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Following the opening of Vienna's new cultural district in June, the second opening phase in the MuseumsQuartier Wien (MQ) has been proceeding as planned. The reopening of the Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien (MUMOK) on September the 15th , 2001 kicked off the second phase, followed by the Leopold Museum ...
(James Goulder)
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| Logo of MuseumsQuartier Wien |
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The UK arts ministry has placed a temporary bar on the export of an Italian mannerist drawing, Study for the Institution of the Eucharist, by Federico Barocci (1535-1612). Regarded by the British government’s "Reviewing Committee on the Export of Works of Art" to be one of the artist’s ...
(Andrew Moore)
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| Federico Barocci's oil on canvas The Institution of the Eucharist |
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Data filed by over 100 leading art galleries in the UK during the 1999-2000 financial year have show an average growth of 9.3% (gross), despite concerns of a profit downturn. According to the Art Newspaper and the Business Ratio Report, the best results were recorded by the Simon Dickinson Group ...
(Andrew Moore)
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| Simon Dickinson galleries, London |
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Since September the 11th, most museums in New York, as well as in other states around the US, have been experiencing a major drop in attendance and a loss of revenue from admission fees, bookshops and cafeterias according to the New York Times. The Metropolitan Museum of Art has seen a 60% decrease ...
(James Goulder)
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| Design Store of MoMA, New York |
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The Saatchi Gallery could move to the old headquarters of the Greater London Council, which sits opposite the Houses of Parliament, on the River Thames. If the move takes place, the Saatchi Gallery would occupy the first floor suite. At present the space is empty because of the difficulty of converting ...
(James Goulder)
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Article 22 of Italy’s 2002 Financial law stipulates that the management of all state museum services will be opened up to the private sector on a concessionary basis, extending current regulations that allow only certain additional services such as ticket offices and bookshops to be opened ...
(Annalisa Rossi)
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| Italy's 2002 Financial law |
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Bonhams, London holds its sale of Modern and Contemporary paintings on the 21st of November with highlights including Stanhope Alexander Forbes’ (1857-1947) Young girl in a Cornish street, an oil on canvas laid down on board with an estimate of $ 60,000-88,580 (€ 65,100-96,100). Works by the Scottish ...
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| Stanhope Alexander Forbes, Young girl in a Cornish street |
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The 28th annual FIAC 2001 will take place from 10 - 15 October at Porte de Versailles (Paris expo, Hall 4). Despite the current world events the fair’s selection committee, the COFIAC, has undertaken to limit the number of participating galleries to 160 from 44 cities in 16 countries (as opposed to 196 in 2000) ...
(James Goulder)
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Peter-Klaus Schuster, general director of the Staatliche Museen (National Museums) in Berlin, has announced the forthcoming purchase of the Egidio Marzona art collection. Along with Julian Nida-Rümelin, the chancellor's top adviser for cultural affairs, Schuster cemented the deal. Marzona, a German of Italian ...
(James Goulder)
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| The collector
Egidio Marzona |
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The Tate gallery, London has confirmed that Madonna will present this year's Turner Prize on the 9th of December, 2001. The prize, which is presented annually to a British contemporary artist will be awarded at the Tate Britain and will be broadcast live on the UK television station Channel 4. The gallery ...
(Andrew Moore)
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| Madonna at the Tate Britain, London in 2000 |
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