AVAILABLE: Antoine Blanchard’s “Rue Royale, Madeleine”
Source: Rue Royale, Madeleine – another early example from Antoine Blanchard’s Paris street scene series that was recently added to our available online inventory. The Rue Royale is a short street in Paris that runs between the Place de la Concorde … More…
Sotheby’s declares ‘Parmigianino’ a forgery
According to Vincent Noce’s article: Another “Old Master” linked to Giuliano Ruffini, the Frenchman at the center of an investigation into a series of suspected forgeries, has been declared a fake by Sotheby’s. This time, the auction house has had … More…
Phoenix Art Sues Getty Museum for $77 Million
Another lawsuit hits the art world. This time Phoenix Art, of Geneva and New York, claims that the Getty tried to cut them out of a deal for a collection of Roman statues … so they are suing for $77 … More…
The L.A. Art Show reinvents itself again — with help from major museums
We are the only gallery that has exhibited at the LA Art Show since its inception, in 1995, at the Pasadena Convention Center. Back then, there were 14 dealers and about 300 visitors; 22 years later, there are over 100 dealers … More…
SOLD: Antoine Blanchard’s “Cafe de la Paix”
Source: Cafe de la Paix – Yes, another Parisian street scene by Antoine Blanchard (1910-1988) has recently found a new home. The Café de la Paix is located in the Grand Hotel (today known as the Intercontinental Paris Le Grand Hotel). The … More…
Terror be damned – the Louvre is still the world’s greatest gallery
According to Jonathan Jones’s report in The Guardian, the Louvre saw a drop in attendance due to the recent terror attacks. The museum announced that it had 7.3 million visitors in 2016, down from 8.6 million in 2015, 9.3 million … More…
AVAILABLE: Edouard Cortes’s “Marche aux fleurs, Madeleine”
Source: Marche aux fleurs, Madeleine – we just added this view of the flower market outside the Madeleine, by Edouard Cortes (1882-1969), to our available online inventory. The flower markets of Paris were abundant, the oldest of which was established in … More…