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Feb 15 08 12:00am EDT

Farewell

This is Figure Painting's last post. The voice behind the blog is reclaiming her Southern roots and returning to Birmingham, Alabama for a spell before taking off for Greece and Spain and, ultimately, trading her auction catalogues and Gallery Guides ... Continue


Feb 15 08 12:00am EDT

The (Red) Auction Topples High Estimate & Other Art World News

Christie's and Sotheby's both had an excellent Valentine's Day: Yesterday afternoon, a sale of Impressionist and modern art at the former topped the high end of its pre-sale estimate by more than a million dollars, demonstrating "that the market remains ... Continue


Feb 14 08 12:00am EDT

Flowers, Chocolates, Or Art This V-Day?

Flowers. Chocolates. Damien Hirst's All You Need is Love. These are just a few of the purchases that might be made on any number of Amex gold, platinum, and black cards this Valentine's Day. Sotheby's heavily marketed and highly anticipated ... Continue


Feb 14 08 12:00am EDT

Today in the Art World...

At the London contemporary sales last October, it was Chinese art that really popped. Sotheby's is betting that this will hold true for its February contemporary sale in two weeks. The Guerrilla Girls say that female and minority artists are ... Continue


Feb 13 08 12:00am EDT

The Art Theft's Choice

What occurred to Figure Painting upon reading that $163 million worth of art — that translates to one painting each by Cézanne, Degas, van Gogh, and Monet — was stolen from the E. G. Bührle Collection in Zurich over the ... Continue


Feb 13 08 12:00am EDT

Thai Antiquities, Tropical Houses

Museums search records of their Thai antiquities for links to the dealers facing charges of tax fraud. Next stop for the Jean Prouvé Tropical House owned by Andre Balazs: Art Basel Miami Beach 2009. (via) The rise of so-called street ... Continue


Feb 12 08 12:00am EDT

Eli Broad's Pet Project

The Broad Contemporary Art Museum at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, colloquially know as BCAM, officially opens to the public on Saturday with a free weekend sponsored by Target, the upscale big-box retailer that was similarly civic-spirited when ... Continue


Feb 12 08 12:00am EDT

Crimes of the Art World, An Interview & a Guest Blogger

Today in the art world... Why would thieves steal four paintings so well-known they're "unsalable"? Is there a Thomas Crown involved? Maybe it's the work of an organized crime ring from the Balkans? Or collateral for a drug deal? The ... Continue


Feb 11 08 12:00am EDT

Déjà Vu

One of the paintings stolen from Zurich's Emile Bührle Foundation on Sunday afternoon was Cézanne's Boy in the Red Waistcoat, which depicts an apathetic-looking dark-haired youth (thought to be a model named Michelangelo di Rosa) in a bright vest. The ... Continue


Feb 11 08 12:00am EDT

Banksy in Chelsea?

Figure Painting heard word that there is a Banksy tag in the vicinity of 21st Street and 11th Avenue in Chelsea. Does anyone have more details and/or photos? ...


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