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Jail for Spanish Forger Who Attempted Sale of 15 Fake Works

February 21st, 2023

A Spanish court has sentenced an art collector to prison for selling a set of fake works, including a series of forged works attributed to Edvard Munch and Roy Lichtenstein.
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The Guardian Interviews Former Subjects of Painter Alice Neel

February 21st, 2023

The Guardian has a piece this week on what it was like to be painted by Alice Neel. “One day Alice said she wanted to paint me and to bring some things I could wear, so I packed a little suitcase and had various costumes,” says artist and sex activist Annie Sprinkle. “I’d just had my labia pierced and I was showing it off, and she really wanted to see that. She picked a leather outfit and I put a feather in my hair.”
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Alice Walton’s Art Bridges Foundation Behind $4.5 Million Robert Colescott Buy

February 21st, 2023

Alice Walton’s Art Bridges Foundation is apparently behind the $4.5 million purchase of a Robert Colescott at Bonhams this month. “This work in particular presents a hopeful and powerful message, and we are pleased that it resonated so strongly with individuals and institutions alike,” says Ralph Taylor, Bonhams’s global head for postwar and contemporary art.
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Edward Burtynsky

Edward Burtynsky image via upload.wikimedia.org

[image via upload.wikimedia.org]

Edward Burtynsky OC is a Canadian photographer and artist. Born of Ukrainian hertiage in 1955 in St. Catharines, Ontario, he studied at the Ryerson Polytechnic Institute, where he graduated from the Photographic Arts / Media Studies program with a Bachelor of Applied Arts, and at Niagara College, where he obtained a diploma in graphic arts. His works are housed in over fifty museums worldwide, numerous corporate collections, and books.

Edward Burtynsky, Nickel Tailings #34 image via www.inhabitat.com

Edward Burtynsky, Nickel Tailings #34 image via www.inhabitat.com

Edward Burtynsky, Mines #17 image via www.mexicanpictures.com

Edward Burtynsky, Mines #17 image via www.mexicanpictures.com

Edward Burtynsky: Silver Lake Operations #1, Lake Lefroy, Western Australia, 2007

Edward Burtynsky: Silver Lake Operations #1, Lake Lefroy, Western Australia, 2007 [image via www.fotofreo.com]

The grand, awe-inspiring beauty of his images is often in tension with the compromised environments they depict. Burtynsky is also the recipient of three honorary doctorates, and the esteemed TED prize. Burtynsky currently chairs the board of directors of the high profile online sustainability magazine Worldchanging, and sits on the board of CONTACT, Toronto’s international festival of photography.

[Bio via Wikipedia Entry]

Edward Burtynsky- Tanggu Port, Tianjin, 2005 image via www.businessweek.com

Edward Burtynsky- Tanggu Port, Tianjin, 2005

[image via www.businessweek.com]

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