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Heroes, Villains, Myths & Legends – Opening March 15, 2014
Heroes, Villains, Myths & Legends – Opening March 15, 2014

Heroes, Villains, Myths & Legends – Opening March 15, 2014

Heroes, Villains, Myths & Legends –  Rehs Contemporary Galleries’ second show, featuring the immensely talented artists from the Ani Art Academies, will open on March 15, 2014.  This is going to be an amazing exhibition.  Trust you will all enjoy … More…

Painting of the Day (SOLD archives) – Joseph Caraud’s “The Letter”
Painting of the Day (SOLD archives) – Joseph Caraud’s “The Letter”

Painting of the Day (SOLD archives) – Joseph Caraud’s “The Letter”

The Letter.  Here is a painting by the 19th century French artist Joseph Caraud (1821-1905) that we sold to the Lauren Rogers Museum of Art back in the 1980s.  

Frick Breaks Records With Oyster Eater, Finch
Frick Breaks Records With Oyster Eater, Finch

Frick Breaks Records With Oyster Eater, Finch

Frick Breaks Records With Oyster Eater, Finch – only a couple of weeks left to see: Vermeer, Rembrandt and Hals: Masterpieces of Dutch Painting from the Mauritshuis at the Frick; show ends on January 19.  

Painting of the Day (SOLD archives): Jane Peterson’s “A Shop, Tunis”
Painting of the Day (SOLD archives): Jane Peterson’s “A Shop, Tunis”

Painting of the Day (SOLD archives): Jane Peterson’s “A Shop, Tunis”

A Shop, Tunis.  Here is a nice Orientalist work by the 20th century American artist Jane Peterson (1876-1965) that passed through the gallery many years ago.  

International Arts Dispute
International Arts Dispute

International Arts Dispute

International Arts Dispute. Here is an interesting article about art loans and insurance.  This legal dispute revolves around 3 onyx sculptures loaned to South Korea’s Gwangju Biennale by Michael Werner Gallery that were damaged during removal after the show and … More…

Painting of the Day (SOLD archives): Ugo Giannini’s “Still Life with Onions”
Painting of the Day (SOLD archives): Ugo Giannini’s “Still Life with Onions”

Painting of the Day (SOLD archives): Ugo Giannini’s “Still Life with Onions”

Still Life with Onions. Since I am on the food theme, here is a beautiful piece by the American artist Ugo Giannini (1919-1993) that we sold in 2006.  

Food for Thought – Art Institute of Chicago
Food for Thought – Art Institute of Chicago

Food for Thought – Art Institute of Chicago

Food for Thought – Art and Appetite: American Painting, Culture, and Cuisine … a delicious exhibition that is one view at the Art Institute of Chicago through January 27.  Featured are works by McCloskey, Roesen, Harnett, Lichtenstein, Wesselmann, Decker, Sargent, Hopper, … More…

Painting of the Day (SOLD archives) – H. Davis Richter’s “A Floral Harvest”
Painting of the Day (SOLD archives) – H. Davis Richter’s “A Floral Harvest”

Painting of the Day (SOLD archives) – H. Davis Richter’s “A Floral Harvest”

A Floral Harvest.  a great example of early 20th century still life painting by Herbert Davis Richter (1874-1955) that we sold back in the 1980s.  

Art Historians Say Chinese Work by Su Shi Sold at Sotheby’s Is a Fake
Art Historians Say Chinese Work by Su Shi Sold at Sotheby’s Is a Fake

Art Historians Say Chinese Work by Su Shi Sold at Sotheby’s Is a Fake

Art Historians Say Chinese Work Sold by Sotheby’s Is a Fake – here is another story about the difficulties of trading in the Chinese market and it will be interesting to see what they find.  The work in question (shown below) … More…

Painting of the Day (SOLD archives) – Emile van Marcke de Lummen’s “Cows in a Landscape”
Painting of the Day (SOLD archives) – Emile van Marcke de Lummen’s “Cows in a Landscape”

Painting of the Day (SOLD archives) – Emile van Marcke de Lummen’s “Cows in a Landscape”

Cows in a Landscape.  a nice one by the 19th century French artist Emile van Marcke de Lummen (1827-1890) that we sold about 10 years ago.  

Perls Victory Ruling
Perls Victory Ruling

Perls Victory Ruling

Perls Victory Ruling.  Mr. Wolfe, the lawyer for the Perls estate, was kind enough to send us the full court ruling on the case … it makes for an interesting read.

Calder Heirs Lose Fraud Suit Against Art Dealer’s Estate
Calder Heirs Lose Fraud Suit Against Art Dealer’s Estate

Calder Heirs Lose Fraud Suit Against Art Dealer’s Estate

Calder Heirs Lose Fraud Suit Against Art Dealer’s Estate – We first covered this case on October 30th and the estate of Klaus Perls won.  According to Steven Wolfe, the estate’s lawyer: The case has been dismissed and the Court found, among … More…

Painting of the Day (SOLD archives) – William H. Gore’s “The Pleasures of Hope”
Painting of the Day (SOLD archives) – William H. Gore’s “The Pleasures of Hope”

Painting of the Day (SOLD archives) – William H. Gore’s “The Pleasures of Hope”

The Pleasures of Hope. A nice British Victorian genre painting by William Henry Gore (fl. 1880-1927) that we sold back in 1988.  

Damien Hirst artworks stolen from London gallery – CCTV video
Damien Hirst artworks stolen from London gallery – CCTV video

Damien Hirst artworks stolen from London gallery – CCTV video

Damien Hirst artworks stolen from London gallery – CCTV video – Here is the video that police released of the man breaking into, and stealing, two Damien Hirst works from the Exhibitionist Gallery in London.  

Painting of the Day (SOLD archives): Henry John Yeend King’s “Twas the Night Before Christmas”
Painting of the Day (SOLD archives): Henry John Yeend King’s “Twas the Night Before Christmas”

Painting of the Day (SOLD archives): Henry John Yeend King’s “Twas the Night Before Christmas”

Twas the Night Before Christmas.  Here is one from the 1980s sold archives by Henry John Yeend King (1885-1924) … Happy Holiday!  

Ice ice baby: take our wintry art qui
Ice ice baby: take our wintry art qui

Ice ice baby: take our wintry art qui

Ice ice baby: take our wintry art quiz  – take the Guardian’s winter art quiz.