Hunting Beauty on Maine’s Art Museum Trail
Feel like taking an art road trip, well you just might enjoy a 400 mile one in Maine. Judith Dobrzynski takes us through 8 museums with over 73,000 works of art on what is called the Maine Art Museum Trail. … More…
Artist Maya Hayuk Calls Frappuccino Campaign a Ripoff
Another copyright infringement case seems to be making its way through our legal system. Artist Maya Hayuk claims that she declined an offer that Starbucks proposed about using her artwork for its Frappuccinos, but that “Starbucks brazenly created artwork that is substantially … More…
Painting of the Day (SOLD archives): Jean B.C. Corot’s “Arbres Tordus Sur Une Crete (Soleil Couchant)”
Bank robbery as performance art? Give Me A Break!
Really? Performance art? Give me a break. Joe Gibbons, former MIT professor, got 1 year in jail, but probably should have been given more. Guess he can now ‘perform’ behind bars; cannot wait to see the footage! For more on this, … More…
Painting of the Day (AVAILABLE): Jean Dufy’s “Quai de la Planchette a Honfleur”
Source: Quai de la Planchette a Honfleur – pleased to announce that we just added this impressive work by the 20th century French artist Jean Dufy (1888 – 1964) to our Available Online Inventory. This painting is scheduled to be on … More…
How my family recovered a painting stolen by the Nazis and sold it for $2.9 million
Great summary of one family’s recovery of a looted painting — Max Liebermann’s Two Riders on a Beach — which came to light during the Gurlitt story. It is interesting to note that of the 1200 works found in Gurlitt’s possession, to … More…
Painting of the Day (AVAILABLE): Edouard Cortes’s “Place de la Bastille”
Source: Place de la Bastille – in celebration of Bastille Day, here is an available painting by the 20th century French artist Edouard Leon Cortes (1882-1969). On July 14, French National Day as it is known in France, the country commemorates … More…
‘Sarah Charlesworth: Doubleworld’ at the New Museum
Richard B. Woodward’s coverage of the Sarah Charlesworth retrospective that is currently on view at the New Museum. According to Woodward, Charlesworth was an artist who significantly altered how photographs could be used to expose the many hidden meanings they harbored. … More…