Cheney Appraisal Services

10/18/2023

Interesting talk last night from Maggie Taft on her new book, “The Rise of Danish Design in Postwar America, The Chieftain and the Chair.” Maggie speaks to how political, economic and cultural forces in Denmark led to a new Danish Modern design with sleek, clean lines, and organic materials. And how it was marketed and adopted within the American market.

10/13/2023

In traveling through Sicily saw several wonderful architectural examples of Sicily's 2500 years of cultural influences including Greek, Byzantine, Arabic, Norman, and Spanish.

09/24/2023

Rules effecting art creation are evolving:

US copyright review board ruled that “if all of a work’s ‘traditional elements of authorship’ were produced by a machine, the work lacks human authorship, and the Office will not register it”.

Judge Beryl Howell did acknowledge that humanity is “approaching new frontiers in copyright” where artists will use AI as a tool to create new work.

US ruling on works created through artificial intelligence gives boost to creative workers fighting for livelihoods

07/23/2022

Claes Oldenburg dies at 93. You can see examples of Oldenburg art at MOMA
such as Two Cheeseburgers, with Everything (Dual Hamburgers)
1962; Medium: Burlap soaked in plaster, painted with enamel; Dimensions:
7 x 14 3/4 x 8 5/8" (17.8 x 37.5 x 21.8 cm)

07/23/2022

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/18/arts/claes-oldenburg-dead.html

Taking ordinary objects like hamburgers and household items, he sculpted them in unfamiliar, often imposing dimensions — what he called his “Colossal Monuments.”