The Art Tax Police – a short article on the Internal Revenue Service’s Art Advisory Panel.  I can tell you from experience, it is an interesting ‘job’.

Tracking Stolen Art, for Profit, and Blurring a Few Lines – A very interesting story about the Art Loss Register which seems, according to this article, to occasionally blur the lines between what is right and wrong.   While the art … More…

Selling art online: Enter Amazon – an interesting article about selling Fine Art online.  We find that at least in the initial stages of building a relationship, many collectors still want to see and ‘feel’ the work of art before buying. … More…

Sam Francis, a master whose work is too rarely seen – For fans of the abstract artist Sam Francis … Sam Francis: Five Decades of Abstract Expressionism From California Collections is on view at the Pasadena Museum of California Art through Jan. … More…

Billionaire Broad Tops Art List; Storm Over Ming Sale – it is really hard to hide today and with a new website about to go live — Larry’s List — the top 3000 collector’s information will be available to anyone who … More…

The Getty Museum has gotten wrapped up in a fight for a 14th-century diptych which was purchased in 1986. In a preemptive attempt to block any legal action against the museum, The Getty has filed a suit in California to … More…

Looted Icons Seized by Dutch Government Return to Cyprus – After the 1974 Turkish invasion, more than 15,000 icons went missing from churches in Cyprus.  Now, some of those works are making their way back home because of a change in … More…