South Africa’s Minister of Arts and Culture has dissolved the country’s National Arts Council. Based on consultations, he is “satisfied that the NAC as presently constituted has lost the confidence of the arts community and is not in a position to carry out the responsibilities assigned to it.”
Tag: 12.14.04
Judge: Barnes Needs To Move To Save It
“Judge Stanley R. Ott of the Montgomery County Orphans’ Court said the proposed move, backed by pledges of $150 million in financial support primarily from three Philadelphia-area foundations, seemed the only realistic way to save the Barnes from bankruptcy and salvage its prized legacy.”
Manhattan Dealer Pleads Guilty To Art Forgery
A Manhattan art dealer pleads guilty to art forgery over a period of 15 years. “The government charged that Ely Sakhai had purchased genuine but lesser-known works of Gauguin and other Impressionist and modern artists, then ordered copies made by skilled forgers working from the originals. Other painters whose works were copied were Chagall, Klee, Modigliani and Renoir. Mr. Sakhai then sold the copies to private collectors, primarily in Japan and Taiwan.”