ROCHESTER, PA (AP).- John Warhola, the older brother who helped raise pop art icon Andy Warhol and later helped establish the Andy Warhol Museum in their native Pittsburgh, has died. He was 85. Warhola died on Christmas Eve after battling pneumonia at …
United States Government Returns Art Work Stolen Over Three Decades Ago to Owner
BOSTON, MA.- The last of seven pieces of valuable artwork, stolen on Memorial Day in 1978 from a home in Stockbridge, are were returned to their owner by authorities. In November of 2008, retired Massachusetts attorney, Robert R. Mardirosian, of Falmou…
United States Government Returns Art Work Stolen Over Three Decades Ago to Owner
BOSTON, MA.- The last of seven pieces of valuable artwork, stolen on Memorial Day in 1978 from a home in Stockbridge, are were returned to their owner by authorities. In November of 2008, retired Massachusetts attorney, Robert R. Mardirosian, of Falmou…
Auctioneer Gets 5 Years for His Part in Art Scam
LOS ANGELES (AP).- An auctioneer who helped sell fake art to thousands of TV viewers has been sentenced to five years in federal prison. James Mobley was sentenced Monday in Los Angeles, the last of three defendants sentenced in the scam that involved…
Julián Zugazagoitia Begins as New Director of The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
KANSAS CITY, MO.- Julián Zugazagoitia begins his post Wednesday, Sept. 1, as the fifth Director & CEO of The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. An international scholar, museum director and consultant, he has served for the past seven years as the Director…
Julián Zugazagoitia Begins as New Director of The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
KANSAS CITY, MO.- Julián Zugazagoitia begins his post Wednesday, Sept. 1, as the fifth Director & CEO of The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. An international scholar, museum director and consultant, he has served for the past seven years as the Director…
The Wapping Project Bankside Presents Photography by Stephen J Morgan
LONDON.- In a series of understated and eloquent photographs, Stephen J Morgan encapsulates Birmingham with a measured beauty, capturing its Irishness and its brutal ugliness. Falling into the centre of mainstream European fine art photography, Stephen…
General Wolfe Triumphs Again, Painting Sells for 400,000 Pounds
LONDON.- Bonhams Old Master Paintings auction made £3,403,920 this afternoon with a packed saleroom and numerous telephone bidders. The highlight was the sale of the last privately owned portrait of General James Wolfe – the soldier from Kent who conq…
Tate’s Ben Borthwick Appointed CEO and Artistic Director of Artes Mundi
LONDON.- Ben Borthwick has been appointed Chief Executive and Artistic Director of Artes Mundi – the UK’s largest art prize. Borthwick is a curator and writer who specialises in contemporary art, with particular focus on sound and socially e…