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State of the Art - The week that was (July 26-Aug. 2)
Missed out on news about the art world and the market this week? Read our round-up.
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02 Aug, 2010
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Artists who topped our list of headlines this past week were Ansel Adams with 8 new articles and Thomas Eakins with 7 new articles
Settlement could prevent return of artworks to Jewish heirs
Under a 1973 agreement, Budapest paid $18.9 million dollars as compensation, in exchange for the US and its citizens giving up the right for the return of stolen property such as artwork. The family of banker Herzog is suing the Hungarian government, three museums and a university for the return of about 40 pieces of artwork, valued at some $100 million. More...
Rio police recover stolen painting by Brazilian master
The $570,000 canvas, "The Burial" by C芒ndido Portinari, had been stolen 2 weeks ago from the Contemporary Art Museum of Pernambuco in the northeastern city of Olinda early this month. Officers Saturday grabbed the painting and arrested a man who had been preparing to show it to collectors. More...
Controversial Australian artist Bill Henson to break silence at Melboune art fair
Henson set to reopen the debate which raged two years ago over his photographs of naked teenagers. In an extract from artist's speech, he warns against restricting art to protect innocence. In 2008, New South Wales Police raided a Sydney art gallery and seized Henson's images. More...
If not Ansel Adams, then who took garage-sale photos?
Uncle Earl or "Pop Laval" -- not Ansel Adams -- may have taken the 65 glass photographic plates bought at a garage sale for $45, according to relatives of those California photographers. A fortune could ride on the answer, since an art appraiser estimated the negatives could be worth $200 million if they were Adams' work. More...
Iran seeks more urbane image by building contemporary structure with emphasis on culture in London
To counter its public image, the Iranian foreign ministry submitted a plan for an embassy building with a contemporary art gallery and cultural centre, featuring exhibits such as contemporary artworks made by young Iranian artists. A group of concerned residents has asked Prince Charles to object to the designs. More...
The Israel Museum celebrates its 45th birthday with a $100-million expansion
The institution covers 200,000 square feet of enlarged galleries. Two specially commissioned works by international stars have also arrived: a giant hourglass-shaped steel sculpture by Indian artist Anish Kapoor and an installation of 360 paintings by Olafur Eliasson at the end of a new passageway to the galleries. More...
Press Release: Wayne Thiebaud: Homecoming Among Exhibitions to Inaugurate New Galleries at Expanded Crocker Art Museum
This fall, the museum will celebrate the opening of its 125,000-square-foot expansion, designed by Charles Gwathmey, with a retrospective of the work of Sacramento native Thiebaud More...
London Mayor Johnson Warns U.K. Government Against Cuts to Arts
According to Boris Johnson, 鈥淚f you cut too savagely, if you cut the wrong things, the risk is that you will take away one of the things that makes London such an extraordinarily attractive place to live in and invest in.鈥� More...
In-N-Out at FIAC
FIAC鈥檚 upcoming October 21-24 edition includes 192 exhibitors, including the 50 newbies who did not take part in 2009. Notable names include Berlin鈥檚 Max Hetzler, New York鈥檚 Cheim & Read, Metro Pictures and David Zwirner and London鈥檚 Victoria Miro. More...
Sotheby鈥檚 London announces Mahmoud Said artworks to auction in October
A group of important paintings by Mahmoud Said to highlight Sotheby鈥檚 forthcoming sale ofModern and Contemporary Arab and Iranian Art. More...
Severin Wunderman collection of Jean Cocteau drawings, paintings and ceramics will be sold at Bonhams Knightsbridge in September.
Original paintings by America鈥檚 celebrated naturalist to highlight Christie鈥檚 American paintings sale this fall.
Asian art market has rebounded from recession quicker than any other
Total sales in the first half of 2009 [in Hong Kong] were $96.7 million, and rose in 2010 to $270 million 鈥� an increase of 180 per cent. The total is more even than the $239 million recorded for Asia before the recession in the first half of 2008. More...
Compiled by 黑料不打烊.com staff
