Source: Newsletter Archives – our latest edition of Comments on the Art Market was just released.  In this issue we cover the upcoming Charleston show, Skin & Tonic (a gallery exhibition featuring over 100 paintings by Todd Casey and David Palumbo), The … More…

I was a little puzzled by Cornell Dewitt’s assertion that: Art fairs do not struggle or close because of competition from other fairs; they close because of competition for their client galleries’ and visitors’ money and attention… As a longtime exhibitor … More…

According to the article in The Guardian, Horst Wächter, the fourth of SS Gruppenführer Otto Wächter’s six children, has spent years trying to return a painting taken by his parents from the Potocki Palace. On Sunday, he attended a ceremony … More…

Wow!  I bet people never thought the Internet would open up their homes to potential unwanted visitors.  Well, the British government is hoping it does.  Not sure how I feel about the idea of a stranger walking into someone’s home … More…

It is nice to see that female artists are beginning to get more recognition.  This March the Uffizi will mount an exhibition of Suor Plautilla Nelli (1523-1587) … Florence’s first known female artist … while the Pitti Palace will be … More…

We have all read about hospitals using art to help in the healing process.  Well, now a mental health ward in the UK is putting it to the test.  According to Sarah Johnson’s article in The Guardian: A psychiatric ward housing … More…

Guess there is a simple way to make sure your sales hit their numbers … get 3rd party guarantees on the major lots.  The upcoming London sales seem to be set to bring home the bacon … should be interesting … More…