Beth Ann Sistrunk (1978-2023)
It is with great sorrow that we announce the passing of beloved artist Beth Ann Sistrunk. Beth was born in Wheeling, West Virginia to Jerry and Beverly Grubb, and was raised in south-east Ohio. Growing up in the rural Midwest, … More…
BUT … It Can Impact A Work’s Salability
The word “but” is a conjunction that is often used to introduce a contrasting or conflicting statement. It is commonly used to indicate a shift in thought or a disagreement with a previous statement. People who have worked with our … More…
Going Bananas: Artwork Eaten By Museum Visitor
For years, I’ve been hearing the pros and cons of having breakfast. But this may be the first time one of the benefits of having breakfast in the morning includes that I’m less inclined to destroy an artwork at the … More…
Christie’s New York Modern American Art
On Friday April 21st, Christie’s New York held its Modern American Art sale, consisting mostly of paintings by American masters. These included American impressionists like Edward Henry Potthast and William James Glackens, members of the Ashcan School like Robert Henri … More…
Pitfalls Exposed In The Met’s Indigenous Art Collection
New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art has not had a good year. The Manhattan District Attorney’s office and third-party investigators have found that many works in their antiquities collection were previously stolen or looted from their places of origin. I … More…
Turner: The Father Of Modern Art
Joseph Mallord William Turner is probably one of the most beloved of Britain’s artists. He created works of art which are now recognizable symbols of the British artistic tradition, as well as pioneered techniques that would become the basis of … More…
Bernini At The Airport
Fiumicino is a small town located about 45 minutes west of the center of Rome. To Romans, Fiumicino means one of two things: the beach or the airport. The Leonardo da Vinci Airport in Fiumicino is where nearly 30 million … More…
Sotheby’s Paris Impressionniste & Moderne
On Wednesday April 19th, Sotheby’s Paris hosted a short impressionist and modern art evening sale. The auction consisted of twenty-one lots that took about an hour to get through, mainly made up of late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century paintings and … More…
Dorotheum 19th Century Paintings
I normally don’t cover sales from continental European auction houses. However, when I saw the results from Dorotheum’s sale of nineteenth-century paintings, I knew I had to write something about it. On May 2nd, Dorotheum’s Vienna saleroom offered one hundred … More…