Here is an interesting exhibition featuring an artist who very few, outside the art world, have heard of – Francisco Oller (1833-1917).  The exhibition will feature 40 of Oller’s works alongside some of his contemporaries: Frederic Church, Winslow Homer, Corot, Courbet, … More…

Here is an interesting lawsuit that will be making its way through our legal system.  Seems as though the new owners of 5Pointz in Long Island City whitewashed large areas of the “Graffiti Mecca” — now the artists want their … More…

iARTistas featured Howard Rehs, Lance Rehs & Alyssa Rehs in their June edition — thanks Didi Menendez.  To read the full article, click HERE.  

Here is a nice story about a museum doing the right thing … after the Ashmolean Museum received a large gift from the estate of Michael Wellby they proceeded to trace the provenance of the items.   Professor Tim Wilson, the museum’s … More…

This should be a very interesting exhibition of Jackson Pollock in monochrome.  In 1951 Pollock began to explore a middle ground between abstraction and figuration in a series of works painted in black on raw canvas.  He exhibited them at … More…

Considered, by many, to be the most important American work of art to have never lived in the U.S.,  Whistler’s “Arrangement in Grey and Black, No. 1 (Portrait of the Artist’s Mother)” was painted in 1871, purchased by the French government in … More…

A very interesting story about the market for looted antiquities.  Mark Altaweel, an archaeologist, went on a hunt in London and it did not take long to find many suspect items being offered for sale.   According to the article, … More…