Of ‘-isms,’ Institutions, and Radicals
An interesting take on the changes in art over the past 170 years and why traditional art is still so important to many of us. Michael Wing ends his article with: From the time of the ancient Greeks and earlier, … More…
SOLD: Emilio Sanchez-Perrier’s “L’Etang a Friaucourt, Ault (Picardie)”
Source: L’Etang a Friaucourt, Ault (Picardie) – this landscape by the 19th century Spanish artist Emilio Sanchez-Perrier (1855-1907) has made its way to a new home in New York City! While many of the artist’s works feature locations in Spain, this … More…
AVAILABLE: Edouard Cortes’s “Scene de Village”
Source: Scene de Village – here is something a little different by Edouard Cortes (1882-1969) that we just added to the available online inventory. We first sold this painting back in 2002 and now have the pleasure of selling it again. … More…
A Resurgence of Art
We always stress the importance of a strong academic education to every artist we speak with. Artists need to understand, and then master, the basics before venturing out … after that, what they decide to paint is up to them. Today, there … More…
Man charged with damaging a Thomas Gainsborough in the National Gallery
Another ‘homeless man’ walks into a museum – with a sharp object (screwdriver) – and vandalizes a work of art. Just last week it happened at the Met in NYC, now it happened in the UK at the National Gallery … More…
AVAILABLE: Edouard Cortes’s “Interieur sous la lampe”
Historic Charleston Foundation celebrates 70th anniversary with antiques show
The Charleston Antique Show show starts with a preview cocktail party 7-9 p.m. Thursday at the Gaillard Center and runs through Sunday afternoon. More than 30 art and antiques dealers will be exhibiting at this years event. Our gallery will have … More…
Scholarly research is flourishing but curators’ ability to judge an object’s quality is not
Wonderful story by Mark Jones in The Art Newspaper. We see this in many part of the art world today … not just at the museum level. Fakes move freely through the art market because there is money to be … More…
Man Smashes Bottle Over Security Guard’s Head At Metropolitan Museum of Art
A guard at the Met was struck on the head with a glass bottle by a man who complained that a paintings was not hanging perfectly straight. My question is … why was a man allowed into the museum with … More…