“Rather than dwell on the inequity, Hebron and her collaborators turned it into art – in most cases, a poster, though there is painting, quilting and assemblage as well.”
Category: visual
Smithsonian’s Air and Space Museum Gets $30 Million From Boeing
The museum, one of Washington’s top tourist attractions, “will use the money to renovate its main exhibition space that serves as home to such icons of aviation as the Wright Brothers’ airplane and Charles Lindbergh’s Spirit of St. Louis.”
Meanwhile, In China An Army Of Artists Cranks Out Reproductions Of Masterpieces
“The cost of the burgeoning reproduction industry mirrors other facets of China’s explosive growth. Painters toil for long hours to meet quotas. Some receive monthly stipends, some are lucky enough to be boarded by their galleries.”
Stolen Gauguin and Bonnard Were in Sicilian Autoworker’s Kitchen
“A pair of paintings by French artists Paul Gauguin and Pierre Bonnard that had been missing for four decades has been recovered by Italian authorities who said that the works of art were hanging in a kitchen of a retired Sicilian autoworker who was unaware of their value.”
Knoedler Forgery Lawsuit Adds Art Historian as Defendant
“A respected Swiss art historian and curator has been drawn into the legal tangle surrounding the sale of dozens of high-priced forgeries by the shuttered New York art gallery Knoedler & Company.”
Detroit Bankruptcy Creditor Demands Extensive Records Of DIA Artwork
“Bond insurer Syncora is seeking a broad swath of documents, including century-old records detailing the museum’s transfer to city ownership and documents specifying donor restrictions on all of the museum’s 66,000 works.”
China’s Largest Private Museum Opens in Shanghai
The second branch of the city’s Long Museum – this one in the West Bund – contains 33,000 square feet (about half of which is exhibition space) and took just over one year to complete.
A Guy Who Only Buys Art For Its IPO Value (Ugh)
Jerry Saltz: “There’s a saying in the poker world that, if you don’t know who the sucker is at the table, it’s you. Any gallerist or editor who thinks that Stefan Simchowitz puts art first — or is anything more than an opportunistic speculator — is handing him money.”
International Competition Launches To Design New Helsinki Guggenheim
“The architectural competition is being co-organised with the Finnish Association of Architects and has been partly sponsored by the Swedish Cultural Foundation in Finland. It also has the support of the City of Helsinki and the Finnish government.”
So We Borrowed This Ancient Crimean Art – Where Are We Supposed to Return It?
“Scythian gold and other rare artefacts from Crimea on loan to an Amsterdam museum are in legal limbo after Russia’s annexation of the peninsula. … The show features ancient jewellery and armour on loan from five Ukrainian museums, including four in the Crimea.”