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…
Basquiat and the Collecting of History
Here is a great article on one of the most celebrated artist of the 20th century – Jean-Michel Basquiat. Writer Bob Nickas gives a detailed history of this artist’s rise to fame and tries to answer the question: why is one … More…
Banksy Street Art to Fetch $1 Million
Two Banksy murals, “I Remember When All This Was Trees” originally located on a Detroit factory exterior and “Donkey Documents” originally located in Israel, have been removed and are now set to sell at auction. It is believed that both works … More…
‘Discovering the Impressionists: Paul Durand-Ruel and the New Painting’
Here is a nice review, by Michael Fitzgerald in the WSJ, of the Impressionist exhibition that is currently on view at the Philadelphia Museum of Art … a collaborative effort between the Musée d’Orsay in Paris, the National Gallery in London, and … More…
Painting of the Day (AVAILABLE): Edouard Cortes’ “L’Arc de Triomphe, Hiver”
Source: L’Arc de Triomphe, Hiver – we just added this snowy Paris street scene by the 20th century French artist Edouard Cortes (1882-1969) to our available online inventory. We first sold this work back in 2002 and now have the pleasure of … 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…