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Listing ID: 449

Title: Art News Blog

Description: A selection of visual art news, art reviews and art related stories.

Category: Arts, Art & Artists : Art News

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listed on: May 07, 2008 03:51:56 PM

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Damien Hirst Corporation Layoffs - Thu, 27 Nov 2008 07:34:00 +0000

I told myself that I wouldn'tmention Damien Hirstfor a while as he's a bit of a news hog, but I just can't help myself. There's no other artist out there like him. None of my artists friends have told me that they're laying off up to 20 employees as none of my artist friends have 20 employees to lay off. The quote below is from theGuardian newspaper here. "On Thursday, up to 17 of the 22 people who make the pills for Hirst's drug cabinet series were told their contracts were not being renewed, according to two sources close to Science Ltd, Hirst's main art-producing company. Another three who make his butterfly paintings were also told they were surplus to requirements. It is thought that amounts to approximately half of the London-based artists who work for Hirst. They are paid about £19,000 a year, sources said. In June 2007, Lullaby Spring, a cabinet filled with hand-painted pills, sold for £9.65m." Artinfo also mention thestory here. >>Damien Hirst News,Being an Artist

John Everett Millais Painting Discovered - Wed, 26 Nov 2008 07:10:00 +0000

The skeptic in me says that there are nooriginallost masterpieces hiding in closets or the storage sheds of long lost relatives, but I guess it could be possible. A British woman has discovered a painting by the Pre-Raphaelite English artist John Everett Millais valued at £50,000. The story is that the 45 year old woman was given the painting as a gift for her 9th birthday and forgot about it until she moved house. Millais is most famous for his Ophelia painting at theTate Britain, inspired by Shakespeare's play Hamlet. There's more on the lost masterpiece on theTelegraph website here. Other lost masterpieces (or found fakes/copies) include the$50 million Jackson Pollockand somelost Australian paintings found in Texas.

Patricia Piccinini at Roslyn Oxley9 - Mon, 24 Nov 2008 00:59:00 +0000

Patricia Piccinini is currently showing a bunch of weird and wonderful things at theRoslyn Oxley9 galleryin Sydney. The show is called Related Individuals and closes on the 6th of December. Patricia Piccinini The Long Awaited, 2008 silicon, fibreglass, human hair, plywood, leather, clothing 152 × 80 × 92cm Patricia Piccinini Not Quite Animal II (Transgenic Skull for the Bodyguard), 2008 bronze 28 × 14.5 × 19.5cm My guess is that at least half of all working artists in the world have created at least one skull this year! Every art magazine I pick up has at least one skull in it. Are we looking at our own mortality or is it just because of theDamien Hirst skull?