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antiquesandthearts.com
Claude Hirst, born Claudine, is discussed in relation to the trompe l’oeil still life tradition in America at the turn of the twentieth century. Approximately 30 paintings by Hirst are featured in the Columbus Museum of Art exhibition Claude Raguet Hirst: Transforming the American Still Life, on view January 15–April 10 at 480 East Broad Street.
standard.co.uk
Damien Hirst's pickled shark could be heading out of the country after Charles Saatchi agreed to sell the artwork for £6.25 million. The deal will mean that Saatchi will make a £6.2 million profit on the work he bought 13 years ago for £50,000.
codart.nl
Willem van Haecht Apelles paints Campaspe is mentioned in the page; the main article discusses Peter Paul Rubens, Venus disarming Mars, and its discovery at the State Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg after being looted from Königsberg Castle in East Prussia in 1945, with discussion of ownership and potential return.
deseret.com
The Deseret News article discusses Joseph Rashid, a Nevada City violin maker who has completed his 95th violin at age 95. The piece notes that his instruments have been played by renowned musicians such as Yehudi Menuhin and members of major orchestras, and compares Rashid to Antonio Stradivari in longevity. Rashid plans to finish two more violins in 2005 and has never sold any of his 95 violins, which remain in his home workshop.
nytimes.com
The artist Kehinde Wiley is featured in a studio visit profile by Mia Fineman, published December 19, 2004, describing Wiley at his West 23rd Street studio ahead of Art Basel Miami Beach; the article notes his representation by major galleries in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago.
latimes.com
Suzanne Muchnic reports that MOCA received a gift of 123 works by 78 artists from E. Blake Byrne, a MOCA trustee. The donation significantly expands the museum's holdings, including works by John Baldessari, Mike Kelley, Robert Gober, Ed Ruscha and Andy Warhol, and adds new names to the collection.
mg.co.za
Gauguin, Renoir, Chagall, Modigliani, Klee, Cezanne. Artwork titles mentioned: Vase de Fleurs by Gauguin, Le Mont Kolsas by Monet (though Monet is named among artists, not artwork title), Le Roi David dans le Paysage Vert by Chagall. restitution $12,5-million, estimated $3,5-million illicit gains, original sale at Sotheby’s for £169 000. Museums/rooms: none. The page discusses Ely Sakhai’s fraud involving copies of paintings attributed to Gauguin and other artists, ultimate restitution, and auctions at Christie’s and Sotheby’s.
nypost.com
Ely Sakhai, owner of Exclusive Art, pleaded guilty to wire fraud and conspiracy for commissioning forgeries of works by Marc Chagall, Amedeo Modigliani, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Paul Klee and Paul Gaugin, and selling them for about $7 million over 15 years. He agreed to pay $12.5 million in restitution and to forfeit 11 paintings; gallery manager Houshi Sandjaby also pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy.
irishexaminer.com
The owner of Exclusive Art gallery in Manhattan, Ely Sakhai, and office manager Houshi Sandjaby admitted roles in a scheme involving forged paintings by artists such as Marc Chagall and Pierre-Auguste Renoir totaling €5.5 million (£3.8m). Sakhai agreed to pay €10m and forfeit 11 paintings, with a prison term of three to four years; Sandjaby faces up to five years. The forged works spanned at least 15 years and involved copying authentic paintings and aging coatings to look authentic.
latimes.com
The Associated Press reports that Herbert Axelrod, who sold instruments to the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, pleaded guilty in a tax fraud case. He faced up to three years in sentencing and had previously been accused of concealing $775,000 in Swiss accounts and had his collection of instruments questioned for authenticity.
elpais.com
The Sánchez Cotán still life Cardo y francolín (c. 1600) sold at Christie’s in London for 5.85 million euros, a record for a Spanish still life. The buyer is an American private bidder whose identity was not disclosed. Also sold was El Greco’s The Baptism of Christ (ca. 1567–1570) to Creta, Greece, for 1.14 million euros.
playbill.com
Kwun Hyuk-Ju, a violinist from South Korea, won the International Paganini Violin Competition in Moscow, according to Itar-Tass. The jury was chaired by Sergei Stadler, and there was no second prize awarded; Yakaterina Frolova of Russia and James Lee of the UK tied for third place. Alonya Bayeva of Russia received the use for the next year of a Stradivarius from Russia's collection of rare instruments.
julianlloydwebber.com
The article discusses the Glass Cello Concerto as featured in The Strad December 2004, part of The Concerto Project vol.1, with Julian Lloyd Webber on cello accompanied by Jonathan Haas and Evelyn Glennie, conducted by Gerard Schwarz with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.
fromthefloor.blogspot.com
Todd Gibson reports on From the Floor about The Thomas Kinkade Company acquiring Maurizio Cattelan, a move described as extending Cattelan’s brand presence in North America. The press release states TKC will acquire rights to all future production by Maurizio Cattelan for an undisclosed cash amount and notes a long-term contract for site-specific works with museums and biennials.