Art and Society – Page 2

From Astrophysical Observatories to Abandoned Factories, Art Pop-Ups are Taking Over

May 12, 2018

Art and Society, Art and the Law, Trending

Smithsonian Magazine - In 1971, at the height of the Cold War, renowned U.S. and Soviet scientists gathered at Armenia’s Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory (BAO) to ponder what contact with alien life would me...

How the $646 Million Rockefeller Collection Broke the Record for Most Expensive Estate in History

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May 12, 2018

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Artsy - - The collection of Peggy and David Rockefeller became the most expensive estate in history on Tuesday night, after an evening sale of 44 works by European masters at Christie’s New York totalled $646 m...

Why Investing in Fine Art is Different Than Investing in Traditional Asset Classes

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April 10, 2018

Art and Society, Art Market

Artsy - Dmitry Rybolovlev thought he’d been ripped off when he paid the Swiss art dealer Yves Bouvier $127.5 million for Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundiin 2013, once he learned Bouvier had paid between $75 a...

Art Dealer and Collector Killed in Blaze at Trump Tower

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April 10, 2018

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Hyperallergic - Todd Brassner, an art dealer, collector, and friend of Andy Warhol, died after a fire broke out in his Trump Tower apartment on Saturday, April 7. According to statements by the New York Fire De...

Yves Bouvier faces fresh charges in Switzerland

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February 13, 2018

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The Art Newspaper - Geneva's top federal prosecutor, Yves Bertossa, has charged the Swiss freeport magnate Yves Bouvier with fraud over his dealings with the Russian collector Dmitri Rybolovlev. - read more ...

Surfacing on the market: from Giacometti to Le Corbusier

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February 13, 2018

Art and Society, Art Market

The Art Newspaper - Diego and Alberto Giacometti dominated design sales during 2017. In Christie’s Paris sale of the fashion designer Hubert de Givenchy’s collection of designs by the brothers last March, a tab...

Huge neighbourhood of artists’ studios set for neglected part of London

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February 13, 2018

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The Art Newspaper - London’s V22 art collective is due to commence building a huge temporary neighbourhood containing affordable artists’ studios and exhibition space on the banks of the Thames in Silvertown, i...

A Snowstorm Paralyzed Paris, But Its Museums Look Lovely

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February 13, 2018

Art and Society, museum watch, Museums, Trending

Hyperallergic - Earlier this week, Paris all but shut down after a storm dumped up to 20 centimeters (almost eight inches) of snow on the French capital Tuesday night. Though most museums remained open, the Ei...

Artforum still in ‘lockstep’ with disgraced former publisher

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February 13, 2018

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The Art Newspaper - On Friday afternoon, Artforum released a statement after growing calls for advertisers and readers to boycott the magazine until Landesman is “fully removed” and the publication retracts its...

Outcry over Polish government’s changes to Second World War museum

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December 30, 2017

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The Art Newspaper - Five hundred Polish and foreign academics have signed an open letter criticising the administration of the Museum of the Second World War in Gdansk, Poland and describing the changes being m...