Lasers & Art Conservation
A professor at Duke University has “accidentally” discovered a new way to analyze paintings. Dr. Warren S. Warren (clearly had some creative parents), head of Duke’s Center for Molecular and Biomedical Imaging, developed a laser called the pump-probe laser to … More…
Early European Painting of America Is Sold to Rijksmuseum
Early European Painting of America Is Sold to Rijksmuseum – The Rijksmuseum has acquired one of the earliest known depictions of America painted in the history of Western art, Jan Mostaert’s “Discovery of America.” The work, painted some time between 1525 and … More…
Russians Fight Indian Billionaires for Old Master Records
Russians Fight Indian Billionaires for Old Master Records – coverage of the Old Master sales that took place in London this week. Seems to be more of the same … not enough really great material for the number of sales they … More…