“The Peruvian government welcomes this decision and recognizes that Yale University preserved these artifacts, which otherwise would have ended up scattered in private collections around the world or would have even disappeared.”
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Chinese Art Prices Soar, Signalling A Shift In Taste
“The phenomenal prices being paid for Chinese works of art provides a fascinating insight into the tastes of China’s new rich who are driving the market.”
Can A New Museum Change An Old Historic Town?
Construction of a new museum in historic Hastings, England, has locals debating whether an art gallery will wreck the town.
A Beethoven of Painting: How Sargy Mann Kept Working As He Went Blind
As he gradually lost his sight to cataracts, Mann kept and even developed his vivid sense of color and light. Today he continues to paint, his canvases sell for thousands of pounds, and he has attracted the keen interest of eminent neurologists.
Is It Art or Just a Zoning Violation? Larry Rivers’s Long Legs in Sag Harbor
“The legs are a sculpture, on display for the past two years on the side of a former Baptist church that is now the part-time home of two art dealers. The legs – which stand 16 feet, 1 inch – and the famous name of their creator have touched off a spirited debate over what qualifies as art in this artsy community” in eastern Long Island.
Guggenheim Struggles With Its Finances
“In a disastrous 2008, the museum’s net assets declined by 25 percent. The latest tax filings show that 2009 was not nearly as bad, though the numbers still offer cause for concern.”
Silvio Berlusconi, Art Restorer (Yikes)
“The recent restoration of the ancient Roman sculpture owned by the Baths of Diocletian Museum in Rome and currently adorning Berlusconi’s office, has proved ideal cannon fodder for the international press. Mars’s missing penis has been meticulously re-carved and attached by magnets, allegedly on the orders of Berlusconi himself.”
Dutch Museums Getting Big Makeovers
“A survey of some of the most important cultural institutions in the Hague and Amsterdam paints a dramatically shifting landscape. Some are slowly re-emerging after long closures, while restoration and bureaucratic hiccups keep other galleries in mothballs long past projected deadlines.”
Boston Is Awash In Museum Construction
Last week it was the MFA. But there’s also Harvard and the Gardner…
LA County Museum Pushes The Pause Button On New Construction
“A mixed review of LACMA’s recession-buffeted finances issued Wednesday by Moody’s Investors Service lays out the reasons why the museum that opened the Broad Contemporary Art Museum and the BP Grand Entrance in 2008 and the Resnick Exhibition Pavilion in September is stopping for a refueling before pushing ahead.”