Art Rules aims to supplant Twitter as platform for online art debate
Set to launch this month, Art Rules, will be an online platform solely for discussing and debating art. Similar to Twitter, posts are limited (in this case to 100 characters) and you can link to articles and pictures. Developed by … More…
Marvel of Ming dynasty ‘discovered’ in Croydon Museum … no wonder they want to sell!
Marvel of Ming dynasty ‘discovered’ in Croydon – in a related story, one of the items in the Museum of Croydon, a “Cloisonné vase”, commissioned by Zhu Zhanji, who was Ming emperor from 1426 to 1435, and was originally brought to Britain … More…
Should museums ever sell off their prize pieces? Croydon Council & Chinese Porcelain.
Should museums ever sell off their prize pieces? – here is another interesting story about selling off items from a museum to help pay for ‘other things’; this time it is the cash-strapped Croydon Council, in the UK. The Council that … More…
Great Pompeii Project finally under way
For my last semester senior year I took an advanced seminar on the “The Grand Tour” and the importance of conservation. Briefly, “The Grand Tour” was a journey wealthy artist, patrons and collectors from Northern Europe (in particular, British) took … More…
Dinosaur Skeletons Headed to Auction, Not Museum
An incredible discovery of two fossilized dinosaurs in the Hell Creek formation in Montana are headed to New York. No, it’s not the newest addition to the Museum of Natural History; these dueling dinos will hit the auction block this … More…
5 Year Old Prodigy Aelita Andre Takes the Art World by Storm
The daughter of two painters, Aelita was only nine months old when she first got her hands dirty after she crawled her way to her parents paints and canvases….Now at 5 years old she has had two solo shows creating … More…
Selling Off Detroit’s Art Could Depress Global Market
In efforts to recover from the biggest U.S. municipal bankruptcy, Detroit has looked into the liquidation of their $1billion+ art collection at the Detroit Institute of Arts. The large sum of money would definitely bring relief to the struggling city, … More…