Archive for the ‘San Francisco’ Category
F.B.I. Art Sleuth, Now Author of ‘Priceless’ (NY Times) Review: Yves Klein Retrospective at Hirshhorn Museum (NY Times) TV Review: ‘Work of Art: The Next Great Artist’ on Bravo (LA Times) Art Review: ‘They Have Not the Art to Argue with Pictures’ at Cherry & Martin (LA Times) Lehman Looks to Sell More Art (WSJ) […]
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Tags: Cherry and Martin, FBI art, Hirshhorn Museum, Jackie-O, Kurt Cobain, Lehman art, Paris Hilton, Priceless, Tate Modern, Yves Klein
May is an exciting month for the New York auction world. This year, some very private West Coast collections, featuring rare work, will be offered at auction in the next two weeks. Property from the $150 million Holmby Hills-based Collection of Mrs. Sidney F. Brody will be auctioned off at Christie’s on May 4 and 5 […]
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Tags: Brody Collection, Christie's, Halsey Minor Collection, Jasper Johns, Marc Newson, Michael Crichton collection, Nu au Plateau du Sculpteur, Phillips de Pury, Picasso, Richard Prince
Damaged Picasso Returns to the Met After Repair (NY Times) At LAX, the Saucer is Ready to Land Again (NY Times) After-Hours Programs at Bay Area Museums – An Uneven Mix (NY Times) Masterpieces from Dulwich Picture Gallery, at the Frick Collection (WSJ) Pae White, an Artist “In the World” (LA Times) LACMA’s Collectors Committee […]
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Tags: celebrity art collections, damaged Picasso, Dulwich Picture Gallery, Frick Collection, LACMA Collector's Committee, LAX, MET, Overduin and Kite, Pae White, Tribeca Film Festival, Tris Vonna-Michell
Use Their Work Free? Some Artists Say No To Google (NY Times) A Thriftier Lot Comes To Basel This Year (NY Times) A New Concept in Handling Art (NY Times Global Edition) Transforming the Louvre in Uncertain Times (NY Times Global Edition) OCMA Sells paintings to private collector, prompting criticism (LA Times) Window Shoppers: Seasoned […]
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Tags: Art Basel, art party pictures, artists, Brad Pitt, California impressionists, galleries, Google, Grosvenor House, Louvre, OCMA, old masters, party pics, San Francisco, Venice Biennale
East in the Eye of This Beholder: Kamrooz Aram’s New Orientalism (NY Times) Getty Ex-Curator, Marion True, Testifies in Rome Antiquities Trial (NY Times) Graffiti Artists Hold Panel With Old Nemeses in Blue (NY Times) Stories Found in the Streets: Paul Graham at MOMA (WSJ) A Victorian Novel Set in Stone: British Houses of […]
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Tags: Andy Warhol, Asia Week, David Kusin, Getty antiquities trial, Grand Palais, Kamrooz Aram, Marion True, orientalism, party pics, Paul Graham, Rubens, SF MoMA, William Kentridge
Images Separated at Birth? Edward Hopper at Fraenkel Gallery (NY Times) A Caged Man Breaks Out at Last: The Art of Tehching Hsieh (NY Times) Is Anybody Buying Art These Days? The Mugrabis Are (NY Times) Art World’s Stimulus Package: Matisse, Mondrian, Not Picasso (WSJ) Guggenheim Director is a Portrait of Modesty (WSJ) Fine Arts […]
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Tags: ADAA, art world, Culver City, director, Edward Hopper, Fraenkel Gallery, graffiti art, Guggenheim, Honor Fraser Gallery, KAWS, LA Louver, Lisa Yuskavage, Matisse, Mondrian, opening, Picasso, Poltergeist, Rebecca Campbell, Royal/T, stimulus package, Tehching Hsieh, Will Cotton, YSL sale, Yves Saint Laurent
Stanley Boxer’s No. 30 from Flitofloat series, lot 7126 in Bonhams upcoming Sunset Estate Auction in Los Angeles on February 8th. Estimate: $800-$1,200. By Emily Waldorf Have you ever wondered if that dusty oil painting or antique clock you inherited from your great aunt is worth something but thought it was too complicated to get […]
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Tags: antiques, antiques roadshow, appraisal days, Bonhams, CIRCA, Furniture and Decorative Arts, garage sale, jewelry, Los Angeles, Mick Jagger, New York, Newport Beach, San Francisco, selling property, what's it worth
By Lauren Dickinson Break up an afternoon of fall shopping or gallery perusing with the time honored tradition of afternoon tea. 1) Ritz-Carlton Half Moon Bay: Classic tea service with a gourmet bent, though the real reason to go out of your way is the stunning ocean views. Gaze at the crashing waves while curled […]
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Tags: Afternoon Tea, Alice in Wonderland, Annie Leibovitz, Best Los Angeles afternoon tea, best Los Angeles tea spots, Christian Lacroix, Crown and Crumpet, high tea, Jean Paul Gaultier, Neiman Marcus Rotunda, Ritz Carlton Half Moon Bay, Royal/T, The Peninsula Beverly Hills, Top 5 Tea, Vogue
If you bring up the work of Dale Chihuly at a cocktail party, you are bound to be met with energetic praise from his devoted followers or pained looks and eye rolls from his critics. I have found that people either love or hate the intricate, multi-colored blown glass and have yet to meet someone […]
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Tags: Bellagio, Dale Chihuly, de Young, Fiori di Como, handblown glass, John Buchanan