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Mitsuru Watanabe Shines at Christie’s

Mitsuru Watanabe Shines at Christie’s

Met Museum & Neue Galerie Announce Merger

Met Museum & Neue Galerie Announce Merger

Looted Painting Found With Nazi Collaborator’s Heirs

Looted Painting Found With Nazi Collaborator’s Heirs

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Stolen Picasso painting seized in New York
Stolen Picasso painting seized in New York

Stolen Picasso painting seized in New York

February 27, 2015

A Picasso stolen in 2001 has been uncovered after an attempt smuggle into the U.S. from Belgium.  The work was shipped in a box labeled as an “art craft” valued at $37, the actual work, an oil painting, La Coiffeuse, … More…

Painting of the Day (SOLD) Chris Pousette-Dart’s “Woman and Child”
Painting of the Day (SOLD) Chris Pousette-Dart’s “Woman and Child”

Painting of the Day (SOLD) Chris Pousette-Dart’s “Woman and Child”

February 27, 2015

Chris Pousette-Dart’s Woman and Child, recently SOLD!  

Painting of the Day (SOLD archives): Julien Dupre’s “Femme Portant à Manger”
Painting of the Day (SOLD archives): Julien Dupre’s “Femme Portant à Manger”

Painting of the Day (SOLD archives): Julien Dupre’s “Femme Portant à Manger”

February 27, 2015

Femme Portant à Manger.  I just love these small Julien Dupre (1851-1910) paintings from the 1880s.  They are such powerful works and most have that WOW factor.  

Teaching Creativity: Born That Way or Waiting for the Muse?
Teaching Creativity: Born That Way or Waiting for the Muse?

Teaching Creativity: Born That Way or Waiting for the Muse?

February 27, 2015

Teaching Creativity: Born That Way or Waiting for the Muse? An interesting article by Josephine Scicluna on creativity.  

Painting of the Day (SOLD) Gregory Frank Harris’s “Summertime Along the Sea”
Painting of the Day (SOLD) Gregory Frank Harris’s “Summertime Along the Sea”

Painting of the Day (SOLD) Gregory Frank Harris’s “Summertime Along the Sea”

February 26, 2015

A recently SOLD work by Gregory Frank Harris, Summertime Along the Sea.  

Painting of the Day (SOLD archives): Edward Hughes’ “An English Artist Collecting Costumes in Brittany”
Painting of the Day (SOLD archives): Edward Hughes’ “An English Artist Collecting Costumes in Brittany”

Painting of the Day (SOLD archives): Edward Hughes’ “An English Artist Collecting Costumes in Brittany”

February 26, 2015

An English Artist Collecting Costumes in Brittany.  Here is a very important work by the 19th century British Victorian artist Edward Hughes (1832-1908) that we sold in the 1980s.  

Rediscovering Victorian Painter George Elgar Hicks
Rediscovering Victorian Painter George Elgar Hicks

Rediscovering Victorian Painter George Elgar Hicks

February 26, 2015

Rediscovering Victorian Painter George Elgar Hicks.  A nice article by Kara Ross on the work of this important 19th century British Victorian artist.  

Federal Officials Return Tiepolo Painting and Etruscan Bronze to Italy
Federal Officials Return Tiepolo Painting and Etruscan Bronze to Italy

Federal Officials Return Tiepolo Painting and Etruscan Bronze to Italy

February 25, 2015

An important 18th century painting by Giambattista Tiepolo and an ancient Etruscan bronze of Herakles have been returned to Italy this week from the United States.  The painting, stolen from a home in Turin in 1982 and the bronze stolen … More…

Painting of the Day (SOLD) Sally Swatland’s “Small Discoveries”
Painting of the Day (SOLD) Sally Swatland’s “Small Discoveries”

Painting of the Day (SOLD) Sally Swatland’s “Small Discoveries”

February 25, 2015

A recently SOLD work by Sally Swatland, Small Discoveries.  

Painting of the Day (SOLD archives: Montague Dawson’s “The Pirate’s Cove, Wafer Bay, Cocos Island”
Painting of the Day (SOLD archives: Montague Dawson’s “The Pirate’s Cove, Wafer Bay, Cocos Island”

Painting of the Day (SOLD archives: Montague Dawson’s “The Pirate’s Cove, Wafer Bay, Cocos Island”

February 25, 2015

The Pirate’s Cove, Wafer Bay, Cocos Island.  this amazing piece by Montague Dawson (1895-1973) passed through our hands back a number of years ago.  

Two unfinished Cézanne sketches discovered on backs of paintings
Two unfinished Cézanne sketches discovered on backs of paintings

Two unfinished Cézanne sketches discovered on backs of paintings

February 25, 2015

Two unfinished Cézanne sketches discovered on backs of paintings– an interesting article about two recently discovered works in the Barnes collection.  

Heirs of Nazi-era Jewish art dealers sue for return of $226M treasure
Heirs of Nazi-era Jewish art dealers sue for return of $226M treasure

Heirs of Nazi-era Jewish art dealers sue for return of $226M treasure

February 24, 2015

Alan Philipp of London and Gerald Stiebel of Santa Fe, New Mexico have filed a lawsuit in the US against Germany and a German museum. Heirs of Nazi-era Jewish art dealers, the decedents are fighting for the return of a … More…

Painting of the Day (AVAILABLE) Jay Davenport’s “Piet”
Painting of the Day (AVAILABLE) Jay Davenport’s “Piet”

Painting of the Day (AVAILABLE) Jay Davenport’s “Piet”

February 24, 2015

An AVAILABLE work from Jay Davenport’s Modern Mutts Series, Piet.  

Painting of the Day (SOLD archives): Henry John Boddington’s “The Edge of the Lake – Evening”
Painting of the Day (SOLD archives): Henry John Boddington’s “The Edge of the Lake – Evening”

Painting of the Day (SOLD archives): Henry John Boddington’s “The Edge of the Lake – Evening”

February 24, 2015

The Edge of the Lake – Evening.  Here is a wonderful British Victorian landscape, from our old sold archives, by Henry John Boddington (1811-1865) that dates from 1859.  

Are we falling out of love with art galleries?
Are we falling out of love with art galleries?

Are we falling out of love with art galleries?

February 24, 2015

Are we falling out of love with art galleries? – here is an interesting article on the attendance at some of the major British museums.  Seems as though less Brits and more foreigners are enjoying them.  

The Latest ‘SEXES’ Ad in American Art Collector
The Latest ‘SEXES’ Ad in American Art Collector

The Latest ‘SEXES’ Ad in American Art Collector

February 23, 2015

The latest ad in American Art Collector for our upcoming annual Ani Art Academies show, ‘Sexes.’  

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