Clik here to view.
US Legislature for Protecting Cultural Property Spring 2015
This proposed legislation (HR1493) like many of the efforts out of Congress is vague and open ended. It will empower our legislators to have more intrusive access than is readily apparent in a cursory...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Timbuktu Mali Spring 2015
The Boulder Business Journal has done a nice job briefly summarizing the crisis in Timbuktu and what's at stake Boulder Business JournalIslamic Manuscripts From Mali Timbuktu An Islamic by Lemur Anheim...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Houston Museum of Fine Art 450 Million Dollar Expansion Plan
Museum of Fine Arts unveils $450 million expansion plan with new buildings, roof garden, top-tier restaurant By Shelby Hodge1.13.15|7:25 am View of the Museum of Fine Artrs, Houston campus from the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Ivory Ban Update Spring 2015
Appraisers Ivory Update February 2015Matthew Quinn, Quinn’s Auction GalleriesIvory continues to be a question at the forefront of our industry. I have compiled here a basic update of relevant...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Museum AOA Exhibitions Spring 2015
New Orleans Museum of Art – Kongo Across the WatersMarch 1, 2015. An exhibition jointly organized by the Harn Museum of Art at the University of Florida and the Royal Museum for Central Africa in...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Discoveries Spring 2015
Giant Underground City Discovered in TurkeyJanuary 3, 2015 Turkey’s Housing Development Administration (TOKİ) made an unexpected discovery during the destruction of about 1500 old buildings around the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Art and Terrorism Spring 2015
1. Nimrud, Ancient City, Destroyed by ISIS + Video & Picsجمعه 6 مارس 2015 | 209 views Heavy military vehicles were used to damage the site, according to a statement from Iraq’s ministry of tourism...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Heard on the Street Spring 2015
1. MANALAPAN - A sprawling oceanfront Florida compound owned by the Ziff family is asking just under $200 million, according to people familiar with the property, making it one of the highest priced...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Art World Goings and Comings Spring 2015
Amsterdam's Stedelijk Museum has a new chief curator in Bart van der Heide, director of the Kunstverein Munich, who replaces Nicole Delissen (see Bart van der Heide Named Chief Curator at Stedelijk...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Bruno Claessens Spring 2015
I have picked a few of Bruno's recent blog entries that should give you an idea of how interesting his view is on recent issues of interest in the ethnographic field. Many are intrigued by Sothebys...
View ArticleClik here to view.
International Art Market Spring 2015
1. NEW YORK, NY.- This Spring, vintage Moroccan rugs have been experiencing a surge in popularity: From fashion houses like Lanvin and Tory Burch, who referenced traditional Moroccanweaving in their...
View ArticleClik here to view.
ARCA Blog Looks at the Don Miller Case Spring 2015
ARCA (Association for Research into Crimes against Art) has asked some important questions as we mark the passing of 91 year old collector Don Miller. Miller was raided by the FBI in April 2014 and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Looting, Repatriation and Disasters Spring 2015
1. CAIRO (AFP).- Egypt said on Sunday it has recovered 123 ancient artefacts that had been smuggled outside the country and were later confiscated in New York. Egypt's major archaeological sites were...
View ArticleClik here to view.
IRS and US Museums Spring 2015
NEW YORK Tax Exposé Shows Private Museum DetailsJanuary 12, 2015 by Marion Maneker Mitchell and Emily RalesThe past two weeks have seen an onslaught of art market coverage from the New York Times...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Authentication and Conservation Spring 2015
1. LONDON (AFP).- The results are in of a battle that pitted London's culture vultures against a Chinese workshop churning out replicas of the world's most famous paintings, revealing a clear victory...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Art Market - Contemporary African Art Spring 2015
This story has intrigued a number of people both here and in the UK where London has now become the center of the world of contemporary African art. When Bonhams began holding their auctions there...
View ArticleClik here to view.
My Word - Rites of Passage Spring 2015
Often the thought of experiencing a rite of passage is accompanied by the dread of dealing with another milestone. Sometimes these events such as the passing of a loved one are negative and very...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Auction News Spring 2015
1. NEW YORK Auctionata Lays Off Half of New York StaffApril 21, 2015 AuctionataToday, the online auction platform Auctionata laid off more than 30 employees in its 60-person New York office. Just last...
View ArticleClik here to view.
African, Pre-Columbian, and Indian Spring 2015
Maya Shell PendantAd 600 - 900Guatemala/MexicoL. 2 1/2"Carlebach Coll., New York Yoruba lidded Divination BowlDiameter 22"c. 1st quarter 20th centuryMort Lipkin Coll. Arussi Stone Memorial...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Great Photos from Around the World Spring 2015
Bald Eagle Shaking It Off Capetown, South Africa Jumping Over an Ice Cave in Austria Limestone Hills Yunnan Province China Milky Way Over Bartlett, Texas Monument Valley UtahVillage of Kaveripattinam,...
View Article