Painting of the Day (AVAILABLE): Gen Paul’s “Le Grenouillère”
Source: Le Grenouillère – we just added this amazing work by the 20th century School of Paris artist Gen Paul (1895-1975) to our available online inventory. The scene depicted – La Grenouillère – was a popular middle-class resort consisting of a spa, … More…
PETA Sues on Behalf of a Monkey!
I am sorry, but some things are just really stupid and suing a photographer for using selfie images of a monkey ranks among the more stupid. Don’t people have better things to do with their time and money? To read … More…
Bridget Riley: Learning from Seurat, at the Courtauld
Short review of the current show at the Courtauld Gallery – “Bridget Riley: Learning from Seurat” that runs through January 17. I did find it interesting that her ‘copy’ of Seurat’s The Bridge at Courbevoie was done from a photo in … More…
‘Mark Rothko: A Retrospective’ at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
For those fans of Mark Rothko’s works, here is Lance Esplund’s take on the current exhibition (which runs through January 24) at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. As the subtitle states: the exhibition offers a look inside Rothko’s artistic process … More…
Painting of the Day (SOLD archives): Antoine Blanchard’s “Hôtel de Ville and La Place de Grève”
Source: Hôtel de Ville and La Place de Grève – Here is another for our Then & Now fans … Antoine Blanchard’s depiction of the Hotel de Ville with Notre Dame in the background and a 2015 photograph of the same … More…
The Billionaire (Rybolovlev), the Picassos and a $30 Million Gift to Shame a Middleman (Bouvier)
Interesting twist in the Rybolovlev / Bouvier skirmish … there is a lot of money to be made at the upper levels of the art market and a lot a issues that can arise. Greed always seems to be the … More…
Has a long-lost painting by a teenaged Rembrandt been discovered in New Jersey?
I am sure the seller will be pretty happy when they receive their check – the work was estimated at $500-$800 and sold for $870,000. It will be interesting to see where it next appears and for how much. To read … More…
Tate’s Constable masterpiece, once Nazi loot, now set to leave UK
More from the Dark Side of the Art World … here is an interesting update on a John Constable painting that is currently in the Tate’s collection. It is amazing to think that this small ‘study’ (about 10 x 12 inches) … More…