Yesterday, the Louvre Abu Dabi tweeted that the Leonardo da Vinci would be heading their way. Well, shortly after that, the name of the buyer was revealed … Prince Bader from Saudi Arabia. The New York Times, and other publications, … More…

The London sales started out pretty strong with the evening sale of Old Master paintings at Sotheby’s.  On offer was a nice cross-section of work works from the early 1400s through the early 1800s and at times, there was some … More…

With all the stupid and bad news we are bombarded with, here is something a little different.  A nice story, by Warren Strugatch in The New York Times, about the successful career of Rick Friedman and Cindy Lou Wakefield.  “Art” … More…

A recent article in the New York Post shows you how ‘out of control’ things are getting.  Remove Thérèse Dreaming by Balthus from the walls of the Met? Do people (or in this case, some person) really need to waste … More…

For those of you who do not know, Max Stern was a Jewish art dealer in Nazi Germany who was forced to liquidate his holdings (hundreds of works) in 1937.  In 2002, Concordia, McGill and Hebrew Universities established the Max … More…

We just released Volume 204 of our Comments on the Art Market.  This is a long one and includes our Holiday Gift Guide, Stocks, Tales from the Dark Side, Really, and The Art Market with coverage of the Impressionist/Modern, Post-War/Contemporary … More…

Since the record setting da Vinci sale, rumors and theories about who the buyer was (or buyers were) continue to emerge … everyone wants to get on the bandwagon. Cristina Ruiz and Anna Brady cover some of these rumors and … More…