London Exhibition Features Lost Carrington Work
A lost work by the surrealist painter Leonora Carrington will be put on display for the first time since its creation in a Spanish psychiatric hospital. The Freud Museum in London is currently hosting an exhibition on Leonora Carrington, subtitled … More…
Christie’s Old Masters & 19th Century Paintings
On Tuesday, June 2nd, Christie’s New York hosted their Old Masters & 19th Century Paintings auction. The expected star of the sale was a bust-length portrait attributed to El Greco. While the painting cannot be definitively attributed to the Greek-born … More…
Met Museum & Neue Galerie Announce Merger
The Neue Galerie, one of the top attractions on New York’s Museum Mile, has announced a merger with the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Founded in 2001 by art collector and philanthropist Ronald Lauder, the Neue Galerie was created to showcase … More…
Looted Painting Found With Nazi Collaborator’s Heirs
A looted painting has been discovered in the possession of the descendants of a Dutch man who collaborated with the Nazis during the occupation of the Netherlands. Toon Kelder was a Dutch painter who lived and worked in the Hague. … More…
The Newhouse Collection at Christie’s
On Monday, May 18th, Christie’s Rockefeller Center location in New York hosted the sale featuring the art collection of S.I. Newhouse. Through the company Advance Publications, Newhouse and his brother Donald operated the parent company of dozens of local newspapers … More…
Musée d’Orsay Exhibits Nazi-Looted Art
The Musée d’Orsay in Paris will dedicate a gallery to exhibiting works of art looted during the Second World War. After the war, many European governments, including France, took it upon themselves to track down the owners of artworks and … More…
The Mnuchin Collection at Sotheby’s
On Thursday, May 14th, Sotheby’s location in New York hosted the first of its May Marquee sales with the collection of Robert Mnuchin. Formerly an executive at Goldman Sachs, Mnuchin retired from banking in 1990 to pursue art collecting full-time, … More…
Destroyed Buddha Lives Again on the High Line
As part of the public art project on Manhattan’s High Line, Tuan Andrew Nguyen’s The Light That Shines Through the Universe pays homage to destruction and memory by evoking the imagery of Buddha sculptures destroyed by the Taliban. One of … More…
Mitsuru Watanabe Shines at Christie’s
When one of the historical artists we specialize in has a painting come up at auction, we pay extra attention to the results. It offers a bit of a litmus test of the market for their works. However, when one … More…