Art Business News articles from July 2004

Art Business News archives from July 2004

Savvy galleries set pace with art walks: whether self-led studio crawls or open-door gallery walks, these events generate customer traffic while increasing community awareness of the arts.
July 1, 2004... On any given Thursday evening in Scottsdale, Ariz., the doors to Wilde M. Gallery are left wide open. Visitors to the town stroll in, peruse the artworks, and sip wine before leaving and continuing their amble through the city's 100-some art...

Thinking outside the block.(art industry news)
July 1, 2004... When many art collectors and galleries contemplate sculpture, they often think of classic works such as Michelangelo's "David" and media such as bronze, marble and acrylic. Nowadays, however, sculpture has grown to encompass a variety of...

Relationships, ABN and opportunities.(From the Editorial Director)(Editorial)
July 1, 2004... DEAR READERS, When I was asked to serve as editorial director for Art Business News, I thought back to the early days of my entry into the art world when I joined Artexpo in 1991. What a wonderful journey it's been. Working with...

Corrections.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
July 1, 2004... Thank you for the exposure of my work in your May issue in the "Trendsetters" section (page 42). I am getting some nice responses to the article... but it has been brought to my attention that they cannot get to my Web site, as it was printed...

Crafts for a cause: Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Robin Williams and the Sopranos give shirts off their backs for CRAFT BOSTON's Auction/Raffle.(news)
July 1, 2004... BOSTON -- National and local celebrities literally donated the "shirts off their backs" as part of the recent special auction/raffle held in conjunction with the CRAFT-BOSTON show in May at Boston's World Trade Center. The "Shirts Off...

Wanted: photographers to help launch MoAD.(Up Front)(Museum of the African Diaspora)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... NEW YORK -- Three celebrated African-American photographers--Gordon Parks, Deborah Willis and Chester Higgins--announce an international call for photographs to help launch the new Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD), set to open in San...

Book for writers to feature painting on cover.(Up Front)(Placidez by Salvador Caballero)(Mooring Against the Tide)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... ATLANTA -- "Placidez" an original painting by Spanish artist Salvador Caballero, has been selected by Prentice Hall as the cover art for its 2005 edition of a creative writing manual titled "Mooring Against the Tide." The book will be used by...

Wanted: ARTV submissions.(Up Front)
July 1, 2004... LAS VEGAS -- The first-ever, "red-carpet," nationally televised, multimedia, visua- arts awards event will be held in the spring of 2005 in Las Vegas. In addition to the actual event, ARTV AWARDS[TM], winners' artworks will be included in a...

Pfingsten announces key appointments.(Pfingsten Publishing L.L.C.)
July 1, 2004... CLEVELAND -- Larry Bauman has more than 30 years of experience in the industry. He has worked with Piedmont Moulding and Clark Moulding, and was vice president of sales for Crescent Cardboard LLC. He is also the president and CEO of Phoenix...

Spoleto festival selects green painting as poster image.(Up Front)(Spoleto Festival USA 2004)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... CHARLESTON, S.C. -- "Eyeletes" painting by Jonathan Green was recently unveiled at the Gibbes Museum of Art as Spoleto Festival USA 2004's official poster image. The image depicts a young woman in a red dress and a green hat enjoying a ride on...

Fine art of cruising.(news)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... JUNEAU, Alaska -- Marine-life artist Wyland joined passengers last month aboard three Princess Cruise ships for live painting demonstrations, art auctions and meet-and-greet cocktail parties during a summer Alaska tour. Wyland has been...

Gallery, marketing company team up to teach art marketing.(news)(Lenz Inc.,)(Vinson Gallery)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... ATLANTA -- Vinson Gallery and Lenz, Inc., joined forces to host the May meeting of the Young Professionals of Decatur (YPOD). The event, "The Art of Marketing, The Marketing of Art." included discussions led by Shawn Vinson, owner of Vinson...

Kinaki Y. Craft signs with Duirwaigh Gallery.(news)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... ATLANTA -- Kinuko Y. Craft, recipient of more than 100 awards for art and illustration, now offers many of the original paintings created during her award-winning 40-year career through Duirwaigh Gallery of Atlanta. Having been featured on the...

"Cel-Ebrating" 50 years of rock 'n' roll.(news)
July 1, 2004... RED BANK, N.J. -- CEL-EBRATION! Gallery is hosting an animated tribute to rock 'n' roll this month through August as the gallery commemorates the 50th anniversary of rock 'n' roll with a show and sale of animated and pop art from Elvis and the...

Boats, dock pillars add flair to Ramon Pujol exhibit.(news)
July 1, 2004... LAS VEGAS -- Galleria di Sorrento, located in the Forum Shops at Caesars Palace, recently hosted an exhibition of original oil paintings by Catalonian artist Ramon Pujol. More than 30 paintings were created for the show, including two...

Old world prints forms vision studio!(Introducing)(Old World Prints Ltd.,)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Richmond, VA. -- Old World Prints announces the formation of Vision Studio, the in-house design and creative group led by vice president, Kathy Wurdeman. The team of designers and graphic artists include Julie Holland, Lydia Hurst, Tara Friel,...

Photos capturing 1964 to be exhibited.(news)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... NASHVILLE -- It was 1964 when native New Yorker Gary Winogrand (1928-1984), who would become one of the world's great photographers, captured a slice of American history with images of the Vietnam War, the assassination of John F. Kennedy and...

ArtOnlineLinks.com offers online resource.(.com news)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... VALLEJO, Calif. -- ArtOnlineLinks.com offers the fine art industry an online resource to locate Internet-related websites for artists, collectors, galleries and resellers. The Website was created in conjunction with the recent update of...

Art.com wins Stevie.(best e-commerce website award)(Stevie[TM] Award)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... RALEIGH, N.C. -- Art.com, an online marketplace for prints, posters, photographs, and custom framing, recently won a Stevie[TM] Award for Best E-Commerce website in the 2004 American Business Awards. The Stevie[TM] Awards (nicknamed for the...

Linking the 'underground'.(.com news)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... CHULA VISTA, Calif. -- www.unCulture.com is a newly developed portal to the underground art world. To keep up-to-date with emerging artists and their work, as well as gallery events, unCulture provides a "conservatory" to browse influential and...

Elvis Presley Enterprises and Barewalls.com bring the King of Rock 'n' Roll to your Bare Walls.(Elvis Presley Enterprises Inc.,)(Barewalls Interactive Art Inc.,)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... SHARON, Mass. -- Elvis Presley Enterprises and www.Barewalls.com are teaming up to release the Elvis Collection, featuring fascinating photographic prints of Elvis the musician, the actor and the icon. Visitors to Barewalls.com can now view and...

Benton works acquired ...(Museum Matters)(Thomas Hart Benton)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Benton works acquired... The Terra Foundation for the Arts, Chicago, announces its acquisition of two paintings by Thomas Hart Benton: "Slaves" (right) and "Industry (Women Spinning)" left. The large, mural-like oil on canvases were obtained...

Kudos the following.(museum awards)(Ohio Museum Association)(Distinguished Museum Professional Award)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Kudos to the following... Akron Art Museum Director Dr. Mitchell Kahan was recently awarded the Ohio Museum Association's (OMA) 2004 Distinguished Museum Professional Award at OMA's annual conference. Now in his 18th year at the museum, Dr....

New York's Museum of Modern Art and P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center.(Museum Matters)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... New York's Museum of Modern Art and P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, announce that nArchitects, a New York firm led by Eric Bunge and Mimi Hoang, has been select ed as the winner of the fifth annual MoMAP/P.S.1 Young Architects Program, a...

Restoration underway ...(Museum Matters)(Yale University Art Gallery)
July 1, 2004... Restoration underway... The Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., the oldest college art museum in the Western Hemisphere, has begun the comprehensive restoration of its landmark main building, designed by American architect Louis I....

Post-1960s on exhibit ...(Museum Matters)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Post-1960s on exhibit... The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) announces a comprehensive exhibition throughout its entire fifth floor, devoted to the institution's collection of post-1960 contemporary art, while expanding its modern...

Person on the move ...(Museum Matters)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Person on the move... The First Center for the Visual Arts in Nashville has named Susan H. Edwards executive director and CEO. Edwards had been art executive director of the Katonah Museum of Art in Katonah, N.Y., since 1998.

Celebrating Matisse ...(Museum Matters)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Celebrating Matisse... The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, is celebrating a recent gift of more than 100 works from the Pierre and Maria-Gaetana Matisse Foundation with a major exhibition named after the donors. The selections were...

Kip Frace becomes artist for UNESCO-sponsored project.(news)(United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization )(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... NEW YORK--Artist Kip Frace is the first official artist for the U.N. Decade on Education for Sustainable Education, sponsored by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Frace's 7-ft. x 20-ft. mural,...

Larry Kanfer Gallery marks silver anniversary with spring collection.(Milestone)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... MINNEAPOLIS -- Larry Kanfer Gallery, featuring fine art photography by Larry Kanfer, recently celebrated its 25th year anniversary with a Spring Extravaganza that began with an evening reception kicking off the weekend celebration, which...

Luce Foundation crosses $100M mark for study of art.(Milestone)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... NEW YORK -- The Henry Luce Foundation has surpassed the $100-million threshold in funding for the study and presentation of American art. Since the inception of the American Art Program in 1982, the Luce Foundation has supported approximately...

Promoting your gallery on the Internet.(advice: marketing moves)
July 1, 2004... How do you communicate with your customers and potential customers? Perhaps you use newspaper, radio, TV or direct mail. Now, say "hello" to (and use) the fastest-growing marketing tool: the Internet. Today more than 200 million people...

Art for art's sake: alternative art and unusual themed exhibits contribute to success of 25-year-old, artist-run gallery.(strategy)
July 1, 2004... In the 1970s their numbers were great. In fact there were 300 of them. Today, there are 30. They're non-profit, alternative-space galleries, and one has been in existence for 25 years now in Cleveland. Since 1978, the Spaces Gallery on the...

Art-to-object movement gains momentum: once derided as stark, cold and impersonal, Minimalism's emphasis on art-as-object is now seen as the transforming art movement of the late 20th century.(Minimal Art)
July 1, 2004... It's not easy to fall in love with the blunt austerity of Minimal Art, with its Spartan use of hard-edged industrial materials and finishes, its emphasis on pure geometry over nature or figuration, and its single-minded approach. But a spate of...

Veiled Allusions & Genesis.(New editions)
July 1, 2004... Caption: Veiled Allusions & Genesis Self-published sculptor Gregory Beck announces the release of his new limited edition cast-bronze sculptures, "Veiled Allusions" & "Genesis." Each is available in an edition of 50. "Veiled Allusions"...

Red Daisies.(New editions)
July 1, 2004... Caption: A Red Daisies Bruce McGaw Graphics introduces "Bed Daisies" (item J358), one of four new posters from top-selling artist Beverly Jean. These images appear in Bruce McGaw Graphics' latest catalogue, Art 2004. "Red Daisies" has a paper...

Golden Mask.(New editions)(Golden Mask London Contemporary Art of Jacksonville)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Caption: Golden Mask London Contemporary Art of Jacksonville, Fla., and London, U.K., announces the release of "Golden Mask" by Spanish artist Felix Mas. "Golden Mask" is a serigraph available on paper, 17" x 36 1/2," an edition of 650 with 100...

Vacaciones en Grecia.(New editions)
July 1, 2004... Caption: Vacaciones en Grecia Winn Devon Art Group Ltd., introduces "Vacaciones en Grecia" by Spanish artist Pepa Poch. The fine-art giclee has a paper size of 47" x 35", and an image size of 41 3/8" x 31". It retails for $895, and is part of...

Venice Evening and Rome Courtyard.(New editions)
July 1, 2004... Caption: Venice Evening and Rome Courtyard New from Kennebeck Editions are giclees by Dimitri Danish, which include "Venice Evening" and "Rome Courtyard." Each include is available on canvas in an edition of 150, and on paper with deckled edges...

Cafe.(New editions)(Cafe Mary Mark Lost Steeple Originals)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Caption: Cafe Mary Mark Lost Steeple Originals of New Richmond, Ohio, introduces "Cafe." This reduction process linocut is hand-carved and printed by the artist, Mary Mark, on Arches 88 in an edition of 66. At 22" x 30", this original print...

Solo.(New editions)(Solo Vibrant Fine Art )(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Caption: Solo Vibrant Fine Art of Los Angeles introduces "Solo" by Darryl Daniels. The offset lithograph is available in a signed-and-numbered limited editon of 950, measures 17" by 30", and retails for $175. For more information, call...

Chain Reaction.(New editions)(Chain Reaction Med/ART)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Caption: Chain Reaction Med/ART of Morristown, NJ., announces the release of its 9th poster, "Chain Reaction" as part of its "The Fine Art of Healing" series of interpretative anatomical fine-art posters. Seven of the posters illustrate the...

Public commissions: the Tower of Babel.(advice)
July 1, 2004... When an artist who creates art on a monumental scale gets the much-anticipated phone call that he has won the commission for a large work to be installed in a plaza, lobby, airport, or traffic circle, that initial wave of excitement often turns...

Cambridge Springs, Pa.(Picture Gallery)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: CAMBRIDGE SPRINGS, PA. The Campbell Pottery Store and Gallery recently hosted an artists reception to mark the opening of a show of work by potters Mark and Huynh Mai Fitzgerald in the Stonewall Gallery.

Dania Beach, Fla.(Picture Gallery)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: DANIA BEACH, FLA. MAC Fine Art hosted artist Jackie Holland Berkley at a one-woman show at its gallery. Pictured from left to right are MAC sales representative and Holland's daughter, Lisa Sizernore; artist...

Frenchtown, N.J.(Picture Gallery)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: FRENCHTOWN, N.J. Above: Louisa Melrose Gallery celebrated its 5th anniversary with a champagne reception. Shown at left, left to right, are fellow art lovers: Rainie Crawford, Rhoda Yanow and Rae Smith, all...

Cleveland, OH.(Picture Gallery)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: CLEVELAND, OH. 3D pop artist Charles Fazzino takes time during an exhibition of his work at the Dick Kleinman Fine Art Gallery to pose with a young fan, Jill Johnston. The second photo shows the artist with...

Fort Worth, Texas.(Picture Gallery)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: FORT WORTH, TEXAS Milan Gallery hosted art opening night for artist Thomas Arvid, during which 32 the artist's paintings were sold. Shown left to right are Tal Milan, director of the Milan Gallery; clients...

New York.(Picture Gallery)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: NEW YORK A reception was held for The New York Society of Women Artists (NYSWA) at the Pleiades Gallery in Chelsea, N.Y. Pictured left to right: NYSWA artist Marlene Wiedenbaum; artist Paola Bari; artist and...

Last stop for largest exhibit of Vatican treasures to tour N.A.(San Diego)(San Diego Museum of Art)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... The San Diego Museum of Art is currently home to nearly 400 artifacts, documents and works of art on loan from the Vatican, including works by Giotto, Michelangelo and Bernini. Titled "Saint Peter and the Vatican: The Legacy of the Popes," the...

Exhibit features sculpted florals.(New York)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Elegant florals are frozen in time in the crystallized art of world-renowned glass artist, Paul Stankard. The Museum of Arts & Design will exhibit 75 pieces of Stankard's sculptural glass "Botanicals" from May 28 through August 29. The exhibit,...

Plains Indians culture captured In Catlin paintings.(Los Angeles)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Meticulously recording the manners and customs of Native Americans from 1830 to 1836, George Catlin created a collection of paintings considered an authentic record of early Plains Indians culture. The Museum of the American West will showcase...

Role of Jewish artists in shaping American Art is focus of centennial exhibition.(New York)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... As one of its special exhibitions during its centennial year, The Jewish Museum is currently presenting "My America: Art from The Jewish Museum Collection, 1900-1955." The exhibition focuses on the years of 1900-1955, a period of great...

"Young" America showcased in Landscape Paintings.(Raleigh, N.C.)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... "American Eden: Landscape Paintings of the Hudson River School," from the Collection of the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art at the North Carolina Museum of Art, features more than 50 works by 25 19th-century New York artists. The featured...

Exhibit explores Couples in African Sculpture.(New York)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Couples in African art and how that theme has been expressed in 30 cultures across the continent are explored in an exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The exhibit, "Echoing Images: Couples in African Sculpture," features some 60...

Show dates.(Brief Article)(Calendar)
July 1, 2004... THIS MONTH JULY 8-11 Art Glass Show Oregon Convention Center Portland (740) 452-4541 www.artglassshow.com JULY 9-11 The Gift Fair In Atlanta Georgia World Congress Center Atlanta (678) 285-3976 www.urban-expo.com JULY 17-20...

First-Ever Artexpo Atlanta.
July 1, 2004... ATLANTA -- When it comes to the arts, Atlanta is to the Southeast what New York is to the Northeast: the center of it all. So, it comes as no surprise that the annual Artexpo, held each February in New York at the Jacob Javits Center, will...

Public art helps drive urban renewal.(city beat: Cleveland, Ohio)(Cleveland Public Art )
July 1, 2004... The idea came to the mind of Lillian Kuri as she jogged across the Detroit Superior Bridge in Cleveland from her home in Ohio City, The plan that she envisioned and nurtured to fruition will become a reality this summer. Its name will be the...