Your art news & events: December 24, 2009

December 24, 2009 Dear mike, Wrapping up the art world of 2009 New Updates & Recommendations - Modify your preferences here. Your Artists (0) - you have no recommendations, please select your preferred artists Your Venues (0) - you have no recommendations, please select your preferred Venues Your Categories (0) - you have no recommendations, please select your preferred categories Editorial column   News Digest As this year wraps up and we reflect upon our mixed feelings regarding the recovery of the art market; hopefulness on the state of the recession; and bemoaning the ultimate effect it has had on artists; we can also celebrate the volume of great exhibits that the past year produced...   more... Featured Exhibitions  Jul 23, 2009-Jan 3, 2010 Exhibition Roger Hiorns : Seizure Artangel U.K. / London 151 – 189 Harper Road   Nov 20, 2009-Jan 3, 2010 Exhibition Andrzej Zielinski: Shredders DCKT Contemporary U.S.A. / New York / New York 195 Bowery Ground Floor Nov 21, 2009-Dec 26, 2009 Exhibition Saori Miyake: Constellation 2 Yuka Sasahara Gallery Japan / Tokyo 3-7-4F Nishi-gokencho   Dec 19, 2009-Mar 14, 2010 Exhibition 'I shake you by the hand comrade Bacon': British Art Abroad Whitechapel Art Gallery U.K. / London 77 - 82 Whitechapel High Street Angel Alley Entrance Artists Exhibiting in New York   What is the Whitney Biennial? Roni Horn Yasuo Kuniyoshi Sol LeWitt Ulrich Lamsfuss Man Ray   The curators comment on the Whitney Biennial Articles can only be accessed by premium members      Upgrade Now Featured News & Articles   London art show cancelled over Liechtenstein row AFP Published: Dec 18, 2009 London's Royal Academy of Arts said Thursday it was "disappointed" to have to cancel a planned major exhibition of royal owned artworks from Liechtenstein due to a row over a painting seized in Britain. Madrid's Prado woos art lovers despite crisis AFP Published: Dec 15, 2009 Madrid's prestigious Prado Museum said Tuesday it received a near-record number of visitors this year, but fears a downturn in 2010 despite a star exhibition by the English master JMW Turner. Auction results can only be accessed by premium members      Upgrade Now selected auction results Robert Longo Max Sold for 4,750 USD Phillips de Pury & Company New York Dec 12, 2009   Craigie Aitchison Pink Tree Sold for 19,375 GBP Christie's South Kensington Dec 16, 2009 Solomon Joseph Solomon Eve Sold for 713,250 GBP Christie's King Street Dec 16, 2009   Daniel Maclise PAN AND THE DANCING FAIRIES (THE FAUN AND THE FAIRIES) Sold for 301,250 GBP Sotheby's London Dec 17, 2009 Become a Premium member - set your preferences - and the art world will come to you. Premium members get full access to our articles, news, and auction results Upgrade to A Premium Membership at a special rate today Art World Headlines   Mergel brings Contemporary Vision to MFA from ICA Boston Globe / December 2009   Claremont Museum of Art to Close Doors on Dec. 27 Los Angeles Times / December 2009 RBS May Sell Off Part of Its Art Works Collection, WSJ Says Bloomberg / December 2009   BBC under Fire for Spending £3 Million on Art for Broadcasting House Telegraph / December 2009 Las Vegas Tycoon is Secret Buyer of £20m Rembrandt Times Online / December 2009   Israel Museum Receives $12 Million Gift New York Times / December 2009 About Us | Contact Us | Terms of Use | Privacy Policy | Partner Programs All rights reserved. Copyright © 2007 - 2009 MutualArt Services, Inc. MutualArt respects your right to privacy. We sent you this email message because you have signed up to receive emails from MutualArt. This email may include advertising or promotional content. If you want to be removed from this email list, please unsubscribe here.

Your art news & events: December 17, 2009

December 17, 2009 Dear mike, Eye on the Prize, Market Consistency for Old Masters New Updates & Recommendations - Modify your preferences here. Your Artists (0) - you have no recommendations, please select your preferred artists Your Venues (0) - you have no recommendations, please select your preferred Venues Your Categories (0) - you have no recommendations, please select your preferred categories Editorial column   Eye on the Prize The winner of an art prize is declared. Does the award ensure more than a media-storm of fame and notoriety for the recipient? Of course, it will provide a means, a vital resource to build up strength of time and materials. And it does invariably function as a coveted add-on or perhaps extension of the branding of a private collection, foundation or art museum. Looking over our shoulder though, will we see the work chosen as an embodiment of the zeitgeist, as a kind of a memorial to a bygone age?    more... Featured Exhibitions  refine your preferences Sep 17, 2009-Jan 4, 2010 Exhibition Titian, Tintoretto, Veronese...Rivals in Renaissance Musée du Louvre France / Paris 34-36 quai du Louvre   Nov 5, 2009-Dec 31, 2009 Exhibition Directions: John Gerrard Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution U.S.A. / District Of Columbia / Washington D.C. Independence Avenue Nov 21, 2009-Feb 14, 2010 Exhibition Your Bright Future: 12 Contemporary Artists from Korea Museum of Fine Arts, Houston U.S.A. / Texas / Houston 1001 Bissonnet Street   Dec 5, 2009-Jan 9, 2010 Exhibition Work in Progress: How Do Artists Work? Iberia Center for Contemporary Art China / Beijing Zone E06, 798 Art District, No.4 Jiuxianqiao Rd., P.O. Box 100015-87 Artists Exhibiting in New York   Edward Dolman on the Art Market Tracey Emin Pablo Bronstein Richard Hamilton Gabriel Orozco Anish Kapoor   A reassuring consistency Articles can only be accessed by premium members      Upgrade Now Featured News & Articles   View All refine your preferences Madrid's Prado woos art lovers despite crisis AFP Published: Dec 15, 2009 Madrid's prestigious Prado Museum said Tuesday it received a near-record number of visitors this year, but fears a downturn in 2010 despite a star exhibition by the English master JMW Turner. Museum attendance rises as the economy tumbles The Art Newspaper Published: Dec 9, 2009 In our survey of 20 major institutions, two thirds saw an increase in visitor numbers over the past three years. Auction results can only be accessed by premium members      Upgrade Now selected auction results Vik Muniz Explosion from Pictures of Ink Sold for 13,125 USD Phillips de Pury & Company New York Dec 12, 2009   Giorgio Vasari The Adoration of the Magi Sold for 15,000 GBP Sotheby's London Dec 10, 2009 Timoleon von Neff Bildnis einer jungen Frau Sold for 53,680 EUR Ketterer Kunst Munich Dec 12, 2009   Kehinde Wiley Passing/Posing Sold for 2,750 USD Phillips de Pury & Company New York Dec 12, 2009 Become a Premium member - set your preferences - and the art world will come to you. Premium members get full access to our articles, news, and auction results Upgrade to A Premium Membership at a special rate today Art World Headlines   The Hirshhorn Museum's Inflationary Measure: A $5 Million Balloon Expansion Washington Post / December 09   Sand Drawing the World's Largest Single Artwork Telegraph / December 09 Major UK Art Show Cancelled over Seized Painting Reuters / December 09   Artist Fernando Botero Condemns Entries for Prize Named after Him The Guardian / December 09 Tate's Christmas Tree Shocks -- It's Festive: Martin Gayford Bloomberg / December 09   Thomas Hoving, Remaker of the Met, Dies at 78 New York Times / December 09 About Us | Contact Us | Terms of Use | Privacy Policy | Partner Programs All rights reserved. Copyright © 2007 - 2009 MutualArt Services, Inc. MutualArt respects your right to privacy. We sent you this email message because you have signed up to receive emails from MutualArt. This email may include advertising or promotional content. If you want to be removed from this email list, please unsubscribe here.

Your art news & events: December 10, 2009

December 10, 2009 Dear mike, Old Masters in London, Collector's Preview in Miami New Updates & Recommendations - Modify your preferences here. Your Artists (0) - you have no recommendations, please select your preferred artists Your Venues (0) - you have no recommendations, please select your preferred Venues Your Categories (0) - you have no recommendations, please select your preferred categories Editorial column   Sharpening New Talent in Miami At Miami Pulse this year, Okay Mountain, an outfit of young artists from Austin, won the emerging artist prize. The artists, who band together to make their work, presented an delightful spoof on a convenience store, with every last detail re-created by hand, from the items for sale to the atm machine. They sold out of their fabricated cans of Texas gravy. Youthful hopefulness permeated the fairs across the board, even at Art Basel Miami, with a plethora of eye-catching work by promising emerging artists. Showcasing fresh names seemed to be the signature of young gallerists eager to wow collectors on the hunt.    more... Upcoming Auctions  refine your preferences December 10, 2009 Auction Old Master Paintings Day Sale Sotheby's London U.K. / London 34-35 New Bond Street   December 10, 2009 Auction Post War + Contemporary Art Wright U.S.A. / Illinois / Chicago 1440 West Hubbard December 12, 2009 Auction Old Masters & 19th Century Ketterer Kunst Munich Germany / Munich Prinzregentenstrasse 61   December 12, 2009 Auction New York, New York Phillips de Pury & Company New York U.S.A. / New York / New York 450 West 15th Street Artists Exhibiting in Los Angeles   Art Basel Miami Collector's Preview Mark Tribe Rashid Johnson Desireé Arlette Holman Sharon Lockhart Irving Penn   Wrap-up of Art Miami Articles can only be accessed by premium members      Upgrade Now Featured News & Articles   View All refine your preferences Australia bans North Korean artists, accused of 'censorship' AFP Published: Dec 9, 2009 Five North Korean artists have been banned from entering Australia for an exhibition of their work, the government said Wednesday, drawing accusations of censorship from the arts community. Rembrandt masterpiece fetches record 20 million pounds AFP Published: Dec 8, 2009 A masterpiece by Rembrandt sold for a record 20.2 million pounds at auction in London on Tuesday, after not being seen in public for 40 years, organisers said. Auction results can only be accessed by premium members      Upgrade Now selected auction results Rembrandt van Rijn Portrait of a man with arms akimbo Sold for 20,201,250 GBP Christie's King Street Dec 8, 2009   James Welling 10B, 2006 Sold for 3,750 USD Christie's New York Dec 7, 2009 Raphael Head of a muse Sold for 29,161,250 GBP Christie's King Street Dec 8, 2009   Leni Riefenstahl Der Liebestanz, 1980s Sold for 6,000 USD Christie's New York Dec 7, 2009 Become a Premium member - set your preferences - and the art world will come to you. Premium members get full access to our articles, news, and auction results Upgrade to A Premium Membership at a special rate today Art World Headlines   Paris Museum Strike Wanes as Louvre, Versailles Open Bloomberg / December 09   Art Sales: Record Prices for Russian Art Telegraph / December 09 North Korean Artists Kept Out of Australia CBC / December 09   New Prize to Honor Artists Under 35 New York Times / December 09 Parmalat Man's Secret £90m Hoard of Masterpieces is Seized The Independent / December 09   SFMOMA Turning 75 with Best Ahead San Francisco Chronicle / December 09 About Us | Contact Us | Terms of Use | Privacy Policy | Partner Programs All rights reserved. Copyright © 2007 - 2009 MutualArt Services, Inc. MutualArt respects your right to privacy. We sent you this email message because you have signed up to receive emails from MutualArt. This email may include advertising or promotional content. If you want to be removed from this email list, please unsubscribe here.