LOS ANGELES (REUTERS).- The Getty Trust on Monday named James Cuno to head up its renowned art museums and collections, the second time it has tapped a leader of the Art Institute of Chicago to run its wide-ranging arts programs. Cuno, who oversaw the…
Speed Art Museum will Bring Caravaggio’s "The Fortune Teller" to the United States this May
LOUISVILLE, KY.- The Speed Art Museum announced today that it will bring Caravaggio’s pivotal work, The Fortune Teller, to the United States this May. The painting rarely travels and this will mark only the second time the work has ever been on vi…
World Famous Portraits of 20th Century’s Greatest Poets for Sale at Bonhams
LONDON.- Portraits of some of finest 20th century poets in the English language are at the heart of the Roy Davids collection of Papers and Portraits at Bonhams on 29 March. Roy Davids, himself a poet inspired to write by his close friendship with Ted …
Protest Painting by Nicholas Middleton Wins Visitors’ Choice
LIVERPOOL.- Nicholas Middleton is the winner of the John Moores Painting Prize’s Visitors’ Choice for the second time with his painting Protest, April 1st 2009. Nicholas scooped the £2,010 prize, sponsored by Rathbones, with a detailed photo…
Casino Proposed Near Historic Battlefield Splits Gettysburg
GETTYSBURG (AP).- The town where the Civil War’s tide-turning battle was waged is fighting dissension in its own ranks, with even hard-core preservationists split over a proposed casino that would rise near the historic battlefield and be named for the…
Minister Farouk Hosni Says Search Still On for Van Gogh Stolen from Cairo Museum
CAIRO (AP).- Egypt’s culture minister on Saturday retracted his claim that police had recovered a van Gogh painting stolen from a Cairo museum, saying it was based on inaccurate information and that the search for the canvas continues. The minister, F…
Falmouth Acquires Gotch Masterpiece at Record Price
CORNWALL.- Falmouth Art Gallery has acquired a masterpiece by Thomas Cooper Gotch, an artist with strong connections to the town. Innocence is an imaginative watercolour depicting the artist’s only child, Phylis, with a dragon. The Art Fund has gi…
New Exhibit by Ritsue Mishima Puts Aberdeen Art Gallery in a Spin
ABERDEEN.- A beautiful glass object created by one of the world’s leading makers went on display at Aberdeen Art Gallery on Tuesday, 10 August, after it was acquired through our Art Fund Collect scheme in May. Spin by Japanese artist Ritsue Mishima is …
Sotheby’s Summer Sales of Impressionist & Modern Art in London Total $194 million
LONDON.- Sotheby’s two-day sales series of Impressionist & Modern Art in London this week realised a combined total of £131,186,300 / $193,602,387 / €157,601,625 – an increase of 185% on the same series last year. The sum achieved bring…