Zeno.org, another source for research and images, is a German language site with a scope similar to Open Library and Project Gutenberg but also includes over 40,000 works of art in sizes suitable for teaching presentations. The site is organized by subject matter and ebooks, or you can search names and keywords for images and…
On January 1, 2015 The Freer and Sackler Galleries will offer free digital access to their entire collection of over 40,000 works, most of which have never been on view to the public. More than 90 percent of the images will be in high resolution and without copyright restrictions for noncommercial use and this massive…
Nine paintings stolen from a private collection in Encino in 2008 were recovered by the LAPD this week. They were valued at over $10 million, and included paintings by Emil Nolde, Marc Chagall, Diego Rivera, as well as Arshile Gorky’s Cubist Still Life, at left. Three other paintings stolen at the same time are still…
Last week the Kunstmuseum Bern, Switzerland agreed to accept the Cornelius Gurlitt “Collection” of hoarded works of art that German police discovered in Gurlitt’s Munich apartment and house in Salzburg back in late winter 2012 (and made public only in November 2013). In the interest of transparency, the museum has now posted lists of works found…
BREAKING NEWS: The federal judge presiding over Detroit’s bankruptcy hearing has ruled in favor of the “Grand Bargain” — a deal to accept $816 million over 20 years from nonprofit foundations, the State of Michigan and DIA donors in exchange for reduced pension cuts and not selling off some (or most) of Detroit Institute of…
A while back we posted a great way to support the California Arts Council: getting a license plate featuring Coastline, a sunset-and-palm-tree motif designed by artist Wayne Thieboud. The most recent good news is that this “special interest” plate, the first specialty plate in the U.S. designed solely to benefit the arts, can now be given…