$421,000 in Bogus Indian Art, Collector Says
Here is another from the Dark Side of the Art & Antiques world. This lawsuit revolves around a claim by Dr. Reuben Setliff that Larry Belitz sold him more than $420,000 worth of non-authentic Native American artifacts and antiques. Always … More…
Russian Art Is Latest Oil Casualty as Auction Houses Pull Back
It appears that the slump in oil prices (as of yesterday, crude oil was trading below $38 a barrel) has taken its toll on the Russian art market. Not long ago this segment was running full steam ahead and prices rose … More…
Koons faces copyright infringement…again
No surprise here…according to Reuters, contemporary artist, Jeff Koons is being sued yet again over copyright infringement. Photographer Mitchel Gray has filed a lawsuit in Manhattan federal court after he learned that his photograph taken in 1989 of a woman … More…
Rijksmuseum under fire after removing offensive terms from artworks
All of this political correctness is getting out of hand. Now the museums are getting in on the action — historic works in the Rijksmuseum are having their titles changed for fear that they might offend someone. For the full … More…
Regional museums given chance to buy renowned British art
Here is a real nice story about the CAS (Contemporary Art Society) in the UK. Under the scheme, their 69 member museums will be given the opportunity to pitch the society on why they deserve to add an important work by an internationally … More…
Antiquities Dealer Leonardo Patterson Faces New Criminal Charges
Here is another one for our Dark Side of the Art World section. Patterson came to America, in the 1960s, penniless and was soon trading artifacts. By the 1980s he was already in hot water — being investigated and charged … More…
‘Jackson Pollock: Blind Spots’ – Dallas Museum of Art
Here is Karen Wilkin’s review of the current Jackson Pollock exhibition at the Dallas Museum of Art. Featured are about 30 of the artist’s Black Paintings that were originally exhibited in the early 1950s. If you are a fan of … More…
Second portrait hidden behind Mona Lisa’s smile – Does it really matter?
Here is an interesting story about the recent multi-spectral scanning of da Vinci’s Mona Lisa. I am sure this process is cutting-edge, cost a great deal of money and took a great deal of time; but in the end, does … More…
Painting of the Day (Sold Archives): Daniel Ridgway Knight’s “En Vendanges”
Source: En Vendanges – here is Daniel Ridgway Knight’s 1905 Paris Salon painting that the gallery sold back in 1991. Multi figure compositions from his “Rolleboise” period are rather rare and of those we have uncovered, this is one of the more complex. … More…