Guerrilla Girls: going ape at the art world
Nice article by Hannah McGivern about the feminist masked avengers know as the Guerrilla Girls who have now turned their attention to Europe. According to the article: The Guerrilla Girls have spent more than 30 years holding the art world to … More…
Old Master Market In Crisis As Experts Warn £200m Of Paintings Could Be Fakes
This is beginning to sounds very similar to the recent Knoedler scandal here in the U.S. and it appears that some collectors, dealers and auction rooms are not going to be very happy. According to Adam Luck’s article in the Daily Mail, … More…
Mummies in the Paint | THE ARTOHOLIC
Nathan Scheer posts another interesting and educational article on The Artoholic web site. He covers the use of mummies in the 19th century … I even learned a few new things — mummy brown? Source: Mummies in the Paint | … More…
AVAILABLE: Léon Richet’s “Marguerite” (1881)
Source: Marguerite – Léon Richet (1847-1907) was a well known 19th century French Barbizon landscape artist who often included small figures in his work. Very few of his large figure paintings have appeared on the market; but when they do, they are … More…
Performance Art or What the Legal Battle of 2 Art World Giants Teaches About Partnerships
Here is another example of performance art … though I do not think either Ulay or Abramovic were happy to be part of it. There are lessons to be learned here for those heading into a partnership and for most … More…
Will the Turner Prize show make you blush?
Well, it is that time again … the Turner Prize will soon be awarded. As for now, you can head over to London’s Tate Britain to see the exhibition. I believe the works feature speak for themselves. Source: Will the … More…
Antiques dealers arrested and $4.5m worth of ivory seized in New York
We have been reading and hearing a lot about the ban on ivory and how it has crushed that market. I do believe there needs to be checks on ivory and make sure that it is ‘antique’; however, it just does … More…
AVAILABLE: Georges Laugee’s “Returning from the Fields”
Source: Returning from the Fields – we just added the 19th century French Realist painting by Georges Laugée (1853-1937) to our available online inventory. Laugée was Julien Dupré’s brother-in-law and the two shared a studio for a number of years. … More…
Join the queue – Njideka Akunyili Crosby
Great article on an artist’s and gallery’s attempt to control a market. Will it work? In the short run yes, but we all know that at some point more works will hit the private market and then all bets are … More…
“Still Lifes” @Whistler House Museum of Art through November
A work by our good friend Todd Casey is featured in a review of the upcoming exhibition at the Whistler House Museum of Art — “Still Life” — that just appeared in Fine Art Today. Sara Bogosian, the museum’s president … More…
Rijksmuseum Attributes Six Works to a Dutch Old Master – Hercules Segers
According to Nina Siegal’s article in The New York Times: New research leads the Rijksmuseum to conclude that six new works should be part of the canon of the little-known Dutch artist Hercules Segers. The Rijksmuseum is presenting the six works … More…
Heirs of Matisse Painting Demand its Return
The heirs to an Henri Matisse painting lost during World War II have demanded in court that it be returned from the National Gallery of Art, London, along with $30 million in damages. The painting in question is a 1908 work … More…
Just Released: Comments on the Art Market – Volume 190
Source: Newsletter Archives – our Comments on the Art Market – Volume 190 is out. In this edition we cover the ARC Select Exhibition which opens on October 22, Stocks, Tales from the Dark Side, Really, The Art Market and a … More…