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…
German Crew paint Mexican town colourful
A group of street artists, known as the German Crew, take the colorless town of Palmitas and turn it into a colorful work of art. This was a government sponsored creation, which took almost 3 months to complete, included 209 … More…
‘Every Kind of a Painter’ Features a Retrospective of Thomas Prichard Rossiter
Currently on view at the Boscobel House and Gardens in Garrison, N.Y. is an exhibition featuring 24 works by Connecticut artist Thomas P. Rossiter (1818-1871). Featured are paintings of family and friends as well as portraits of Revolutionary War heroes and … More…
Painting of the Day (SOLD archives): Montague Dawson’s “The President and the Little Belt”
Source: The President and the Little Belt – here is one of the great works by Montague Dawson (1895-1973) that passed through our hands in 2011. The sea battle depicted records one of the many incidents leading up to the War … More…
Comments on the Art Market – Volume 176
Source: Newsletter Archives – we are pleased to announce that Volume 176 of our Comments on the Art Market was just released. In this issue we cover the upcoming Baltimore Show, Reflecting the Real (a gallery show which will open in … More…