“It is not just a shift in taste that is working against the poster boys and girls of the boom. It is also the sheer amount of supply from this era, when there was considerable pressure to buy.”
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Christie’s Sues Chinese Auction House Over Its Name
“Christie’s took legal action after a query over whether a sale by Chritrs was actually one of theirs. The accused company’s name in Chinese is pronounced the same way as Christie’s in the country.”
A Model Model To Do Archaeological Conservation
“Compared with its better-known Vesuvian neighbor, Pompeii, where local officials, constrained by inadequate and mismanaged government funds, have long struggled in their efforts to conserve and protect the sprawling open-air site — and even to prevent the periodic and well publicized collapse of walls — Herculaneum has become a textbook case of successful archaeological conservation.”
Pompeii May Be A Disaster (Again), But Herculaneum Is A Success
“Compared with its better-known Vesuvian neighbor, Pompeii, where local officials, constrained by inadequate and mismanaged government funds, have long struggled in their efforts to conserve and protect the sprawling open-air site – and even to prevent the periodic and well publicized collapse of walls – Herculaneum has become a textbook case of successful archaeological conservation.”
Venice Floods Again (And Again)
“Flooding is common in Venice this time of year and Sunday’s high tide mark of 150 centimeters (59.06 inches) marked the sixth highest level since 1872, according to the ANSA news agency.”
Tip Leads South African Police To Cemetery To Recover Four Stolen Paintings
“The theft from the Pretoria Art Museum saw robbers calmly pay for tickets and ask a curator to show them specific paintings at the gallery before they pulled out guns and forced all others to the ground, officials said.”
US Prosecutors Accuse Sotheby Of Lying In Case Of Ancient Cambodian Statue
“Federal prosecutors trying to seize a multimillion-dollar 10th-century Cambodian statue from Sotheby’s have accused the auctioneers of colluding with the item’s owner to hide information that it was stolen from a temple in 1972, according to papers filed in United States District Court in Manhattan.”
NYC’s Post-Sandy Gallery Scene Looks Different From Before
“In the new reality, several Chelseas coexist: there’s one of power suits; and another of rubber boots, hazmat suits, and no power at all.”
Restoring The Color To An Ancient Marble Aphrodite
“To illustrate how a marble Aphrodite might have appeared to the ancients, we asked German archaeologist Vinzenz Brinkmann, who has pioneered techniques of color restoration, to create a photomechanical reconstruction – never before published – of the first-century A.D. Roman Lovatelli Venus.”
Golden Hoard: Ancient Thracian Treasure Found In Bulgaria
“Bulgarian archaeologists unearthed ancient golden artifacts, including bracelets with snake heads, a tiara with animal motifs and a horse head piece during excavation works at a Thracian tomb in northern Bulgaria.”