Miró found at art handlers
Miro’s 1975 “Guadí XIX” has finally been discovered after disappearing three years ago from the Kubo-Kuto Gallery exhibition. The missing work was not reported to police until August 2013 and was quickly recovered. The Miro was found in the office of Balears Art … More…
Motherwell foundation supports Sandy survivors
From October 20 through December 15, the Deadalus Foundation, which manages the estate of Robert Motherwell, the Brooklyn Rail magazine and Jamestown Charitable Foundation will host a selling exhibition of over 300 artists affected by Hurricane Sandy. All of the … More…
118.28-carat, D flawless, type IIa oval-shaped diamond Sells for Record Price – $238M HKD
Highlighting the Hong Kong sales was a 118.28-carat, D flawless, type IIa oval-shaped diamond. It received a great deal of pre-sale publicity as the largest D flawless stone to be sold at auction. Bidding opened at $180M HKD, stalled at … More…
Zeng Work at $23.3 Million Leads Records at H.K. Auction
Zeng Work at $23.3 Million Leads Records at H.K. Auction – it appears this is going to be a hot season. This past weekend sales in China were doing well and a record price was paid for Zeng Fanzhi’s The Last … More…
Think Matisse’s work could be done by a child? Think again, says Sir Nicholas Serota
Think Matisse’s work could be done by a child? Think again, says Sir Nicholas Serota – this blockbuster exhibition at the Tate Modern is going to prove wrong the critics who claim that Matisse’s late cut-out works could have been done … More…
Painting of the Day (AVAILABLE) – Louis Aston Knight’s “Summer Morning”
Summer Morning. Here is a very nice painting by the late 19th / early 20th century French/American artist Louis Aston Knight (1873-1948) that is heading back from the Aston Knight exhibition in France … should be back in the gallery … More…
Seeing Double – Van Gogh the Tweaker
Seeing Double – Van Gogh the Tweaker – Van Gogh Repetitions opens at the Phillips Collection in Washington D.C. this weekend. The exhibit explores van Gogh’s répétitions with 13 examples and attempts to resolve the sequence of these works through X-rays and … More…