Art Industry News is a daily digest of the most consequential developments coming out of the art world and art market. Here’s what you need to know on this Friday, October 1. NEED-TO-READ Supreme Court Will Hear Case on Nazi-Looted Art – The U.S. Supreme Court began its fall term yesterday, announcing it would hear the lawsuit over a Nazi art theft during the ...
In one of the strongest signs yet that the art market will not look the same after the pandemic — and in an apparent effort to counter the increasing dominance of mega galleries — four prominent dealers have made the unorthodox decision to consolidate under one roof.Dominique Lévy, Brett Gorvy, Amalia Dayan and Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn in January will become LGDR, a consortium that ...
Staged for the first time at Christie's Avenue Matignon headquarters in Paris, 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair opened its doors on 20 January to a city placed under strict curfew from 6pm to 6am as France continues to fight Covid-19 and its new variants. Mous Lamrabat, Fresh from the garden of Compton (2019). Courtesy Loft Art Gallery Referred to as a 'one-off' edition, the ...
NEWPORT, N.H. — In a year when traditional engagement with art has been put on hiatus, the Library Arts Center has sought ways to connect artists with buyers. And it’s found inspiration in an: farms.The “Art CSA Program” where people sign up for “shares” and receive a regularly delivered piece of art, works similarly to the community-supported agriculture programs that have been a lifeline ...
Pre-Raphaelite model Fanny Eaton is being celebrated with a Google Doodle today (Wednesday 18 November).The Jamaican-born daughter of Matilda Foster – a former slave – and, most likely, a white plantation owner, was one of the most influential muses in the Pre-Raphaelite movement, and helped to challenge idealised standards of beauty in Victorian society.Eaton, born in 1835, arrived in London from Jamaica with her ...
With several levels of tracks, the model trains include 1890s steam locomotives and 1950s diesel locomotives, and the landscape is designed as a townscape of magical looking buildings, a waterfall, miniature trees and gardens. And as a double bonus for the train lovers, there’s the whimsical Fantasy Railway with such touches as an elevated track moving through the castle’s Hedge Maze and imaginative edifices ...
