Welcome to our weekly art collector Blog/Newsletter!

On these pages we are only listing information about the artists whose works we own; listed on the left.

Upcoming Auctions & Estimated pricing for our artists Æ

Art for sale; on the web artists' prices & descriptions pages Æ

Auction Results: June, 2010 Æ, July, 2010 Æ, August, 2010 Æ, September Æ

Upcoming Exhibitions that include our artists Æ, Upcoming Expositions in Montreal, Toronto Æ

Art News, For the Week of September 13. 2010

SEATTLE, WA-  FBI Tells "Everybody Draw Muhammad Day" Cartoonist, "Molly Norris", to "Go Ghost" After Threats. By Lucie Alig

NEW YORK, NY.- The Asia week series of auctions at Sotheby’s New York concluded today with the South Asian Art sale which made $7,547,250 to bring the overall total for the week to $27,649,251 well within the $ 21.9/31.2 million estimate. Ardaily

SEATTLE, WA.- The Betty Bowen Committee, chaired by Gary Glant, has announced Ellen Lesperance as winner of the 32nd annual Betty Bowen Award, which comes with an unrestricted cash prize of $15,000. A selection of Lesperance’s work will be on view at the Seattle Art Museum beginning October 21, 2010. Eli Hansen was awarded the PONCHO Special Recognition award in the amount of $2,500, and Barbara Sternberger was selected to receive the Kayla Skinner Special Recognition Award in the amount of $2,500. Five finalists chosen from a pool of 350 applicants from Washington, Oregon and Idaho, including Chris Engman and Emily Gherard, competed for the $20,000 in awards. Ardaily

NEW YORK, NY.- In a sign that fine art collectors are growing ever more comfortable with bidding online, Christie’s International reports that the top lot in Thursday’s sale of The Sze Yuan Tang Archaic Bronzes from the Anthony Hardy Collection sold for $3.3 million to an online bidder, setting a new house record for the most expensive item sold online. The sale price smashed the previous Christie’s online sales of $1.27 million, set in April 2008 for a Stradavari violin purchased online using Christie’s LIVE™, the company’s proprietary online bidding platform. Ardaily

Paris: The Supreme Court banned the exhibition of the “Bodies” Exhibition; in a ruling Thursday, September 16 , "Exposure of corpses for commercial purposes".

LONDON.- Major Miró exhibit set for London museum. Last retrospective of Spanish artist's work was in 1964. CBC News

LONDON.- A new record has been set for any single print sold at auction with the sale of Pablo Picasso’s La Minotauromachie for £1,273,250 / $1,987,416 at Sotheby’s in London . The print eclipsed the pre-sale high estimate of £600,000 (the estimate was £400,000-600,000). Ardaily

LONDON.- Bonhams will hold its first sale of Irish Art on 9th February 2011 in New Bond Street, marking the end of the company’s long-standing association with Adams Auctioneers in Dublin. Ardaily

LONDON: Four rare works by Picasso thought to be worth over £6m and an 1875 Cézanne oil on canvas will go on sale during Frieze week next month in an ambitious exhibition to be held at a London property. The show, entitled "The House of the Noble Man" (12-20 October). The exhibition, also includes works by Warhol, Hirst, Richter and Saatchi's "New Sensations" Gareth Harris | Web only
NEW YORK, NY - This fall, Sotheby’s will present Divine Comedy, an exhibition that will spotlight humor in the visual arts through the lens of Dante’s epic poem.

LONDON.- At a press conference on 9 September on the publication of its Annual Report 2009/10 and presentation of its 2011 programme, Tate announced that the year was the most successful on record for art works lent from Tate Collection to venues across the world. This increase is a direct result of a greater focus by Tate on its national and international programme, transforming the way it exhibits the Collection and shares expertise with partners in the UK and abroad...Ardaily

NEW YORK, NY - For the first time, Whitney Museum of American Art is teaming up with a new membership curator—you! You are invited to custom design your membership, choosing from 5 amazing series with exclusive member privileges only available at the Whitney. Customize your experience and maximize your benefits with our all-new Curate Your Own Membership program.

Art Prints - There are several big Auctions of Art Prints in September Æ

GRAND RAPIDS (AP).- ArtPrize, the Grand Rapids art show and competition that surprised locals by drawing tens of thousands of visitors when it debuted in 2009, is back for a second year. The southwestern Michigan city's vibrant arts scene will get an infusion of energy from 1,713 artists displaying their works for 19 days in 192 venues, from plazas, hotels and museums, to restaurants, coffee shops and parks.

LONDON.- The Imperial War Museum London will display a car salvaged from the bombing of the historic Al-Mutanabbi street book market in Baghdad. The bombing on March 5, 2007 killed thirty eight people. REUTERS/Andrew Winning. Ardaily

NEW ORLEANS, LA.- Now in its 14th year, No Dead Artists continues its evolution as that most singular of art world events, a juried national exhibition of work by underexposed American artists.

the to 26th, the city situated at Lake Geneva will be entirely dedicated to the Image. It will also present the winners of the two competitions it organises - the European First Film Awards and the Vevey International Photo Awards. Ardaily

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