$85,000 Picasso plate stolen from Miami art fair
$85,000 Picasso plate stolen from Miami art fair– even at one of the finest shows in the world things can go missing. Below is an image of the work … .in case you are at a dinner party and happen … More…
Man Goes to Jail for Punching a Hole in a Monet Painting Worth $10 Million
Andrew Shannon, 49, has been sentenced to five years in prison after punching a hole through Claude Monet’s masterpiece, Argenteuil Basin with a Single Sailboat, worth $10 million. The painting hung on the wall at the National Gallery of Ireland … More…
‘If she’s a painter, I’m Rembrandt’
Jonathan Jones’s review on Maggi Hambling’s latest collection “Walls of Water” at the National Gallery, London is summed up perfectly as… “She is a ‘painter’. Yeah, and I’m Rembrandt.” Jonathan Jones reviews Maggi Hambling: ‘If she’s a painter, I’m … More…
Turner masterpiece sells for £30.3m ($52M), setting world auction record for artist
Turner masterpiece sells for £30.3m, setting world auction record for artist– not a bad result … but I do find it interesting that a Modern work of art can reach levels of $100M plus while one of the last available GREAT paintings … More…