How the Painting Got Its Name
Here is a wonderful article by Ruth Yeazell, a professor at Yale University, that appeared in the Epoch Times last month. Professor Yeazell gives a quick overview of her recent book: Picture Titles: How and Why Western Paintings Acquired Their … More…
Painting of the Day (SOLD archives): Guy Wiggins’s “A Winter Night in New York”
Source: A Winter Night in New York – here is one to get you in the holiday mood … a Guy Wiggins (1883-1962) — looking south on 5th Avenue with The Plaza Hotel on the right and Bergdorf Goodman straight ahead … … More…
The tortured artist ‘is a myth’ – happy artist = good art
Here is a great article for all our artist friends. Kathryn Graddy, a professor at Brandeis University, has determined that artists do not produce their best work during periods of bereavement. According to her research, works done during the 2 … More…
Major art show evicted from Park Avenue Armory
Kind of sad to think that our New York venue for November may no longer exist. Not sure why the Armory is not renewing the 35 year old show … one we have been participating in for many years now. … More…
Ellsworth Kelly, the American abstract painter and sculptor, dies at 92
Sad news from the art world — Ellsworth Kelly, one of the last great American abstract artists still living, died at his home in Spencertown. During his long career he had retrospectives at numerous museums, among them were the Guggenheim … More…
Painting of the Day (SOLD archives): Yeend King’s “Twas the Night Before Christmas”
Source: Twas the Night Before Christmas – Here is an almost perfect one from our early 1980s sold archives by the 19th century British Victorian artist Henry John Yeend Kind (1855-1924). I say ‘almost perfect’ because it is going to be … More…
Wildenstein Trial to Lift a Veil on Opaque Art World Dealings
These legal issues have been around for a long time and next month it appears that several members of the Wildenstein family will be going on trial for tax fraud and money-laundering. I think what this article illustrates is the need … More…
Old Masters hit highs and lows — mostly lows
Colin Gleadell reviews the recent series of Old Master sales that took placed in London. Like many other auctions featuring ‘older’ periods of art, these were plagued by the fact that very few great works were being offered and, at times, works carried … More…
I Went to Art Basel and Tried to “Get” Art
After having the chance to attend Art Basel for the first time a few weeks ago, I walked away feeling overwhelmed and confused (that’s actually an understatement). There was so much “stuff,” so many people and all of the hype … More…