Is the Met Museum ‘a Great Institution in Decline’?
It is sad to hear that the Metropolitan Museum of Art, one of the world’s greatest museums, is having financial trouble. Robin Pogrebin’s article brings to light many of the issues facing this great institution … an almost $40 million … More…
No further jail time for Rosales for her role in $80m Knoedler forgery scandal
We have been following the Knoedler scandal for a long time and yesterday Glafira Rosales (one of the central figures in the fraud) has received her sentence … on Tuesday, 31 January a federal judge in New York sentenced her to the … More…
George Condo: Confrontation – Why snobbery is bad for you
A new exhibition, at Berlin’s Museum Berggruen, pairs masterpieces next to work that has sometimes been dismissed as trash. It forces us to acknowledge our biases, writes Jessica Kiang. This sounds like an fun and interesting exhibit which runs through … More…
AVAILABLE: Stuart Dunkel’s “Taffy Heaven”
A little sweet treat for Tuesday! Just posted this new Stuart Dunkel to our website last week. Did you know you can now buy paintings $5,000 and under directly from our website? Go check it out! “Taffy Heaven” oil on … More…
The moment that changed Picasso – A Summer Vacation in Gosol
If you are a Picasso fan, I know you will find this story by Alastair Sooke of interest. According to Sooke’s article: A short trip to the ancient Catalan village of Gosol, high in the Pyrenees, was the catalyst for a profound shift … More…
Comments on the Art Market – Volume 194
Source: Newsletter Archives – this month we cover a website upgrade, Upcoming Shows and Fairs, Stocks, The Dark Side, Really, The Art Market and Can They Clean Up the Market.