Sotheby’s Report Defends Chinese Scroll It Sold as Authentic
During Sotheby’s, New York, Fine Classical Chinese Paintings & Calligraphy sale on September 19, 2013, Su Shi’s (1037 – 1101) “Gong Fu Tie Calligraphy” stole the show. The ancient ink on paper, hanging scroll sold for over $8.2 million, about … More…
Painting of the Day (AVAILABLE): Sidney Richard Percy’s “Heather in the Highlands”
Heather in the Highlands. Here is a fabulous British Victorian landscape by Sidney Richard Percy (one of the Williams brothers) that will be on view at The Los Angeles Art Show. We have also added an updated biography on the … More…
Former Marcos Aide Sentenced in Art Sale
Back on October 18, 2013 we posted an article about foreign service officer and later personal secretary for the wife of the ex-president of the Philippines, Vilma Bautista, who had been indited on charges of conspiracy, tax fraud and offering … More…
Convention Center Art Show Offers a Really Big Vision
Convention Center Art Show Offers a Really Big Vision – here is a nice preview article about the Los Angeles Art Show which opens Wednesday evening. For a complimentary ticket, please use the following link (just click and print): Complimentary … More…
Famous Renoir Painting ‘Found’ At Thrift Store Returns To Baltimore Museum
As we follow the story of the stolen Renior from the Baltimore Museum of Art, the case has finally come to a close. When Marcia “Martha” Fuqua, of Lovettsville, Va., claimed to have bought a Renoir (unknown at the time) … More…
Lord Lambton’s son to sell £3.5m Lucian Freud painting of his mother after inheritance row settled
Lord Lambton’s son to sell £3.5m Lucian Freud painting of his mother after inheritance row settled – A portrait of Lady Lambton will be sold to settle a battle over the estate of Lord Lambton who was the former Conservative Defence … More…