A Hidden Look At Cézanne In Cincinnati
Great paintings hiding in plain sight are nothing new in museums. Artists have used old canvases to create new paintings for centuries, whether to cut costs and save canvas or to hide unsatisfactory work. Many masters like Van Gogh, Picasso, … More…
Animosity Over Madrid’s Meninas
Since 2018, Madrid has hosted an extensive public art display during the last few months of the year. Right now, the streets of the Spanish capital are a public gallery with dozens of sculptures appearing on the sidewalks and in … More…
20 West 55th Street Is Getting Closer
We visited the space at 20 West 55th Street this week to check the progress and meet with the contractor. Once we arrived, they informed us that the lighting system needed some changes – more complex dimming controllers and track … More…
Palm Beach 2023 – Times 2!
As many of you know, we have been exhibiting at The Palm Beach Show for almost 20 years. During the summer of 2022, one of the owners contacted me with some interesting news; they had just acquired the Art Palm … More…
London Old Masters Week: Sotheby’s Evening Sale
Last week was an exciting time for the Old Masters market, since both Christie’s and Sotheby’s hosted their end-of-the-year sales at their London locations. However, the December 7th Sotheby’s evening sale arguably received a little more attention. While works by … More…
Architecture in Art: Mark Daly’s Radio City Music Hall, First Snow
With the holidays just around the corner, I figured this week we’d talk about one of the more festive places in the city – Radio City Music Hall, which is featured in Mark Daly’s Radio City Music Hall, First Snow. … More…
Bonhams NY Impressionist & Modern Sale
On Tuesday, December 6th, Bonhams New York hosted an Impressionist and Modern Art sale featuring several highly-valued works expected to ensure a successful auction. Unfortunately, those expectations couldn’t have been more wrong. It was an absolutely dismal affair and probably … More…
Auction House Standoff In Poland
The 1908 painting Rzeczywistość (or Reality in English) by the Polish symbolist Jacek Malczewski has not been exhibited for nearly a century. But now, DESA Unicum in Warsaw will auction it off on December 8th, with specialists predicting it to sell for anywhere … More…
London Old Masters Week: Christie’s Evening Sale
On December 8th, Christie’s London featured twenty-seven lots as part of its Old Masters evening sale. This came the day after Sotheby’s held its own rather successful Old Masters sale. While both auctions did relatively well overall, some writers couldn’t … More…