Alan Hartman owned Hartman Rare Art on New York’s Madison Avenue for decades until his passing earlier this year. He was considered an expert in Chinese jade carvings, East Asian antiquities, and English silver. When his widow Simone consigned their … More…

I’ve left stuff in taxis before. So have a lot of people I know, from wallets to umbrellas to phones. But I think if I were in a cab with a million-dollar painting, I wouldn’t let it out of my … More…

Paris will host the Olympic games next summer, and the city’s top spots, particularly its cultural institutions, are battening down the hatches. The city already announced that the famous riverside booksellers, the bouquinistes, will be relocated for the opening ceremonies. … More…

At the end of the auction marathon on Thursday, December 7th, was another installment from the Sam Josefowitz Collection. The sale in London consisted of sixty-nine lots, all “graphic masterpieces” by the Dutch Golden Age artist Rembrandt van Rijn. Every … More…

The Bouvier affair has been one of the most prolific feuds the art world has experienced in the past ten years. We’ve been covering it since it first started in 2015. And now it seems like it’s finally coming to … More…

Thursday, December 7th, saw a wave of action across the London and Paris auction houses. Christie’s, Sotheby’s, and Bonhams all hosted sales ranging from antiquities to Old Masters to early twentieth-century work. It also marked the last day at the … More…

Many famous figures have their own quotes about the power of art and its ability to change people’s minds and the world. However, there are few people whose lives have embodied those kinds of sayings than Diego Rivera. Some people … More…