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.