Boston Gardner Museum heist video could solve $500m art heist
Here is another interesting update on the 1990 theft of 13 works of art from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Included is video footage from the evening before the heist which officials claim shows a ‘dry run’. For the full … More…
Paul Cadden’s hyper-realistic images — you won’t believe aren’t photographs
Paul Cadden does some nice work, but I know that many of the Ani artists can easily give him a run for his money! To see some of Paul’s work and read more, click HERE. And if you would like to … More…
‘Gustave Caillebotte: The Painter’s Eye’ Review
Karen Wilkin gives a nice review of the current Gustave Caillebotte exhibition at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. As Ms. Wilkin’s notes: It was not until the 1950s and 1960s that the dealer Georges Wildenstein began presenting … More…
Painting of the Day (SOLD archives): David Dalby’s “Actaeon Beating Memnon”
Source: Actaeon Beating Memnon in the Great Subscription Purse at York – here is an early 19th century British Sporting painting by David Dalby (1794-1836) that we sold back in the 1980s. Love the way these early 19th century works captured … More…
Review: Paintings by George Stubbs Travel to the Met
The Yale Center for British Art is closed for renovations and has loaned 8 works by George Stubbs, one of the great 18th century British artists, to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The exhibit, appropriately titled “Paintings by George Stubbs … More…
Why do we love Picasso? A ‘creativity algorithm’ explains.
The Washington Post published a very interesting article last week based on a new algorithm developed by Professor Ahmed Elgammal of Rutgers University. According to the article, by using a series of mathematical transformations, we can now determine the “creativity” … More…
US dethrones China in number of art auctions. Was China ever really number 1?
This is an interesting article, but the real questions are: Were the numbers reported by the Chinese salerooms over the past few years accurate? Were all the reported purchases paid for? I have read a great deal about all the B.S. going … More…
Authorities in France seize Picasso painting banned from leaving Spain
Pablo Picasso’s “Head of a Yong Woman” worth $27.4 million was seized from a boat docked at Corsica over the weekend by French authorities just before it was to be illegally exported to Switzerland. The work, owned by well-known Spanish … More…