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Fine Portrait by York’s Most Famous Artist Bought by York Art Gallery Fine Portrait by York’s Most Famous Artist Bought by York Art Gallery

YORK- One of the finest portraits ever painted by York ’s most famous artist has been purchased by York Art Gallery. William Etty’s ambitious Preparing for a Fancy Dress Ball was commissioned in 1833 by MP Charles Watkin Williams–Wynn and depicts two of the patron’s five daughters. It is one of only a handful of society portraits painted by... [Read more of this review]

New Tour at Frank Lloyd Wright Synagogue in Pennsylvania New Tour at Frank Lloyd Wright Synagogue in Pennsylvania

ELIKINS PARK, PA (AP).-Did you hear the one about the rabbi and the architect? Few people have. Which is why the members of Beth Sholom — who worship in the only synagogue designed by Frank Lloyd Wright — are stepping forward to tell the story of how their landmark spiritual home was built. Described as a symbolic Mount Sinai made of concrete, steel... [Read more of this review]

Cai Guo-Qiang Hangs Out at the Taipei Fine Arts Museum Cai Guo-Qiang Hangs Out at the Taipei Fine Arts Museum

TAIPEI.- The Taipei Fine Arts Museum presents a retrospective exhibition for the artist called “indispensable to this world” by The New York Times. Cai Guo-Qiang has left his mark on various cities and countries, from Fujian to Shanghai, from China to Japan, and from New York to the world. His work expresses a kind of metaphysical thinking derived... [Read more of this review]

Bonhams to Sell “White Gold: One of the Finest Collections of Meissen in the World” Bonhams to Sell “White Gold: One of the Finest Collections of Meissen in the World”

LONDON.- The preferred gifts of kings, Meissen porcelain, from many of the noble houses of Europe, will be sold at Bonhams on November 25 2009 when the first part of the Hoffmeister Collection is auctioned. The world-famous Hoffmeister Collection was assembled over the last 40 years by two German brothers who have a passion for this rare 18th-century... [Read more of this review]

Huntington and LACMA Jointly Purchase Iconic Art Nouveau Chair Huntington and LACMA Jointly Purchase Iconic Art Nouveau Chair

SAN MARINO, CA.- The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art announced today the joint purchase of an iconic chair designed by groundbreaking English architect, graphic artist, and craftsman Arthur Heygate Mackmurdo (1851–1942). One of only five chairs in the set known to exist, the Huntington/LACMA... [Read more of this review]

Clark Art Institute Acquires Great Barbizon School Painting by Rousseau Clark Art Institute Acquires Great Barbizon School Painting by Rousseau

WILLIAMSTOWN, MA.- The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute has announced the acquisition of a major nineteenth-century landscape painting by Pierre Étienne Théodore Rousseau. The acquisition brings to the public one of the greatest Barbizon School paintings, Farm in the Landes (House of the Garde), which until now has been held in private collections... [Read more of this review]

Sotheby’s Sale of American Paintings to be Held in December Sotheby’s Sale of American Paintings to be Held in December

NEW YORK, NY.- Sotheby’s auction of American Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture on 3 December 2009 will offer collectors a rich array of works by American artists from the 19th and 20th centuries. The auction includes a number of major paintings and sculptures almost entirely unknown to the market, many of which have been in private collections for... [Read more of this review]

Google Chief Eric Schmidt Announces Documentation of Iraqi Museum Treasures Google Chief Eric Schmidt Announces Documentation of Iraqi Museum Treasures

BAGHDAD (AP).- Google is documenting Iraq’s national museum and will post photographs of its ancient treasures on the Internet early next year, Google chief Eric Schmidt announced Tuesday. The museum was ransacked in the chaotic aftermath of Saddam Hussein’s ouster in April 2003, and only reopened to visitors early this year. Schmidt, who... [Read more of this review]

Getty Museum Opens Exhibition Featuring J. Paul Getty’s Antiquities Getty Museum Opens Exhibition Featuring J. Paul Getty’s Antiquities

LOS ANGELES, CA.- Celebrating 70 years of collecting, Collector’s Choice: J. Paul Getty and His Antiquities, on view from November 18, 2009–February 8, 2010, at the J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Villa, presents seldom-seen works of art that captured J. Paul Getty’s eye and inspired the creation of a museum modeled on an ancient Roman villa.... [Read more of this review]

Artist Jeanne-Claude, Who Co-Created ‘The Gates’ with Husband Christo, Dies at Age 74 Artist Jeanne-Claude, Who Co-Created ‘The Gates’ with Husband Christo, Dies at Age 74

NEW YORK, NY (AP).- Artist Jeanne-Claude, who created the 2005 Central Park installation “The Gates” and other large scale “wrapping” projects around the globe with her husband Christo, has died. She was 74. Jeanne-Claude died Wednesday night at a New York hospital from complications of a brain aneurysm, her family said in an e-mail statement.... [Read more of this review]