Teakwood Carving Gouges Estimate
During the September 24th auction at Stair Galleries titled Design From 1860 to 1910, over 370 items were put up for sale. However, one item stole the show: an incredibly intricate teakwood carving by Lockwood de Forest, created in collaboration … More…
Auction Rooms: Will They All Do The Right Thing?
Over the years, I have written several articles about the need for more care in certain auction rooms regarding the authenticity of the paintings they sell. All of them use similar language in their terms and conditions; below are examples … More…
The Met Museum’s Newest Wing
With the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s European Paintings collection getting a recent rehang, it’s time for another section of the museum to reveal its new look. The Michael D. Rockefeller Wing of the Metropolitan Museum is dedicated to the art … More…
Sculptures Mistaken For Trash
A Dutch museum employee threw away an art installation after thinking it was trash. The French artist Alexandre Lavet exhibited a piece called All the good times we spent together at the LAM Museum, a food art museum in Lisse, … More…
Van Gogh Experts Identify Fakes
Amsterdam’s Van Gogh Museum is breaking its normal policy by commenting on the authenticity of three alleged Van Gogh paintings currently held in private collections. For many years, the Van Gogh Museum has refrained from determining which paintings are true … More…
Heirs Demand Paintings Back From Mauritshuis
The heirs of an art historian who donated paintings to the Mauritshuis museum in The Hague are asking for their paintings back, claiming that the museum violated the agreement made upon accepting the collection. Abraham Bredius was a Dutch art … More…
Christie’s Hong Kong 20th/21st Century Sale
On Thursday, September 26th, Christie’s hosted one of its 20th/21st Century evening sales from their brand new location in Hong Kong. Christie’s has been operating in Hong Kong since 1986, but last week marked the first round of sales at … More…
Bonhams London 19th Century
On Wednesday, September 25th, Bonhams hosted their sale of nineteenth-century paintings at their New Bond Street location. With ninety-seven available lots, the auction did relatively well, except for the highest-valued work disappointingly going unsold. Close to two-thirds of the lots … More…
Bonhams London Old Masters
On Tuesday, October 1st, Bonhams’ London location at New Bond Street hosted one of the first Old Master sales following a summer slouch in August. While the Old Master market has been progressively weakening in recent years, Tuesday’s sale showed … More…