Category: visual

“The protesters are demanding that preventative archaeology no longer be subject to the 2003 law. They chose the sunken Louvre lobby beneath I.M. Pei’s glass pyramid and the Cour Napoléon because it was the site of a major preventative archaeology project when the museum expanded in the 1980s.”

The seller won’t confirm the identity or nationality of the buyer (yet), but where have they been spending truly massive amounts of money for art lately?

“On social media, the controversy has taken on several comic dimensions, one of which is Williams’ image being added Forrest Gump-style to famous paintings depicting key moments in history.

“The 14 partners will meet Wednesday and Thursday at Smithsonian American Art Museum to begin the process of building the database. While the American Art Museum has already converted its data to LOD, many of its partners are just beginning.”

“The evening auction on Tuesday raised an overall total of £186.44m, almost £50m over Sotheby’s estimate, and broke auction records for five individual works by artists including Seurat and Malevich as bidders from 35 different countries clamoured to get their hands on the many iconic works up for sale.”

“Her unconventional sales approach is reverberating through international art markets, worrying dealers and auctioneers accustomed to playing key — and lucrative — roles in the sale of renowned art. In an interview, Ms. Picasso said she would sell works privately and would judge “one by one, based on need,” how many, and which, of the remaining Picasso works, of about 10,000 that she inherited, she would put up for sale.”

“New York City has three arts centers under development and the artistic leadership at each one is coming from across the pond.”

“A late Cézanne view of Mont Sainte-Victoire, a Manet still life of fruit, a landscape and a cityscape by Pissarro, and a portrait of a young girl by Berthe Morisot – all [are from] a bequest from longtime museum supporter Helen Tyson Madeira, who died last year.”

“Members of the Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union mounted a picket line outside the gallery in protest at plans to switch visitor services to a commercial provider.”