NEWS

Butler Institute paid US$1.6 million for Rockwell painting
The Butler Institute of American Art has paid US$1.6 million for a Norman Rockwell painting, "Lincoln the Railsplitter". This will be the first Rockwell piece for the Institute. The painting was bought November 30 in a sale at Christie´s New York from Texas owner H. Ross Perot.

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Damien Hirst Commissioned By New York´s Lever House
UK controversial artist, Damien Hirst, is working on a commission for Lever House in Manhattan that will cost about US$10 million dollars. The installations may include the artist´s famous works such as sheep in formaldehyde, shark and medicine cabinets. The show will open during the fall.

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Brooke Astor´s Son Owes Taxes From US$10 Million Art Sale
New York prosecutors are investigating Anthony Marshall, son of Brooke Astor, because of taxes owed on his sale of a US$10 million painting on behalf of his mother. The painting was bought for US$5 million in February 2002 and Marshall received a US$2 million commission.

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Greece About To Take Legal Action Against Christie´s
The worldwide famous auction house Christie´s is having a London auction titled "From the Collection of King George I of the Hellenes" today, January 24. The auction will include silver, Faberge jewelry, furniture, Chinese jade and porcelain, and several works of art.

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Sony Pictures Bought Rights For Art Documentary At Sundance
Sony Pictures Classics bought the rights to the art world documentary "My Kid Could Paint That" for US$1.85 million dollars at the Sundance 07. The documentary is about a child whose abstract art has made over US$300,000 dollars.

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The National Art Center in Tokyo Is A Work Of Art In Itself
The National Art Center in Tokyo, Japan, opened its doors last Sunday, being the largest exhibition space in all Japan (with a space of 14,000 sq. meters) and the first to be created in the last 30 years. The Art Center will not have a permanent collection of its own.

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Art Of Living At Bahrain Prison
The Art of Living Foundation, with the support of Bahraini Ministry of Interior, has launched a rehabilitation program designed for prisoners in Bahrain. The first group to complete the eight-day PrisonSMART (Prison Stress Management and Rehabilitation Training) program consisted of 57 male and female prisoners.

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Seattle´s New Olympic Sculpture Park
On Saturday, Seattle, USA will open a magnificent outdoor sculpture park. The Olympic Sculpture Park combines perfectly architecture (different layers and Z-shape design building) and nature (landscape and a beach).

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National Palace Museum Ready To Reopen
With the extensive application of digital technology in the exhibitions and infrastructure of museums, and after three years of renovation in and around its main building, the new National Palace Museum is set to officially open in full upon the completion of construction in February of 2007.

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Recovered Goya Painting Reinstalled
The Toledo Museum of Art is exhibiting again in Gallery 28A, the Francisco de Goya painting "Children with a Cart" (1778). The painting was stolen in November 2006, but recovered by the FBI and returned to the Toledo Museum of Art few days ago.

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Bonhams Opens Hong Kong Office
Asia has become a great market for every product or service. Art couldn´t be the exception. The art market in Asia has grown in big proportions and it is not planning to stop. Many art companies are opening offices to reach this rich and cultured target. Bonhams auction house is the latest to do so. With a new office in Hong Kong, they are planning to compete directly with their two other famous rivals: Sotheby´s and Christie´s. They will start their agenda with an important event on May 26.

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Mover And His Mother-In-Law Arrested For Stealing To Dead Man
In New York, a mover and his mother-in-law are about to spend some time in jail because of their decision to steal two black and white drawings by Pablo Picasso. The mover was identified as Nahum Kohen(38) and was hired to take a dead man´s belongings from the Upper East Side apartment to a warehouse.

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Surfing Photos Turned Into Art Pieces
The British Surfing Museum is selling photographs by pioneer surf photographer Tom Blake (1902-1994) in order to raise funds for the museum. His famous images from 1920s and 30´s in Hawaii are now available on canvas or framed prints in different sizes and styles.

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Painting Stolen from Ontario College Of Art and Design
A painting by Canadian landscape painter J.W. Beatty was stolen from a private office at the Ontario College of Art and Design located in downtown Toronto. The art work, titled "Winter Sunshine, Bellefountain (Cabin at River´s Edge in Winter)" is worth US25,000 and has a signature of the artist on the bottom left corner.

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France Divided By Museum Controversy
A big controversy is dividing France´s art world because of the Louvre´s decision to lend treasures to other museums in exchange for funding. Many French museums are loaning too many pieces to other museums and receiving big amounts of money for it, which many people see this loans as commercial than cultural exchange.

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Angelic Angelina Jolie Portrayed as Virgin Mary
A new controversial art work is about to be revealed at the Chelsea Gallery booth at the Art Miami Fair in Florida, USA this weekend. The painting by artist Katie Kretz, shows Angelina Jolie as the Virgin Mary and her children as angels.

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Harvard gets political with Dissent! exhibition
Everyone remembers the 2004 election when artist Richard Serra chose one image of the Iraqi war to let us know his opinion of the Bush administration: a hooded prisoner from Abu Ghraib standing with his arms spread wide. Now, the Fogg Art Museum at Harvard University is bringing back a new exhibit of the controversial black-and-white images.

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