Seaside Art Gallery Newsletter
Art Crime Facts January 2010
In This Issue
Facts on Art Crime
Congratulations to Waterfield
Article Headline
Disney
Art Crime
 
Pour Roby
 
Over the holidays, two major art thefts were reported. A Picasso, Matisse and Braque were stolen in Berlin and a Degas was stolen in France.  On a much more local scene, a restaurant in Kill Devil Hills had a collection of art stolen. It will be interesting to see if any are recovered.
 
TV shows and movies such as the Thomas Crowne Affair and White Collar perpetuate the myth that art crimes only happen in museums or to the super rich and that it does not really impact most people. Art crime hurts everyone. The crimminals are not gentle cultured people but are thugs.
 
Here are some facts about art crime: 
 
"Art crime represents the third highest grossing criminal enterprise worldwide, behind only drugs and arms trafficking. It brings in $2-6 billion per year, most of which goes to fund international organized crime syndicates.

Most art crime since the 1960s is perpetrated either by, or on behalf of, international organized crime syndicates.They either use stolen art for resale, or to barter on a closed black market for an equivalent value of goods or services. Individually instigated art crimes are rare, and art crimes perpetrated for private collectors are rarest of all.

One of the greatest problems is that neither the general public, nor government officials, realize the severity of art crime.  Art crime funds all organized crime enterprises, including terrorism. And yet it is often dismissed as a victimless crime, because it is not understood." Facts are quoted from www.artcrime.info

Illustrated is the etching Pour Roby by Picasso. This is a Collector's Guild edition.  
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Plans are coming together for exciting events for this coming year. We will be hosting our 19th International Miniature Art Show in May, have artists demonstrations and a contest that you can win a dinner out with one of our artists!

 
Thank you for your friendship and support in 2009 and we look forward to seeing you in 2010. 
Artist Wins Awards

Faith

Congratulations to Lauri Waterfield! This talented artist has won the Waterworks Sponsor's Award at Lynchburg Art Festival, Third Place in oils in the Roanoke's Showcase and has a work of art that was juried into the 2009 Paint American Miniature Show which is on national tour until the end of this year. You can see her art and read more about her at Waterfield.  
 
Illustrated is the original water color, "Faith - Pink Azalea". 
Do You Love Birds?

Edwards

 Audubon is the most famous name when it comes to art and birds, but George Edwards is known as the "father of British ornithology". He lived between 1694 to 1773. We currently have a wonderful selection of his original watercolored etchings. Illustrated is Grey Pye of Brasil & the Black and Yellow Moth from China
Roy Disney, Passes Away at the age of 79

Jiminy

Roy E. Disney, Walt's nephew and longtime exec producer and senior exec at the Disney Studio passed away today (Wednesday, Dec. 16) in Newport beach, Calif. after a year-long battle with stomach cancer, reported the Associated Press.

 Soft-spoken and unpretentious, Disney was also seen as the "soul" of the company by many insiders. "The thing that distinguishes [Disney] from everybody else, and always has and always will, is our past," he once said "The goal is to look over our shoulder and see Snow White and Pinocchio and Dumbo standing there, saying, 'Be this good.' We shouldn't be intimidated by them; they're an arrow pointing someplace." Excerpt is from the article by Ramin Zahed published in the Animation Magazine.
 
 Illustrated is the production animation cel, Jiminy Cricket from  Funny You Don't Look 200! You can see art by Disney & other studios starting at Animation.
 Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let each new year find you a better man.  ~Benjamin Franklin
Happy New Year,
 
Everyone at Seaside Art Gallery