Modern technology meets high Renaissance
270,000 digital frames and 455 man hours later, the fresco’s decorating the Sistine Chapel have been photographed for the first time in over a decade. Michelangelo’s famous ceiling frescos from the 14th century, along with the celebrated “Last Judgment”, have … More…
The art fair is dead, long live the art fair
I was a little puzzled by Cornell Dewitt’s assertion that: Art fairs do not struggle or close because of competition from other fairs; they close because of competition for their client galleries’ and visitors’ money and attention… As a longtime exhibitor … More…
AVAILABLE: Antoine Blanchard’s “Flower Market, Paris”
Source: Flower Market, Paris – we have just added a rather rare and early scene by the 20th century French artist Antoine Blanchard (1910-1988) to our available online inventory. In all of our years dealing in Blanchard’s work we have had … More…
Son of Nazi governor returns art stolen from Poland during second world war
According to the article in The Guardian, Horst Wächter, the fourth of SS Gruppenführer Otto Wächter’s six children, has spent years trying to return a painting taken by his parents from the Potocki Palace. On Sunday, he attended a ceremony … More…
AVAILABLE: Edouard Cortes’s “Place de l’Opéra”
Source: Place de l’Opéra – we always love when we have to opportunity sell a work more than once. This c.1930s Edouard Cortes passed through our hands back in 2003 and 14 years later we got it back and are, once … More…
Wanted: a People’s Army to find network of hidden public art
Wow! I bet people never thought the Internet would open up their homes to potential unwanted visitors. Well, the British government is hoping it does. Not sure how I feel about the idea of a stranger walking into someone’s home … More…
Uffizi to show more female artists
It is nice to see that female artists are beginning to get more recognition. This March the Uffizi will mount an exhibition of Suor Plautilla Nelli (1523-1587) … Florence’s first known female artist … while the Pitti Palace will be … More…
‘Creativity improves wellbeing’: art transforms mental health ward
We have all read about hospitals using art to help in the healing process. Well, now a mental health ward in the UK is putting it to the test. According to Sarah Johnson’s article in The Guardian: A psychiatric ward housing … More…
AVAILABLE: Henry T. Alken’s “A Coach in Summer”
Source: A Coach in Summer – here is the mate to our previous painting of the day … another gem by British sporting artist Henry Thomas Alken (1785-1851). Stop by the Palm Beach Jewelry, Art & Antiques Show today or tomorrow … More…
Comments on the Art Market – Volume 195
Source: Newsletter Archives – our latest edition of Comments on the Art Market was just released. In this issue we cover the upcoming Charleston show, Skin & Tonic (a gallery exhibition featuring over 100 paintings by Todd Casey and David Palumbo), The … More…