Category: visual

“About a decade ago, Istanbul started to change dramatically. Business boomed, the arts scene exploded and the old buildings were bought up and gentrified.” But there might be a price to pay…

“The directors of L.A.’s museums have been moving aggressively to tap into the wealth of collectors in the entertainment and tech industries. These days their boards look quite different from those of their New York counterparts, which are largely composed of traditional philanthropists and established financiers.”

“Prince Charles is poised to extend his influence over the skyline with an offer to arbitrate Britain’s most significant planning applications, a role previously executed by a quango that had its funding axed in the comprehensive spending review.”

“Joe Simon and others had hoped that the lawsuit would uncover the committee’s secretive deliberations and open the door to claims that could result in reassessment of numerous rejected works, potentially resulting in many millions of dollars worth of art being reinstated in the Warhol canon.”

The set of stained-glass panels, one of the Art Institute of Chicago’s most popular works, was “dismantled in 2005 for safe keeping during the lengthy, vibration-heavy construction of the Modern Wing.” The windows have been returned to their place and will be open to the viewing public on Monday.

Since Andrew Wyeth died last year, at least seven forgeries of his paintings have been identified on the market. The latest, discovered last spring, was a copy of Wyeth’s Snow Birds that had been expected to sell for up to $500,000. Fortunately, an art dealer in Seattle had recently sold the real thing to a collector …

“For years, museum leaders here would commiserate with one another, if not publicly, about the lack of philanthropy coming from Hollywood. The industry has its share of contemporary art collectors, and filmmakers are visual artists in their own right, the thinking goes, so why aren’t they supporting the visual arts in their own backyard? Today, the picture looks brighter…”

“Fisk University has rejected a proposal to keep its Stieglitz art collection on display at the school. The Nashville university said Monday in a statement that the proposal Friday by the state attorney general is a ‘scheme which fails to address Fisk’s survival’.”

Prince Sixte-Henri de Bourbon-Parme “is seeking a court order to halt a radical contemporary exhibition by Takashi Murakami in the royal apartments at Versailles because it sullied ‘supreme good French taste’.”

“James Mobley, 63, on-air auctioneer for the Fine Art Treasures Gallery, admitted conspiracy to defraud in a Los Angeles court. The show ran twice a week on satellite channels from 2002 to 2006.”