NEW YORK (AP).- A Dali watercolor of a reclining nude that hung in Hugh Hefner’s bedroom was among 125 artworks Playboy magazine offered at Christie’s on Wednesday. It was one of 11 works chosen for “The Playmate as Fine Art” pictorial for the magazine…
Russian Billionaire Roman Abramovich Buys an Island to Show His Art Collection
MOSCOW.- The Garage Center for Contemporary Culture in Moscow announced it is developing plans for new projects in Russia. These will include expanding to St Petersburg as part of the re-development of the island of New Holland, as well as a continuing…
Russian Billionaire Roman Abramovich Buys an Island to Show His Art Collection
MOSCOW.- The Garage Center for Contemporary Culture in Moscow announced it is developing plans for new projects in Russia. These will include expanding to St Petersburg as part of the re-development of the island of New Holland, as well as a continuing…
The Year of the Rabbit: From Dali to Marilyn Monroe, Playboy Sells Art at Christie’s
NEW YORK (AP).- A Dali watercolor of a reclining nude that hung in Hugh Hefner’s bedroom was among 125 artworks Playboy magazine offered at Christie’s on Wednesday. It was one of 11 works chosen for “The Playmate as Fine Art” pictorial for the magazine…
Art Gallery of Alberta Announces Winning Project in Sculpture Commission
EDMONTON, AB.- The Art Gallery of Alberta (AGA) announce that Robin Arseneault and Paul Jackson have been chosen as the winners of the Alberta Foundation for the Arts (AFA) / Art Gallery of Alberta Sculpture Commission. The two Albertan artists will cr…
Austria Returns 7 Looted Works of Art to Their Rightful Owners or Heirs
VIENNA (AP).-A panel has recommended that seven paintings by Austrian artists contained in a prestigious Vienna art collection be returned because they were either seized by the Nazis or given up against the will of their Jewish owners. The paintings &…
United Kingdom Government Art Reveals Ministers’ Nostalgic Tastes
LONDON (AP).- It’s a tricky question for a British politician — which of the government’s thousands of pieces of art do you put on your wall? When it comes to paintings, members of Britain’s Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition favor landscapes, …
National Gallery of Canada and the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art Forge a New Partnership
OTTAWA- Thanks to an innovative new partnership between the National Gallery of Canada (NGC) and the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art (MOCCA), Toronto residents and visitors can now view some of the most significant works from the NGC’s contemp…
Ruling Says Fisk can Sell Part of Art Collection
By: Kristin M. Hall, Associated Press
NASHVILLE (TN).- A Nashville judge has ruled that Fisk University can sell a share of its Stieglitz art collection, but said the bulk of the proceeds must go to an endowment for the display of the artwork. To fen…
Made in Holland: Old Masters from a Private Collection in America at the Mauritshuis
THE HAGUE.- A selection of highlights from the remarkable art collection of Eijk and Rose-Marie de Mol van Otterloo will be on display at the Mauritshuis in The Hague this autumn. The exhibition Made in Holland: Old Masters from a private collection in…