Painting of the Day (SOLD archives): Daniel Ridgway Knight’s “Among the Poppies”
Among the Poppies. here is a beauty by Daniel Ridgway Knight (1839-1924) from our more recently sold archives. This particular painting is among Knight’s earliest works in which he features a young peasant woman walking through, or standing in, a … More…
Ribner on a Repainting by Jean-Francois Millet
Ribner on a Repainting by Millet. Here is an interesting article in the recently published Nineteenth-Century Art Worldwide’s online journal discussing Millet’s Captivity of the Jews in Babylon. At the Salon of 1848 Millet exhibited two works … The Winnower … More…
Painting of the Day (just hit the SOLD archives): Daniel Ridgway Knight’s “Water Carrier”
Wooing The Public To Recover A John Constable In Switzerland
Wooing the Public to Recover Art – here is a very interesting story about one family’s attempt to recover a John Constable that was looted from their family during the war. The work is in the Musée des Beaux-Arts in … More…
Sender to Sell After Closing Hedge Fund
Contemporary art collector and founder of Exis Capital Management, Inc., Adam Sender, announced he will be selling off nearly 400 works of art after closing the doors to his hedge fund last month. Sender started Exis in 1998 and once … More…
Open Today (Saturday, March 22) From 10 am – 2 pm
We decided to open the gallery from 10 am to 2 pm today in order to give people another chance to see our Heroes, Villains, Myths, Legends exhibition on their day off. The weather in NYC is going to be … More…
Pollock’s ‘Elegant Lady’ for Sale as EON Raids Art Hoard
Pollock’s ‘Elegant Lady’ for Sale as EON Raids Art Hoard – in order to continue funding their art and cultural spending Germany’s biggest utility company, EON, is selling their most valuable work of art … Jackson Pollock’s Number 5 (Elegant Lady). … More…
Painting of the Day (SOLD archives): Henry J. Boddington’s “Near Barmouth, North Wales”
Near Barmouth, North Wales. here is a spectacular landscape by the 19th century British Victorian artist Henry John Boddington (1811-1865) that we sold back in the 1980s. This particular painting was probably exhibited at the Royal Society of British Artists … More…
Amazon Puts Art in Cart With Koons to Warhol Just Click Away
Amazon Puts Art in Cart With Koons to Warhol Just Click Away – another story about the push many companies are making to be “the” art internet site. Each year more players enter the market and it will be interesting to … More…
Why “Selfies” are a No No at the Museum
On the list of things NOT to do at a museum….”selfies” take first place! Check out what happened when a student decided to snap a photo of himself with a classical sculpture. Student Tries To Take A Museum Selfie, … More…