St. Louis tries new approach in museum expansion (Reuters)
06.02.2012, 16:50:43
Reuters - The St. Louis Art Museum is rearranging galleries by theme rather than time period, seeking to make them more accessible to visitors as part of a $162 million expansion. |
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Top auction houses to put art market rally to test (Reuters)
06.02.2012, 10:50:08
Reuters - Auction houses pinching themselves after bumper 2011 sales are now turning their attention to 2012, amid cautious optimism that the two-year bull run for top works of art will continue. |
A Minute With: Street artist Mark Jenkins (Reuters)
01.02.2012, 16:03:51
Reuters - American street artist Mark Jenkins's human sculptures staged in provocative poses in the middle of cities have proved so uncannily life-like they have sparked calls from passersby to the ambulance service or the police. |
Christie's 2011 art sales hit record (Reuters)
31.01.2012, 22:55:03
Reuters - Christie's shrugged off the euro zone crisis and slowing economic growth in 2011 to post record revenues, selling art worth 3.6 billion pounds, or nine percent more than in 2010. |
Legend, Kennedy Center program honor Marvin Gaye (AP)
31.01.2012, 21:46:22
AP - Grammy award-winning singer John Legend surprised a high school choir Tuesday at the Kennedy Center to help start a program encouraging young artists to confront social issues with their art, in honor of the late Marvin Gaye. |
Barter system part of appeal for Brussels art show (Reuters)
31.01.2012, 16:50:02
Reuters - In the history of currency, earplugs have, unsurprisingly, never been widely used or accepted. So when a man offered Belgian artist Delphine Boël 10,000 earplugs for her print "The Source of Identity" at the Truc Troc contemporary art exhibit in 2006, her reaction was, "God, he's crazy." |
Old Masters auctions total more than $120 million (Reuters)
27.01.2012, 14:54:25
Reuters - Old Masters paintings brought in more than $120 million at auction sales this week, with several works selling for more than $5 million each and records set for some artists. |
NY art dealer charged in $4M fraud (AP)
27.01.2012, 01:28:07
AP - A New York art dealer has been charged in a $4 million fraud for selling works by Picasso, Matisse and others without informing the owner or giving him the proceeds. |
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