Tag: 04.14.00

Last fall a series of watercolors attributed to Georgia O’Keeffe owned by the Kemper Museum was thrown into dispute when experts cast doubt on their authenticity. The controversy was heightened because other experts from the National Gallery in Washington had previously praised the work and recommended them. The Santa Fe New Mexican delves into the tangled story behind the art transactions. – Santa Fe New Mexican

Investing in interesting architecture and yoking it to an artistic purpose has become the preferred way of driving economic and cultural renewal in many a distressed community – can you say Bilbao? But a landmark building in southeast Britain is about to join the ranks of missed opportunities. It’s about to be wholesaled off by city councilors. “Offered the chance to transform the pavilion into the leading arts centre for the South-East, they prefer to turn it into a pub.” – The Telegraph (UK)

Someone is stealing Detroit’s outdoor bronze statues. In the past six months dozens of pieces of outdoor artwork have disappeared, probably to be sold by thieves overseas. – Detroit Free Press

The Indian army and the country’s State Archaeology Directorate have gotten into a battle over the discovery of rock paintings in Kaimur Hills of central Bihar. The army says it has discovered 52 rock shelters replete with prehistoric paintings, while the Archaeology Directorate rebuffs the claim as being “unprofessional, inadmissible and doubtful”. – Hindustan Times (India)

Archaeologists are planning a foray into Egypt’s Western Desert next month to try to solve an ancient mystery –  the fate of the lost Persian army of Cambyses. Experts think they may have discovered the place where the army of Persian King Cambyses, who finished off the 26th dynasty of the Pharaohs in 525 BC, ushering in two centuries of Persian rule in ancient Egypt, disappeared and perished in the desert. – ABC News

— to exchange artwork looted from one another during World War II. – CBC