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Artknows
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informed and argumentative commentary and criticism on art history, sculpture, the art market, art crime, cultural heritage, museums and cultural matters.
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Caveat emptor: Coming to an iPhone near you...
There was a time when if you scratched your nose at the wrong moment at a public auction you could find yourself the proud owner of a vast mahogany breakfront bookcase or a set of 12 Chippendale dining chairs that you didn't want, or a £500,000 Old ...
Breaking with tradition: Sir Thomas Lighton joins Agnew\'s
It has just been announced that Sir Thomas Lighton (left), until recently Managing Director of Cork Street modern and contemporary art dealers Waddington Galleries, is to join the venerable old firm of Agnew's as Chief Executive.This is interesting i...
African art: the next China?
I've just received a flyer from Bonhams, inviting consignments for their next African art sale, scheduled to take place on 10th March 2010 at their New York galleries on Madison Avenue.The flyer says:"Bonhams' sale of African Modernist and Contempora...
David Lester: Who beat him up?
The photograph shown left — of Florida-based fine Art & Antiques fairs impresario David Lester — has just been circulated as part of his advertising for the Olympia International Fine Art & Antiques Fair, in which Lester and his wife Lee Ann rece...
Funky caryatid brings British Museum director out in the rain
At first it appeared to be just another tourist strolling through the grounds of the British Museum as 26-year old American graduate student Mary Phillips, the daughter of a Greek immigrant, conducted her one-woman peaceful protest appealing for the ...
Nationalism, cultural hybridity and a hole in the ground: James Cuno at the London School of Economics
James Cuno (left), director of the Art Institute of Chicago, seems to spend more time travelling the world promoting his books than he does looking after the encyclopedic collections over which he presides. Yesterday evening an audience of around 60 ...


Very informative art blog.
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