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Where can I use my selfie stick?
Where can I use my selfie stick?

Where can I use my selfie stick?

Where can I use my selfie stick? Where you can and cannot use that Selfie Stick in the UK.  

Painting of the Day (SOLD archives) Gregory Frank Harris’s “A Peaceful Time”
Painting of the Day (SOLD archives) Gregory Frank Harris’s “A Peaceful Time”

Painting of the Day (SOLD archives) Gregory Frank Harris’s “A Peaceful Time”

A SOLD work by Gregory Frank Harris, A Peaceful Time.  

Painting of the Day (just SOLD): Eugene Boudin’s “Bordeaux, bâteaux sur la Garonne”
Painting of the Day (just SOLD): Eugene Boudin’s “Bordeaux, bâteaux sur la Garonne”

Painting of the Day (just SOLD): Eugene Boudin’s “Bordeaux, bâteaux sur la Garonne”

Bordeaux, bâteaux sur la Garonne.  We are please to announce that this early work by Eugene Boudin (1824-1898) has made its way to a new home.  

Was this the defining moment in Western art?
Was this the defining moment in Western art?

Was this the defining moment in Western art?

Was this the defining moment in Western art?  Defining Beauty: The Body in Ancient Greek Art is opening at the British Museum on March 26.  

Painting of the Day (SOLD) Sally Swatland’s “Digging at the Shore”
Painting of the Day (SOLD) Sally Swatland’s “Digging at the Shore”

Painting of the Day (SOLD) Sally Swatland’s “Digging at the Shore”

Digging at the Shore, a recently SOLD work by Sally Swatland.  

Painting of the Day (another Recent sale): Johann Berthelsen’s “Winter on Wall Street”
Painting of the Day (another Recent sale): Johann Berthelsen’s “Winter on Wall Street”

Painting of the Day (another Recent sale): Johann Berthelsen’s “Winter on Wall Street”

Winter on Wall Street.  This Johann Berthelsen (1883-1972) recently made its way to a new home.  Hope NYC does not look like this for another 10 months!  

World’s smallest sculpture no bigger than ant’s head accidentally crushed by photographer
World’s smallest sculpture no bigger than ant’s head accidentally crushed by photographer

World’s smallest sculpture no bigger than ant’s head accidentally crushed by photographer

World’s smallest sculpture no bigger than ant’s head accidentally crushed by photographer– kind of sad, but it was bound to happen.  

Painting of the Day (just hit the SOLD archives): Edouard Cortes’s “Porte St. Denis”
Painting of the Day (just hit the SOLD archives): Edouard Cortes’s “Porte St. Denis”

Painting of the Day (just hit the SOLD archives): Edouard Cortes’s “Porte St. Denis”

Porte St. Denis.  We are pleased to announce that this early, large, painting by Edouard Cortes (1882-1969) will be making its way to a new home very soon.  

With Misattributed Constable Masterpiece, a Rare Look Into the Imprecise World of Art Identification
With Misattributed Constable Masterpiece, a Rare Look Into the Imprecise World of Art Identification

With Misattributed Constable Masterpiece, a Rare Look Into the Imprecise World of Art Identification

With Misattributed Constable Masterpiece, a Rare Look Into the Imprecise World of Art Identification– here is a very interesting follow-up article on the recent “Constable” painting that sold for over $5M.  

Painting of the Day (SOLD) Mark Eliot Lovett’s “Pas de Deux”
Painting of the Day (SOLD) Mark Eliot Lovett’s “Pas de Deux”

Painting of the Day (SOLD) Mark Eliot Lovett’s “Pas de Deux”

A recently SOLD work by Mark Eliot Lovett, Pas de Deux.  

Painting of the Day (AVAILABLE): Edouard Cortes’s “Porte St. Martin”
Painting of the Day (AVAILABLE): Edouard Cortes’s “Porte St. Martin”

Painting of the Day (AVAILABLE): Edouard Cortes’s “Porte St. Martin”

Porte St. Martin.  Another beauty by Edouard Cortes (1882-1969) that we just added to our web site.  

China’s Young Art Collectors Come of Age
China’s Young Art Collectors Come of Age

China’s Young Art Collectors Come of Age

China’s Young Art Collectors Come of Age— Like I have said before … rich or poor, it is good to have money — and in some of these cases, rich parents!  

Painting of the Day (just hit the SOLD archives): Julien Dupre’s “Femme a la Brouette”
Painting of the Day (just hit the SOLD archives): Julien Dupre’s “Femme a la Brouette”

Painting of the Day (just hit the SOLD archives): Julien Dupre’s “Femme a la Brouette”

Femme a la Brouette.  here is one of those, hard to find, early works by Julien Dupre (1851-1910).  This particular painting was done c.1885-1889.  

Visions of Chagall: Seeing a new world
Visions of Chagall: Seeing a new world

Visions of Chagall: Seeing a new world

Visions of Chagall: Seeing a new world.  William Cook’s coverage of Marc Chagall: A Retrospective that is at the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels through June 28, 2015.  

Latest Press for our upcoming SEXES Show
Latest Press for our upcoming SEXES Show

Latest Press for our upcoming SEXES Show

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Amount of money that art sells for is shocking, says painter Gerhard Richter
Amount of money that art sells for is shocking, says painter Gerhard Richter

Amount of money that art sells for is shocking, says painter Gerhard Richter

Gerhard Richter calls the art market “hopelessly excessive” and believes the buyers who pay extreme prices for his works are fools and trusts the art market should soon “correct itself.” Amount of money that art sells for is shocking, says painter Gerhard Richter