1931 -
Dame Ninette de Valois founded Royal Ballet; with support of Lilian
Baylis of the Old Vic, installed six permanent dancers and herself in
the newly opened Sadler’s Wells Theatre; 1946 - Sadler’s
Wells Ballet transferred to Covent Garden and recognized as the
national ballet.
March 24, 1937 -
Joint resolution of Congress created the National Gallery of Art for the
people of the United States of America; March 17, 1941 -
National Gallery of Art opened in Washington DC; President Franklin D.
Roosevelt accepted the completed building and the collections on behalf
of the people of the United States of America.
October 21, 1959
- Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum opened in New York City; designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
October 20, 1973
- Sydney Opera House opened.
1982 -
Anne d'Harnoncourt named director of Philadelphia Museum of Art; only
woman to head museum with annual budget greater than $25 million.
February 28, 1982
- The J. Paul Getty Museum became most richly endowed museum on
earth when it received $1.2 billion bequest left to it by late J.
Paul Getty; modeled after Villa dei Papiri, Roman villa uncovered in town of Herculaneum, which was buried by
eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D. (completed in 1974); his only
stipulation was that fortune be used "for the diffusion of artistic and general
knowledge"; laws governing trusts, however, indicate that the museum
must spend 4.25 percent of its endowment three out of every four years
in order to retain its tax-exempt status. In the first year after its
endowment, that figure equaled $54 million; today the amount the museum
must spend three out of four years is more than $200 million.
October 5, 1990
- A jury in Cincinnati acquitted an art gallery and its director of
obscenity charges stemming from an exhibit of sexually graphic
photographs by Robert Mapplethorpe.
April 23, 1996
- Sotheby began 4 day auction of Jackie Onassis possessions; netted
$34.5 million.
(Arthur Ackermann & Son), John Ford (1983).
Ackermann, 1783-1983: The
Business of Art. (London, UK: Ackerman, 256 p.). Arthur Ackermann &
Son; Art dealers--Great Britain--Biography; Art publishing--Great
Britain--History; Publishers and publishing--Great Britain--History.
(Barnes Collection), John Anderson (2003).
Art Held Hostage: The
Story of the Barnes Collection. (New York, NY: Norton, 288 p.).
Barnes, Albert C. (Albert Coombs), 1872-1951; Glanton, Richard; Barnes
Foundation--Management; Art--Private collections--Pennsylvania--Merion.
(J. A. Bauer Pottery Company), Mitch Tuchman (1995).
Bauer, Classic American Pottery. (San Francisco, CA: Chronicle
Books, 103 p.). J.A. Bauer Pottery Company -- History; Pottery -- 20th
century -- California -- Los Angeles.
(Boehm Porcelain), Helen F. Boehm with Nancy Dunnan; foreword by
Letitia Baldridge (1985).
With a Little Luck-- An American Odyssey. (New York, NY: Rawson,
219 p.). Boehm, Helen F.; Entrepreneurship--Biography; Porcelain
industry--United States.
(British Museum), David M. Wilson (2002).
The British Museum: A History. (London, UK: British Museum
Press, 416 p.). British Museum -- History. Oldest publicly funded museum
in the world (1753).
(Christie's International Group), H.C. Marillier (1926). "Christie's" 1766 to 1925. (Boston
, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 311 p.). Christie, Manson & Woods;
Painting--Prices; Art--Prices.
(Christie's International Group), Percy Colson (1950). A Story of
Christie's. (London, UK: S. Low192 P. Christie, Manson & Woods.
(Christie's International Group), John Herbert (1990).
Inside
Christie's. (New York, NY: St. Martin's Press, 407 p.). Christie,
Manson & Woods.
(Christie's International Group), Arthur Grimwade (994).
Silver
for Sale: Christie's in the Thirties. (Norwich, UK: Michael Russell,
354 p.). Grimwade, Arthur--Diaries; Grimwade,
Arthur--Knowledge--Silverwork; Christie's International
Group--History--20th century; Silverwork--Valuation.
(Coalport China Company - founded 1790's
by John Rose), Compton Mackenzie (1951).
The House of Coalport,
1750-1950. (London, UK: Collins, 127 p.). Rose, John, 1772-1841;
Coalport China Company (John Rose and Company) ltd.
(Coalport China Company), Michael Messenger (1995).
Coalport, 1795-1926: An Introduction to the History and Porcelains of
John Rose and Company. (Woodbridge, UK: Antique Collectors'
Club, 444 p.). Coalport China Company -- History; Porcelain, English --
England -- Shropshire -- History; Coalport porcelain -- History; Pottery
Production History Shropshire (England).
(Downtown Gallery), Lindsay Pollock (2006).
The Girl with the Gallery: Edith Gregor Halpert and the Making of the
Modern Art Market. (New York, NY: Public Affairs, 368 p.).
Bloomberg News. Halpert, Edith Gregor, 1900-1970; Downtown Gallery (New
York, NY); Art dealers--New York (State)--New York--Biography.
1926 - one of the first art galleries in Greenwich Village,
laid groundwork for art market's modern
era, its aggressive promotion and sales tactics.
(Duveen Brothers), Meryle Secrest (2004).
Duveen: A Life in Art.
(New York, NY: Knopf, 517 p.). Duveen, Joseph Duveen, Baron, 1869-1939;
Art dealers--England--Biography.
(Empire Ballet Theatre), Ivor Guest (1962). The Empire Ballet.
(London, UK: Society for Theatre Research, 111 p.). Empire Ballet
Theatre--History.
(Samuel T. Freeman & Co.), Roland Arkell, Catherine Saunders-Watson
(2005).
The Vendue Masters: Tales from Within the Walls of America's Oldest
Auction House. (Suffolk, UK: Antique Collectors' Club, 192 p.).
Editor (Antiques Trade Gazette), Editor (Antique Week). Samuel T.
Freeman & Sons (Firm); Auctions; Art auctions.
America's oldest auction house.
(Lefevre Gallery), The Gallery (1976). Alex Reid & Lefevre,
1926-1976. (London, UK: Lefevre Gallery, 175 p.). Lefevre Gallery;
Art dealers--England--Biography.
(Letraset), John A Chudley (1974).
Letraset: A Lesson in Growth. (London, UK: Business Books, 155
p.). Letraset; commercial art; graphic design.
(Liberty and Company), Mervyn Levy (1986).
Liberty Style: The Classic Years, 1898-1910. (London, UK:
Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 160 p.). Decoration and ornament -- Art
nouveau; Decorative arts Designs for Liberty and Company 1898-1910.
(Limelight), Helen Gee (1997).
Limelight: A Greenwich Village
Photography Gallery and Coffeehouse in the Fifties: A Memoir.
(Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press, 303 p.). Founder of
Limelight Photography Gallery. Gee, Helen; Limelight (Gallery : New
York, N.Y.); Women photographers--United States--Biography; Photographic
art galleries--New York (State)--New York--History.
(J. & J. Lobmeyr), Peter Rath (1998). Lobmeyr 1823: Helles Glas
und klares Licht. (Wien; Köln; Wiemar, Germany: Böhlau, 351 p.). J.
& L. Lobmeyr; Glassware -- Austria.
(Metropolitan Museum of Art), Leo Lerman (1969).
The Museum: One Hundred Years and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
(New York, NY: Viking Press, 400 p.).
(Metropolitan Museum of Art), Calvin Tomkins (1989).
Merchants and
Masterpieces: The Story of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. (New
York, NY: Holt, 415 p. [rev. updated]). Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York,
N.Y.).
(Metropolitan Museum of Art), Howard Hibbard (1980).
The Metropolitan Museum of Art. (New York, NY: Harper and Row,
592 p.). Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.).
(Metropolitan Museum of Art), Thomas Hoving (1993).
Making the
Mummies Dance: Inside the Metropolitan Museum of Art. (New York, NY:
Simon & Schuster, 447 p.). Former Director of Met. Hoving, Thomas,
1931- ; Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)--Management; Art
museum directors--New York (State)--New York--Biography.
(Moravian Pottery and Tile Works), Cleota Reed (1987).
Henry Chapman Mercer and the Moravian Pottery and Tile Works.
(Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press, 255 p.). Mercer,
Henry Chapman, 1856-1930; Moravian Pottery and Tile Works; Pottery,
American--20th century; Tiles--United States--History--20th century;
Potters--United States--Biography.
(National Endowment for the Arts), Donna M. Binkiewicz (2004).
Federalizing the Muse: United States Arts Policy and the National
Endowment for the Arts, 1965-1980. (Chapel Hill, NC: University
of North Carolina Press, 295 p.). Teaches History (California State
University, Long Beach). National Endowment for the Arts--History;
Federal aid to the arts--United States--History--20th century; Art and
state--United States.
(National Gallery), Jonathan Conlin (2006).
The Nation's Mantelpiece: A History of the National Gallery.
(London, UK: Pallas Athene Publishers, 464 p.). National Gallery (Great
Britain); Painting -- England -- London. First history of the Gallery
ever published; vehicle of public education; development of institution whose collections
often set pace in art history, but dependence on parliamentary
funding regularly involved it in debates on education, social
cohesion, national heritage.
(Portland Glass Company), Thelma Ladd & Laurence Ladd (1992).
Portland Glass: Legacy of a Glass House Down East. (Paducah, KY:
Collector Books, 191 p.). Portland Glass Company--History;
Glassware--Maine--Portland--History--19th century.
(Rockwood Pottery), Nancy E. Owen (2001).
Rookwood and the Industry
of Art: Women, Culture, and Commerce, 1880-1913. (Athens, OH: Ohio
University Press, 335 p.). Rookwood Pottery Company--History; Rookwood
pottery; Art pottery, American--Ohio--Cincinnati--Marketing; Women
artists--United States--Social conditions--19th century; Women
artists--United States--Social conditions--20th century.
(Roland Browse and Delbanco), Lillian Browse (1999).
Duchess of
Cork Street: The Autobiography of an Art Dealer. (London, UK: Giles
de la Mare, 190 p.). Founding Partner of Roland, Browse, and Delbanco in
1945. Browse, Lillian; Roland, Browse, and Delbanco; Art
dealers--England--London--Biography; Women art
dealers--England--London--Biography.
(San Jose Symphony), Nancy Glaze Dr. Thomas Wolf (2005).
And the Band Stopped Playing: The Rise and Fall of the San Jose Symphony.
(Cambridge, MA: Wolf, Keens & Company, 96 p.). Director of Arts at the
David and Lucile Packard Foundation; Chairman and CEO of Wolf, Keens &
Company. San Jose Symphony; Culture -- Economic aspects.
Did San Jose really needed a full-season orchestra?
(Sotheby's), Frank Herrmann (1980).
Sotheby's, Portrait of an
Auction House. (London, UK: Chatto & Windus, 468 p.). Sotheby Parke
Bernet Group Ltd.
(Sotheby's), Nicholas Faith (1985).
Sold: The Rise and Fall of the
House of Sotheby. (New York, NY: Macmillan, 269 p.). Wilson, Peter
(Peter Cecil), 1913-; Sotheby's (Firm); Auctions; Art auctions.
(Sotheby's), Jeffrey Hogrefe (1986).
"Wholly Unacceptable": The
Bitter Battle for Sotheby's. (New York, NY: Morrow, 238 p.).
Sotheby's (Firm); Auctions; Art auctions.
(Sotheby's), Peter Watson (1997).
Sotheby's: The Inside Story.
(New York, NY: Random House, 324 p.). Sotheby's (Firm); Art
dealers--Corrupt practices; Art thefts--Investigations.
(Sotheby's), Robert Lacey (1998).
Sotheby's: Bidding for Class.
(Boston, MA: Little, Brown, 354 p.). Sotheby's (Firm); Auctions; Art
auctions.
(Sotheby's), Christopher Mason (2004).
The Art of the Steal:
Inside the Sotheby's-Christie's Auction House Scandal. (New York,
NY: Putnam, 416 p.). Journalist. Sotheby's (Firm)--Corrupt practices;
Christie's International Group--Corrupt practices; Price fixing;
Art--Prices; Auctions--Corrupt practices; Art auctions--Corrupt
practices.
(Sotheby's), A. Alfred Taubman (2007).
Threshold Resistance: The Extraordinary Career of a Luxury Retailing
Pioneer. (New York, NY: Collins, 224 p.). Taubman, A. Alfred;
Businessmen--United States--Biography; Entrepreneurship--United
States--Biography; Architects--United States--Biography.
Dyslexic Jewish kid from Detroit grew up to be
billionaire retailing pioneer, intimate of European aristocrats, Palm
Beach socialites, respected philanthropist, federal prisoner (78).
(Spode), Leonard Whiter (1978).
Spode: A History of the Family,
Factory and Wares from 1733 to 1833. (London, UK: Barrie and
Jenkins, 246 p. [2nd ed.]). Spode family; Staffordshire pottery.
(Tate Gallery), Frances Spalding (1998).
The Tate: A History. (London, UK: Tate Gallery, 320 p.). Reader
in 20th Century British Art (Newcastle University). Tate Gallery --
History.
Richard E. Caves (2000).
Creative Industries: Contracts Between Art and Commerce.
(Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 454 p.). Professor of
Political Economy (Harvard University). Arts--Economic aspects--United
States--History--20th century.
ed. Lee Chapin (1989). The Business of Art. (Englewood Cliffs,
NJ: Prentice-Hall, 347 p. [2nd ed.]). Art -- Economic aspects; Art --
Marketing.
Tyler Cowen (1998).
In Praise of Commercial Culture. (Cambridge, MA: Harvard
University Press, 278 p.). Professor of Economics (George Mason
University). Arts--Marketing; Arts--Economic aspects; Arts and society.
Philosophy of cultural optimism.
--- (2006).
Good and Plenty: The Creative Successes of American Arts Funding.
(Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 206 p.). Professor of
Economics (George Mason University). Art and state--United States;
Federal aid to the arts--United States; Aesthetics--Economic aspects;
Culture--Economic aspects; United States--Cultural policy.
U.S. way of funding the arts results
not in the terrible and the small but in Good and Plenty--could result in
more, better.
Tracy C. Davis (2000).
The Economics of the British Stage,
1800-1914. (New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 506 p.).
Professor of Theater, English and Performance Studies (Northwestern).
Theater--Economic aspects--Great Britain; Theater--Great
Britain--History--19th century; Theater--Great Britain--History--20th
century.
Laura de Coppet and Alan Jones (2002).
The Art Dealers: The Powers Behind the Scene Tell How the Art World
Really Works. (New York, NY: Cooper Square Press, 438 p. [rev.
and exp. ed.]). Art dealers--United States--Interviews.
ed. Neil De Marchi and Craufurd D.W. Goodwin (1999).
Economic
Engagements with Art. (Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 506 p.).
Art -- Economic aspects.
Selected Writings; Edited and with an Interpretation by Craufurd D.
Goodwin (1999).
Art and the Market: Roger Fry on Commerce in Art.
(Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press, 222 p.). Fry, Roger Eliot,
1866-1934; Art -- Marketing.
Daniel Grant (2000).
The Business of Being an Artist. (New
York, NY: Allworth Press, 339 p. [3rd ed.]). Art -- United States --
Marketing.
Julie Hochstrasser (2007).
Still Life and Trade in the Dutch Golden Age. (New Haven, CT:
Yale University Press, 320 p.). Associate Professor of the History of
Art (Early Modern Northern European Art), The University of Iowa.
Still-life painting, Dutch--17th century--Themes, motives.;
Netherlands--Commerce--History--17th century. Depict tables richly laid with products
that attest to vast scope of Dutch trade network; significance of various foods, commodities rendered on canvas during
Dutch Republic's rise to prosperity (domestic cheese to
wines of Europe to exotic commodities); fruits of global
commerce in paintings.
Bill Ivey (2008).
Arts, Inc.: How Greed and Neglect Have Destroyed Our Cultural Rights.
(Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 368 p.). Former Chairman
of the National Endowment for the Arts. Art and state--United States;
Art and society--United States; Cultural property--United States;
Arts--Economic aspects--United States; Arts--Political aspects--United
States. Expanding footprint of copyright,
unconstrained arts industry marketplace, government unwilling to engage
culture as serious arena for public policy have come together to
undermine art, artistry, cultural heritage.
Kathy Kilmurry (1980). The Pottery Industry of Stamford,
Lincolnshire, c. A.D. 850-1250 : Its Manufacture, Trade, and
Relationship with Continental Wares, with a Classification and
Chronology. (Oxford, UK: B. A. R., 348 p.). Pottery,
Medieval--England--Stamford; Pottery
industry--England--Stamford--History.
ed. Arjo Klamer (1996).
The Value of Culture: On the Relationship
between Economics and Arts. (Amsterdam, Netherlands: Amsterdam
University Press, 234 p.). Art -- Economic aspects; Culture -- Economic
aspects.
Ulrike Klein (1994).
The Business of Art Unveiled: New York Art Dealers Speak Up.
(New York, NY: Peter Lang, 247 p.). Art--Economic aspects--New York
(State)--New York; Art galleries, Commercial--New York (State)--New
York.
Peter Lawson-Johnston; foreword by Josiah Bunting III (2005).
Growing up Guggenheim: A Personal History of a Family Enterprise.
(Wilmington, DE: ISI Books, 152 p.). Member of Guggenheim Family,
President of the Board of Trustees of the Solomon R. Guggenheim
Foundation. Guggenheim family; Lawson-Johnston, Peter Orman, 1927- ;
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum; Art patrons--United States--Biography.
Memoir that includes intimate portraits of five
people principally responsible for the entire Guggenheim art legacy.
Faye Levine (1976).
The Culture Barons, An Analysis of Power and Money in the Arts.
(New York, NY: Crowell, 312 p.). Art patronage--United States;
Arts--United States--Management.
