“What’s always kept me going is people coming to my studio and enjoying the work. … But now I know my work will have a legacy. My work will live.”
Category: visual
How Rich Donors Change The Behavior Of America’s Museums
“For museum executives, the dirty secret of expansions has been that they are often motivated by the need to have some exciting new thing to rally board members and interest potential patrons. These institutions depend heavily on rich people to fund them. Those rich people like to pay for flashy new buildings; no one wants to donate to boring old museum upkeep.”
Battles Rage Over Authenticating Modigliani Work
“As well as a number of suspected fakes on the market (more in drawings than in paintings, says Wayne), complicating the field has been an epic battle between two specialists, Christian Parisot and Marc Restellini, which aired publicly for more than a decade through the 2000s.”
The Father Of Impressionism (Most Of Us Have Forgotten Him)
“[Charles-François] Daubigny … established an entirely novel approach to landscape painting that was to influence Monet, Pissarro and Cézanne and also, quite explicitly, Van Gogh. … He belongs at the fulcrum of modern painting.”
Ohio Museum Launches Lending Library For Art
“This fall, the museum will launch the Akron Art Library, which will let any resident with a library card check out artwork as they would books … Many of the pieces will be commissioned from local and regional artists.”
An Artist’s Nightmare: Thieves Steal An Entire Show On Its Way To The Gallery
Herr Nilsson lived the (bad) dream.
Google Rolls Out New Museum App That Lets You Explore The World’s Great Museums
Click “Visit” on a museum’s page to get opening times, find out what’s on that day and navigate there in one click. We’ve also been experimenting with a new feature. The Art Recognizer is now available in London’s Dulwich Picture Gallery, Sydney’s Art Gallery of New South Wales and the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC. Just pull up the app, point your phone’s camera to a painting on display and find all the information you want to know about the artwork. We’re planning to roll this out to museums around the world—so stay tuned.
US’s Largest Collection Of Mexican Art Gets A Long-Awaited Home
“This is the single largest collection of Mexican, Latino, and Chicano art in the U.S., with 17,000 pieces. Those include about 800 pieces of Mexican folk art donated by the family of Nelson Rockefeller and work by Mexican artist Diego Rivera.”
Some Happy News From Turkey: Antiquities Traffickers Arrested With 2,000-Year-Old Statue Of Aphrodite
“Istanbul anti-smuggling police units contacted two suspects who were trying to sell historical artifacts obtained from illegal excavations upon received intelligence. The two suspects, identified as A.Ş. and Y.Z., demanded 1 million Turkish Liras for the 13 artifacts, which included the Roman period statue of Aphrodite, seven bottles, two wine cups, two cubes and a piece of sheet glass sent as a gift to a princess.”
Detroit Institute Of Arts Embarks On Plan To Become Leader In Showing African-American Art
“The new direction represents the first major shift in programming and collecting priorities since the Spanish-born Salort-Pons, the 46-year-old former DIA curator of European art, succeeded Graham Beal as director last fall. The commitment could transform the DIA into a true national power when it comes to collecting, exhibiting, studying and interpreting African-American art.”