“What previous rulings show, however, is that while judges and experts consider the same evidence — provenance, connoisseurship and forensic analyses — they tend to value it differently. For example judges tend to give added weight to the signature of an artist on the work, Mr. Spencer said, whereas experts rely more heavily on the connoisseur’s eye.”
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Chicago Artist Wants To Transform Abandoned Bank Into Vibrant Arts Center
“I’ve always felt like it’s important that artists be good citizens,” Gates said. “Citizenship for me includes thinking hard about the cultural life of the place that I live in. No matter what my resources have been, I’ve always tried to make culture happen.”
Architecture Mecca: Columbus, Indiana … Of Course
“More than 60 public buildings in Columbus have been built by a veritable who’s who of modern masters — I.M. Pei, Eero and Eliel Saarinen, Cesar Pelli, Richard Meier, Harry Weese, Robert Venturi and James Polshek, to name a few.”
A Wild Sculpture Goes Viral – And Then Goes Missing
The sculpture in Fredericton, Canada – a creation which scares even the artist – had more than five million views and 600 comments on Reddit before it went missing.
Italian Museum Director Burns Art In Protest
In the age of YouTube and Twitter, Manfredi’s protest has resonated across Europe. Artists in the U.K., Germany, Hungary, and northern Italy are burning their works and sending him videos in solidarity. “Maybe this was the spark,” Manfredi says. “Remember, revolutions need fire, like what happened in Tunisia. That fruit vendor set himself on fire, and then everything exploded.”
Christo Delays Plans To Drape Colorado River
“Our date for exhibition for Over The River is temporarily on hold,” said Christo, who met this week with Gov. John Hickenlooper and BLM officials in Denver before rallying with supporters Tuesday in Cañon City. “We can’t have a date with all that litigation hanging over us.”
It’s Final: Court Affirms Fisk-Crystal Bridges Deal Over Stieglitz Collection
“After seven years and several court appeals, the agreement between Fisk University and Wal-Mart heiress Alice Walton to sell a half-share of the $60 million Alfred Stieglitz Collection was finalized in Davidson County Chancery Court on Thursday afternoon.”
Battle Over Ownership/Safety Of African Art
“The wars over art as cultural property take many forms: material, political and ideological. On the surface the dynamics may seem clear cut, the good guys and bad guys easy to identify. In reality the conflicts are multifaceted, questions of innocence and guilt often — though not always — hard to nail down.”
Scotland’s National Museum Says It’s “World Class.” Tiffany Jenkins Stoutly Disagrees
“It is not world class, must-see, or spectacular. It quite clearly is not one of the great national museums. It hasn’t the collection to justify that term, but most importantly what it now puts on show is executed with such incoherence it is as if the curators are embarrassed by their knowledge and the artefacts. It may have the audience figures to please politicians and managers, but this doesn’t mean that it is any good. After all, the museum is free to enter and cheaper than child care.”
Long-Lost Raphael Discovered In Bank Vault
“Portrait of a Young Man, around 1513-1514, from the Czartoryski family collection in Krakow, was confiscated by the Nazis in 1939 for Hitler’s Führermuseum, Linz. It disappeared in 1945 shortly before the end of the Second World War.” Polish authorities won’t say where it was found, except that it is “in a region of the world where the law favours us.”