Monthly Archives: February 2012

Sarah Sze Picked as Installation Artist for Venice Biennale 2013

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Sarah Sze, the installation artist known for creating site-specific environments out of everyday objects like toothpicks, sponges, light bulbs and plastic bottles, has been chosen to represent the United States at the 2013 Venice Biennale. Ms. Sze (pronounced ZEE), 43, … Continue reading  

Prints by Tamara Rickman at Tel Aviv Museum of Art

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Spring Offering for Yanoussa, an album of 12 prints by artist Tamara Rickman and 12 poems by Greek poet Katerina Anghelaki-Rooke, convenes two worlds together. Its pages are imbued not with the spirit of market economy, but with the beauty … Continue reading  

Surprise Art With Barry Chappell 3/1

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Tune in this Thursday, March 1st, at 8pm EST / 5pm PST because Barry is back with a collection of surprise art and unbelievable deals! Don’t miss this exciting night of art with our very own Barry Chappell! Be sure … Continue reading  

Million Dollar Ancient Coin Highlights World’s Greatest Private Jewish Coin Collection

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The first silver shekel struck in Jerusalem by Jewish forces rebelling against Roman oppression in the first century CE, one of only two specimens known, will be auctioned as part of The Shoshana Collection of Ancient Coins of Judea, March … Continue reading  

National Gallery of Australia Unveils Major Acquisition Matisse’s Oceania

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The National Gallery of Australia unveiled a major international acquisition; a stunning large scale work titled Oceania, the sea (1946) by Henri Matisse (1869–1954). The work was purchased with funds generously provided by National Gallery of Australia Council Member Mr … Continue reading  

Relatives of Titanic officer Seek Return of Letter Before it Sells

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The descendants of a surgeon who died on the Titanic nearly 100 years ago are appealing for a benefactor to purchase a soon-to-be-auctioned letter he wrote from the doomed ship — and to return it to the city where the … Continue reading  

Ken Price, Pioneer of Ceramic Art, Passes Away at 77

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Kenneth Price, a prolific Los Angeles artist whose work with glazed and painted clay transformed traditional ceramics while also expanding orthodox definitions of American and European sculpture since the 1960s, died early Friday at his home and studio in Taos, … Continue reading  

Sixteen Paintings Hitler Bought Found by Amateur Art Historian

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A five-year search by a Czech author has discovered that 16 paintings in the Czech Republic were once owned by Adolf Hitler. The art works, which Hitler bought in Germany during World War II, had been moved to Czechoslovakia after … Continue reading  

Pick Jack’s Internet Only Coin Show Sign-Off!

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2012
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On this week’s Internet Only Coin Show, Shawn has asked everyone to vote on which sign-off Jack should use each week! The winning sign-off will be announced on the next episode, airing Tuesday, March 6th! Don’t miss your chance to … Continue reading  

The Steins Collect: Matisse, Picasso and the Parisian Avant-Garde

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Gertrude Stein, her brothers Leo and Michael, and Michael’s wife Sarah were important patrons of modern art in Paris during the first decades of the twentieth century. This exhibition unites some two hundred works of art to demonstrate the significant … Continue reading