They’re ceramic tiles (who knew?), designed and produced in Spain in 1954, and titled, collectively, La Suite Catalane.
Category: visual
‘Bizarre’ Scam Selling Fake Jackson Pollocks Uncovered
The International Foundation for Art Research has identified four forgeries that were alleged to have come from the estate of an American collector who apparently never existed. “This scam is not aimed at the super-rich in major art centers. It targets modest collectors and so far is unfolding in the Mountain States and along the East Coast.”
Bought And Not Paid For: $24 Million Richter And $15 Million Bacon Caught In Tangle Of Lawsuits
At the center of the mess is a 28-year-old Chinese businessman who allegedly bought the Bacon with borrowed money that was never repaid and refused to honor his guarantee for the Richter when it failed to sell at auction.
Christopher Knight: Berkshire Museum’s Plan To Sell Art Is A Threat To Every American Museum. Here’s Why:
“The public owns the painting, along with all the rest scheduled to go on the block, starting in November. Trustees and staff are stewards of the art collection, charged with taking whatever measures are best for it. Yet this museum’s leaders are behaving as if they are stewards of the institution, not the art. Absurdly, museum standards are being vandalized to protect the museum.”
Police: Terrorists In Barcelona Had Planned To Blow Up Gaudi’s Sagrada Família
According to local press, who spoke to court officials, Mohamed Houli Chemlal confirmed police suspicions – that the 12-strong cell had also been planning to use major explosives at the Sagrada Família, the basilica that is one of Spain’s most important architectural landmarks.
Ai Weiwei To Build Fences Across New York City
The exhibition uses fences as a way to explore immigration, boundaries and the ongoing refugee crisis. Ai, who lived in New York in the 1980s when he was a student, says it is “a love letter to the city and its people”. The outdoor show will include large-scale site-specific sculptures as well as photography to be presented in more than 300 spots, both public and privately owned, across the city
Could A Woman Be The Next Director Of The Met Museum? If So, Who?
“Just as I would love to see a woman president, I would love to see a woman director at the Met, and there are women who are ready to step into the role,” says Geri Thomas, the president of the firm Art Staffing, which has worked with museums including the Met.
Claim: Architecture Degree Will Be The Law Degree Of The 21st Century
“I think creative thinking, in a business sense, has incredible value. My colleague here, Ewan Branda, has said that the architecture degree will be the law degree of the 21st century. He’s basically saying that this degree will open doors in the way that the law degree did last century, in politics and elsewhere.”
USC’s Enormous Expansion: Disneyland Meets Hogwarts (But Without The History)
Christopher Hawthorne: “With its Gothic ornament, peaked arches and 150-foot clock tower, the complex is a fantasia of just-add-water heritage, equal parts Disneyland and Hogwarts. Even more striking, the Village barely pretends to have the courage of its neo-trad convictions. Once you walk inside any of the buildings it becomes clear that the Gothic exterior is a stage set, a false front behind which lies a drearily conventional series of spaces.”
A £35,000 “Fake” Constable Is Authenticated As A £2 Million Original
“We were able to trace it back through various owners… right back pretty well to the brush of Constable himself. We found it in a sale sold by his son after his death which was a real slam dunker.”