“More than 1,200 works from Polaroid’s corporate collection, chronicling decades of artistic experimentation by Andy Warhol, Chuck Close and others who pushed the aesthetic boundaries of the instant-film process, will be hammered away by order of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Minnesota. Many non-Polaroid photos are also being sold.” - Bloomberg
“The earthquake that killed so many also demolished the island's galleries and destroyed thousands of paintings.” – UK Guardian
“Up to 100 staff members at the National Gallery in central London have gone on strike in a dispute over pay.” – BBC News
New Threat to Shipping Art: Air Travel Security
“The Transportation Security Administration has mandated that beginning on Aug. 1, all items shipped as cargo on commercial passenger airplanes — estimates are that as much as 20 percent of art shipped around the world travels this way — will have to go through airline security screening.” – NY Times
Judge Orders the Return of Getty Bronze
“A judge in Italy has ordered the confiscation of the famed Statue of the Victorious Youth, which is also known as the Getty Bronze. The artwork, which dates from 300 B.C. to 100 B.C., is currently in the collection at the Getty Museum in Los Angeles.” – LA Times
The New Art Investors (Celebrity Musicians)
"As the music business became more lucrative, so artists such as Madonna, Sir Elton John, Jarvis Cocker, Brian Eno and his ex-band mate Bryan Ferry invest much of their accumulated wealth in both modern and classical art.” - UK Guardian
