JOHANNESBURG (AP.- The central Johannesburg building where Nelson Mandela and Oliver Tambo had a historic law office was on the verge of collapse. Now, city officials hope it will anchor a renaissance. Amos Masondo, the mayor of South Africa’s largest …
Indianapolis Museum of Art Receives a $1.5 Million Gift to Endow Senior Conservation Scientist Position
INDIANAPOLIS, IN.- A $1.5 million gift from the estate of Otto N. “Nick” Frenzel III has fulfilled a challenge grant to endow the Indianapolis Museum of Art senior conservation scientist position for the Museum’s Conservation Science Lab…
Sotheby’s Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale Brings $170.5 Million in New York
NEW YORK, NY.- Tonight’s Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale at Sotheby’s New York achieved $170,478,000, within the overall pre-sale estimate ($158.9/229.7 million). The auction was 74.6% sold by lot, and saw a total of 37 works sell for…
Robust Sales, Attendance at Japanese Art Exhibitions During Asia Week New York 2011
NEW YORK, NY.- In a week that saw record prices in nearly every field of Asian art, sales of Japanese art were robust and attendance at the numerous gallery exhibitions held by local and out-of-state and foreign dealers was up significantly over Asia W…
Scotiabank Contact Annual Festival for Photography Takes Over Toronto in May
Toronto.- Contact is an annual festival of photography in Toronto, during the month of May, with over 1000 local, national and international artists exhibiting at more than 200 venues. Founded as a not-for-profit organization 15 years ago, the festi…
To Fund Scientific Research, Mystery Donor Gives University of Sydney Painting by Pablo Picasso
SYDNEY (AP).- An anonymous American donor has given a Pablo Picasso painting worth millions to the University of Sydney on the condition the school use proceeds from the painting’s sale to fund scientific research, officials said Wednesday. The 1935 pa…
Property from a Distinguished East Coast Collection to Be Auctioned at Sotheby’s
NEW YORK, NY.- Sotheby’s announces that it will offer Property from a Distinguished East Coast Collection in a series of sales in New York through 2011. Assembled over several decades, the Collection offers both diversity and depth, holding import…
Art Fund to Increase Funding for Museums and Galleries to Buy and Show Art by 50%
LONDON.- The Art Fund announce their plans to increase funding for museums and galleries to buy and show art by over 50% by 2014. Responding to the severe financial pressures facing most institutions, Art Fund is committing £7 million a year to their …
Art Fund to Increase Funding for Museums and Galleries to Buy and Show Art by 50%
LONDON.- The Art Fund announce their plans to increase funding for museums and galleries to buy and show art by over 50% by 2014. Responding to the severe financial pressures facing most institutions, Art Fund is committing £7 million a year to their …
Early Picasso to Highlight Christie’s Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale on May 4
NEW YORK, NY.- Christie’s announces a special highlight of its Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale on 4 May: Les enfants et les jouets, an extraordinary work by Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) painted in the spring of 1901 when the artist was on…