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Art vs. The Elements

Art Peritus

Sculptures and mixed-media pieces should be placed on stable surfaces. For outdoor sculptures, additional measures are necessary. For outdoor sculptures, additional measures are necessary. Ensure sculptures are anchored securely to their bases to withstand high winds or seismic activity.

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A quartet of key art market players join forces to form ‘super group’ consultancy

The Art Newspaper

L-R: Brett Gorvy, Philip Hoffman, Ed Dolman, Patti Wong, Alex Dolman Courtesy of Emilio Madrid Four of the art market’s leading figures have joined forces to establish a new consultancy firm to manage top-level clients and their collections through what they say are unprecedented shifts in the trade.

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Commercial goes pastoral: the draw of showing art in the open air

The Art Newspaper

In 1994, Madeleine Bessborough moved the New Art Centre , the sculpture gallery she established in London in 1958, to Roche Court in Wiltshire, built for Lord Nelson in 1804. But Hauser & Wirth is not alone in realising that a commercial gallery can take on a whole new character, audience and purpose in a rural location.

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What does a so-called ‘buyer’s market’ look like at Art Basel?

The Art Newspaper

Price reductions, negotiations and dealer “flexibility” are the order of the day Kabir Jhala 18 June 2025 Share An orange carton sculpture by Kimiyo Mishima sold for $40,000 at Blum gallery. Now is the time to buy—it is the best time I have ever seen,” says Philip Hoffman, the founder of the Fine Art Group consultants.

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UK Heritage Department feared ‘mass restitutions’ when Stone of Scone was returned to Scotland

The Art Newspaper

The Department of National Heritage was furious with John Major for failing to consult it over this “precedent to mass restitution”. She wrote: “Had we been consulted, we would have advised against return because of the likely fall-out, i.e. other countries seeing the return of the Stone as setting a precedent to mass restitution.

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Belgian council cancels Hew Locke commission that planned to ‘disrupt’ colonial statue

The Art Newspaper

The Art Newspaper understands that the residents of Ostend were consulted by the city council last year, prior to Locke’s piece being selected from 11 shortlisted artists. They say there was not enough consultation. “So Two years earlier, a sculpture of Leopold II in the city of Antwerp was set on fire, before authorities took it down.

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THE NELSON-ATKINS MUSEUM OF ART APPOINTS MALCOLM READING CONSULTANTS TO MANAGE UPCOMING ARCHITECTURAL COMPETITION

The Mid-Atlantic Museum Association

Emily Bruhn, image courtesy of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City announced today that it has engaged specialist consultancy Malcolm Reading Consultants (MRC) to manage the forthcoming architectural competition for the museum’s new expansion.