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ART NEWS
Magnificent Louvre Museum Invaded by Fearless Rats
Rats take over the magnificent Louvre Museum garden as they scourer for bread, cheese, snacks, Tartines, baguette, meat, fish and other leftovers of tourists and Parisians. Paris and museum authority are working with exterminators in a battle to preserve the art collection from the menacing rats
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Metropolitan Museum of Art President Set to Retire Next Year
Emily Kernan Rafferty, the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s first female president, is set to retire after leading the museum through a period of sustained growth.
ART JOBS | ARTCENTRON
Indianapolis Museum of Art Appoints Kim Gattle as Deputy Director
Kim Gattle: Indianapolis Museum of Art’s new Deputy Director for Institutional Advancement. Image courtesy of IMA APPOINTMENT The appointment of Kim Gattle as the new Indianapolis Museum of Art’s Deputy Director Full Article »
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Painting Competition: Royal Bank of Canada Announces Finalists
Who will win RBC’s Canadian Painting Competition $25,000 cash prize? The excitement amongst emerging Canadian visual artists grows.
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Saatchi Art Announces New Sensations Prize for UK Emerging Artists
Saatchi Art New Sensations Prize for UK Emerging Artists project and young creative minds begins with the hope for new discoveries
ART JOBS | ARTCENTRON
Magnus Renfrew is Bonhams Director of Fine Arts, Asia
Magnus Renfrew: Deputy Chairman, Asia and Director of Fine Arts, Asia. Image courtesy of Bonhams APPOINTMENT Bonhams Appoints Magnus Renfrew as Deputy Chairman, Asia and Director of Fine Arts, Asia Full Article »
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Syrian Museums Get Support From U.S Museums to Protect Prized Collections
Syrian museums get support from U.S Museums to protect prized collections that are under attack in the Syrian civil war that has claimed the lives of men women and children.
ART NEWS
Bonhams Appoint Honor Westmacott as Specialist at Its Berlin Office
Honor Westmacott: Bonhams New Picture Specialist for Modern, Contemporary & Impressionist Art in Germany. Image courtesy of Bonhams APPOINTMENT Honor Westmacott is the new Picture Specialist for Modern, Contemporary & Impressionist Full Article »
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NASA News Director Examines Space and Anime movies
NASA News Director examines the intersection of Space and Anime movies. He takes a deep look at how outer space discoveries are influencing space anime.
ART NEWS
Ubisoft Wins Case Against Patent Assertion Entity
Artists impressions of Lady Justice (statue of the Old Bailey, London). A win for Ubisoft. via Wikimedia Commons) ART NEWS Celebration at Ubisoft as U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilkin concluded that the Full Article »
ART MARKET NEWS
Chinese Art Historians and Sotheby’s Disagree on ‘Gong Fu Tie’ Calligraphy
Gong Fu Tie Calligraphy attributed to the Song Dynasty- poet Su Shi (1037-1101) Sold for $8.2 million at Sotheby’s is the subject of controversy as Three Chinese art historians claim Full Article »
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Elizabeth Sackler Elected First Woman Board Chair of Brooklyn Museum
Elizabeth A. Sackler is the first woman Board Chair of Brooklyn Museum. Photo: Joan Roth. Image: Brooklyn Museum ART NEWS Dr. Elizabeth A. Sackler is the first woman in the Full Article »
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Jack Shainman Gallery Announces the Passing of Claude Simard
Claude Simard co-founder of the Jack Shainman Gallery, which exhibits and represents contemporary artists from all over the world. Photo: Jackie Nickerson. Image courtesy of Jack Shainman Gallery IN MEMORIAL Claude Full Article »
ART AUCTION
Bonhams Fine European Ceramics Auction Exposes Violent History of Stolen Art
Two Rhineland Stoneware Bellarmines, first half 17th century are two of the Fine European Ceramics on auction. Estimate: $ 1,000 – 1,400. Image courtesy of Bonhams ART AUCTION Fine European Full Article »
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Indianapolis Museum of Art Receives $300,000 Grant
Edward Hopper, American, 1882-1967, The Railroad Tracks1931, oil on canvas, 32 x 50 in. 38 x 56 in. (framed). Emma Harter Sweetser Fund- 32.177. Image courtesy of Indianapolis Museum of Art Full Article »
ART AUCTION
Premier Galleries Around the World Prepare for Expo Chicago 2014
David Wojnarowicz, Untitled 1988-89, Gelatin Silver Print, 17 1/2 x 19 inches. Edition 5. Image courtesy of Cabinet. The cabinet is one of the premier galleries participating at this year’s Expo Full Article »
ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN
Design Competition Provides Solution for Intense Weather Events in U.S Cities
The Big U wins design competition. The design competition provides innovative ways to deal with climate change Image courtesy of BIG and Dutch One Architecture DESIGN COMPETITION: Big U has been Full Article »
ART & DESIGN
Photography Project Gives Poor South African Students Hope
Kliptown Photography Project has been helping poor South African students foster creativity and inspire change for years. Now, the group needs your help.
ART NEWS
Primavera 2014: MCA Announces Artists and Curator
Nupta Contagioso/ Primordial Sound (production still, detail) 2014, single-channel digital video, colour, sound by Madison Bycroft, one of the artists in Primavera. Image courtesy and © the artist. Image courtesy Full Article »
ART AUCTION PRICES
Norman Rockwell ‘The Rookie’Leads Christie’s American Art Sale
he Rookie, oil on canvas by Norman Rockwell Sold for $22,565,000 at Christie’s American Art Sale
