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…
Norman Rockwell painting on 1944 election fetches $6.54 million
What a perfect painting for our times … like they say, history always repeats itself. Norman Rockwell’s “Which One? (Undecided; Man in Voting Booth)” brought $6.54 million at yesterday’s American Art sale. The Rockwell accounted for about 23% of the sale’s … More…
AVAILABLE: Edouard Cortes’s “Les Foins”
Source: Les Foins – we are very pleased to offer this rather unique painting by Edouard Leon Cortes (1882-1969). While most know Cortes as an artist specializing in Parisian street scenes, he was also a very accomplished landscape artist. The earliest … More…
Top social-media jobs in the art world come with six-figure salary
Many of us are always trying to stay ahead of the curve … now it seems there are some high paying social media jobs in the art world. A recent job post for a social media manager at the National Museum … More…