." [Read Full Article]

Published by: Blottr
On: 01/01/12
Website: http://www.blottr.com

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Salon International 2012

2012-01-02T09:00:00.002-05:00

*INTERNATIONAL CALL FOR ENTRIES*
San Antonio, Texas
Deadline: January 20, 2012
Posted: 11/17/11
	Exhibit Dates:	April 14 - May 4, 2012
	Title:	Salon International 2012
	Sponsor:	International Museum of Contemporary Masters
	Venue:	Greenhouse Gallery of Fine Art
	Awards:	$8000 Best of Show ($30,000 total awards)
	Juror:	Edward Minoff
	Eligibility:	Salon International is open to all original oil paintings created after April 14, 2010. All Paintings must be available for sale. Canvas may not exceed 30 inches on either dimension. Accepted work must be appropriately framed and wired for hanging. Each artist may submit up to three entries.
	Fees:	1 entry $35, 2 entries $65, 3 entries $90
	Commission:	40% to gallery
	Send SASE to:	Greenhouse Gallery SI2012, 6496 N. New Braunfels Ave, San Antonio, TX 78209
	E-mail:	Jason Smith
	Phone:	210-828-6491
	Website:	http://si.greenhousegallery.com
	Prospectus:	http://si.greenhousegallery.com

2011’s Biggest Art Stories

2011-12-30T13:00:00.001-05:00

"TIME Magazine has designated 2011 the year of the “Protester”, and the art world proved no exception, from picketing Teamsters, to an outspoken Chinese activist, to artists fighting for their resale rights. With sales fluctuating at auction, art forgery scandals, and rediscovered masterpieces - this year proved to be very provocative!

MutualArt.com presents our summary of this year’s top news stories that grabbed the headlines, followed by major award-winners, humanitarian nods and a special In Memoriam section." [Read Full Article]

Published by: Mutual Art
On: 12/28/11
Website: http://www.mutualart.com

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Auction Houses See Increase in High-End Contemporary Art Sales

2011-12-30T11:00:00.001-05:00

"'The art market is a place for new people these days,' Christophe Van de Weghe, a New York dealer, was quoted as saying. 'There are Americans nobody has seen before who are excited by this world and who want an alternative to shares. And then there are buyers coming in from places like India and China.'" [Read Full Article]

Published by: The New York Times
On: 12/29/11
Website: http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com

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Dulwich Picture Gallery saves St Cecilia from ruin – but who painted her?

2011-12-30T09:00:00.002-05:00

"The work was bought in 1790 by one of the gallery's founders, Noel Joseph Desenfans, under the impression it was by the Bolognese master Annibale Carracci. Bray said it was "not good enough" to be a Carracci, but whoever did paint it could have been inspired by the Carracci school.

Desenfans and his business partner Sir Francis Bourgeois, the gallery's other founder, thought they had a masterpiece and so wanted it hung prominently in the 'skylight' room of the beautiful home they shared in what is now Hallam Street, in the West End of London." [Read Full Article]

Published by: The Guardian
On: 12/29/11
Website: http://www.guardian.co.uk

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How Is the Art Auction Market Doing?

2011-12-29T13:00:00.001-05:00

"Over at Bloomberg, Scott Reyburn calculates that the two major art auction houses, Sotheby’s and Christie’s, sold about $1.7 billion of art in this year’s evening sales, the auctions that typically have the highest-value art on offer. That is a roughly $500 million jump over last year’s total, meaning that, at least at the very upper edge of the art market, collectors are increasingly comfortable shelling out major money for some works (and sellers are comfortable supplying them)." [Read Full Article]

Published by: Gallerist NY
On: 12/28/11
Website: http://www.galleristny.com

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Preparing Christie’s for a quantum leap

2011-12-29T11:00:00.001-05:00

"Christie’s hired Steven Murphy as its first American chief executive in September 2010, when he replaced Ed Dolman (who was made chairman but has since joined the Qatar Museums Authority). Murphy’s appointment surprised the market given his music and publishing—rather than art or auction—background. 'Veteran auction watchers are scratching their heads,' said New York’s CultureGrrl column at the time. Since then, say staff, he has worked hard to win respect throughout the business, exerting a subtle but positive influence on the world’s largest auction house. Murphy, who is based in Christie’s London headquarters, talks to The Art Newspaper about his work over the past year, his plans to introduce 'quantum changes' to the business in the internet age and how he will never shake off those rumours about Qatar." [Read Full Article]

Published by: The Art Newspaper
On: 12/13/11
Website: http://www.theartnewspaper.com

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Louvre's Leonardo was overcleaned, say art experts

2011-12-29T09:00:00.001-05:00

"The Louvre is facing accusations that it overcleaned a masterpiece by Leonardo da Vinci, leaving it with a brightness that the Renaissance master never intended.

Two of France's top art experts have voiced their protest over the cleaning of The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne – a jewel of western art – by resigning from the Paris museum's advisory committee responsible for its 'restoration.'" [Read Full Article]

Published by: The Guardian
On: 12/28/11
Website: http://www.guardian.co.uk

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Old Masters Set Records Amid Meager Offerings

2011-12-28T13:00:00.001-05:00

"Record prices were achieved at Christie’s auction of old masters and British paintings in London on Dec. 6. The evening auction reached close to $38 million overall with 73 percent of the works selling above their pre-sale estimate.

The records were made, in part, due to the scarcity of fresh new works coming to the market, with buyers competing over what was available.

Art consignors in this category are tending to hold onto their works during the recession. The vendors are doing their best to entice them to sell with overly high sale estimations, many of which were not met at Old Masters Week this month for Christie’s, Sotheby’s, and Bonhams." [Read Full Article]

Published by: The Epoch Times
On: 12/27/11
Website: http://www.theepochtimes.com

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Expensive Art

2011-12-28T09:00:00.003-05:00

"Some of Poland’s most expensive paintings can be viewed at the Art NEW Media Gallery through Jan. 4. The exhibition is entitled Art More Valuable Than Gold and features works that have fetched the highest prices at art auctions in Poland over the past two years. For the needs of the exhibition, the gallery has compiled a special list of the most expensive contemporary Polish painters." [Read Full Article]

Published by: The Warsaw Voice
On: 12/27/11
Website: http://www.warsawvoice.pl

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Two Artists With a Shared Sense of Freedom

2011-12-28T09:00:00.001-05:00

"It is strange that the sculptor John Chamberlain and the painter Helen Frankenthaler should have died within a week of each other — he on Dec. 21, and she on Tuesday — considering that they occupy such similar positions within the history of American art. Both emerged in the 1950s and provided crucial links between art styles, specifically helping to forge the transition from Abstract Expressionism to what lay beyond.

Both brought a new, unfettered approach to materials that pushed their respective mediums toward greater expressive freedom, unabashed physicality and a rough-edged, aggressively color-based beauty. These qualities became identifying hallmarks of American art, especially in the 1960s, but remain crucial to it even now." [Read Full Article]

Published by: The New York Times
On: 12/27/11
Website: http://www.nytimes.com

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Another Collapse at Pompeii Renews Fears About Its Fate

2011-12-27T13:00:00.001-05:00

"'This is a torment without end,' Luisa Bossa, a lawmaker from the leftist opposition Democratic Party, told Reuters. 'We have been complaining for three years, but the country’s most important archaeological area continues to fall apart. The truth is that the site has been left alone for years and now, a bit at a time, we are paying the price.'" [Read Full Article]

Published by: The New York Times
On: 12/23/11
Website: http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com

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Crystal Bridges, the Art Museum Walmart Money Built, Opens

2011-12-27T11:00:00.001-05:00

"By just about any measure, the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, which opened last month in this small town in northwest Arkansas, is off to a running start. The dream-come-true of Alice Walton, an heir to the Walmart fortune, it is characterized by people both inside and outside the museum as a work in progress, with plenty of room for improvement. But there it stands, a big, serious, confident, new institution with more than 50,000 square feet of gallery space and a collection worth hundreds of millions of dollars in a region almost devoid of art museums." [Read Full Article]

Published by: The New York Times
On: 12/26/11
Website: http://www.nytimes.com

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How Smartphones Are Changing Photography: The Numbers Are In

2011-12-27T09:00:00.001-05:00

"'There is no doubt that the smartphone is becoming ‘good enough’ much of the time; but thanks to mobile phones, more pictures are being taken than ever before,' NPD’s Liz Cutting said in a statement. In short, before smartphones hit the scene, most people found themselves without a camera during unexpected photo opportunities. But now smartphones help ensure we always have an image-capture device at hand — and they’ve trained us to take more photos." [Read Full Article]

Published by: Wired
On: 12/22/11
Website: http://www.wired.com

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Kerala leader's paintings fetch record price at auction

2011-12-26T13:00:00.003-05:00

"At the Taj Hotel in the state capital, one of the two still surviving paintings by one-time kingmaker in Indian politics was auctioned for Rs510,000 (Dh35,520) and the other was presented to his daughter Padmaja Venugopal for which she offered an undisclosed amount to Kerala Lalitha Kala (Fine Arts) Academy which put the paintings up for auction." [Read Full Article]

Published by: Gulf News
On: 12/25/11
Website: http://gulfnews.com

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Art reported stolen is found in owner's St. Paul home

2011-12-26T11:00:00.001-05:00

"When works by Rembrandt, Salvador Dali and other noted artists turned up on an Internet auction site last spring, it might have seemed like a sudden boon to the art world.

After all, the artwork had officially been missing since 2007, when a St. Paul man reported that they'd been stolen from him.

When government agents armed with a federal search warrant entered Jason Sheedy's home this month, however, they reported finding those same artworks that he reported stolen four years ago. The warrant and related documents were unsealed this week in St. Paul." [Read Full Article]

Published by: Star Tribune
On: 12/23/11
Website: http://www.startribune.com

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Art dealers claim droit de suite levy threatens London's art trade

2011-12-26T09:00:00.001-05:00

"'Our argument is the same as the chancellor's against the European plan for financial transaction tax,' said Anthony Browne, chairman of the British Art Market Federation, representing some 10,000 art business in the UK, and which is vehemently opposed to ARR [Art Resale Rights]. 'If [ARR] existed worldwide, you'd have a level playing field. But it doesn't.' Droit de suite – which translates as 'the right to follow' – was introduced in France to help families of artists after the first world war and is operational in most EU countries.

It was implemented to 'harmonise' art markets in Europe. But with London as the main modern and contemporary fine art European capital with 58% of trade, the UK cried foul, warning it would be disproportionately damaged." [Read Full Article]

Published by: The Guardian
On: 12/22/11
Website: http://www.guardian.co.uk

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Art market - Still demand for quality works

2011-12-23T13:00:00.001-05:00

"The auctions showed that the pressures on the global economy were having a negative impact on sales as revenue was down from the comparable auctions last year . Some works didn’t make their reserve .

There are always exceptions, though, and some quality works by recognised artists fetched record prices." [Read Full Article]

Published by: Financial Mail
On: 12/22/11
Website: http://www.fm.co.za

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Erotic Art and a 200-Year-Old Condom Turn on Paris Buyers at a Titillating $850,000 Auction

2011-12-23T11:00:00.001-05:00

"A graphite drawing by Hans Bellmer was the top lot, fetching €27,262 ($35,500) after a mere €3-4,000 ($3,900-5,200) estimate. Two daguerreotypes from 1850-51 by Jules Duboscq also inspired heated competition. The first, a black-and-white depiction of a naked woman gazing into a mirror, reached €24,164 ($31,500), while the second, a color scene of a young man displaying his erect member to a courtesan, was sold for €13,631 ($17,775). A nineteenth-century lacquer box with an image of an orgy accompanied by a concert of wind instruments soared past its €2-3,000 ($2,600-3,900) estimate, finally going for €8,427 ($11,000)." [Read Full Article]

Published by: Artinfo
On: 12/22/11
Website: http://artinfo.com

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The Droit De Suite Dilemma (And Why It's Just A Bad Idea)

2011-12-23T09:00:00.001-05:00

"Just as droit de suite – the requirement that artists receive royalties on secondary sales of their work – is about to go into effect in the UK, the US Congress has introduced its own droit de suite bill, which would require payment of a seven percent fee on resales above $10,000. As described in The Art Newspaper, 'The Equity for Visual Artists Act of 2011, would set aside 7% of the price for works resold for more than $10,000 at major auction houses, such as Christie’s and Sotheby’s, with half the proceeds going to the artists and half to non-profit art museums.'

Good news? Or bad?" [Read Full Article]

Published by: Forbes
On: 12/21/11
Website: http://www.forbes.com

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Art insurers preparing for busy New Year following 2011 art market boom

2011-12-22T13:00:00.001-05:00

"Scott Brady, leader of insurance brokerage DeWitt Stern's operations in California, reported good news and more good news for collectors who have recently acquired artwork form the Elizabeth Taylor Collection or other 2011 event. First, art insurance policies that are separate from conventional property insurance are not that expensive. Rates vary, but the cost for insuring a half-million dollars of art is often less than $500 a year. Second, unlike most auto insurance policies, it is fairly easy to negotiate special clauses that match the particular needs of individual art owners." [Read Full Article]

Published by: Examiner
On: 12/20/11
Website: http://www.examiner.com

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Four Things to Know About the Nutty New Droit de Suite Bill Introduced in Congress Last Week

2011-12-22T11:00:00.001-05:00

"On the surface, the Nadler-Kohl bill seems rational — it's a populist response to the corporate behemoths that rule the art world and give collectors in the 1 percent a platform on which to throw millions of dollars back and forth between one another. But the problem is that it goes too far and is likely to backfire. The tax is substantial enough to cause the auction houses to change their business model rather than pay it, and in the end it would serve to either line the pockets of the establishment while punishing struggling artists, or push even more of the auction market to Hong Kong." [Read Full Article]

Published by: Artinfo
On: 12/21/11
Website: http://artinfo.com

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DP World Raises Funds For Al Noor Special Needs Training Center Through Auction Of Art

2011-12-22T09:00:00.001-05:00

"Children with special needs will benefit from the combined efforts of DP World and renowned young Emirati artist and DP World employee Farid Mohammed Al Rais.

DP World purchased the painting earlier this year and donated it to an auction to raise funds for the Al Noor Training Centre for Children with Special Needs in Dubai.

The work of art fetched AED 25,000 and the money will go towards supporting the Centres humanitarian efforts to provide quality education and therapy services to children with special needs." [Read Full Article]

Published by: Eye of Dubai
On: 12/21/11
Website: http://www.eyeofdubai.com

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Fayetteville Museum of Art board ready to dissolve organization

2011-12-21T13:00:00.003-05:00

"Board members for the Fayetteville Museum of Art plan to quietly dissolve their 40-year-old organization as early as this week, an official said Monday.

Mac Healy, the board president, said the organization has paid all its debts including a bank loan with this month's sale of the 7.5-acre campus behind Eutaw Village Shopping Center.

The property, including the empty museum building, sold for $250,000, according to Cumberland County land records." [Read Full Article]

Published by: Fay Observer
On: 12/20/11
Website: http://www.fayobserver.com

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888 Auctions to Feature Important Zhang Daqian Chinese Watercolour Painting

2011-12-21T11:00:00.002-05:00

"After a successful year in 2011, 888 Auctions is prepared to usher in the new year with its first sale, Chinese Paintings and Asian Works of Art, Thursday, January 12th, 2012. Comprised of over 550 lots, the auction will showcase an enticing collection of Asian art and antiques including but not limited to paintings, porcelains, bronze cast Buddhist deities, fine furniture, ivory, jade and shoushan carvings. Items have been meticulously selected for their fine artistic merits, historical value, and exceptional provenance.

With the skyrocketing value of Chinese paintings, buyers will be happy to hear the inclusion of two outstanding watercolour paintings." [Read Full Article]

Published by: Art Fix Daily
On: 12/19/11
Website: http://artfixdaily.com

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Hirst, Warhol Prices Outperform S&P 500 in Art Index

2011-12-21T09:00:00.001-05:00

"Art by Damien Hirst and Andy Warhol outperformed the Standard & Poor’s 500 index over the past 10 years, according to a new measure by Artnet AG designed to rank the performance of art as an asset.
Since 2002, Hirst’s prices have increased almost threefold, though they had risen fivefold through 2007 and have since fallen, according to a graph compiled by Artnet using its new product. Warhol has performed even better, with prices gaining fourfold and almost returning to peak 2007 levels this year. The S&P 500 has risen about 7 percent in the decade." [Read Full Article]

Published by: Bloomberg
On: 12/21/11
Website: http://www.bloomberg.com

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Art sales: review of 2011

2011-12-20T13:00:00.001-05:00

"It has been an uneven year for the art market, starting like an express train, but finishing slightly out of puff. The auction houses will not produce their annual sales reports until next year, but figures on Sotheby’s website indicate that there has been a 12.2 per cent rise in its worldwide auction sales to $4.9 billion. However, while sales up to the end of July were generally meeting and sometimes exceeding expectations, since September, in Europe and the UK, they have consistently fallen below their estimates. Although there are exceptions, the trend suggests that the eurozone crisis has taken its toll." [Read Full Article]

Published by: The Telegraph
On: 12/19/11
Website: http://www.telegraph.co.uk

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Fern Coppedge Painting Found At Hot Dog Stand Auctioned For $30,000 By West Highland Art Auction Brokers & Freeman's Auctions

2011-12-20T11:00:00.001-05:00

"In May, 2011, a man with a small but pleasant oil painting titled "October", fresh from a New Jersey estate, walked up to the owner of a hot dog stand in North Carolina. Alison Bledsoe, the hot dog lady, looked at the dirty landscape of a bridge, some yellow leafed trees and some brightly colored houses. She wasn't quite sure if the interesting painting was worth buying, but it wasn't expensive." [Read Full Article]

Published by: PR Web
On: 12/19/11
Website: http://www.prweb.com

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La Plaza stumbles as push for national museum gains foothold

2011-12-20T09:00:00.001-05:00

"Television's highest-earning actress and a San Francisco art museum chief are two of the key figures in the bid to establish a new museum on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., devoted to the history and culture of American Latinos.

But Eva Longoria, who will rally public support for a bill in Congress to create the museum, and Jonathan Yorba, chairman of the museum-lobbying group that picked her, also played key roles in the creation of a problem-plagued Los Angeles museum and cultural center focused on the contributions of Mexican Americans in Southern California." [Read Full Article]

Published by: Los Angeles Times
On: 12/19/11
Website: http://www.latimes.com

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Hearings Shed Light on Pollock Dispute

2011-12-19T15:00:00.001-05:00

"Two former Knoedler employees testified about the refund for a work attributed to Jackson Pollock during hearings in Manhattan as part of a federal lawsuit brought by a London collector, Pierre Lagrange, who bought another disputed Pollock paintings.

In his suit against Knoedler and Ann Freedman, the gallery’s former president, Mr. Lagrange is demanding back the $17 million he paid in 2007 for that painting, “Untitled 1950.” A forensic examiner for Mr. Lagrange recently declared the work a fake. On Nov. 30, one day after receiving a copy of the forensic report, the 165-year-old gallery closed." [Read Full Article]

Published by: The New York Times
On: 12/16/11
Website: http://www.nytimes.com

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EU art tax criticised by dealers

2011-12-19T13:00:00.001-05:00

"'Droit de suite' provides artists - or their heirs within 70 years of their death - with a percentage of the re-sale price of their work.

The 70-year limit was introduced in 2006, but the UK delayed it till 2012.

Dealers complain that it has created a competitive disadvantage as countries such as China and the US do not pay it." [Read Full Article]

Published by: BBC News
On: 12/18/11
Website: http://www.bbc.co.uk

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As markets plunge, Asia's wealthy flock to art

2011-12-19T11:00:00.001-05:00

"Despite the art market's vulnerability to shocks, including the 2008 Lehman Brothers collapse, when unrealistic estimates left scores of unsold lots amid tepid bidding even in the red-hot Chinese ceramics market, Asia's rapid wealth accumulation will likely see more and more money flow into art and alternative investments such as wine.

Asia's wealth management and private banking industry remains a sparkling growth area for many struggling banks, with an estimated 3.3 million high net worth individuals worth more than $1 million, according to Capgemini and Merrill Lynch's latest annual World Wealth report. [...] 'The exponential growth in the number of emerging market (millionaires) ... is expanding the global market for investments of passion,' the report said." [Read Full Article]

Published by: Reuters
On: 12/18/11
Website: http://www.reuters.com

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Long-lost Victorian painting by William Powell Frith nets $782,680 at Christie's auction

2011-12-19T09:00:00.003-05:00

"'The Derby Day' is an early version of one of the era's most famous pictures — Frith's teeming, picaresque image of the crowds at an 1850s horse race, from a rich family in their carriage to gamblers, acrobats and prostitutes.

The finished painting hangs in the Tate Britain gallery in London. The 15-by-35 inch (39 centimeter by 91 centimeter) oil-on-canvas sketch sold by Christie's is Frith's first complete version of the scene.

Christie's said the sale — to an anonymous bidder over the phone — set a world record price for Frith at auction." [Read Full Article]

Published by: Artdaily.org
On: 12/19/11
Website: http://www.artdaily.org

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Lawmakers Propose Royalties Be Paid to Artists on Resale

2011-12-16T13:00:00.001-05:00

"It’s the dream of every art collector to buy a painting from a little-known artist for $100 and later sell it for $1 million. But how does that artist feel? Some think it unfair that artists typically do not directly benefit when a particular work escalates in value, and a bill introduced Thursday by Representative Jerrold Nadler, Democrat of New York, and Senator Herb Kohl, Democrat of Wisconsin, seeks to redress that." [Read Full Article]

Published by: The New York Times
On: 12/15/11
Website: http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com

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Invitation to Consign: Asian 20th Century & Contemporary Art

2011-12-16T11:00:00.001-05:00

"The Asian 20th Century and Contemporary Art auctions closed on a high note with more than HK$705 million (US$90.4 million) realized in the season’s four Evening and Day Sales, bringing the combined 2011 total to HK$1.52 billion (US$195 million), the largest ever achieved at Christie’s in this category, with a 33% growth over 2010. Average lot value for the season was the highest on record at HK$1.7 million (US$220,000). This vibrant market comprised buyers from across Asia, Europe, and the Americas, and further underscores a positive and enthusiastic response to the continued evolution of modern and contemporary art from all of Asia, including Southeast Asia, now merged into one single sale category." [Read Full Article]

Published by: Christie's
On: 12/15/11
Website: http://www.christies.com

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Street artist Eduardo Relero's 3D illusions on pavements

2011-12-16T09:00:00.001-05:00

"Argentinean 3D street artist Eduardo Relero has created worlds of wonder on pavements all over the globe.

The 48-year-old began his painting career on the streets of Rome in 1990 and has since gone on to create three-dimensional murals in Germany, France, Spain and America." [View photos]

Published by: The Telegraph
On: 12/15/11
Website: http://www.telegraph.co.uk

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Bonhams to hold San Francisco based period Art and Design auction in late January

2011-12-15T13:00:00.005-05:00

"Bonhams looks forward to presenting its third-ever Period Art & Design Auction, January 29, 2012 in San Francisco, featuring a strong selection of furniture and decorative arts.
. . .
Paintings well-worth touting in the sale will include a pair of Venetian paintings (est. $6,000-8,000); a signed, oil on canvas of The full-rigged 'James Ray' by Joseph Heard (British, 1799-1859), featuring a ship sailing blue green waters, against a beige sky (est. $3,000-5,000) and an Italian School, Study of a choir boy (est. $400–600)." [Read Full Article]

Published by: Artdaily.org
On: 12/15/11
Website: http://www.artdaily.org

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Modern Women Artists in Turkey Meet Their Trailblazing Counterparts

2011-12-15T11:00:00.001-05:00

"'Dream and Reality,' a show at the Istanbul Modern art museum, pairs 'nearly forgotten' painters from the Ottoman era with some of the most intriguing artists in Turkey today.

The common thread? All are women.

Levent Calikoglu, chief curator for the Modern, said by e-mail last week that female artists 'have a very important, critical and pioneering position in the Turkish art world. One of the objectives of the show was to render this visible.'" [Read Full Article]

Published by: The New York Times
On: 12/14/11
Website: http://www.nytimes.com

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ONDARTE International Artist Residency in the Mayan Riviera

2011-12-15T09:00:00.005-05:00

*INTERNATIONAL CALL FOR ENTRIES*
Akumal, Mexico
Deadline: December 31, 2011 - ongoing
Posted: 2/19/11
	Title:	ONDARTE International Artist Residency in the Mayan Riviera
	Venue:	Akumal, Mexico
	Eligibility:	We offer a pristine environment in the Mayan Riviera with 8 large furnished suites all with private bathrooms, and 2 huge living/studio suites also with en suite bathrooms and more than enough space for private studios. All rooms have work desks for our artists to create in the comfort of their room if they feel necessary. ONDARTE'S grounds of over 2,000 square metres (22,000 square feet) are divided between the living quarters, the exterior working areas, the temperature controlled storage rooms, the comunal kitchen/dining area and the common/relax zones (swimming pool and gardens). Artists are welcome to work freely throughout the grounds. We are perfectly positioned in the small town of Akumal between the Caribbean Sea and Yal Ku lagoon. At ONDARTE we assist our artists as much as possible in order for them to concentrate solely on their creating. Once a month we organize an open house in which we invite local artists and the surrounding community in order to further promote the cultural exchange between the artists and their adopted home.
	Fees:	There is a monthly fee of 1,000
	E-mail:	Alec Von Bargen
	Website:	http://www.ondarteresidency.com

Muted tones paint the scene of art auctions in 2011

2011-12-14T13:00:00.003-05:00

"POOR quality, conservative estimates, low reserves, few crowds and disappointing results. If you think this describes the 2011 real estate market you'd be right, but it also applies to this year's art market.

Sales results at auction this year realised $99.4 million, which is down from $103.2 million last year and a long way from the feverish pre-GFC days of 2007 when $175 million of art sold at auction." [Read Full Article]

Published by: The Sydney Morning Herald
On: 12/14/11
Website: http://www.smh.com.au

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Art treasures leave UK as museums struggle to mount competitive bids

2011-12-14T11:00:00.001-05:00

"The committee that recommends export bars on art and cultural treasures to allow money to be raised to keep things in the UK announced decidedly mixed results. With less public money available, museums and galleries struggling with budgets and fundraising were simply not able to mount viable bids for seven cultural treasures, which will all now go abroad. On the plus side, four items worth more than £3.7m were saved, including a magnificent silver wine cistern and an important William IV cabinet." [Read Full Article]

Published by: The Guardian
On: 12/13/11
Website: http://www.guardian.co.uk

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‘9/11 imitation twin towers’ designers apologize

2011-12-14T09:00:00.001-05:00

"The firm’s design statement described a 'pixelated cloud' containing public gardens to connected the two structures. The cloud would also house a wellness center, conference center, swimming pools, restaurants and cafes.

The firm apologized for the design’s resemblance to the Twin Towers, saying that they did not see the similarities during their design process. 'It is one of many projects in which MVRDV experiments with a raised city level to reinvent the often solitary typology of the skyscraper,' a statement on their site said. 'We sincerely apologize to anyone whose feelings we have hurt, it was not our intention.'" [Read Full Article]

Published by: The Washington Post
On: 12/12/11
Website: http://www.washingtonpost.com

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11 Lots From 2011 That Wowed The Art Economist

2011-12-13T13:00:00.001-05:00

"The annual fall auctions have just taken place during the week of 11-11-11, and so we've picked the top 11 priciest bombshells from the final "hammer price" tabulations.
. . .
We were pleased to hear that quite a number of people at the auctions were carrying issues of The Art Economist as a quick reference tool that can add some confidence and perspective as the bidding continues." [Read Full Article]

Published by: The Huffington Post
On: 12/07/11
Website: http://www.huffingtonpost.com

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Damien Hirst prepares to unleash another blizzard for buyers

2011-12-13T11:00:00.001-05:00

"For his latest art-market venture, the British artist has teamed with his longtime U.S. dealer Larry Gagosian to supply all 11 Gagosian galleries worldwide with shows of his well-known "Spot" paintings, which feature grids of dots painted in different colors. All exhibitions, including Beverly Hills, New York, London and Hong Kong, will take place simultaneously Jan. 12 to Feb. 18." [Read Full Article]

Published by: Los Angeles Times
On: 12/10/11
Website: http://www.latimes.com

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The law vs scholarship

2011-12-13T09:00:00.003-05:00

"The news that a leading scholar felt constrained by legal advice from giving a full opinion on a group of drawings attributed to Francis Bacon highlights a growing fear among experts that they might be sued for giving their opinion.
. . .
'Many experts are reluctant to give their opinion in public because of the threat of legal action, which is in fact quite remote,' says Karen Sanig, the head of art law at Mishcon de Reya, London. 'This perception is having a freezing effect on scholarship. It has [become] increasingly obvious as a problem over the past six months, partly due to the coverage of authentication issues in the press.' With the prices of 20th-century art rising so strongly over the past decade, it is little surprise that these disputes have become so heated." [Read Full Article]

Published by: The Art Newspaper
On: 12/08/11
Website: http://www.theartnewspaper.com

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Sotheby's Paris sale of Contemporary art soars above estimate, fetches $ 15,098,358

2011-12-12T13:00:00.001-05:00

"In a packed saleroom Sotheby’s Paris Evening Auction of Contemporary Art soared above estimate to bring a total of €11, 282,250/$ 15,098,358 (est. € 6,600,000- 9,370,000/ $ 8,832,384 / 12,539,309). There was competitive bidding throughout; all of the lots found buyers and three-quarters of the lots sold above their high estimates." [Read Full Article]

Published by: Artdaily.org
On: 12/12/11
Website: http://www.artdaily.org

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Beware of Online Price Fixing

2011-12-12T11:00:00.001-05:00

"Shill bidding is a big problem online. If a person pretends that his/her products are worth more than they are really worth, that is not on the up and up in the world of commerce, particularly in the world of e-commerce. Also, misrepresenting the demand for an item by creating false bidders for an item is also beyond the boundaries of acting in good faith." [Read Full Article]

Published by: Norristown Patch
On: 12/11/11
Website: http://norristown.patch.com

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Search. Appreciate. Buy.

2011-12-12T09:00:00.003-05:00

"Building an art collection often requires cultivating relationships with a global network of dealers, gaining an understanding of the art galaxy's internal politics, attending respected art fairs and auctions and, most importantly, educating oneself on the art of the art deal (or paying someone else to make the decisions).

It's intimidating turf to novices, even those who think they know what they like, but don't necessarily know if their paintings, sculptures, photographs and multimedia installations will appreciate in value.

But now, a steadily growing genre of online ventures is seeking to streamline the process for both beginners and established collectors, facilitating keyboard-click access to fine art." [Read Full Article]

Published by: The Wall Street Journal
On: 12/10/11
Website: http://online.wsj.com

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Embracing Our Differences

2011-12-09T13:00:00.002-05:00

*INTERNATIONAL CALL FOR ENTRIES*
Sarasota, Florida
Deadline: January 9, 2012
Posted: 6/29/11
	Exhibit Dates:	April 1 - May 28, 2012
	Title:	Embracing Our Differences
	Sponsor:	Coexistence, Inc.
	Venue:	Island Park Sarasota Bayfront
	Awards:	$3,000
	Juror:	3-judge panel of professional artists, curators and art professionals
	Eligibility:	Embracing Our Differences invites artists, photographers, professionals, amateurs, teachers and students to participate in its 9th annual outdoor art exhibit celebrating diversity. National and international submissions are encouraged. 39 artists will be selected for the exhibit which will contain 39 billboard-sized (16 feet wide by 12 1/2 feet high) images of the selected artworks. In the judges' discretion, an additional six "honorable mention" selections may be made. Final selections will be chosen based on artistic excellence in reflection of the theme "Embracing Our Differences". The art-work will also be evaluated on how effectively it will read outdoors when enlarged to billboard size - 16 feet wide by 12 1/2 feet high. Artists are encouraged to use bold saturated colors and strong lines. No limit on the number of entries. The mission of Embracing Our Differences is to use art as a catalyst for creating awareness and promoting the value of diversity, the benefits of inclusion and the significance of the active rejection of hatred and prejudice.
	Fees:	None
	Commission:	None
	E-mail:	Michael Shelton
	Phone:	941-928-0567
	Website:	http://EmbracingOurDifferences.org
	Prospectus:	http://embracingourdifferences.org/pdfs/2012eodartists.pdf (PDF format - requires Adobe Reader)

Clandestine Trade

2011-12-09T11:00:00.005-05:00

"Two utterly disparate artworks now on view in Manhattan—a centuries-old masterpiece and a modernist grotesque of immense price—are linked by a history that has remained largely in the shadows. At the Metropolitan Museum's newly reopened Islamic galleries you can see the first, the Shahnama of Shah Tahmasp, or parts of it at least. A gloriously illuminated manuscript from the 16th century, generally considered one of Muslim civilization's foremost artistic expressions, it came to be known as the 'Houghton' Shahnama. Why it is no longer called that, why the Met has some 78 of the initial 258 pictorial folios, and how and why the remainder of the original volume went back to Iran in a clandestine swap for the second artwork are all part of the story.

You can see that second work, simply known as 'Woman III,' at the Museum of Modern Art until Jan. 9 as part of 'de Kooning: A Retrospective.'" [Read Full Article]

Published by: The Wall Street Journal
On: 12/08/11
Website: http://online.wsj.com

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Art.sy’s ‘Genome’ Predicts What Paintings You Will Like

2011-12-09T09:00:00.001-05:00

"Cleveland and a team of art historians have spent the past year studying thousands of works and compiling a list of their distinct and measurable elements. The result is the Art Genome, composed at present of more than 550 'genes': attributes of fine art that range from the simply factual (the medium, the color palette) to the undeniably subjective (the 'movement' a work falls into, or its “subject matter”). Using these attributes, Art.sy’s recommendation engine can evaluate a piece on the fly and suggest relationships with other works, presenting those results on any device—even, eventually, a phone.
. . .
By teasing out traits in artworks that link them together aesthetically and historically, Art.sy can draw on buyers’ own taste to suggest other works to them, in some cases circumventing (if not entirely dispensing with) the choices put forward by gallerists and critics. On Art.sy, a would-be collector can select a work of art and get presented with a range of 'similar' work, much of it for sale. And what this will represent in practice is not just more products to buy but—potentially—future geniuses to coronate." [Read Full Article]

Published by: Wired.com
On: 11/23/11
Website: http://www.wired.com

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Christie's art auction exceeds expectations

2011-12-08T17:00:00.001-05:00

"Christie's held a highly anticipated auction of old master paintings in London on Tuesday night, with one of the star works selling for more than 2 million pounds above the pre-auction estimate." [Read Full Article]

Published by: Reuters
On: 12/07/11
Website: http://uk.reuters.com

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U.S. gallery pays $4.6 mn at auction for Velazquez piece

2011-12-08T15:00:00.002-05:00

"A U.S. gallery spent 2.95 million pounds ($4.6 million) at auction here Wednesday to acquire a rediscovered painting attributed to Spanish master Diego Velazquez (1599-1660).

The buyer was Alfred Bader Fine Arts of Milwaukee, whose vice president, David Bader, was present at the bidding at Bonhams in London, though the actual bidding was handled by his partner Otto Naumann, who said it was the 'bargain of the decade.'" [Read Full Article]

Published by: Fox News Latino
On: 12/07/11
Website: http://latino.foxnews.com

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Why Is Art So Damned Expensive?

2011-12-08T13:00:00.001-05:00

"The top art prices may have little to do with classic economics. Noah Horowitz, whose Art of the Deal is a crucial text on the subject, says in the long run your investment in art may only do about as well as your holdings in bonds—and comes with greater risk. (But, as one major New York collector put it, that’s not so bad, if you have nowhere else to store your income. And anyway, 'bonds aren’t that good to look at.') At this moment, when the 1 percent has the cash to burn, buying art is less about finance than about the cultural value of money, and of art. 'A dollar is not a dollar is not a dollar,' says Viviana Zelizer, the great Princeton sociologist who wrote The Social Meaning of Money. The dollars spent in Miami are 'cultural dollars,' Zelizer says, and that makes them obey their own rules." [Read Full Article]

Published by: The Daily Beast
On: 12/05/11
Website: http://www.thedailybeast.com

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Research sheds new light on Nazi-era art

2011-12-08T11:00:00.005-05:00

"Images documenting the Nazi-sponsored Grosse Deutsche Kunstausstellung (GDK) have been made available to the public for the first time in an online catalogue created by Munich’s Central Institute for Art History. More than 100,000 photographs, categorised by artist, genre, theme and, remarkably, buyer, have shed new light on the annual art exhibition, giving an insight into officially approved art of the Third Reich and the collecting taste of its citizens." [Read Full Article]

Published by: The Art Newspaper
On: 12/06/11
Website: http://www.theartnewspaper.com

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Methods for Finding a Lost Fresco by Leonardo Lead to a Protest

2011-12-08T09:00:00.003-05:00

"More than 300 scholars have signed a petition to Florence’s mayor and that city’s top art authority to stop a project that hopes to find a Leonardo da Vinci masterpiece behind a fresco by Giorgio Vasari in the Palazzo Vecchio, now city hall.
. . .
war is brewing between art historians and proponents of the project, led by the National Geographic Society and the Center of Interdisciplinary Science for Art, Architecture and Archaeology at the University of California, San Diego. Project leaders have bored holes into the Vasari work so that an endoscopic probe can examine the wall behind it for any trace of the Leonardo fresco." [Read Full Article]

Published by: The New York Times
On: 12/06/11
Website: http://www.nytimes.com

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Turner Prize won by Martin Boyce

2011-12-07T13:00:00.001-05:00

"The prestigious and frequently controversial prize is awarded to a British artist under 50 who is judged to have put on the best exhibition of the last 12 months.

The other nominees were installation sculptor Karla Black, video artist Hilary Lloyd and painter George Shaw." [Read Full Article]

Published by: BBC News
On: 12/05/11
Website: http://www.bbc.co.uk

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The Seven Coolest Works From Visual Aid's 18th Charity Art Auction

2011-12-07T11:00:00.002-05:00

"On a recent Saturday, art enthusiasts went to SOMArts looking to expand their collection and left with a little bit of good karma. Visual Aid auctioned off walls full of works from local artists, including paintings, photographs, and even pillows. It was all part of Big Deal, the nonprofit's 18th annual charity art auction benefiting artists living with AIDS and other life-threatening illnesses. Each year, Big Deal consists of a silent auction, a live auction, and a numerical system where interested buyers wait their turn to choose one of the various pieces all at a fixed price of $165." [Read Full Article]

Published by: SF Weekly
On: 12/06/11
Website: http://blogs.sfweekly.com

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Upcoming Greek and Cypriot Art Auction in Limassol

2011-12-07T09:00:00.001-05:00

"Cyprus based art consultancy La Parole Divine organized an auction of Russian, Greek and Cypriot icons and art that will be held on December the 15th at the ‘Four Seasons hotel’ in Limassol.
. . .
A highlight of the auction is likely to be Ian Norbury’s Old Market in Famagusta, which gives a fascinating insight into the life of pre-1974 life." [Read Full Article]

Published by: Greek Reporter
On: 12/06/11
Website: http://greece.greekreporter.com

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REMBRANDT SELF-PORTRAIT DETECTED UNDER PAINTING

2011-12-06T13:00:00.000-05:00

"Advanced X-ray technology has revealed an unfinished self-portrait by the 17th-century Dutch master Rembrandt van Rijn. The portrait was detected beneath an oil painting depicting an old man with a gray beard.

Faint and monochrome, the underlying portrait features strong similarities with two significant self-portraits dating to 1630, when Rembrandt would have been 24 years old." [Read Full Article]

Published by: Discovery News
On: 12/05/11
Website: http://news.discovery.com

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Tusk Modern Art Auction: Amy Winehouse graffiti art alongside modern masters in charity auction

2011-12-06T11:00:00.001-05:00

"Anyone attending the Tusk Modern Art auction this evening is at risk of being star-struck on two counts. First, by the impressive array of artwork by world-renowned modern artists; second, by the guest list packed with celebrity bidders and do-gooders.
. . .
Lithographs by Chagall and Matisse, an oil painting by Velázquez, and a watercolour by Ronnie Wood, veteran Rolling Stone (and the Tusk Trust’s first ever Patron), count among the star lots." [Read Full Article]

Published by: The Telegraph
On: 12/05/11
Website: http://www.telegraph.co.uk

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Is a “Garden” the World’s Greatest New Artwork?

2011-12-06T09:00:00.001-05:00

"Abelanet’s garden reminds us that the view from City Hall can be quite different from everywhere else—that, in fact, the seeming logic of its view of things can be nonsensical. To fully grasp reality we need to see how it looks from more than one place (politicians, take note). Like much of the world’s best art, Abelanet’s creation is at once silly and profound." [Read Full Article]

Published by: Smithsonian Magazine
On: 11/29/11
Website: http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com

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Possible Forging of Modern Art Is Investigated

2011-12-05T13:00:00.002-05:00

"Federal authorities are investigating whether a parade of paintings and drawings, sold for years by some of New York’s most elite art dealers as the work of Modernist masters like Robert Motherwell and Jackson Pollock, actually consists of expert forgeries, according to people who have been interviewed or briefed by the investigators." [Read Full Article]

Published by: The New York Times
On: 12/02/11
Website: http://www.nytimes.com

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Time to take stock

2011-12-05T11:00:00.001-05:00

"Although Art Basel Miami Beach celebrates its tenth edition this year, it really should have been its 11th: the inaugural fair was cancelled after the 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. “It was a tough decision, and we lost $6m, but it was the right thing to do,” says the fair’s former director Sam Keller, who instigated the adventure of transplanting a European art fair to Florida.

There were many doubts as to whether the fair would succeed. 'In the first few years, it was like a baby trying to figure out how to walk. It had an awkward beginning, even though the baby had really good genes,' says one New York collector." [Read Full Article]

Published by: The Art Newspaper
On: 12/03/11
Website: http://www.theartnewspaper.com

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Charles Saatchi: the hideousness of the art world

2011-12-05T09:00:00.001-05:00

"Do any of these people actually enjoy looking at art? Or do they simply enjoy having easily recognised, big-brand name pictures, bought ostentatiously in auction rooms at eye-catching prices, to decorate their several homes, floating and otherwise, in an instant demonstration of drop-dead coolth and wealth. Their pleasure is to be found in having their lovely friends measuring the weight of their baubles, and being awestruck.

It is no surprise, then, that the success of the uber art dealers is based upon the mystical power that art now holds over the super-rich." [Read Full Article]

Published by: The Guardian
On: 12/02/11
Website: http://www.guardian.co.uk

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Holiday Ephemera Sale on artnet Auctions

2011-12-02T13:00:00.002-05:00

"artnet Auctions presents the Holiday Ephemera Sale, an extensive auction of over 150 rare and unusual art collectibles-many of them one-of-a-kind-from the personal collections of well-known artists and collectors, covering a wide range of periods, styles, and art movements." [Read Full Article]

Published by: SFGate
On: 12/01/11
Website: http://www.sfgate.com

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Free museums: Visits more than double

2011-12-02T11:00:00.001-05:00

"Almost 18 million people visited the 13 attractions in 2010-11, compared with 7 million in 2000-01.

Thursday marks the 10th anniversary of the Labour government's decision to end charges at England's national museums.

Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt said free museums and galleries 'ensure that culture is for everyone'." [Read Full Article]

Published by: BBC News
On: 12/01/11
Website: http://www.bbc.co.uk

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A Gallery That Helped Create the American Art World Closes Shop After 165 Years

2011-12-02T09:00:00.001-05:00

"After 165 years, Knoedler & Company, one of the oldest and most prestigious art galleries in the country, is permanently closing its doors. Opened at a time when there were no major museums in New York, Knoedler helped shape the tastes as well as decorate the homes of America’s new class of wealthy barons.

Although the gallery’s history is long and expansive, its statement Wednesday evening about closing was short and sudden: 'It is with profound regret that the owners of Knoedler Gallery announce its closing, effective today. This was a business decision made after careful consideration over the course of an extended period of time. Gallery staff will assist with an orderly winding down of Knoedler Gallery.'" [Read Full Article]

Published by: The New York Times
On: 10/30/11
Website: http://www.nytimes.com

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Entrepreneurs launch an email auction site for Toronto art

2011-12-01T13:00:00.003-05:00

"Borrowing tactics from Groupon and eBay, three Toronto entrepreneurs are about to launch an e-mail auction site for Toronto works of art.

ArtBomb will send out an e-mail each day to subscribers who can bid on the featured work with the click of a mouse. Bidding will start at under $1,000 but some works will begin at $150. The average is about $400." [Read Full Article]

Published by: The Star
On: 11/30/11
Website: http://www.thestar.com

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FBI art crimes chief 'ordered theft of Monet and Sisley paintings from French gallery'

2011-12-01T11:00:00.001-05:00

"The men face maximum sentences of 30 years in prison for armed robbery at the end of the week-long trial in Aix-en-Provence. The leader's lawyer claims they were a bunch of bumbling art amateurs talked into the heist by the world's most notorious art detective bent on catching bigger prey." [Read Full Article]

Published by: The Telegraph
On: 11/25/11
Website: http://www.telegraph.co.uk

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7th International Drawing Annual

2011-12-01T09:00:00.003-05:00

*INTERNATIONAL CALL FOR ENTRIES*
Art publication
Deadline: December 31, 2011
Posted: 9/26/11
	Exhibit Dates:	(book project) Publication available in late 2012
	Title:	7th International Drawing Annual
	Sponsor:	Manifest Creative Research Gallery and Drawing Center
	Venue:	Manifest Gallery
	Awards:	$1000 in cash prizes. All participants receive one free copy of the book.
	Juror:	Juried by a rotating committee of 9-12 professional and academic advisors.
	Eligibility:	The INDA 7 is open to any artist submitting original works of art or design created within the past three years (2009 - 2011). Professionals and students in all disciplines are encouraged to submit. Manifest is eager to receive works of drawing in a wide range of applications (technical, graphic, fine art, design, architectural, digital, illustration, etc.) with the qualification being that artwork submitted is representative of high quality "drawing," even if it pushes the boundaries of conventional views of the discipline.
	Fees:	$10 per work submitted
	Commission:	Works do NOT need to be for sale to be considered.
	E-mail:	Jason Franz
	Phone:	513-861-3638
	Website:	http://www.manifestgallery.org
	Prospectus:	http://www.manifestgallery.org/inda7

Canadian artworks yield $7.8M at auction

2011-11-30T15:00:00.001-05:00

"A Sotheby's Canadian art auction of painters, including works by Jean Paul Lemieux, Alex Colville and Jack Bush, fetched more than $7.8 million Monday evening, against pre-sale estimates as low as $4.7 million, at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto.

The Lemieux canvas Country Club, which had attracted much pre-sale interest during the Sotheby’s preview at the Arsenal in Montreal, surpassed expectations when it was sold for $1,095,000 against a pre-sale estimate of $400,000 to $600,000." [Read Full Article]

Published by: CBC News
On: 11/29/11
Website: http://www.cbc.ca

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Sotheby's important Russian art evening auction brings £5.6/$8.7 million

2011-11-30T13:00:00.001-05:00

"This evening, Sotheby’s Important Russian Art auction which was exceptionally well-attended brought £5,597,000/$8,657,999 (est. £5,755,000-8,415,000). The sale achieved sellthrough rates of 66.7% by lot and 74.6% by value, and established two new artist records for Alexander Golovin and Pavel Kovalevsky.

The top-selling lot of this evening’s auction was Petr Konchalovsky’s exceptionally rare, pre-revolutionary painting Tatar Still Life, dated 1916. The painting saw competition from 5 bidders and realised the above-estimate sum of £914,850/$1,415,181 (est. £500,000-700,000)." [Read Full Article]

Published by: Artdaily.org
On: 11/30/11
Website: http://www.artdaily.org

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Curators becoming a vanishing breed on local art scene

2011-11-30T11:00:00.001-05:00

"The big story in the Front Range art scene over the past five years has been the explosive growth in museums, from the addition of a $29 million institution devoted to artist Clyfford Still to an array of sleek new buildings and additions.
. . .
But as museums take major strides forward, the area's alternative art centers seem to be slipping backward, cutting curatorial positions and settling for inconsistent and often unambitious exhibition schedules." [Read Full Article]

Published by: The Denver Post
On: 11/26/11
Website: http://www.denverpost.com

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Arts in Harmony 2012 Seventeenth Annual International Juried Art Show

2011-11-30T09:00:00.002-05:00

*INTERNATIONAL CALL FOR ENTRIES*
Elk River, Minnesota
Deadline: December 2, 2011
Posted: 10/6/11
	Exhibit Dates:	February 6 - March 29, 2012
	Title:	Arts in Harmony 2012 Seventeenth Annual International Juried Art Show
	Sponsor:	Elk River Area Arts Alliance
	Venue:	Sherburne County Government Center
	Awards:	$10,750 for 55 Awards. $1,000 Best of Show, $300 Best Out of State Artist.
	Juror:	Peter Spooner, Curator, Tweed Museum of Art, University of Minnesota, Duluth
	Eligibility:	Open to all living artists. Paintings, drawings, digital and hand-pulled prints, mixed media, fiber, batik, photography, ceramics, glass, sculpture, and sequential art.
	Fees:	$35 for one or two entries. Additional entries $6 per entry.
	Commission:	$25%, 15% for members
	Send SASE to:	Elk River Area Arts Alliance, 716 Main Street, P.O. Box 737, Elk River, MN 55330
	E-mail:	David Beauvais
	Phone:	763.441.4725
	Website:	http://www.elkriverart.org
	Prospectus:	http://www.elkiverart.org

Cruel Portrait of Brooklyn Museum Director Displayed in Staten Island Borough Hall

2011-11-29T13:00:00.002-05:00

"Scott LoBaido, a Staten Island painter, describes himself as a "Creative Patriot." According to his website, his most ambitious works have been the world's largest version of the American flag (he claims) and a project where he painted 50 flags on one rooftop each state. He's also a religious Catholic and was so offended by the Brooklyn Museum's exhibition of David Wojnarowicz's "A Fire in My Belly," a video that features a shot of ants crawling over a crucifix, that he decided to take matters into his own hands. LoBaido painted a portrait of Brooklyn Museum director Arnold Lehman nude and sitting on the edge of a truly icky green toilet bowl and tried to hang it in the museum himself." [Read Full Article]

Published by: The Village Voice
On: 11/23/11
Website: http://blogs.villagevoice.com

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Prized works by Czech painter Emil Filla stolen

2011-11-29T11:00:00.001-05:00

"Four of Filla’s works were stolen in the early morning hours from the Peruc Chateau, located about 50 km northwest of Prague, which houses a permanent exhibition of Filla’s works and where the artist spent several years after the second world war. According to Alica Stefancikova, the exhibition’s curator, the alarm system, which is directly connected to the Peruc police station, sounded at 4:04am on Friday morning. Although police arrived at the chateau within ten minutes, the thieves had already fled the scene." [Read Full Article]

Published by: The Art Newspaper
On: 11/26/11
Website: http://www.theartnewspaper.com

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London auctions: a week of Russian art

2011-11-29T09:00:00.002-05:00

"The traditional “Russian Week” of auctions selling objects of art in London between the 28th of November and the 1st of December began with the sale of Viktor Vasnetsov’s picture A Knight at the Crossroads (over $1.6mln). Christie’s started the auction to be followed by Sotheby’s, MacDougall’s and other famous houses." [Read Full Article]

Published by: Voice of Russia
On: 11/29/11
Website: http://english.ruvr.ru

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Osman Hamdi’s piece stays at auction house

2011-11-28T13:00:00.001-05:00

"Osman Hamdi Bey’s “Serenity,” an oil canvas work dating from 1904, was expected to fetch a record price for a work of Turkish art when it went under the hammer yesterday in Istanbul. However, due to the insufficient bidding prices, the painting could not find any buyer. The bidding opened from $9 million and the first bidding prices were ranged around 100,000 to 150,000 Turkish Liras." [Read Full Article]

Published by: Hurriyet Daily News
On: 11/27/11
Website: http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com

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Art lovers queue up for RCA's £45 sale

2011-11-28T11:00:00.002-05:00

"They say you must suffer for your art. Usually this applies to the artists, not the buyers. Yet more than 1,300 art lovers braved the cold for hours in London yesterday morning to queue for the chance to snap up affordable original artwork at the Royal College of Art's Secret postcard sale.
. . .
The "secret" to the annual sale is that buyers do not know which of the 1,119 artists involved – who include RCA students – has created each of the 2,900 postcards, displayed anonymously and signed on the reverse, until after they have handed over their cash. However, the postcards had been on display for a week beforehand, giving punters the chance to make an educated guess." [Read Full Article]

Published by: The Independent
On: 11/27/11
Website: http://www.independent.co.uk

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Telluride Plein Air 2012

2011-11-28T09:00:00.001-05:00

*INTERNATIONAL CALL FOR ENTRIES*
Telluride, Colorado
Deadline: November 30, 2011
Posted: 9/26/11
	Exhibit Dates:	June 29 - July 5, 2012
	Title:	Telluride Plein Air 2012
	Sponsor:	Southwest Art Magazine
	Venue:	Historic Sheridan Opera House
	Awards:	Quick Draw $800, Artist Choice $1,000
	Eligibility:	Any artists over 18 years old are eligible to apply. Application required three Plein Air images and a resume.
	Fees:	$45
	Commission:	40/60 split between the Sheridan Arts Foundation and artist
	E-mail:	Julia Wentowrth
	Phone:	970.728.6363
	Website:	http://www.telluridepleinair.com
	Prospectus:	http://www.onlinejuriedshows.com/

Auction of Canadian art may set sale price record

2011-11-25T13:00:00.001-05:00

"How do you price a painting that could set a record for a contemporary Canadian painting sold by auction? Jean-Paul Riopelle holds the record for a con-temporary painting sold in Canada ($1.6-million in 2006). But Heffel believes that Jean Paul Lemieux's Nineteen Ten Remembered, arguably his most famous piece, will also crack the million-dollar mark in Toronto today." [Read Full Article]

Published by: Calgary Herald
On: 11/24/11
Website: http://www.calgaryherald.com

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World record at auction expected for a Turkish work of art at Antik A.S. in Istanbul

2011-11-25T11:00:00.006-05:00

"Antik A.S. is celebrating its 30th anniversary with an exceptional auction. The leading auction house of Turkey will offer exceptional paintings by the most important classic Turkish masters. The auction will take place on November 27, 2011 at the Swissotel the Bosphorus and will present selected 200 lots among the finest which ever to have appeared on the market for the first time. Special collection will be exhibited in Antik A.S. exhibition rooms until 27th of November. " [Read Full Article]

Published by: Artdaily.org
On: 11/25/11
Website: http://www.artdaily.org

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Arts in Harmony 2012 Seventeenth Annual International Juried Art Show

2011-11-25T09:00:00.001-05:00

*INTERNATIONAL CALL FOR ENTRIES*
Elk River, Minnesota
Deadline: December 2, 2011
Posted: 10/6/11
	Exhibit Dates:	February 6 - March 29, 2012
	Title:	Arts in Harmony 2012 Seventeenth Annual International Juried Art Show
	Sponsor:	Elk River Area Arts Alliance
	Venue:	Sherburne County Government Center
	Awards:	$10,750 for 55 Awards. $1,000 Best of Show, $300 Best Out of State Artist.
	Juror:	Peter Spooner, Curator, Tweed Museum of Art, University of Minnesota, Duluth
	Eligibility:	Open to all living artists. Paintings, drawings, digital and hand-pulled prints, mixed media, fiber, batik, photography, ceramics, glass, sculpture, and sequential art.
	Fees:	$35 for one or two entries. Additional entries $6 per entry.
	Commission:	$25%, 15% for members
	Send SASE to:	Elk River Area Arts Alliance, 716 Main Street, P.O. Box 737, Elk River, MN 55330
	E-mail:	David Beauvais
	Phone:	763.441.4725
	Website:	http://www.elkriverart.org
	Prospectus:	http://www.elkiverart.org

Heffel auction includes two Albert Henry Robinson works taken from a barn

2011-11-24T13:00:00.001-05:00

"They've adorned the living room walls of a smoky apartment near the Bronx, sat on a three-season porch in upstate New York and were buried under a tarp in a Massachusetts barn.

But these days, a couple of paintings by late Hamilton artist Albert Henry Robinson are getting the royal treatment. The owners realized their value and sent them to Heffel Fine Art Auction House, which will try to sell them Thursday for tens of thousands of dollars a piece." [Read Full Article]

Published by: Macleans.ca
On: 11/23/11
Website: http://www.macleans.ca

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Six Art-Market Trends to Watch in China's Fall Auction Season

2011-11-24T11:00:00.001-05:00

"Beijing’s fall auction season opened last week, and it has already confirmed the pattern set at Sotheby’s in Hong Kong last month of a cooler-headed market which, in the face of financial turmoil abroad and a credit crunch at home, is forsaking risk for quality. Unproven contemporary names were shunned in Beijing and even established artists failed where offerings were mediocre or reserves were unrealistic. Buyers prepared to spend were drawn — as in Hong Kong — to Chinese modern masters, antiquities, and artistic works of iron-clad provenance." [Read Full Article]

Published by: Artinfo
On: 11/23/11
Website: http://artinfo.com

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Leonardo: National Gallery to act over ticket resales

2011-11-24T09:00:00.002-05:00

"The gallery said tickets that have been resold will be cancelled without refund and holders refused admission.

The £16 exhibition tickets are now being resold on eBay and Viagogo for up to £400.

'We are obviously very disappointed at the resale of these tickets for profit,' a spokeswoman said." [Read Full Article]

Published by: BBC News
On: 11/23/11
Website: http://www.bbc.co.uk

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World famous Barnard Castle artist's work auctioned

2011-11-23T15:00:00.001-05:00

"Works by Mackenzie Thorpe, who comes from Middlesbrough, are to be sold by auctioneers Addisons, of Barnard Castle.
. . .
His works appear in galleries around the world and the paintings in the auction are set to reach prices from £1,800-£7,000.

David Elstob, auctioneer and valuer at Addisons, said: 'We are very privileged to be able to offer such a large number of Mackenzie Thorpe’s paintings for sale.'" [Read Full Article]

Published by: The Advertiser
On: 11/22/11
Website: http://www.theadvertiserseries.co.uk

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In Art Fraud Case, Defendant With a History Receives a Six-Year Sentence

2011-11-23T13:00:00.001-05:00

"It has been a big, if bizarre, year for “Portrait of a Girl,” an oil painting by the French artist Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, which has been valued as high as $1.35 million in recent years. It was an even more eventful year for Thomas Doyle, the Manhattan man who pleaded guilty in July to one count of wire fraud in connection with his deceitful purchase of the painting in 2010.

Mr. Doyle, 54, was sentenced on Monday to six years in prison — twice the sentence stipulated by guidelines relating to his plea bargain." [Read Full Article]

Published by: The New York Times
On: 11/21/11
Website: http://www.nytimes.com

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Art to download is little more than dead-eyed commercialism

2011-11-23T11:00:00.001-05:00

"This week sees the launch of s[edition], a website dedicated to selling digital editions of art. It has been founded by top art dealers and offers the works of top artists, including Damien Hirst and Tracey Emin, to download for "affordable" prices. You can get a limited edition Hirst skull to put on your mobile phone for £500.

Emin, telling the BBC about the project, said it gives art back to the people by making it affordable (or something like that). But are the starving masses or the squeezed middle really going to fork out £500 for a mobile phone picture? Isn't it more like a trivial luxury for the same fabled Russian moneyed elite who buy their art yachts at Frieze?" [Read Full Article]

Published by: The Guardian
On: 11/21/11
Website: http://www.guardian.co.uk

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When art breeds success in the bedroom

2011-11-23T09:00:00.002-05:00

"To deal with their realisation that some artists get a lot of sex while others get little or none, Helen Clegg, Daniel Nettle and Dorothy Miell made use of an ancient tool – a tool that mathematicians count among the sexiest of mankind's inventions. The logarithm.

The trio had joined forces, as they later described it, to 'investigate the relationship between mating success and artistic success in a sample of 236 visual artists'." [Read Full Article]

Published by: The Guardian
On: 11/21/11
Website: http://www.guardian.co.uk

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Fall auctions highlight long-hidden and post-war art

2011-11-22T17:00:00.001-05:00

"A trove of Canadian art treasures — canvases uncovered after decades, paintings from key periods and highlights of the burgeoning post-war scene — will cross the block in Toronto during the fall auction season.

Prominent collections are being featured by Heffel Fine Art, which holds its sale on Thursday and includes 216 lots. A prominent Montreal collection is offering several of the auctioneer's most significant works, including Jean-Paul Riopelle's Grande Fête (painted during his coveted, early 1950s period), the life-sized Michael Snow sculpture Sideway (a piece from his Walking Woman series) and Jean Paul Lemieux's beloved canvas Nineteen Ten Remembered." [Read Full Article]

Published by: CBC News
On: 11/21/11
Website: http://www.cbc.ca

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Why you can’t always trust auction results

2011-11-22T15:00:00.001-05:00

"There’s a lot of opacity when it comes to fine-art auctions, but the one thing which is always fully transparent is the final sale price. Sellers can negotiate deals when it comes to the commission they pay the auction house; buyers can’t. The buyer’s premium is set, and is public, and can always be used to find out the total amount of money which was spent by the buyer on the work of art in question. That’s why art-price databases use auction results: they know exactly how much was spent, even if they don’t know who the buyer was.

But now, with the system of third-party guarantees, we no longer know for sure that the reported price was in fact the price actually paid by the buyer." [Read Full Article]

Published by: Reuters
On: 11/21/11
Website: http://blogs.reuters.com

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