Antiques Roadshow portrait revealed to be by Anthony Van Dyck – always nice to read these stories … bought for about $575 and now valued at $660,000!  

Complimentary Pass to LA Art Show.  Just click the link and print out your complimentary 4 day ticket to this year’s LA Art Show.  Hope to see you there!  

Portrait of a Bygone Era – a short review, from The Wall Street Journal, on Anders Zorn: Sweden’s Master Painter — currently on view at the Legion of Honor, San Francisco.  The exhibit features almost 100 works and runs through February … More…

Newsletter Archives.  We are pleased to announce that Volume 157 of our Comments on the Art Market was released this morning … it is a long one.  Volume 157 marks the beginning of our 14th year and includes a summary … More…

Frick Breaks Records With Oyster Eater, Finch – only a couple of weeks left to see: Vermeer, Rembrandt and Hals: Masterpieces of Dutch Painting from the Mauritshuis at the Frick; show ends on January 19.  

International Arts Dispute. Here is an interesting article about art loans and insurance.  This legal dispute revolves around 3 onyx sculptures loaned to South Korea’s Gwangju Biennale by Michael Werner Gallery that were damaged during removal after the show and … More…

Food for Thought – Art and Appetite: American Painting, Culture, and Cuisine … a delicious exhibition that is one view at the Art Institute of Chicago through January 27.  Featured are works by McCloskey, Roesen, Harnett, Lichtenstein, Wesselmann, Decker, Sargent, Hopper, … More…