African Art March 2012

  Asante, Ghana, West Africa Ht. 38 1/2" c. 1910 Private US Collection "Ntan (en-tan) bands were popular among the Asante peoples ...

Ownership and Authentication of Street Art

We have featured several articles about street art in general and Banksy in particular. The problems associated with street art are unique a...

Brit Artfinder app ready for Your Smartphone

The first Artfinder app, which is being released in partnership with the Dulwich Picture Gallery, will be available in the Apple’s App ...

Boston Museum of Fine Art Launches Online Painting Resource

BOSTON.-Artdaily.org  "Just in time for Presidents’ Day, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, will debut on February 20 its first online ca...

Maxwell Anderson Appointed as DMA Director

Maxwell Anderson Appointed as Dallas Museum of Art Director The Dallas Museum of Art (DMA) today announced that Dr. Maxwell L. Anderson has ...

Antiquities Dealer Robert Hecht Jr. Dies at 92

This blog has published a number of pieces on Marion True, Chasing Aphrodite, and the Getty. It is an interesting subject that involves a nu...

My Word - February 2012

With the loss of Bill Siegmann, Norm Hurst, and now Mort Lipkin it has been a tough beginning to 2012. Such events, however, do put a bit of...

Museum and Dealer Tribal Art Shows 2012

1. Exhibitions: L'invention du sauvage Dates :29 Nov 11 to 3 Jun 12 Place :Musée du quai Branly Paris , France Event type :Exhibition To...

Art Fairs - January 2012

What's Happening  - January 2012 - Art Fairs Metro Show NYC The Art Fair Company January 18-22, 2012 Metropolitan Pavilion 125 W. 18th S...

Teotihuacan - A Major Find - Just Announced

MEXICO CITY (AP).- Archaeologists announced Tuesday that they dug to the very core of Mexico's tallest pyramid and found what may be the...

Association of Art Museum Directors Acquisition Guidelines

Registry of New Acquisitions of Archaeological Material and Works of Ancient Art The Registry of New Acquisitions of Archaeological Material...

Auction Art Market February 2012

1. Sothebys - Strong Modern and Impressionist Sale LONDON.- Tonight in a packed saleroom, Sotheby’s Impressionist & Modern Evening Sale ...

Three Books of Interest

1. Museums Matter,  by James Cuno "Since the Enlightenment, the encyclopedic museum has been a repository of human achievement, a remi...

Legal Update - Fisk - Crystal Bridges - and Barnes

I have written a few pieces on the Fisk University - Georgisa Okeefe case and the Barnes Foundation move to Philadelphia. Below are come bac...

Ray Wielgus Is Still Waiting

On Monday, November 28, 2011 I posted an article entitled: "Ray Wielgus, His Guns, and Some Thoughts About Last Wishes. Its time for a ...