Why Was Whistler’s Mom Such a Grump? At The Clark Art Institute.
Considered, by many, to be the most important American work of art to have never lived in the U.S., Whistler’s “Arrangement in Grey and Black, No. 1 (Portrait of the Artist’s Mother)” was painted in 1871, purchased by the French government in … More…
Sending Art to the Moon
The Carnegie Mellon University’s Robotics Institution has plans to send a four-chambered ‘Ark’ to the moon. The size of half a soda can, this ark will hold four engraved sapphire disks, small metal sculptures, biological samples of life on earth, … More…
Painting of the Day (SOLD) Elena Green’s “Vestiges I”
A recently SOLD work by Elena Green, Vestiges I. In Greek mythology, the vestigial siren is part-bird and part-woman whose song lures men to their destruction. Vestiges I traces the historical archetype of women as depicted in literature and … More…
Looted in Syria – and sold in London: the British antiques shops dealing in artefacts smuggled by Isis
A very interesting story about the market for looted antiquities. Mark Altaweel, an archaeologist, went on a hunt in London and it did not take long to find many suspect items being offered for sale. According to the article, … More…
Painting of the Day (SOLD archives): Edouard Cortes’s’ “A Little River in Normandie”
Meet Some of the Art World’s New Leaders
Here is an interesting article by Kelly Crow, in The Wall Street Journal, about the new faces at the three main auction rooms. Two are veterans of the art world, Patricia Barbizet and Edward Dolman; the third, Tad Smith, is … More…
Topekan pays $2 for painting worth thousands
Another remarkable story about a lucky thrift store find. Heather Brown purchased a painting for $2 at a Kansas City thrift store several months ago. After researching the artist, she connected with an art appraiser who told her he believed the … More…
Painting of the Day (just hit the SOLD archives): Aston Knight’s “Summer Morning”
Source: Summer Morning – This classic work by Louis Aston Knight (1873-1948) was featured in the exhibition Une même longueur d’onde, Louis Aston Knight / Alain Fleischer that took place at the Musée d’Art, Historie at Archéologie – Évreux, France, in 2013. We … More…
Warhol’s One Dollar Bill fetches £20.9m on record night
We will give a more complete review of the London sales in our next newsletter, but for now here is a quick update on the Sotheby’s evening sale. According to all reports, it was a record night with a sale’s … More…
Painting of the Day (SOLD archives): Edouard Cortes’s “A Little River in Normandie”
Source: A Little River in Normandie – in celebration of the upcoming Edouard Cortès and Normandy exhibition that will open on July 4th at the Musée Charles Léandre and run through October 25, 2015; here is one of his Normandy views from … More…
Comments on the Art Market – Volume 175 is OUT!
Source: Newsletter Archives – Volume 175 of our Comments on the Art Market was just released. We cover the upcoming Edouard Cortes show in France, Stocks, Tales from the Dark Side, Really! and the Art Market (London sales).