2023 Underground Art Market Report
At eight stories tall and with a lot size of 15,800 square feet, the 1931 Art Deco building at 550 W. 20th Street in West Chelsea has served many purposes — from a boarding house for merchant sailors docked on the Hudson, to a women’s …
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A 54-year-old artist from Washington state has been sentenced to 24 months of probation and 200 hours of community service for presenting himself as a Native American artist, despite his lack of tribal enrollment or Native heritage. Lewis Anthony Rath, of Maple Falls, Washington, pleaded …
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A German museum worker was recently sentenced to prison by a court in Munich for stealing four paintings from the Deutsches Museum and selling three of them through auction houses. The prison sentence for the 30-year-old thief, whose name cannot be released due to German …
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Read Moreby Jas Keimig It’s officially fall, which means arts in the South End and beyond are in full swing. The month gets off to an excellent start with Earshot Jazz Festival’s monthlong celebration of jazz in venues throughout South Seattle, with two film festivals, and …
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September 29, 2023 11:00 am – 2:00 pmObserver EditorObserver Editor, FreeFree “Paint Out: Michigan Made Art & Resistance Community Event”: U-M Prison Creative Arts Project All invited to trace their hands and paint a collaborative artwork that sends a message of goodwill to people currently …
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A former technical worker at the Deutsches Museum in Munich was sentenced to prison for stealing paintings from the depot and selling them via an auction house to buy himself luxuries. In one case, he replaced a painting by Franz von Stuck with a forged …
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It was the first weekend in June, and I was sitting on a bench in the yard with Robert Lee Williams, who has long dreadlocks and a face with sharp features, almost too pretty for prison. He used to be a Blood, now he’s looking …
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Bykert Gallery existed for less than a decade, but it created a template for how to show contemporary art in New York City. TO ANYONE FAMILIAR only with the current contours of New York’s art industry — smooth, slick, luxury adjacent — the version of …
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Celebrating its 50th anniversary, the Gorman Museum of Native American Art at University of California, Davis, came to life in its new 4,000-square foot space with a ribbon cutting and two days of celebrations Sept. 22 and 23, attracting more than 1,000 people. Visit the …
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