Art Business News back issues from August 2003:
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When art and politics collide: from international expositions to museum shows, gallery exhibits and even small window displays, current global politics have had a definite impact on the art world.
Aug 01, 2003; Meyers, Laura ... When Samantha Scully, a West Los Angeles bookstore owner asked a local artist to create an anti-war art installation for her window last spring, little did she know she would become a poster child for a debate about politics and art. Scully regularly holds poetry events and ...
Poster market adapts to slowdown; new styles, new customers and new business strategies prevail in defense against a soft market.(Industry Overview)
Aug 01, 2003; Hagan, Debbie ... For many poster publishers, 2003 has not been a great year. Sales have been lackluster both at home and abroad. "It's disappointing," said Owen Hickey of New York Graphic Society of Norwalk, Conn. "The market is soft." Robert Sher of Bentley Publishing Group in Walnut Creek, ...
Study points to signs of growth in art industry.(From The Editor)(Editorial)
Aug 01, 2003; Leibrock, Amy ... DEAR READERS, Today, I typed "art gallery" into an Internet search engine to see what a consumer might face when starting her quest for art. I immediately turned tip links to everything from free clip art sites to the grand National Gallery of Art and even a macromolecular ...
Coas in Europe.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
Aug 01, 2003; Dubrulle, Francoise ... Joshua Kaufman's articles are always informational but very general and often specific only for the United States. [Re: "Print Disclosure Laws Aim to Prevent Abuses," June 2003.] When dealing with French, ...
The Murray file.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
Aug 01, 2003; Perkins, Marie ... As I was filing [Murray Raphel's] article from the new Art Business News, I thought I should tell you how much we enjoy and use his articles. I've saved every one that I've come across in publications, saved the e-newsletters and saved the materials from our Greenwich Workshop association ...
Retail art sales jump, says study.(news)(Art Publisher's Association study "Art and Wall Decor Report, 2003: The Market, The Competitors, The Future Trends")
Aug 01, 2003 ... WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Retail sales in the art and wall decor market topped $35.3 billion in 2002, a jump of 14 percent over 2000's $31 billion, according to a new consumer survey funded by the Art Publisher's Association (APA). It was part of a larger study conducted by Unity Marketing ...
AFAF bestows art awards.(news)(The Academy of Fine Art Foundation)(Brief Article)
Aug 01, 2003 ... LAGUNA BEACH, Calif. -- The Academy of Fine Art Foundation (AFAF) recently held its second-annual gala, where it announced the recipients of several awards. Art Business News received the award for "Best Art Magazine," Masterpiece Publishing Inc. was named "Best Art Publisher" and Galleria ...
Rosenstiel's reaches copyright settlement.(Up Front)(Rosentiel's of London and unnamed American company)(Brief Article)
Aug 01, 2003 ... LONDON -- Rosenstiel's, in conjunction with the industry's newly formed Art Copyright Coalition, recently reached a settlement with an unnamed American company, which was allegedly breaching copyrights held by Rosenstiel's and its artists. The company was allegedly selling scanned and ...
Ford commissions art celebrating minority workers.(Up Front)(Brief Article)
Aug 01, 2003 ... DETROIT -- As part of its centennial celebration, Ford Motor Company commissioned artist Marcus Antonius Jansen to paint four paintings capturing the history of Ford workers, with an emphasis on minorities. Jansen presented the paintings to Ford at the Charles H. Wright Museum in June. The ...
Mary Engelbreit wins Best Art License of the Year.(Up Front)(award for Mary Engelbreit Studios)(International Licensing Industry Merchandisers' Association (LIMA))(Brief Article)
Aug 01, 2003 ... NEW YORK -- Mary Engelbreit Studios was honored with the 2002 "Best Art License of the Year" award from the International Licensing Industry Merchandisers' Association (LIMA). The company also won the award in 2000. Debbie Mumm Inc. and ArtMerchandising & Media AG for Keith ...
Artist Tim Cox lassoes Prix de West Award.(news)(National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum contemporary Western art exhibition)(Brief Article)
Aug 01, 2003 ... OKLAHOMA CITY -- The National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum held its 30th-annual contemporary Western art exhibition in June. The event attracted 1,000 buyers, and more than $2.1 million worth of art was sold, according to organizers. Artist Tim Cox of Bloomfield, N.M., ...
Spotlight on Maui Giclee.(news)(fine art giclee printing )(list of exhibitors attached)
Aug 01, 2003; Seiling, Susan ... KIHEI, Hawaii -- Staff members at Maui Giclee enjoy the good life in today's global economy. They live and work in a premiere tourist destination while business comes in through FedEx from around the world. General Manager Kuulei Nakagawa estimates that 70 percent of the company's fine art ...
Clampett Studio releases JLA edition.(Justice League of America: Secret Origins by comics artist Alex Ross)(Brief Article)
Aug 01, 2003 ... HOLLYWOOD, Calif. -- Clampett Studio Collections recently released a print celebrating the Justice League of America. "JLA: Secret Origins," designed and painted by long-time DC Comics artist Alex Ross, is based on the 2001 anthology of the same name written by Ross and Paul Dini. The book ...
Whatmore portfolio to be released.(Brief Article)
Aug 01, 2003 ... STAFFORD, Texas -- A portfolio consisting of more than 20 new limited editions of Nel Whatmore's artwork is scheduled to be released in early fall by Gregory Editions/ Washington Green USA. Whatmore received an art degree from Trinity and All Saints College in Leeds, England, ...
Mill Pond Press acquires NextMonet.(news)(art publishers Mill Pond Press L.L.C. and NextMonet L.L.C.)
Aug 01, 2003 ... VENICE, Fla. -- Mill Pond Holdings LLC, the parent company of The Mill Pond Press Companies Inc., has acquired NextMonet LLC, as a wholly owned subsidiary. NextMonet, headquartered in San Francisco, is a fine art publisher offering original, limited-edition, photography and mixed-media ...
Ohio Arts Council improves Online Arts Registry.(news)(Brief Article)
Aug 01, 2003 ... COLUMBUS, Ohio -- A new, improved version of the Ohio Online Visual Artist registry was launched recently. A partnership project between the Ohio Arts Council and the Columbus Metropolitan Library since 1999, the Ohio Online Visual Artist Registry is an arts data bank of works from more ...
Artist documented West Coast maritime history.(news)(Brief Article)(Obituary)
Aug 01, 2003 ... SEYMOUR, Conn -- Internationally known marine artist, David Thimgan passed away on June 11 at his home in Chico, Calif. Thimgan was horn in Inglewood, Calif., in 1955. A self-taught artist inspired and mentored by his father, he began painting and drawing ships as a child. ...
Former Chief of Staff was avid artist.(news)(Brief Article)(Obituary)
Aug 01, 2003 ... PALM BEACH, Fla. -- Donald T. Regan, avid painter, former Secretary of the Treasury and Chief of Staff to President Reagan, died June 10 in Williamsburg, Va. He was 84. While Regan is most widely known for his political career, he was also an accomplished artist. "His painting ...
Gallery owner popular with customers, community.(news)(Garver Johnson dies.)(Brief Article)(Obituary)
Aug 01, 2003 ... CHERRY CREEK, Colo. -- Garver Johnson, owner of Royce Galleries, passed away recently at the age of 57. Johnson was born in Independence, Mo., and graduated from the University of Kansas. After serving in Vietnam and working as an accountant, Johnson opened Cherry Creeks Royce ...
Fazzino commissioned by MLB.(news)(Brief Article)
Aug 01, 2003 ... CHICAGO -- Pop Artist Charles Fazzino was commissioned by Major League Baseball to create official artwork commemorating the 2003 AllStar Game, which took place on July 15 at U.S. Cellular Field here. Fazzino signed posters and limited-edition prints of the official artwork ...
New book focuses on fantasy artist Targete.(news)(Illumina: The Art of J.P. Targete)(Book Review)
Aug 01, 2003 ... MIRAMAR, Fla. -- Illumina: The Art of J.P. Targete was released in June. The book brings together more than 100 of science-fiction and fantasy artist J.P. Targete's paintings, sketches and previously unpublished conceptual drawings. Targete's paintings grace collectible plates, comic book ...
Mumford gallery hosts exhibit of works by Rosie.(news)(Brief Article)
Aug 01, 2003 ... PROVINCETOWN, Mass. -- Comedian, actress and former talk-show host Rosie O'Donnell has ventured into new creative territory, this time as an artist. An exhibition of about 20 of her abstract collages and oil paintings opened at the Mumford Gallery here in June. All proceeds from the sale ...
Alvar unveils sculpture; tribute to Spanish city.(news)(Brief Article)
Aug 01, 2003 ... MONTGAT, Spain -- Artist Alvar, represented by Decorative Expressions, recently unveiled a 18 1/2-by 3 1/2-foot sculpture entitled "Mediterranea" in the newly opened Plaza de Mallorquines here. The inauguration of the plaza was the culmination of an urban restoration project that ...
Qoro to publish Barnes Foundation images.(news)(Brief Article)
Aug 01, 2003 ... NEW CASTLE, Del. -- Qoro Inc. will offer the first of a series of reproductions published from the collection of the Barnes Foundation exclusively through Neiman Marcus stores. The first 10 images to be published include works by Amedeo Modigliani, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Edouard Manet, ...
Art publisher brings art to the streets.(news)(Portal Publications)(Brief Article)
Aug 01, 2003 ... NOVATO, Calif. -- Portal Publications sponsored and participated in the 10th annual Italian Street Painting Festival held in San Rafael in June. A team of Portal employees painted a replication of Fredrick Lord Leighton's painting, "Flaming June," on the city's downtown streets. ...
Home-themed shopping center looking for galleries.(news)(Brief Article)
Aug 01, 2003 ... JEFFERSONVILLE Ohio -- Plans are under way to open the country's first home-themed Shopping center called Home-Works. The center, which is a redesign of a former outlet center, will accommodate up to 75 stores all selling products and services related to the home. The Boyle Group, a ...
13 Look Galleries open in Marshall Field's stores.(gallery News)(Brief Article)
Aug 01, 2003 ... MINNEAPOLIS -- Art Holdings Corp. recently opened 13 retail galleries, each called Look Gallery, inside Marshall Field's Home Stores in Chicago, Detroit and Minneapolis. The stores carry a broad selection of reproductions, limited editions and original works of art, as well as offer custom ...
Canada House opens new location.(gallery News)(Brief Article)
Aug 01, 2003 ... BANFF, Canada -- The nearly 30-year-old Canada House Gallery has opened a second location on the ground floor of the historic Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel. The new location features work by Neil Patterson, Roger Arndt, Rod Charlesworth and ...
Lowe Gallery opens in Florida.(gallery News)(Brief Article)
Aug 01, 2003 ... HOLLYWOOD, Fla. -- The Lowe Gallery celebrated its grand opening in May. At the opening celebration, the new 1,600-square-foot gallery displayed lithographic works by Chagall, Picasso, Miro and Dali. The gallery is currently featuring works by the Spanish artist Alvar, including his ...
New gallery opens in Sarasota.(gallery News)(Sarasota Artist's Gallery Inc.)(Brief Article)
Aug 01, 2003 ... SARASOTA, Fla. -- Sarasota Artist's Gallery Inc. opened in June on Cattleman Road here. The gallery features the work of painters, printmakers, photographers, sculptors and crafts people. Workshops in painting, printmaking, glass ...
New gallery shines spotlight on California Modernism.(gallery News)(Spencer Jon Helfen Fine Arts opens with this exhibit.)(Brief Article)
Aug 01, 2003 ... BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. -- Spencer Jon Helfen Fine Arts opened this summer with an exhibition titled "Trends in Southern California Modernism." The gallery focuses on the Modernists active in California during a period the gallery describes as the "modern period" extending from the early ...
Record results in art and attendance at L!CENSING 2003 International.(Show news)(Brief Article)
Aug 01, 2003 ... NEW YORK -- For the first time in the 23-year history of the annual L!CENSING show, attendance exceeded 20,000 professionals, a 7.5-percent increase over 2002 attendance. The show, which took place from June 10 to 12 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, featured 425 exhibitors, nearly ...
Art 34 Basel boasts strong results.(Show news)
Aug 01, 2003 ... BASEL, Switzerland -- More than 50,000 art collectors, museum representatives, artists and art aficionados from around the world attended the 34th staging of the International Art Basel Show, which closed on June 23rd with excellent results, according to show officials. Approximately 200 ...
Coda Gallery signs Zakharov.(news)(Brief Article)
Aug 01, 2003 ... NEW YORK -- Coda Gallery is now representing New York-based artist Alexander Zakharov. The new collection is a series of miniature acrylics on board and enlarged giclee prints. Born and educated in Moscow, Zakharov is a member of the Print ...
New books from Greenwich Workshop.(news)(Bound for Blue Water: Contemporary American Marine Art)(Desert Dreams: The Western Art of Don Crowley)(Book Review)
Aug 01, 2003 ... SEYMOUR, Conn. -- The Greenwich Workshop will release two new books this fall featuring contemporary marine art and western artist Don Crowley. The 180-page Bound for Blue Water: Contemporary American Marine Art by I. Russell Jinishian represents more than 85 artists and high lights key ...
Tara introduces two new canvases.(news)
Aug 01, 2003 ... LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. -- Tara Materials has released two new ink-jet canvases designed for dye and pigmented inks--Fredrix(R) 901WR Inkjet Canvas and Fredrix(R) 901 Glossy Inkjet Canvas. Both are suitable for photographic and fine ...
Licensed Kimberly Erb music boxes released.(news)
Aug 01, 2003 ... NEW PHILADELPHIA, Ohio -- Artist Kimberly Erb has licensed many of her images to a line of Ercolano wooden music boxes. Two boxes have been released, with several more due for introduction in 2003 and beyond. ...
The French connection.(news)(trends in poster art)
Aug 01, 2003 ... Think Provence, Paris or the Riviera. If there's one trend that poster publishers see, it's French--from the rural countryside to elegant Parisian streets. Publishers feared this look might die as tensions between Americans and French heated up during the Iraq War, but there has been ...
Winn Devon signs Lynne Windsor.(news)(Brief Article)(Biography)
Aug 01, 2003 ... SEATTLE -- Winn Devon Art Group is debuting its new artist, Lynne Windsor, with the release of two limited-edition giclees. Born in Lincolnshire, England, Windsor studied art at Loughborough College of Art and Design in Leicestershire and earned her B.A. with honors at Hornsey ...
Hadley releases 25th-anniversary Redlin print.(news)
Aug 01, 2003 ... BLOOMINGTON, Minn. -- In celebration of his 25th year in the print market, Hadley House has released Terry Redlin's "Sharing the Sunset." The print is in an edition of 2,500 instead of his usual 9,500, Redlin said. According to Hadley House President Gary Schmidt, the print sold out at the ...
Rise above the competition with a USP: a well-defined "unique selling proposition" will help your gallery find a distinctive niche.(advice)(Unique Selling Proposition)
Aug 01, 2003; Raphel, Murray ... In the small town of Littleton, N.H., there is store called Chutters. It carries candy, candies, gifts, gourmet food and collectibles. But it is best known for having the "world's longest candy counter"--close to 112 feet long. Chutters is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records and ...
Wining and dining for the arts: a gallery event in Boston goes beyond a mere opening by combining food, wine and charity with art.(strategy)
Aug 01, 2003; Kahan, Michelle ... Sometimes an art gallery wants to have a creative opening that attracts a varied audience. Sometimes a non-profit organization wants to get its message across to a different crowd. And sometimes both of these groups want to sit back and relax at an elegant dinner. Maureen Reddy ...
Long-playing art: memorable album covers have helped vinyl records endure in an age of CDs and MP3s.
Aug 01, 2003; Mehta, Julie ... Imagine walking into a store where music is packaged in plain brown wrappers--no dizzying array of images vying for your gaze, nothing save a small rectangle with the name of the band to distinguish one album from the next. "Records used to be relegated to the back of stores ...
A new life for old photos: the vintage photography market is full of passionate collectors looking for pieces of the past.(Vintage Photographs)
Aug 01, 2003; Seiling, Susan ... Old photographs can transport you to a different era in a city. They document landscapes later altered by deforestation. They capture style and culture unique to a specific time period. Sharing these fleeting moments lured Tony Davis, owner of Antiq-Photo in Universal City, Calif., into ...
Comic imagery no laughing matter for today's artists: some of today's most sought-after contemporary artists find inspiration in the comic style.(Comic-Based Imagery)
Aug 01, 2003; Silberman, Vanessa ... In today's art world, the boundary between high and low culture has increasingly blurred. Mediums that were once like fashion photography, graffiti and advertising, now appear on gallery walls and in museum exhibitions. Comics have enjoyed a similar fate. Long considered degenerate and too ...
Gail Hoffman.(Emerging Artists)(Brief Article)(Biography)
Aug 01, 2003 ... Gail Hoffman's surreal bronze castings use children's toys as metaphors to create a mythology that is personal as well as universal. Her small, dollhouse-like pieces can be viewed as a single moment from a play, with a unique cast of characters caught in stop-action scenarios. ...
Katie Upton.(Emerging Artists)(Brief Article)(Biography)
Aug 01, 2003 ... Katie Upton brings her childhood obsession with horses to an artistic level in her striking, large-scale equine paintings. "The truth is, I paint horses because I live and breathe them," said Upton. "I absolutely adore them." Upton's colorful and vibrant artwork is created from ...
Finding the color of sound: artist Sabzi evokes the experiences and passions of past and present through his art.(Artist profile: Sabzi)(Interview)(Biography)
Aug 01, 2003; Lo, Kevin ... The longing melancholy of monomial artist Sabzi's fluid figurative paintings evoke memories of experiences past and an existential present. "Many of my paintings are improvisations," Sabzi said, who is self-taught. His process begins with a desire to express an emotional ...
About 7,000 volunteers recently bared their skins and lied down on a boulevard as part of an art project by artist Spencer Tunick.(Barcelona, Spain)(Brief Article)
Aug 01, 2003 ... * About 7,000 volunteers recently bared their skins and lied down on a boulevard as part of an art project by artist Spencer Tunick. Tunick, a New Yorker who has taken huge mass photographs of nudes in places like Switzerland, Brazil and Australia, wanted to evoke a river of nudes in the ...
A former Fox News technician who stole a dozen paintings from an Iraqi presidential palace pleaded guilty recently to smuggling charges.(Alexandria, Va)(Brief Article)
Aug 01, 2003 ... * A former Fox News technician who stole a dozen paintings from an Iraqi presidential palace pleaded guilty recently to smuggling charges. Benjamin J. Johnson will face up to five years in prison when he is sentenced this ...
Apparently, the thieves who carried out one of the biggest art heists in Norway's history since Edvard Munch's "Scream" was stolen in 1994 were not so bold after all.(Oslo, Norway)(Brief Article)
Aug 01, 2003 ... * Apparently, the thieves who carried out one of the biggest art heists in Norway's history since Edvard Munch's "Scream" was stolen in 1994 were not so bold after all. Norwegian authorities have confirmed that the classic landscape 1830 painting "Rjukanfoss" by JC Dahl, recently stolen ...
An analysis recently published in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine suggests that the prehistoric monument known as Stonehenge is in fact a giant fertility symbol, constructed in the shape of the female sexual organ.(Stonehenge, U.K)(Brief Article)
Aug 01, 2003 ... * An analysis recently published in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine suggests that the prehistoric monument known as Stonehenge is in fact a giant fertility symbol, constructed in the shape of the female sexual organ. According to Anthony Perks, a University of British Columbia ...
Museum matters.(art buzz ...)(Brief Article)
Aug 01, 2003 ... Chicago's Terra Museum of American Art plans to transfer its collection to the Art Institute of Chicago and close its Michigan Avenue facility by October 2004. The arrangement is designed to allow the Terra Foundation, which still has assets of about $200 million, to develop new research ...
A rare Egon Schiele painting that had been stolen from a Jewish family by the Nazis in 1938 recently sold at auction at Sotheby's in London, following its return to the family at the end of last year.(Auction Block)(Brief Article)
Aug 01, 2003; Silberman, Vanessa ... * A rare Egon Schiele painting that had been stolen from a Jewish family by the Nazis in 1938 recently sold at auction at Sotheby's in London, following its return to the family at the end of last year. An anonymous telephone bidder secured "Krumauer Landschaft (Stadt und Fluss)," or "View ...
Sotheby's recent sale of American works from the collection of Meyer and Vivian Potamkin totaled above $15.3 million--more than $2 million above the high estimate.(Auction Block)(Brief Article)
Aug 01, 2003; Silberman, Vanessa ... * Sotheby's recent sale of American works from the collection of Meyer and Vivian Potamkin totaled above $15.3 million--more than $2 million above the high estimate. Top lot in the sale was the 1907 New York City scene "Easter Eve" by John Sloan, which brought $2.2 million, a new auction ...
Self Portrait.(New editions)
Aug 01, 2003 ... Friendly Doggie Publishing of New Orleans introduces "Self Portrait" by Jim Tweedy. The open edition ...
Close Encounters. (New editions.
Aug 01, 2003 ... Bochner Fine Art of West Des Moines, Iowa, introduces "Close Encounters" by Thomas Bochner. The giclee is available in an s/n limited edition of 150 plus APs on ...
Scent of Lemons.(New editions)
Aug 01, 2003 ... Self-published artist Mary Mark of New Richmond, Ohio, introduces "Scent of Lemons. "This reduction process linocut is available in ...
Little League.(New editions)
Aug 01, 2003 ... Self-published artist Dan Cooper of Larkspur, Calif., introduces "Little League. "The s/n giclee is available in a limited ...
West Wind.(New editions)
Aug 01, 2003 ... Monte Dolack Graphics of Missoula, Mont., introduces "West Wind" by Monte Dolack. This open-edition poster measures 27 by 23 inches and retails for ...
Up At Dawn.(New editions)
Aug 01, 2003 ... Beth Palser Studios of Oxford, Pa., introduces "Up At Dawn" by Beth Palser. The print is available in an s/n limited edition of ...
Back Street, Venice.(New editions)
Aug 01, 2003 ... Winn Devon Art Group Ltd. of Seattle presents "Back Street, Venice" by Ted Goerschner. The giclee on paper is available ...
Anniversaire.(new editions)
Aug 01, 2003 ... London Contemporary Art Inc. of Jacksonville, Fla., introduces "Anniversaire" by Gary Benfield. The etching on paper is available ...
Getty center hosts Flemish Manuscripts exhibit.(Los Angeles)(Brief Article)
Aug 01, 2003 ... The first comprehensive look at Flemish manuscript painting is on display at the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles. "Illuminating the Renaissance: The Triumph of Flemish Manuscript Painting in Europe" focuses on the era between 1470 and 1560, and includes more than 130 objects from 14 ...
Surf Culture explored in new art exhibit.(San Jose, Calif.)(Brief Article)
Aug 01, 2003 ... The art history of surfing--in paintings, posters, photographs, film and artifacts from ancient Peru and Polynesia to the 21st century--is the focus of a new exhibit at the San Jose Museum of Art. Entitled "Surf Culture," the exhibit features more than 100 works that offer an overview of ...
