£1 – Really?
Jailed conman and forger, Richard Pearson, has been ordered to pay back just £1. According to Karon Kelly’s article in the Sunderland Echo, the 56-year-old fraudster had convinced the owners of a gallery in Corbridge, Northumberland, that he had access to … More…
Science Helps Turn £35,000 Into £2,000,000!
According to Henry Bodkin’s article in The Telegraph, every week, Philip Mould breaks the hearts of fellow art dealers as he reveals the disguised masterpieces they let slip through their fingers on the BBC’s Fake or Fortune? Well, recently, Mould … More…
Mr. President — GOODBYE!
The governmental fallout from the recent Charlottesville riots continues to grow. Today, a letter was sent to President Trump informing him that all members of the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities, created in 1982 under President Reagan, … More…
JUST SOLD: Berthelsen’s “5th Avenue Looking South from 59th Street”
Johann Berthelsen – 5th Avenue Looking South from 59th Street Here is the pair to the sold painting of Grand Central Station, by Berthelsen, that I posted the other day. Even snow will not keep people from getting to that Bergdorf’s sale! … More…
ARC SELECT 2017: Contemporary Figures
PRESS RELEASE – Rehs Contemporary is pleased to present ARC Select 2017: Contemporary Figures, an exhibition focusing on the stylistic variations of representing the human form in contemporary art. The subject of the human form and its depiction is a perennial theme, … More…
The Modern Art Collector’s Guide – RubyLux
Check out RubyLux’s latest blog post, The Modern Art Collector’s Guide, featuring tips and advice from Alyssa. The Modern Art Collector’s Guide Posted by TIFFABF on August 13, 2017 via Rubylux.com ‘Art collector’ is a term that holds a certain … More…
Presumed Lost, But Found!
Antiques dealer Eila Grahame died back in 2010. By 2016, a Cambridge auction room was instructed to sell the contents of her gallery. During a previous valuation of the contents, there was mention of two possible Giacometti drawings, but they … More…
AVAILABLE: Edouard Cortes’s “Place de la Republique”
Source: Place de la Republique – here is a recent addition, by Edouard Leon Cortes (1882-1969), to our Available Online Inventory. In 1878, the town council of Paris proposed the building of a monument in the center of the … More…