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“Safety Curtain” is an exhibition series conceived by museum in progress in cooperation with the Vienna State Opera, which transforms the safety curtain into a temporary exhibition space for contemporary art. For the 22nd “Safety Curtain”, the jury (Daniel Birnbaum and Hans-Ulrich Obrist) selected the internationally renowned artist Martha Jungwirth. Her large-scale picture will be presented at a press conference on Thursday, 10 October 2019 at 11am. In the Donizetti-Salon at the Wiener Staatsoper, museum in progress exhibits original … Read More

Observer: Should Art Be Insured Against Terrorism?

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Every year, Crozier, a major fine art storage company with six locations on the east coast and one in Los Angeles, holds what Simon Hornby, the company’s president, calls “risk matrix exercises.” Though it might sound like something out of a Tom Cruise franchise, the reality is a little more mundane. It’s essentially a test of “all of the exposures we are subject to,” said Hornby. The potential for physical break-ins, for instance, or the possibility … Read More

Art Net: Dalí’s Melting Clock in Melbourne

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The Museum of Modern Art’s collection is hitting the road — again. In June 2018, around 200 works, including many of the museum’s best-known objects, will travel to the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne The show is a wide-ranging display of the museum’s greatest hits, from a 1957 Fender electric guitar to a series of portraits of Marilyn Monroe by Andy Warhol. Works that rarely venture outside MoMA’s galleries will be shown in Australia for the … Read More

Artnet: Biennale of Sydney opens on March 16

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Biennale of Sydney 2018 Gives Sneak Peek of Participating Artists. From Ai Weiwei to Semiconductor, the 21st edition of the event will feature a wide range of artists. Artnet/Amah-Rose Abrams, April Ai Weiwei, Haegue Yang, Eija-Liisa Ahtila, Anya Gallaccio, and Oliver Beer are some of the artists who are participating in the 21st Biennale of Sydney, slated to open to the public on March 16, 2018. Biennale curator Mami Kataoka has revealed a diverse preliminary list of 21 participating … Read More

Hubert Scheibl: first exhibition in Australia

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Hubert Scheibl: ‚Riffs of Real Time‘. Hubert Scheibl’s first exhibition in Australia. Dominik Mersch Gallery, Sydney, is delighted to host Hubert Scheibl‘s first exhibition in Australia. Based in Vienna, Hubert Scheibl has exhibited internationally since the 1980s including the Venice and Sao Paolo Biennale. His work is held in major institutions such as the Albertina Collection (Austria), Centre Pompidou (France), and National Museum Beijing (China). With his distinctive style, Hubert Scheibl occupies a prominent position within … Read More

Art Insurance is a matter of trust

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Mr. Barta interviewed by “profil”, Austrias leading weekly news magazine. Nikolaus S. Barta founded art insurance-consulting-company Barta & Partner in 1996, filling a gap in the market. In Austria it is the only company exclusively specialised in art and private ownership. He has a network of specialists in areas such as storage, transport and restauration. “Insurance is a matter of trust” Nikolaus Barta, founder and chief executive of an art insurance company, on the value of … Read More

Artnet: Think Your Art Is Adequately Insured?

Think Your Art Is Adequately Insured?

Think Your Art Is Adequately Insured? Here Are a Few Insider Strategies to Help Minimize Your Risk Ronald D. Spencer/artnet.com/Spencer’s Art Law Journal This essay originally appeared in Spencer’s Art Law Journal. The journal is published three times a year and aims to offer insight into pressing art-related legal issues for lawyers and non-lawyers alike. What you may not know about assessing loss or damage to art for an insurance claim. This essay addresses the valuation … Read More

Nikolaus Barta im Profil-Interview: Versicherung ist Vertrauenssache

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„Versicherung ist Vertrauenssache“ Nikolaus Barta, Gründer und Geschäftsführer eines Kunstversicherungsunternehmens, über den Wert von Kunst, warum eine individuelle Kunstversicherung sinnvoll ist und was Artnapping bedeutet. © profil vom 11. September 2017/Elisabeth Klokar Nikolaus S. Barta founded art insurance-consulting-company Barta & Partner in 1996, filling a gap in the market. In Austria it is the only company exclusively specialised in art and private ownership. He has a network of specialists in areas such as storage, transport and restauration. … Read More

theartnewspaper: Scotland Yard’s Art Unit heading for closure

Detectives have been redeployed to work on Grenfell Tower investigation

Scotland Yard’s Art Unit: Detectives have been redeployed to work on Grenfell Tower investigation. Scotland Yard looks set to close its Art and Antiques Unit, according to a former head. Its three detectives have been reassigned to help the Metropolitan Police’s investigation into the Grenfell Tower fire, in west London, which killed more than 80 people on 14 June. Vernon Rapley, who led the Art and Antiques Unit from 2001 until 2010, told The Art Newspaper … Read More

The Guardian on Art: Hollywood stars should avoid the canvas.

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Jim Carrey’s art is yet more proof that Hollywood stars should avoid the canvas/by Jonathan Jones. The comic actor’s short film about his paintings is painful viewing, but he’s not the first star who has tried, and failed, to moonlight as an artist. This is not a scientific law, probably, and I cannot suggest what causes the phenomenon, but the most embarrassing and talentless of all celebrities who try their hand at art tend to … Read More