Picasso, Basquiat Top Sales in $2 Billion Art-Market Test  – looks like we may be getting back to that point where there is just too much product hitting the market and some dealers and consignors are not going to be very … More…

Morris Louis: An Early Leader in Postwar Abstraction – for those who are fans of the Color Field artist Morris Louis, there is a small exhibition of his work at the Baltimore Museum of Art (it runs through February 9).  Louis, … More…

Vermeer and ‘Girl With a Pearl Earring’ and Its Effect – coming to a museum near us!  Vermeer’s Girl with a Pearl Earring will be on display at the Frick Collection in NYC through January 19, 2014.  

The Getty Museum in L.A. has uploaded over 10,000 high resolution images to the web of their collection.  Famous works that you can now download to your computer, tablet and smart phone include works from Van Gogh, Durer, Manet and … More…

Tracey Emin’s Bed Sells for Record $778,900 in London – more on the action in London.  Glenn Brown’s Ornamental Despair, which was purchased in 2002 for £32,900, sold for £3.6M.  The sale brought in a total of £21.5M … a little … More…

Old Master Found in Africa Mansion Fetches $9.6 Million Looks like the art world action is heating up in London with a number of fairs featuring both contemporary and traditional work and a series of contemporary auctions.  This is only the … More…

Heirs Claim Nazi-Looted Klimt From Austria, Lawyer Says – More looted art is in play since the Austrian law was changed in 2009.