Auctionata Files for Insolvency, Paddle8 to Be Spun Off With Help of Unnamed Investor
Everyone wants a piece of the online auction pie and there are just too many players … failures are bound to happen. As for Auctionata, I am sure this did not help them: struggles may at least partially originate from an investigation … More…
Tim Jahn WIP Video
Check out Timothy W. Jahn working on his latest piece for the gallery about his views on the current state of the world. He says It’s based loosely on the Grime Fairy Tale “Princess and the frog”… more progress videos/shots to … More…
SOLD: Julien Dupre’s “Femme Versant à Boire”
Source: Femme Versant à Boire – here is one that never made it to the available online inventory … it quickly found a new home. If you are a fan of Julien Dupré‘s work, or 19th century French Realist art, … More…
The Frauds and Feuds That Defined the Art World in 2016 – Bloomberg
A short recap of some of the year’s bigger stories from the Dark Side of the Art World by Katya Kazakina and Hugo Miller. From Bouvier to Mary Boone to Jho Low to Gagosian … what an interesting year it … More…
AVAILABLE: Antoine Blanchard’s “Rue Royale, Madeleine”
Source: Rue Royale, Madeleine – another early example from Antoine Blanchard’s Paris street scene series that was recently added to our available online inventory. The Rue Royale is a short street in Paris that runs between the Place de la Concorde … More…
Sotheby’s declares ‘Parmigianino’ a forgery
According to Vincent Noce’s article: Another “Old Master” linked to Giuliano Ruffini, the Frenchman at the center of an investigation into a series of suspected forgeries, has been declared a fake by Sotheby’s. This time, the auction house has had … More…
Phoenix Art Sues Getty Museum for $77 Million
Another lawsuit hits the art world. This time Phoenix Art, of Geneva and New York, claims that the Getty tried to cut them out of a deal for a collection of Roman statues … so they are suing for $77 … More…
The L.A. Art Show reinvents itself again — with help from major museums
We are the only gallery that has exhibited at the LA Art Show since its inception, in 1995, at the Pasadena Convention Center. Back then, there were 14 dealers and about 300 visitors; 22 years later, there are over 100 dealers … More…
SOLD: Antoine Blanchard’s “Cafe de la Paix”
Source: Cafe de la Paix – Yes, another Parisian street scene by Antoine Blanchard (1910-1988) has recently found a new home. The Café de la Paix is located in the Grand Hotel (today known as the Intercontinental Paris Le Grand Hotel). The … More…
Terror be damned – the Louvre is still the world’s greatest gallery
According to Jonathan Jones’s report in The Guardian, the Louvre saw a drop in attendance due to the recent terror attacks. The museum announced that it had 7.3 million visitors in 2016, down from 8.6 million in 2015, 9.3 million … More…
AVAILABLE: Edouard Cortes’s “Marche aux fleurs, Madeleine”
Source: Marche aux fleurs, Madeleine – we just added this view of the flower market outside the Madeleine, by Edouard Cortes (1882-1969), to our available online inventory. The flower markets of Paris were abundant, the oldest of which was established in … More…
Experience: I was painted by Andy Warhol
Here is a nice story about one girl’s memories of Andy Warhol. Berkeley Reinhold reminisces that: He wanted to paint my portrait every year for 10 years. I was so young, I didn’t realise what an awesome opportunity this was. Sadly, … More…
SOLD: Antoine Blanchard’s “Champs Elysees”
Source: Champs Elysees – the streets of Paris remain very active and we are pleased to inform you that this Antoine Blanchard (1910-1988) has made its way to a new home. The thoroughfare unintentionally originated in 1616 when Marie de Medicis … More…