□ Tuesday, 25 Jul 2006

Works by Hitler's Favorite Sculptor on view in Germany
Works by sculptor Arno Breker, favored by the Nazis for his monumental, classically inspired figures, has gone on display at the Schleswig-Hostein-Haus amid controversy over Breker's links to Adolf Hitler and his flourishing career in the Third Reich. It will be the first exhibition of Breker's More...

Frits Philips Collection at Sotheby's Amsterdam
Sotheby's announced today that it will sell the collection of arts and antiques of the late Mr Frits Philips (1905-2005). Mr Philips was chairman of Royal Philips Electronics NV, more commonly known as Philips, one of the largest electronics companies in the world. The three day auction will take place in November 2006. More...

Christie's New York Appoints Ingrid Dudek
Christie's New York announced the appointment of Ingrid Dudek as Assistant Vice President, Associate Specialist, Asian Contemporary Art. In this role, Ms. Dudek will play a central part in broadening the business getting activities in America within the rapidly developing area of Asian Contemporary Art. She will contribute to the... More...

Two killed after giant inflatable artwork is blown away
Two women were killed and 13 people injured when an inflatable sculpture in the UK was blown 70 feet into the air by a gust of wind. "The Dreamspace installation was designed by Maurice Agis, 74, a renowned abstract artist who was at the scene yesterday. The structure is made from thin PVC sheets forming 115 multi-coloured inflated rooms and is about half the size of a football pitch. Visitors pay £5 to enter and wear a cape." More...

Museums? Research on Looting Seen to Lag
A major survey of American museums has found that many have not yet done significant research to determine whether works in their collections were looted during the Nazi era, despite a collective agreement seven years ago to make such work a priority. More...

How Do You Tell A Real Pollock?
Jackson "Pollock at his peak burned his past conditioning and present turmoil, his very identity and character as a man, and he burned them clean. There's nobody to recognize. That's why it can be hard at first sight to tell a true Pollock from a fake. He prepared us to believe that absolutely anything was possible for him. What determines authenticity for me is a hardly scientific, no doubt fallible intuition of a raging need that found respite only in art." More...

□ Saturday, 22 Jul 2006

Dealers May Lose Out In Berry-Hill Bankruptcy
Dealers whose pictures were consigned to and sold by Berry-Hill Galleries before it filed for bankruptcy, risk losing the proceeds from their sale, unless Berry-Hill can raise enough money to make a first payment to its secured creditor by 2 August. The amount of money they will get back is uncertain. More...

Speculators Buy In To Chinese Art
In a rocketing economy where government owns the land but is curtailing rampant speculation with new regulations, art is the new real estate in China. But, longtime observers bemoan speculation, saying it artificially warps the prices, and even affects the form and quality of the art. Yet China offers a one-of-a kind, forward-racing, ever-morphing art scene, a heady stew stirred by artists, speculators, critics and curators. Buyers are also playing a role in molding the new faces of Chinese art." More...

□ Thursday, 20 Jul 2006

Tate Faulted for Purchase From an Artist-Trustee
The Tate, one of Britain's most influential museum institutions, drew a sharp rebuke Wednesday from an independent regulatory commission for buying works of art from artists who are also Tate trustees. More...

□ Wednesday, 19 Jul 2006

Sotheby's Narrows Gap With Christie's in First-Half Auctions
Sotheby's first-half art sales totaled $1.96 billion, according to the company's Web site. They were helped by Pablo Picasso's 'Dora Maar au Chat,' which took $95.2 million at a New York auction in May. Christie's estimated total was 'in excess of' $2.09 billion More...