Painting Of The Week: Dietz Edzard’s Au Bois de Boulogne
Au Bois de Boulogne by Dietz Edzard shows a young lady in a vibrant yellow dress enjoying herself at one of the cafés in the Bois de Boulogne, one of Paris’s large parks. The Bois de Boulogne is a popular … More…
Amy Sherald Cancels Smithsonian Show Over Censorship
American portraitist Amy Sherald has canceled her upcoming exhibition at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery over censorship issues. Earlier this month, I visited the Whitney Museum of American Art to attend the first day of their Untitled (America) exhibition. However, … More…
Stolen Madonna Returned
Back in March, I wrote about how a woman in Britain refused to give up her Renaissance-era Madonna & Child painting, which investigators concluded had been stolen fifty years ago. However, the standoff has now come to an end, and … More…
Painting Of The Week: John Bentham-Dinsdale’s Chase Of The Brilliant
John Bentham-Dinsdale became one of the most renowned marine painters because of his extensive library on maritime history. This allowed him to recreate the great ships from the age of sail, as well as naval confrontations from centuries past. Rendering … More…
National Trust For France
France is considering the establishment of a new cultural organization, modeled after the National Trust in the United Kingdom. The National Trust is technically a private entity but receives substantial support from the British government. The monarch is the organization’s … More…
Sotheby’s New York Modern Discoveries
On Wednesday, July 16th, Sotheby’s New York hosted their Modern Discoveries online sale, featuring ninety works of art primarily by nineteenth- and twentieth-century European and North American artists. Normally, I would not pay any attention to this sort of auction. … More…
Painting Of The Week: Charles-Théodore Frère’s Canal d’Ismaélich (Cairo)
As I’ve written before, Orientalist paintings can sometimes prove problematic depending on the subject matter. However, despite the modern stigma against the genre, there are some historical artists whose work continues to endure, including Charles-Théodore Frère, the renowned landscape painter … More…
Research Reveals Changes To Vermeer Street Scene
Studies on a Vermeer street scene now reveal that the Dutch Golden Age master made significant alterations to the painting before its completion. The Vermeer exhibition at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam was undoubtedly one of the art world’s highlights of … More…
“I Could Do That”: Cattelan’s Banana & the Nature of Art
Recently, a museum visitor made headlines when they ate a $6 million work of art. The Comedian by Maurizio Cattelan is the official title of the piece of concept art most people simply know as “the thing of the banana … More…