Review: Paintings by George Stubbs Travel to the Met
The Yale Center for British Art is closed for renovations and has loaned 8 works by George Stubbs, one of the great 18th century British artists, to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The exhibit, appropriately titled “Paintings by George Stubbs … More…
Why do we love Picasso? A ‘creativity algorithm’ explains.
The Washington Post published a very interesting article last week based on a new algorithm developed by Professor Ahmed Elgammal of Rutgers University. According to the article, by using a series of mathematical transformations, we can now determine the “creativity” … More…
US dethrones China in number of art auctions. Was China ever really number 1?
This is an interesting article, but the real questions are: Were the numbers reported by the Chinese salerooms over the past few years accurate? Were all the reported purchases paid for? I have read a great deal about all the B.S. going … More…
Authorities in France seize Picasso painting banned from leaving Spain
Pablo Picasso’s “Head of a Yong Woman” worth $27.4 million was seized from a boat docked at Corsica over the weekend by French authorities just before it was to be illegally exported to Switzerland. The work, owned by well-known Spanish … More…