Tag: Art

UK’s National Gallery buys 1st major US painting

UK’s National Gallery buys 1st major US painting

Washington Examiner · February 7, 2014 10:28 am

An image of U.S. director Woody Allen is projected on a wall at an art exhibit titled "Queremos tanto a Woody," or "We so love Woody" by Argentine artist Hugo Echarri in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014. The exhibit in honor of Allen was inaugurated just days after the artist faced renewed accusations that he molested Dylan Farrow, his then-7-year-old adopted daughter in 1992. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Argentine art exhibit celebrates Woody Allen

Debora Rey · February 7, 2014 12:06 am

In this handout photograph made available by Martin Lang in London Monday, Feb. 3, 2014, a painting owned by him is seen. When British collector Martin Lang submitted the painting to a French committee, he was hoping to find out if it was an authentic work by Marc Chagall. But not only did the Chagall Committee declare the painting a forgery, it said Lang's painting should be burned under strict French laws that protect artists' works. Lang, 63, said Monday he was frustrated with the decision but he still hopes the painting will be returned to him. "They're holding on to it. It is bizarre ... it's almost vindictive," Lang told the BBC. "It's basically my property. I just couldn't understand why the committee would be so draconian." The businessman bought the watercolor of a reclining nude woman for 100,000 pounds (US$170,000) in 1992, believing it to be an authentic Chagall dating from around 1909 to 1910. (AP Photo/Martin Lang)

UK buyer’s ‘Chagall’ nude may be burned as a fake

Sylvia Hui · February 3, 2014 4:31 pm

Anti-Intellectual Obama

Ethan Epstein · January 31, 2014 5:22 pm

Poof: Pope Francis superhero street art disappears

Washington Examiner · January 30, 2014 6:26 pm

The president of the World Jewish Organization Ronald Lauder anwers to questions during an interview with The Associated Press at a hotel in Berlin, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014. The president of the World Jewish Organization says Germany must make a stronger effort to identify and return thousands of looted art pieces the Nazis took from the Jews. Ronald Lauder told The Associated Press on Thursday that Nazi-looted art still hangs in German museums, government offices and private collections. He says the countryâs legislation needs to be changed in order to facilitate its return. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Jewish group demands return of all Nazi-looted art

Kirsten Grieshaber · January 30, 2014 1:41 pm

Heroic by Nature

Edwin Yoder · January 20, 2014 5:00 am

A guest at the Detroit Institute of Arts in Detroit looks over the "Self Portrait" by Van Gogh, left, and "Portrait of Postman Roulin" by Van Gogh, both owned by the city of Detroit. (AP/Carlos Osorio)

Beltway Confidential

Detroit Institute of Arts sell-off wouldn’t be the first

Michael Barone · January 20, 2014 5:00 am

The Detroit Industry Murals by the Diego Rivera are seen in Rivera Court at the Detroit Institute of Arts in December. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

Detroit bankruptcy and the art of the inanimate

buckley-carlson · January 9, 2014 5:00 am

Report: Arts, culture add $500B to nation’s GDP

Report: Arts, culture add $500B to nation’s GDP

Brett Zongker · December 5, 2013 3:49 pm

Creative industries led by Hollywood account for about $504 billion, or at least 3.2 percent of U.S. goods and services, the government said in its first official measure of how the arts and culture affect the economy.

Report: Arts, culture add $500 billion to nation’s GDP

Associated Press · December 5, 2013 5:00 am

State Department Buys Million Dollar Granite Sculpture from Irish-Born Artist

Jeryl Bier · December 3, 2013 3:52 pm