Art Business News articles from March 2003

Art Business News archives from March 2003

Canvas editions infuse art sales: prints on canvas, particularly giclees, are a hot commodity for dealers and collectors. (Special Report).
March 1, 2003... Enhancements in printing technology, combined with increasing recognition by the art-buying public, have been infusing sales of limited-edition prints on canvas. Sales of giclees on canvas, particularly, have surged. According to Art...

Pop art's beat goes on: modern-day pop artists, inspired by renowned masters from the 1960s and '70s, bring joy in difficult times. (news).
March 1, 2003... "Pop art is stronger than ever," said Jeff Jaffe, co-owner of Pop International Galleries in New York. Art dealers, publishers, artists, collectors and auction houses agree. They point to some of the biggest names in art today: Burton Morris,...

Artexpo's 25th year marks a personal milestone. (From The Editor).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... DEAR READERS, Though the 2003 edition of Artexpo New York marks the 25th anniversary of the show, it is also a smaller personal anniversary for me. This will be my fifth time at the show as a member of the Art Business News team. Though my...

Letters.
March 1, 2003... ABN's recent cover story, "Artist's Proofs May Cause Controversy" (February 2003), has sparked an influx of reader responses. Here, readers weigh in with their thoughts on the topic: I found your article on the value of so-called artist's...

Digital printing: the next generation of innovation: new technologies and developments have led to the introduction of several new fine art products. (Special Report).
March 1, 2003... "Digital printing has grown in leaps and bounds," asserted Dan Fletcher, a representative of Top Art in San Diego. As a result, today's publishers are presented with a dizzying array of choices--which inks to use? which substrates? which...

ARA founder re-acquires company from Getty Images. (Up Front).
March 1, 2003... BOCA RATON, Fla. -- Founder and President of American Royal Arts (ARA) Jerry Gladstone has re-acquired the company from Getty Images. American Royal Arts is a leading animation and entertainment art company. In 2000, Gladstone sold the...

Ellis and Lord Editions to relocate to Arizona. (Up Front).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... TUCSON, Ariz. -- Ellis and Lord Editions, publisher of contemporary fine art reproductions and limited editions, has relocated its operations to Tucson from Huntington, N.Y. Steven Ellis, vice-president and founding partner of Ellis and Lord,...

Industry drives ArtsBusXpress for kids. (news).
March 1, 2003... SAN DIEGO -- Gallery owner Patricia Smith has rallied support from the art and framing industry to enable students to get their first taste of the arts by riding the ArtsBusExpress. Smith, owner of Art Expressions Gallery, was introduced to...

Spotlight on Crown Thorn Publishing.
March 1, 2003... SAN DIEGO -- Crown Thorn Publishing was created two years ago by husband-and-wife retail gallery owners RuthAnn and James Thorn. The couple has been instrumental in fostering the careers of the sole two artists they represent, Henry Asencio and...

Fine Art Editions introduces Hockensmith prints.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... GEORGETOWN, Ky. -- Fine Art Editions introduces two limited-edition giclee prints by artist/photographer John S. Hockensmith. According to company officials, the images celebrate the historic noble beauty of Andalusian and Friesian horses. ...

New Regina-Andrew Design images blend color, style and home accents for Art In Motion.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... COQUITLAM, B.C. -- Art In Motion presents a new collection from Regina-Andrew Design. According to officials, Carla Regina Zajac and James Andrew Slaven blend the latest tastes in color, style and home accents with time-tested motifs for...

Strong attendance marks 13th edition of Art Miami. (The scene).
March 1, 2003... MIAMI -- Despite a lagging economy and the debut of Art Basel Miami Beach just one month earlier, the 13th edition of Art Miami was a success, according to fair organizers. Held at the Miami Beach Convention Center from Jan. 9 to 13, close to...

Image Conscious signs Campos, Thompson. (news).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... SAN FRANCISCO -- Image Conscious has signed figurative artist Edson Campos and Hawaiian landscape artist Deborah Thompson to exclusive contracts. Campos specializes in the female human form, rendered as portraits and classic nudes. Born in...

Digital Printing book achieves sales records. (news).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... SPECIAL REPORT -- Harald Johnson's new book, Mastering Digital Printing: The Photographer's and Artist's Guide to High-Quality Digital Output (Muska & Lipman, December 2002) recently reached the No. 17 position in the Overall Top 100 Sales on...

Al Hirschfeld, prolific caricaturist, dies at 99. (news).(Brief Article)(Obituary)
March 1, 2003... NEW YORK -- Six months away from reaching his centennial, prolific caricaturist Al Hirschfeld died in his sleep at his Upper East Side home on Jan. 20. Known for his black-and-white line drawings of famous theatrical performers, Hirschfeld...

Herb Ritts, fashion photographer, dies at 50. (news).(Brief Article)(Obituary)
March 1, 2003... LOS ANGELES -- Famed celebrity and fashion photographer Herb Ritts succumbed to complications from AIDS on Dec. 26. Though best known for his black-and-white portraits of celebrities such as Madonna, Richard Gere and Jack Nicholson, Ritts also...

Artist Fred Machetanz, painter of Alaska, dies at 94. (news).(Obituary)
March 1, 2003... VENICE, Fla. -- Alaskan artist Fred Machetanz, known for his powerful renditions of the Alaska landscape, has died at the age of 94. His paintings preserved the traditions and activities of the Eskimos, the sourdoughs and the dogsleds of...

Munson distributes Kahlo posters, O'Keeffe catalog. (news).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... SANTA FE, N.M. -- Munson Graphics, a fine art publisher and distributor, is offering the distribution of a complete collection of Frida Kahlo posters from Mexico. A black-and-white portrait of the artist by photographer Imogen Cunningham, along...

Mill Pond to hold regional dealer seminars in 2003. (news).
March 1, 2003... VENICE, Fla. -- Rolland Ford, Mill Pond's vice president of sales and marketing, has announced additional dates for the company's series of one-day regional seminars. Topics to be covered will include how to increase sales and profits,...

Enormous Art wins Export Excellence award. (news).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... SHEFFIELD, England -- Enormous Art, the British-based publisher of contemporary and classical museum art, was recently awarded a U.K. business award sponsored by the Sheffield Chamber of Commerce and Industry for 2002. At a gala dinner...

Jansen commissioned by Ford Motor Company. (news).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... DETROIT -- The Ford Motor Company has commissioned artist Marcus Antonius Jansen for historic paintings for its 100th anniversary this year. Ford will celebrate its 100th birthday in June, where Jansen will be handing over paintings which will...

Culinary Festival features artist poster contest. (news).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- The Scottsdale League for the Arts recently conducted a nationwide search for original artwork to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Scottsdale Culinary Festival. The league wanted an image that could represent the...

AMFA reveals 2003 furniture outlook. (news).
March 1, 2003... HIGH POINT, N.C. -- Wholesale sales of residential furniture are expected to increase 3.8 percent this year and continue growing slowly throughout next year, according to a new forecast from the American Furniture Manufacturers Association....

Wild Apple introduces Andrea Boff, Danhui Nai. (news).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... WOODSTOCK, Vt. -- Wild Apple has added Andrea Boff and Danhui Nai to its family of more than 90 artists. Both artists make their homes in California. Boff works primarily in acrylics, and food and music are favorite topics. Nai focuses on...

Qoro publishes Barnes Foundation Art Collection. (news).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... NEW CASTLE, Del. -- Qoro has been licensed to reproduce and publish a collection of French early Modern and post-Impressionist paintings from the famed Barnes Art Collection. Less than 10 percent of the paintings have been lithographically...

New museum exhibition showcases experimental lithographs from the 1960s. (news).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... SAN DIEGO -- The Tamarind Lithography Workshop in Los Angeles is the subject of a new exhibition at the San Diego Museum of Art. Titled "The Magician and the Mechanic: Tamarind Lithography Workshop, the Early Years," the exhibition presents 57...

A special evening with Tamarind founder June Wayne. (news).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... SAN DIEGO -- June Wayne will be at the San Diego Museum to discuss her experiences at the Tamarind Lithography Workshop on March 6 at 6 p.m. Following her lecture, she will introduce her Academy Award-winning documentary film about the...

Jean Monti wins Artist award. (news).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... SHELTON, Conn. -- American artist Jean Monti, who is represented by the Greenwich Workshop, was recently awarded by International Artist magazine. The magazine called for submissions of original artwork with the theme of "people." She submitted...

Artexpo New York exhibitor news. (Show news).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... SPECIAL REPORT--The 25th-anniversary edition of International Artexpo New York, Feb. 27 to March 3 at the Jacob Javits Convention Center, will feature new art, exciting programs, special events and more. Hundreds of exhibitors will feature...

International Artexpo New York 2003. (Show news).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... February 27 to March 3 Jacob Javits Convention Center New York SHOW HOURS Thursday, February 27 Open to the trade only 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday, February 28 Open to the trade only 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday, March 1...

Jardorf shows paintings, sculpture. (Show news).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... NEW YORK -- Danish artist Lina Murel Jardorf will exhibit new sculptures, a first for the artist, as well as new paintings at Artexpo. Jardorf said her paintings are known for vivid colors and vibrant expression. "When my brush touches the...

Linda Jones features life model sessions. (Show news).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... IRVINE, Calif. -- Linda Jones Enterprises will bring a new exhibit of life-model drawings from the hand of animator Chuck Jones to Artexpo. Spotlighting this premier will be life-model classes directed by Professor Sherry Camhy of New York...

Qoro to showcase limited-edition Wyeth prints. (Show news).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... NEW CASTLE, Del. -- In booth #2915, Qoro Inc. will showcase the prints of N.C. Wyeth. Qoro was recently selected as one of the printmakers serving the Wyeth family, beginning with the prints of N.C. Wyeth, approved by Jamie Wyeth for the N.C....

New Diltz photographs to debut at Artexpo. (Show news).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... NEW YORK -- Four photographs taken by photographer Henry Diltz will be exhibited for the first time at Artexpo. In addition to the world-premiere images, more than 100 of Diltz's limited-edition, hand-signed photographs can be viewed and...

The Art Market outdoor art gallery opens. (gallery News).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... HAMPTON, Va. -- The Art Market, a new outdoor art gallery located along historic Queens Way in downtown Hampton, features 21 works of art by 16 artists. "We couldn't be more excited," said Gaynette LaRue, chairwoman of the Art Market...

Gallery row in Denver gets a new tenant. (gallery News).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... DENVER -- 825 Art, a gallery featuring fine art, framing, functional art, furniture, sculpture, glass, jewelry and one-of-a-kind accessories, has opened at 825 Santa Fe Drive. The new gallery is located in the midst of the emerging gallery row...

Dealer lectures at Art Show. (gallery News).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... BROOKLYN, N.Y. -- A Brooklyn art sealer and small business owner was recently a featured lecturer at the annual National Black Vine Art Show in New York City. Lurita LB Brown, gallery director of Clinton Hill Simply Art and Framing Gallery,...

L!CENSING 2003 offers opportunities for artists. (Show news).
March 1, 2003... NEW YORK -- The impact of licensing on the business of marketing art and design is more evident than ever at the annual Licensing Show. This year's event, to be held June 10 to 12 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, will showcase classic...

Atlanta Art and Antiques show to benefit charity. (Show news).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... ATLANTA -- The antique shops of Miami Circle will host the Arts & Antiques Festival April 24 to 27. The show is designed to raise more than $100,000 for Senior Citizens Services of Metropolitan Atlanta/Meals On Wheels Atlanta. The festival will...

Artists selected for Boston craft fair. (Show news).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... BOSTON -- Artist selection is complete for the 2003 CRAFTBOSTON show, which runs May 16 to 18 at the Hynes Convention Center. Exhibitors will showcase a full range of craft media, with artists selling one-of-a-kind and limited-edition pieces in...

New logo, branding for Surtex. (Show news).
March 1, 2003... WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- SURTEX[R], a trade show for selling and licensing art and design, is updating its image. The 18th-annual edition of SURTEX will introduce a new logo and branding treatment, a marketing campaign, a reconfigured floor plan...

Fine Art Forum in New York adds new exhibitor. (Show news).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... NEW YORK -- Fine Art Forum has added the Chicago-based Sculpture Group Limited to its list of exhibitors for its New York event. Sculpture Group will show the work of Frederick Hart. Several artists will also attend the event, including...

Adventurers and artists: photo l.a. focuses its lens on distant shores. (Show news).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... LOS ANGELES -- Photographers are known often to be adventurers, taking their cameras to exotic, unexplored and sometimes dangerous locales. Photography dealers, too, may be adventurers, taking a chance on the unexplored territory of introducing...

Crescent introduces CrescentDigital[TM]. (Technology news).
March 1, 2003... WHEELING, Ill. -- Crescent has unveiled CrescentDigital[TM], a line of acid-free conservation-grade papers for digital reproduction of art and photography. Crescent Digital Art Paper is made from 100-percent cotton for dye- and pigment-based...

Roland Pro II printers earn GPA TruGiclee approval. (Technology news).
March 1, 2003... IRVINE, Calif. -- The Giclee Printers Association (GPA) has certified Roland Hi-Fi JET Pro II pigment printers for producing TruGiclee fine art reproductions. The GPA TruGiclee standard distinguishes fine art reproductions printed with the...

Designer creates unique digital techniques for interior design. (Technology news).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... LONDON -- A British designer has developed a unique concept for exhibiting art in the home. Kate Osborn uses her experience in photography, fine art and digital imagery to transfer a client's favorite snapshots onto fabrics, wallpaper, window...

Image Advantage Systems introduces new print-on-demand system. (Technology news).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... TORRANCE, Calif. -- Image Advantage Systems Inc. (IAS) has introduced the Belle Couleur[TM] print-on-demand art system. This system includes image delivery technology and a collection of fine art images and photographs captured in...

Canadian Art Prints updates Web site. (.com News).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... VANCOUVER, B.C. -- Canadian Art Prints has launched a redesigned Web site at www.canadianartprints.com. The site features creative layouts, improved site navigation and, new sections that will provide information on licensing, artist...

Art Cellar celebrates with new Web site design. (.com News).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... SAN DIEGO -- The year 2003 marks Art Cellar Exchange's 15th year in business, and to commemorate the anniversary, the company has redesigned its award-winning Web site at www.artcellarexchange.com. Art Cellar Exchange was one of the first...

New source book by Vickers takes the mystery out of buying art. (.com News).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... VALLEJO, Calif. -- A new guide and source e-book for potential buyers of fine art via the Internet has been released by Marques Publications entitled Marketing and Buying Fine Art Online: A Right-Brained Guide to a Left-Brained Industry...

Photo site doubles offerings in first year. (.com News).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... OAKLAND, Calif. -- Photo Artists Network (www.photoartistsnetwork.com) is celebrating. Over the course of its first year, the e-commerce gallery has grown from six photographers to 19, and now showcases more than 700 images. According to...

eBay photo expert offers tips to faster sales with better photos. (.com News).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... SAN JOSE, Calif. -- eBay officials have determined that higher-quality photographs of items for sale results in better, faster sales. With that in mind, eBay helps sellers give it their "best shots" with the site's own photo expert, Rick...

Wilkinson releases first bas-relief sculpture.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... NEW YORK -- The Meisner Gallery has released the first ever bas-relief sculpture by Michael Wilkinson, "Profile: A View to Journey," which acts as a slip case for the hardcover book entitled The Acrylic Sculpture of Michael Wilkinson. This...

New Art Group catalog released for NY shows.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... LONDON -- The Art Group has released a new poster catalog that will debut in New York during Artexpo and DECOR expo. The catalog will feature a range of more than 1,200 images, including 300 new images to the Art Group portfolio in the...

McGaw publishes Warhol piece for show. (news).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... WEST NYACK, N.Y. -- Bruce McGaw Graphics recently published an 11- by 14-inch version of Andy Warhol's "The Two Sisters (After de Chirico)." The piece was selected by the Philadelphia Museum of Art to accompany its recent show "Giorgio de...

Mill Pond launches new `Classics' line. (news).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... VENICE, Fla. -- Art publisher Mill Pond Press has unveiled a new line of limited-edition landscape images on canvas by Peter Ellenshaw as a result of increased demand for landscapes and reproductions on canvas, said company officials. Said...

Starlite, Media Arts sign licensing agreement. (news).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... STUDIO CITY, Calif. -- Starlite Originals LLC, a resource for limited-edition sculpture figurines, and Media Arts Group Inc., publisher of artwork by Thomas Kinkade, have signed a licensing agreement. The initial offering of three...

Rosenstiel's expands Markham Silver catalog. (news).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... LONDON -- Rosenstiel's has published a new catalog for the Spring season to expand the company's open-edition Markham Silver range of contemporary poster art and photography. The first Markham Silver catalog was published in February 2002. Its...

120 pieces of art work stolen from truck. (news).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- The Nan Miller Gallery had a truckload of artwork stolen from a hotel in Deerfield, Fla., on the evening of Jan. 14. The truck was recovered in Miami with its contents missing. Approximately 120 pieces of artwork are...

Tips from a frame shop on wheels: sometimes it pays to pack up your wares and bring them to your customer's feet. (advice).
March 1, 2003... Supermarkets are delivering groceries to your door. McDonald's offers a delivery service in certain markets. Home Depot is experimenting with home delivery. These and many more businesses offer to bring their merchandise to your home as an...

Artwork shines and sells in luxury hotels: vacationing art collectors are buying art right out of their hotels. (strategy).
March 1, 2003... At most hotels, guests can stroll into the gift shop to purchase commemorative trinkets. Not so at the luxurious Lake Placid Lodge in upstate New York, where guests can buy the art off the walls and sometimes even the beds they slept in....

Stop selling art: license it: take a hint from the software industry and license, instead of sell, your art. (legal Lowdown: advice).
March 1, 2003... I have a radical proposition for all artists and art publishers. Stop selling art. That's right. Stop selling art, make more money, and regain control of your artwork. This might sound like a contradiction of terms or simply lunacy. "Fine," you...

The renaissance of Renaissance: the contemporary rebirth of a classic genre has garnered a modern-day market.
March 1, 2003... For many, the Renaissance conjures images of a heady time when the world new and flourishing; when science became a discipline and art was reborn, due to the genius of artists like Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and Botticelli, among others....

Steps for show success: follow this simple, 12-step program when planning your next gallery opening event and watch your sales soar.
March 1, 2003... Pulling off a wonderfully successful gallery opening is the stuff that dreams are made of. But like all dreams, it's seldom a reality. So Art Business News, with a little help from some gallery types who know how to throw a fabulous opening, is...

Smaller cities support local artists: mid-sized cities around the country are attracting, housing and marketing artist's communities in innovative ways that benefit both the artists and the towns they call home.
March 1, 2003... No longer the forgotten souls rambling around in loft studios, noticed only when they begin a cycle of neighborhood gentrification that ultimately drives them out, artists' communities are finding voices in some of the nation's smaller cities....

Top photography collections inspire and educate: you don't have to go to art school to become an expert on master photographers. (Photo Collections).
March 1, 2003... I spent three years working at the Ansel Adams Gallery in Yosemite National Park. Though my job, on the surface, seemed like little more than selling note cards and posters, the time spent within those gallery walls gave me a priceless skill:...

The British invasion: a broad range of "gentler" contemporary British art is finding an audience on U.S. shores. (Britart).
March 1, 2003... A small band of British artists, notably David Hockney and Lucien Freud, have always enjoyed international reputations. Then came the attention-getting shock art of the U.K's "yBa" generation during the 1990s, which has yielded a surprising...

Hayley Tolkin. (Emerging Artists).(Brief Article)(Biography)
March 1, 2003... The figurative mixed-media works on paper and canvas by Hayley Tolkin have a gestural quality, with washes of color exploding throughout her figures' bodies, which are often set in unusual poses. Tolkin's work involves the application of...

Virginia Fitch. (Emerging Artists).(Brief Article)(Biography)
March 1, 2003... Working primarily in pastel, artist Virginia Fitch aims to bring a "visual vacation" to people who don't have access to natural places on an everyday basis. Her richly colored landscapes are composed through careful observation of the natural...

J. Hill Ainsworth. (Emerging Artists).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... In the color-drenched paintings of J. Hill Ainsworth, figures emerge in different postures and moods from a fluid realm, both exuberant and fresh. Ainsworth has coined the phrase "subjective realism "to describe her work. She explained,...

Sam Dixon. (Emerging Artists).(Biography)
March 1, 2003... Influenced by the paintings of Whistler, Sam Dixon's work captures the essence of inspiration and temperament. His art often focuses on shapes and abstraction through a gestural approach. "The creative spirit, may it always be represented...

Sculpting a painting: artist David Schluss battles life's adversities with cheerful subject in vibrant, happy paintings. (Artist profile: David Schluss).
March 1, 2003... David Schluss has a fetish that most can surmise by viewing his work. He has an affinity for chubby, jolly people. The Israeli-born artist uses a technique he calls "sculpting a painting" to put his playful cherubic subjects in a variety of...

Tony Award-winning producer and director George C. Wolfe has brought a musical version of the life of graffiti artist Keith Haring to the stage at the Public Theater. (New York).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... Tony Award-winning producer and director George C. Wolfe has brought a musical version of the life of graffiti artist Keith Haring to the stage at the Public Theater. Called Radiant Baby, the hit song is aptly called "Instant Gratification."...

Jose Milicua, a Spanish art historian, has made the shocking discovery that some of the avant garde theories behind modern art were used as a deliberate form of torture during the bloody Spanish Civil War, some 65 years ago. (Madrid, Spain).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... Jose Milicua, a Spanish art historian, has made the shocking discovery that some of the avant garde theories behind modern art were used as a deliberate form of torture during the bloody Spanish Civil War, some 65 years ago. The psychological...

Museum matters. (art buzz ...).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... The small town of Bartlesville, Okla., is hoping to become the next arts destination with the conversion of Frank Lloyd Wright's 19-story Price Tower--the architect's only skyscraper (built in 1956 as headquarters for the H.C. Price pipeline...

A man posing as an agent for visual artists was recently arrested after scamming several American and Canadian artists out of their work, having promised them cash and publicity that never materialized. (Miami).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... A man posing as an agent for visual artists was recently arrested after scamming several American and Canadian artists out of their work, having promised them cash and publicity that never materialized. Michael Harrison, who operated under the...

Scotland's online contemporary art gallery, BlinkRed.com, has made a deal with the Apex hotel chain to provide 1,500 artworks for hundreds of hotel rooms in Edinburgh and Dundee. (Leith, Scotland).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... Scotland's online contemporary art gallery, BlinkRed.com, has made a deal with the Apex hotel chain to provide 1,500 artworks for hundreds of hotel rooms in Edinburgh and Dundee. The deal is part of Blink Red.com's aim to make art accessible to...

While reality TV shows become more crass and extreme, there are certain ideas the networks apparently won't go for. (Hollywood).
March 1, 2003... While reality TV shows become more crass and extreme, there are certain ideas the networks apparently won't go for. One such idea was the pitch to base a show on someone breaking into the Getty Museum and stealing a painting. "Bad ideas like...

The Whyte Museum has received one of Canada's most prized photographic collections. (Banff, Alberta).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... The Whyte Museum has received one of Canada's most prized photographic collections. Thousands of personal photos taken by world-famous photographer Nicholas Morant, who died in 1999, were donated by Morant's widow, Margaret, to the museum. The...

Sotheby's New York. (Auction Block).
March 1, 2003... The star lot at the recent Old Master paintings sale at Sotheby's New York was "Descent into Limbo" by Italian Renaissance master Andrea Mantegna (ca. 1492), which sold for $28.6 million (est. $20 million to $30 million). The small panel is...

Christie's New York. (Auction Block).
March 1, 2003... Fast on the heels of the Outsider Art Fair, Christie's New York held the first major auction devoted to self-taught and outsider art on Jan. 27. 94 of the 121 lots sold, bringing in $1.15 million. Many auction world records were set, including...

Phillips, de Pury & Luxembourg. (Auction Block).(Phillips, de Pury & Luxembourg )
March 1, 2003... The auctioneer Phillips, de Pury & Luxembourg is expected to give up its posh 57th Street headquarters in Manhattan and shut down its Impressionist and modern art auction departments. The move comes after three years of attempting to compete...

Primo I. (New editions).(Top Art of Milan)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... Top Art of Milan, Italy, introduces "Primo I" by Eric Waugh. The print measures 38 1/8 by 38 1/8 inches and retails for $69. It is also available measuring 19 5/8 by 23 5/8 inches and retails for $32. For more information, call 800-253-0102....

Lucy is Enceinte. (New editions).(Linda Koast )(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... Linda Koast of Gaithersburg, Md., introduces "Lucy is Enceinte," from her "Legend Series." The giclee-on-canvas is available in an s/n limited edition of 395, measures 15 by 20 inches and retails for $375. For more information, call (240)...