“The dealer was left in the lurch and the art lost, until the suspect tried to make another purchase from the dealer, leading police to arrest him for suspected fraud–and recover the art.”
Tag: 02.15.13
Confirmed: Newcastle’s Arts Budget Is (Partly) Safe
The cuts will be severe, but not as crippling or total as originally proposed.
Pratt Institute Studios, Student Work Destroyed By Fire
“‘My studio’s gone, everything I’ve made at Pratt is gone,’ Ms. De Los Angeles said, sobbing as she stood outside the student union near the site of the fire. ‘I don’t even think I have a pencil.'”
Minnesota Orchestra Labor Dispute Drags Into Its Fifth Month
“They’re asking us to make a giant investment in the Minnesota Orchestra, per player over $60,000 per year. We need to know what we’re investing in if we’re going to entertain any offer like that or come back with any further offer.”
Why Do People Think The Music Album Is Dead?
“By far the biggest offence is the idea that the “long player” has withered on the vine without the plastic disc to support it. As if, with the vanishing of high street record shops such as HMV we’ll move to a shuffle-only culture of individual tracks.”
How A Church Took A $2 Million Bath On A Broadway Show
“It is rare but not unheard of for a religious organization to invest in a Broadway show.”
Is Discovering Good Books Really A Problem?
“It is in publishers’ best interest to help readers find a not-so-well-known book, but it is not necessarily in readers’ best interest to read that book. It’s also unclear whether the average reader is really having all that much trouble finding the next book he or she wants to read.”
Big Auction Sales – More Signs Of A Booming Art Market
“By the time they scatter Friday, over $776 million in art will have changed hands, a 17% increase from last year and a total that by most accounts is considered a rousing success.”
Are Universities The Next Business Model To Fail?
“Generally, universities are doing very well financially, so they don’t feel from the data that their world is going to collapse. But I think even five years from now these enterprises are going to be in real trouble.”
France To Return Seven Paintings Looted By Nazis
It’s “part of an ongoing effort to give back hundreds of looted artworks that still hang in the Louvre and other museums.”