Irma Stern painting worth £1m found being used as kitchen pinboard
Here is another great ‘trash to treasure’ story. Seems as though this family used Irma Stern’s “Arab in Black” to pin up postcards, letters and bills. In addition, “The 1939 masterpiece, of an Arab man in a colourful turban, was … More…
The Ultimate Temple Raider?: Inside an Antiquities-Smuggling Operation
If all the allegations are true, this is one of the biggest entries in our Dark Side of the Art World. According to reports, Subhash Kapoor is suspected of running a $100 million art smuggling operation between India and New … More…
Painting of the Day (AVAILABLE): Louis Aston Knight’s “Les Vieux Lavoirs, Normandie”
Source: Les Vieux Lavoirs, Normandie – this Louis Aston Knight is one of the many works we will have on display at the Newport Antiques Show this weekend: Gala Preview Party Thursday July 23, 2015 from 6pm to 9pm Friday July … More…
China returns passport to artist Ai Weiwei
Yesterday there was good news for Ai Weiwei when the Chinese government returned his passport. Back in 2011, Ai was detained and accused of tax evasion. In june of 2011, after 81 days, he was finally released and placed on … More…
Newport 2015 – After Photos
And here are some photos of our booth after we finished setting up. For some reason this one went pretty quickly … in and out in under 5 hours (and that included installing our own lights — track and all). … More…
Xiao Yuan replaced stolen works with own replicas and amassed £3.5m
Another great one from the Dark Side of the Art World. Best part of this story is that at some point, people started stealing his replicas and replacing them with, as Yuan said: “…terribly bad” works … truly amazing! For more … More…