Queer British Art at Tate Britain
A number of galleries and museums in United Kingdom are staging exhibitions to highlight the 50th anniversary of the Sexual Offences Act of 1967 (a Parliamentary Act which decriminalize homosexual acts in private between two men who were at least 21 years … More…
Available: Johann Berthelsen’s “5th Avenue Looking South from 59th St.”
Source: 5th Avenue Looking South from 59th Street – here is a classic New York street scene by Johann Berthelsen (1883 – 1972) that we just added to our available online inventory. Berthelsen was Danish by birth and came to the … More…
Don’t Blame the Russians, Tax Judge Tells Sotheby’s Expert
As a current member of the IRS’s Art Advisory Panel I found Colin Moynihan’s article in The New York Times very interesting. In this instance, it appears that Sotheby’s had a vested interest, or should we say a conflict of … More…
Sold Archives: Julien Dupre’s “La rentree au village”
Source: La rentree au village – here is an important painting by the 19th century French Realist artist Julien Dupré (1851-1910) that we sold back in 2003. Dupré began exhibiting at the Paris Salon in 1876 and continued to show there until … More…
SOLD ARCHIVES: Henry Victor Lesur’s “The Flower Seller”
Source: The Flower Seller – Here is one from our sold archives. Henri Victor Lesur was born in Roubaix on April 28, 1863. His early life, before he entered the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, remains a mystery. At the École he studied under … More…
Caravaggio’s Last Two Paintings Reunited at The Met
Caravaggio … even though he appears to have been a very temperamental man which resulted in a very “eventful” life, his art has amazed and inspired people for centuries. Now you have a chance to see the artist’s last two … More…
The Artist Pension Trust withdraws 18 lots from Sotheby’s
The Artist Pension Trust (APT) was the brainchild of Moti Shniberg (back in 2004). I like the general idea of the APT, letting the artist benefit from price increases. However, when it came time to sell some of the works the … More…
Jerry Saltz: My Life As a Failed Artist
I really enjoyed reading this article by art critic Jerry Saltz about Jerry Saltz the artist. For me, the best part was after he discovered three portfolios of early drawings and brought his wife, the art critic Roberta Smith, in … More…