Art Business News back issues from April 2001:
Collectors Still Flock to Classic Vintage Posters.(Statistical Data Included)
Apr 01, 2001; LYONS, JESSICA ... When it comes to vintage posters, collectors' interest is anything but dated. In fact, the market for antique posters has risen sharply over the years. According to Butterfield's estimates, vintage posters represent a $20-million to $40-million market worldwide. "We've seen many ...
Demand for Originals Changes Gallery Mix.
Apr 01, 2001; MEYERS, LAURA ... It should come as no surprise that as both art dealers and collectors become more sophisticated, they would turn increasingly to original paintings for investment and pleasure. But it might come as a surprise that art publishers, too, are beginning to wholesale original paintings. ...
Fond Farewell to Late ABN Writer Emmett Murphy.(Obituary)
Apr 01, 2001; KELLER, JULIE ... DEAR READERS, As I write my letter this month, I bring you news of sad tidings and report what I consider to be the end of an Art Business News era. Longtime columnist Emmett Murphy, the writer of two of the magazine's most popular sections, Art Hotline and Murmurs, has passed ...
Letters.
Apr 01, 2001 ... GRAFFITI GRIPES Gallery owners should be offended by the January article on graffiti. The writer and a few NYC galleries with bizarre values appear to be awestruck by graffiti and substantially give praise to common criminals. A man who commits a violent rape and ...
CORRECTION.(Correction Notice)
Apr 01, 2001 ... With apologies to Aviram Art Gallery: Art Business News wrongly ran an advertisement for this publisher in the January 2001 issue of Art Business ...
Long-Time ABN Columnist Emmett Murphy Passes Away.(Obituary)
Apr 01, 2001; SCHWARTZ, JO YANOW ... NEW YORK--Emmett Murphy, contributing editor to Art Business News for 19 years, died in New York City on Feb. 16. Murphy wrote "Art Hotline" and "Murmurs," two of the magazine's most popular columns. With his keen observations, in news articles and features, he covered auctions, galleries, ...
Lunch in the Park with Emmett.(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2001; TRINGALI, MAGGIE ... The 42nd Street Library, around the block from ABN's former office, was one of Emmett's favorite haunts. He'd meet me (and oftentimes other ABN editors) after his morning of research there, and, weather permitting, we'd head to Bryant Park behind the library. We'd settle into the rickety ...
Collectors Editions Signs Francois Fressinier.(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2001 ... CANOGA PARK, Calif.-- Collectors Editions has signed painter Francois Fressinier to an exclusive contract. The company represents his original work and has also released new limited editions based on that work. Fressinier is a French painter whose work has been ...
Wild Apple Adds Gail Taylor to Its Family of Artists.(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2001 ... WOODSTOCK, Vt.--Wild Apple, open-edition fine art publisher, has announced the addition of Gail Taylor to its family of artists. Her first four releases, entitled "Copper Leaves I to IV," appear in the premiere issue of re:Source, Wild Apple's new publication of art, trends and innovation ....
Bel Air Publishing, Fazzino Germany Enter Agreement.(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2001 ... BIRMINGHAM, England--Bel Air Publishing of Bournemouth, England, and Fazzino Germany of Hamburg, Germany, have signed an agreement to bring the art of 3-D pop artist Charles Fazzino to the United Kingdom's fine art market. The announcement follows the successful introduction of Fazzino's ...
APA Elects Steering Committee for 2001.(Art Publishers Association )(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2001 ... RICHMOND, Va.--Members of the Art Publishers Association have elected nine publishers to serve on the APA steering committee. Joining the steering committee for the first time are: Bill Dreyer, the Chase Group; George Leeson, Image Conscious; Margot Rowe, Newmark Publishing; and ...
Spotlight On Cao Yong Editions.(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2001; KELLER, JULIE ... CITY OF INDUSTRY, Calif.-- Though his publishing company was founded only a year and a half ago, artist Cao Yong has a story that could fill many lifetimes. He was born into poverty and political chaos in China in 1962. He started painting as a child to escape the persecution ...
NEWS briefs.(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2001 ... Rinehart to Publish American Experience Posters WALNUT CREEK, Calif.--Rinehart Fine Arts, a member of the Bentley Publishing Group, will begin publishing a line of photo posters from the archives of the public television series "The American Experience." Rinehart will be the ...
Exhibitors Report Slow Traffic But Call Spring Fair `Worthwhile'.(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2001 ... BIRMINGHAM, England--Spring Fair Birmingham 2001 celebrated its silver anniversary this year as 4,500 exhibitors and 82,000 attendees poured into the cavernous National Exhibition Centre. The 2001 fair featured nine brands of products, including travel, tabletop, housewares, gifts, ...
Kings Fine Art Launches New Division.(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2001 ... ATLANTA--Kings Fine Art, purveyor of decorative paintings and antique reproduction furniture, has launched a new fine art division. The fine art division debuted last month at Artexpo New York and specializes in original oil and mixed-media works. Kings will be expanding the market for ...
Bentley Publishing Group Raises Prices.(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2001 ... WALNUT CREEK, Calif.--Bentley Publishing Group will be raising the prices of all prints sized 8 by 10 inches or under, effective April 1. Four price codes will be affected, and in most cases, 5- by 7-inch prints will now carry retail prices of $4, and 8- by 10-inch prints will ...
Chalk & Vermilion Publishes Kondakova, Hallam Books.(Brief Article)(Review)
Apr 01, 2001 ... GREENWICH, Conn.--Liudmila Kondakova and Kerry Hallam, artists represented by Chalk & Vermilion Fine Arts, have released new books. Both books are available exclusively through Chalk & Vermilion and are published by Jenkintown Press. Featuring a complete presentation of her ...
Giclee Printers Association Established.(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2001 ... NEW YORK--John Doe of Digital Pulse/Harvest Productions, in conjunction with a group of trade giclee printers who use common materials and methods of printing, have formed the Giclee Printers Association (GPA). According to Doe, the organization's spokesman, the GPA has defined ...
Art In Motion Launches Limited Edition Collection.(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2001 ... VANCOUVER, British Columbia--Art In Motion has launched its new Limited Edition Gallery Collection program, which features the works of newly signed artist Clifford Bailey. The Gallery Collection was unveiled at Artexpo New York in March and features two pieces by Bailey, "Baby Grand" and ...
Munson Graphics Announces New Team, Produces Poster for Kids First Film Festival.(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2001 ... SANTA FE, N.M.--Munson Graphics, a fine art poster and limited-edition print publisher and distributor, has announced the appointment of a new executive team. Founder and President Michael Munson said that the selection of Ann Church as vice-president for Finance and Operations and art ...
Roland University Announces 2001 Course Schedule.(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2001 ... IRVINE, Calif.--Roland DGA Corporation has announced that Roland University will offer two-day workshops for the second straight year. Led by Roland staff and industry experts, these workshops teach customers how to become more successful in the graphics industry, according to company ...
Women of the West Museum in Denver Unveils Print Portfolio.(Brief Article)(Review)
Apr 01, 2001 ... DENVER--The Women of the West Museum and four leading women artists offer a different view of American heritage through a new print portfolio titled "Expanded Visions: Four Women Artists Print the American West." The limited-edition portfolio features original prints by artists ...
Art In Motion Licenses Mystic Seaport's Rosenfeld Collection.(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2001 ... VANCOUVER, British Columbia--Art In Motion has announced a newly formed publishing relationship with Mystic Seaport, the Museum of America and the Sea. The Museum has granted Art In Motion the official license to publish its "Rosenfeld Collection" Featuring black-and-white and ...
iPHOTOART, American Royal Arts Sign Representation and Distribution Agreement.(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2001 ... NYACK, N.Y.--iPHOTOART Inc., a photographic print publishing and distribution company, has signed an agreement with American Royal Arts to represent and distribute images for the first time from the Bernard of Hollywood estate, including Marilyn Monroe images made commercially available by ...
Arcadia Fine Arts Opens New Representational Art Gallery in New York City's SoHo Sector.(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2001 ... NEW YORK--Steve Diamant, president of Arcadia Fine Arts, has announced the opening of a new gallery in SoHo at 51 Greene Street between Broadway and Grand Streets. According to Diamant, Arcadia Gallery, which opened Feb. 24, is a strictly representational gallery, and all of the ...
Licensing 2001 International Puts Power Behind the Paintbrush in Thriving Artist and Design Categories.(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2001 ... NEW YORK--With a $4 million increase to $234 million in royalty revenues and corresponding retail sales in the past year, art and design licensing has become a burgeoning business. For the artists and designers licensing their work, one way to build that business is through L!CENSING 2001 ...
Arco Madrid Feels A British Invasion and Goes Online.(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2001; MICHAUD, PAUL ... MADRID, Spain--Although its organizers manage to make every new edition of Arco--short for Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporaneo--a special one, this year's event, Arco `01, will certainly go down in history as the most original to date. Said Arco press spokeswoman Marietta ...
Outsider Art Comes to Manhattan.(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2001; LEIBROCK, AMY ... NEW YORK--New York was the place to be in February for fans and collectors of outsider art. The main event, the 2001 Outsider Art Fair, was held in Soho from January 26 to 28 and ran concurrently with an exhibition of "Art Brut" at the Museum of American Folk Art and several other outsider ...
Contemporary Photograph Shine at AIPAD Photography Show.(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2001; SILBERMAN, VANESSA ... NEW YORK--From Feb. 16 to 18, the AIPAD Photography Show 2001 returned to the New York Hilton Hotel for a three-day run. Touted as the world's largest art fair devoted to vintage and contemporary fine art photography, the show featured 93 international exhibitors and attracted an exciting ...
West Coast Print Fairs Deemed `Exhausting' but `Fruitful'.(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2001; MEYERS, LAURA ... LOS ANGELES--For years, the West Coast members of the New York-oriented International Fine Print Dealers Association (IFPDA) lobbied for their own, regional showcase. But attempts during the 1990s to sponsor several iterations of a large-scale, Los Angeles-based Works On Paper Show all ...
DECOR Expo Cancels Toronto, Las Vegas Shows, Announces L.A. Show & Summit.(Industry Trend or Event)
Apr 01, 2001 ... CLEVELAND--Eric Smith, vice president of expositions for DECOR Expo, has announced the cancellation of two events--DECOR expo Toronto and art21/DECOR expo Las Vegas. The company has also added two new events to its show schedule. Added to the schedule is DECOR Expo--Los Angeles, ...
London Contemporary Art Launches Web Site.(Company Business and Marketing)
Apr 01, 2001 ... JACKSONVILLE, Fla.--London Contemporary Art, publishers, of original prints, has announced that its Web site (www.lcausa.com) is now up and running. According to the company, the site is designed for galleries to have access to images of the most ...
StateArt.Net Showcases Unique Photos From Across the Nation on new Web site.(Company Business and Marketing)
Apr 01, 2001 ... BRISBANE, Calif.--Hitachi America Ltd. recently launched www.stateart.net, a new Web site associated with its award-winning Hitachi Viewseum fine art Web portal and eShop. Stateart.net features unique characterizations of state names as viewed through the lenses of photographers from ...
Art Affairs, Appianet Form Strategic Alliance.(Company Business and Marketing)
Apr 01, 2001 ... PARIS--Appianet, a European art licensing company, has forged an alliance with ArtAffairs.com, a B2B Web portal for the art and framing community. Through the alliance, Appianet (www.appianet.com) and Toronto-based Art Affairs (www.artaffairs.com) will collaborate on the Art Affairs.com ...
Digital Fine Art Discussion Group Announced.(Industry Trend or Event)
Apr 01, 2001 ... SPECIAL REPORT--Digital-fineart, a new discussion list for anyone interested in the process of creating digitally produced fine art including inkjet prints or giclees, recently formed on the eGroups/YahooGroups network. The group can be found at ...
ArtRx.com Debuts, Launches Web Site.(Company Business and Marketing)
Apr 01, 2001 ... DENVER--ArtRx.com, a division of Nicklebys.com, recently launched its new Web site (www.artrx.com) in conjunction with its debut at Artexpo New York. As a community for global buyers and sellers, company officials say ArtRx.com provides the opportunity for collectors to expand ...
Med/ART Posters and Prints Available on the Web.(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2001 ... MORRISTOWN, N.J.--Med/ART Publishing has announced that its full line of special-edition prints and poster are now available for viewing on the Web at www.MedArtPosters.com. The new site features the "Fine Art of Healing" series of medical specialty posters. The popular ...
Defining the Vintage Poster.(Company Business and Marketing)
Apr 01, 2001 ... So what makes a vintage poster vintage? Axelle Gallery consultant Mitch Plotkin has a simple answer. "It must be printed in the time period," he explained. "For example, a turn-of-the century poster would have had to be printed during the turn of the century, not five years ago." But the ...
The Great Ones.(Industry Trend or Event)
Apr 01, 2001 ... Though the poster is surging in popularity now, the golden age of the poster occurred more than 100 years ago--between 1890 and 1900--when color lithography flourished in France. It was the favored print medium of the 19th century's bleeding-edge artists, like Jules Cheret ...
Good Salespeople: Facts and Fiction.(Industry Trend or Event)
Apr 01, 2001; RAPHEL, MURRAY ... No one is born a lawyer, a doctor or a salesperson. You learn these trades from others. Next time you visit the Louvre, the Metropolitan Museum of Art or your neighborhood gallery, you might see, tucked away in one of the corners, a young artist with sketchbook in hand trying to ...
Studio Tour Benefits Artists, Galleries Alike.(Industry Trend or Event)
Apr 01, 2001; LEIBROCK, AMY ... Each fall, thousands of collectors visit four Wisconsin towns to see artists in action People collect art for a variety of reasons, one of which is to capture a piece of the artistic process. A group of artists and galleries in central Wisconsin has been successfully tapping ...
The Art of John Lennon.(Industry Trend or Event)
Apr 01, 2001; WATSON, LISA CRAWFORD ... A new tour features whimsical work created by Lennon for his son Sean Imagine if John Lennon were with us today. Would he be pleased with our progress toward peace and real love? Thanks to his fans and, in large part, to his widow Yoko Ono, Lennon's vision does remain present ...
Advertising & Art A Modern-Day Marriage.(Industry Trend or Event)
Apr 01, 2001; TARATETA, MAJA ... Though art has been used in advertising for centuries, a new breed of artists are promoting modern products and garnering mass appeal A company known for expensive corporate copiers searches for a way to make it's name equally synonymous in a new arena called SOHO printers for ...
Balancing an Eclectic Collection.(Industry Trend or Event)
Apr 01, 2001; PRISANT, BARDEN ... Over the years, New York collector Carole Hutchinson has slowly amassed a variety of work from a variety of diverse sources Last month, we examined how one collector, Sally Ramirez, worked closely with her dealer to acquire works to hang in her apartment. This month, we will ...
Japanimation Breaking down the Boundaries.(Industry Trend or Event)
Apr 01, 2001; WATSON, LISA CRAWFORD ... With hip subject matter and prices to match, Japanimation art is all the rage overseas. Find out if it's only a matter of time before this trend crosses the Pacific and lands in the arms of American art galleries. She's young, beautiful, and she was raised by wolves. Her ...
trendsetters.(Industry Trend or Event)
Apr 01, 2001 ... Sean Wyeth Painting in the Brandywine tradition, artist Sean Wyeth stands out for his emotionally vibrant representational paintings. His works have gained attention for their full spectrum of color, intense details and loosely defined edges, along with his varied subject matter ...
Adventures of a Coyote.(Industry Trend or Event)
Apr 01, 2001; SILBERMAN, VANESSA ... Successful for his wildly imaginative paintings in the "Coyote Series," Markus Pierson is a testament to survival, triumph and the power of canines Coyotes in suits. Coyotes in tutus. Coyotes in jailbird gear. Sound like the stuff of fantasy? Well, maybe. But leave it to artist ...
NEW editions.(Company Business and Marketing)
Apr 01, 2001 ... New Editions is our editors' forum for selecting the latest, most exciting, most innovative releases from publishers, artists and galleries worldwide. We realize this page is important to your business, and we welcome all submissions. Please send your company's new editions to: Vanessa ...
Exhibit Examines the Odyssey of Rockwell Kent.(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2001 ... Remembered for his striking illustrations for Mob/Dick and other classics, Rockwell Kent (1882-1971) was most admired during his lifetime as a painter of dramatic landscapes of remote places. From 1905 through the 1930s, Kent tested himself personally and discovered his art in harsh, ...
Exhibit Celebrates Woman as Muse, Temptress, Dreamer.(Industry Trend or Event)
Apr 01, 2001 ... For English artist Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-1882), sensuous female beauties were a grand obsession. This obsession is revealed in the exhibit "Rossetti in the 1860s: The Blue Bower" at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. On view until May 6, the exhibit examines his richly ...
Decorative Elements Explored in Exhibit.(Industry Trend or Event)
Apr 01, 2001 ... Created mainly for private European apartments and mansions around the turn of the last century, 85 colorful paintings by four French Post-Impressionists have been brought together for the exhibition "Beyond the Easel: Decorative Painting by Bonnard, Vuillard, Denis and Roussel, 1890-1930" ...
murmurs.(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2001 ... Animation cell sales take a hit. Because of lagging business at Warner Brothers Studio Stores, new parent company AOL Time Warner has decided to jettison the chain, including its flagship Fifth Avenue store on the corner of art row on 57th Street. Borrowing the concept from ...
ART hotline.
Apr 01, 2001; MURPHY, EMMETT ... LACROSSE, WIS. * Clint and Donald Olson of this Wisconsin city spent many hours creating their anatomically correct sculpture of a snow man, but after getting complaints from other residents, police ordered the brothers to alter the figure's anatomy. The Olsons reluctantly ...
Picture Gallery.(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2001 ... MANILA, PHILIPPINES A reception opened the promotion exhibit of "Gallery 1000 of Carmel-by-the-Sea" for engraver Pierre R. Renoir at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel. Pictured from l to r: Renoir, Aurora Bacani, French Ambassador Gilles Chouraqui, Rita Dy, Helmut Gaisberger and ...
Galleries in Brussels Steal the Spotlight From Paris.(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2001; MICHAUD, PAUL ... BRUSSELS, Belgium--With Brussels now only 90 minutes away from the center of Paris (thanks to the new express train service), it was inevitable Brussels would become an offshoot of the Paris art market. Indeed, many galleries, foremost among them De Jonckheere--the renowned ...
