John Singer Sargent’s watercolors at Dulwich Picture Gallery
Do you like Sargent’s work? If so, you better make flight and hotel reservations since “eighty works from 30 lenders are coming together at Dulwich Picture Gallery next year…” The exhibition will focus on his watercolors and run from June … More…
Art looted by Nazis during WWII is returned to Poland by LA couple
10 years after purchasing a portrait by Melchoir Geldorp at a New York auction, Craig Gilmore & David Crocker were stunned to learn that the painting (hanging in their Los Angeles kitchen) had been looted by the Nazis during World War II. … More…
At Art Basel Miami Beach, Fewer Dabblers but Deliberative Sales
The frenzy of past years seems to be gone, at least for the time being, in the HOT contemporary market. Robin Pogrebin’s New York Times article gives a nice recap of the early hours at Art Basel. Source: At Art Basel … More…
Dispute Over $127.5 Million Leonardo Painting Draws in Sotheby’s
I guess $80M was just not enough for the group of dealers who sold a long lost da Vinci that was purchased for $10,000. According to the article, Alexander Parish bought the work at a Louisiana estate sale in the … More…
Guido Cagnacci’s Eccentric ‘Repentant Magdalene’
Here is one from the Old Master world … Milene Fernandez’s review of the Guido Cagnacci exhibition that is currently on view at The Frick Collection (through January 22); after which it heads to The National Gallery, London, from February 15 – … More…
Van Gogh’s lost drawings: unconvincing, but does anyone care in a post-truth art world?
Another for our: Is it Live, or is it Memorex? files. As values continue to soar, more dubious works will continue to hit the market. This is an amazing story since the Van Gogh Museum deemed the works inauthentic back in 2008 … More…
Comments on the Art Market – Volume 192
Source: Newsletter Archives – Volume 192 of our Comments on the Art Market is out. We cover the usual topics: Upcoming Fairs (one opening tonight in Palm Beach), Stocks, Tales from the Dark Side, Really and The Art Market. In our … More…