Arts News
An Ill-Fated Masterpiece Brings Together China and Taiwan
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ARTINFO - After several months of diplomatic talks, the Zhejiang Provincial Museum in Hangzhou announced its decision yesterday to loan the painting Broken Mountains, one of two remaining fragments of Yuan Dynasty painter Huang Gongwang's "Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains," to Taiwan’s National Palace Museum, which holds the other section of the painting. A joint exhibition to mark the historic reunion of the two pieces, which have been separated for 350 years, is now scheduled to run from June through September of 2011 as an unusually warm cultural exchange between China and Taiwan.
Franz Kline's Rather Large Liquor Bill
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ARTINFO - The Abstract Expressionists liked to drink. For Pollock, that passion abetted his demise; for Rothko, it provided fuel for his creative process. When Franz Kline ordered alcohol from John Heller’s Liquor Store in Greenwich Village on December 31, 1960 — presumably for a New Year’s Eve Party — he seemed to have been expecting some big drinkers: his total bill was more than $274.
Schiele's "Wally" Shown in New York, with a Clear Conscience
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ARTINFO - Egon SchieleÂs notorious Nazi-looted "Portrait of Wally" has had a dramatic run in New York, having been seized by federal authorities after being loaned to MoMA for a show in 1997. Now that the decade-long restitution case between the Austrian Leopold Foundation and the heirs of the work's original owner, Jewish collector Lea Bondi Jaray, has been settled, the work has gone on view at another New York institution, the Museum of Jewish Heritage — only this time, with a clear conscience.
Sotheby's Sales Figures Suggest Big Rebound for Asian Art Market
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ARTINFO - Is the Asian art market experiencing a stronger rebound from the recession than any other art-market sector? There seems to be a very strong indication that the answer is yes, or at least that is what the sales figures at Sotheby’s, the world's leading publicly-traded auction house, suggest.
Leaning Tower of Pisa No Longer at Risk of Collapse
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ARTINFO - The Leaning Tower of Pisa is no longer leaning quite so perilously, according to Italian engineers and scientists who say the medieval landmark's ever-increasing tilt has been stabilized. Although the tower will never be brought fully upright — which would diminish its appeal, anyway — two decades of work by the Committee for the Safeguard of the Leaning Tower has finally solved the 800-year riddle of what was causing the World Heritage Site's
mysteriously incline to the north.
Garage sale find called pricey Ansel Adams lot
California man paid $45 for glass negatives which may fetch $200 million.
Ansel Adam - Photography - Art - California: A Postcard Folio Book - Photographers
Unauthorized celeb books staying on the shelves
Most of the time when attaching a celeb’s name and face to a book it will be worth millions. But authors writing unauthorized biographies are taking a major risk by not having a celeb’s cooperation with the book.
Painting at center of mystery unveiled
Art officials on Tuesday unveiled the painting at the center of the latest Caravaggio mystery, after the Vatican newspaper first suggested and then denied that the canvas was the work of the Italian master.
Original ‘Annie’ is now her tormentor instead
Andrea McArdle, who played Broadway role in 1977, is now villain in new production.
Andrea McArdle - Annie - Arts - Theatre - Performing Arts
Newsweek: R. Crumb on LSD, family, art
R. Crumb is talking about himself again. On his Web site—he doesn’t run it, but he does contribute—there’s a new interview conducted this summer called “Hey, I’m Still Here ...”
Robert Crumb - Newsweek - United States - Recreation - Education