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Ron Wilson Museum Drawings: Artist And Professor Wows Us With Amazing Sketches
Ron Wilson Museum Drawings: Artist And Professor Wows Us With Amazing Sketches

Ron Wilson Museum Drawings: Artist And Professor Wows Us With Amazing Sketches

Ron Wilson Museum Drawings: Artist And Professor Wows Us With Amazing Sketches – here is one from the Academic side of the contemporary art world.  Ron Wilson, a professor at Case Western Reserve University, is one talented artist — Enjoy!  

Andy Warhol and His Foundation: The Questions by Richard Dorment
Andy Warhol and His Foundation: The Questions by Richard Dorment

Andy Warhol and His Foundation: The Questions by Richard Dorment

In 1994, 7 years after the death of Andy Warhol, the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts initiated work on a multi-volume catalogue raisonne of Warhol’s art. This was thought to help “contribute to the stabilization of the market … More…

Painting of the Day (AVAILABLE) Erik Koeppel’s “Three Palms at the Ft. Pierce Inlet”
Painting of the Day (AVAILABLE) Erik Koeppel’s “Three Palms at the Ft. Pierce Inlet”

Painting of the Day (AVAILABLE) Erik Koeppel’s “Three Palms at the Ft. Pierce Inlet”

A NEW Florida landscape, Three Palms at the Ft. Pierce Inlet.  

Never Seen Dali’s Head To Auction
a plant in the style of a human figure

Never Seen Dali’s Head To Auction

Salvador Dali, the prominent Spanish surrealist painter, is best known for his bizarre and striking images. Over four decades ago, Dali was commissioned to paint a series of 14 watercolors of his famous “psychedelic plant life” works. Kept in secrecy, … More…

Painting of the Day (AVAILABLE) – Antoine Blanchard’s “Notre Dame, Paris”
Painting of the Day (AVAILABLE) – Antoine Blanchard’s “Notre Dame, Paris”

Painting of the Day (AVAILABLE) – Antoine Blanchard’s “Notre Dame, Paris”

Notre Dame, Paris.  Here is a great, early, painting by Antoine Blanchard that we currently have for sale.  

Anish Kapoor in Berlin: ‘in short, Britain’s …
Anish Kapoor in Berlin: ‘in short, Britain’s …

Anish Kapoor in Berlin: ‘in short, Britain’s …

Anish Kapoor in Berlin: ‘in short, Britain’s … more from the amazing Contemporary art market.  It is truly sad what is considered “art” today.  

Aston Sets $4.85 Million Record, Mouse Nest DB5 $486,469
Aston Sets $4.85 Million Record, Mouse Nest DB5 $486,469

Aston Sets $4.85 Million Record, Mouse Nest DB5 $486,469

Aston Sets $4.85 Million Record, Mouse Nest DB5 $486,469 – Aston Martin prices still seem to be holding strong.  

Painting of the Day (AVAILABLE) – Julien Dupré’s “Femme et la vache de l’eau”
A woman with several cows in a landscape by Julien Dupré

Painting of the Day (AVAILABLE) – Julien Dupré’s “Femme et la vache de l’eau”

Femme et la vache de l’eau.   This incredible 19th century European painting, which dates from 1884, is among Julien Dupré’s earliest works to include an animal and really shows him at the top of his artistic game.  Over the … More…

Getty Acquires Canaletto, Rembrandt
portrait of a laughing man by Rembrandt Getty Museum

Getty Acquires Canaletto, Rembrandt

Getty Acquires Canaletto, Rembrandt – the Getty recently added a Rembrandt and a Canaletto to its already amazing art collection.

Pictures – Amazing 3D sidewalk art
Pictures – Amazing 3D sidewalk art

Pictures – Amazing 3D sidewalk art

Pictures – Amazing 3D sidewalk art – these artists do create an amazing effect.  

Painting of the Day (SOLD) – Henry Lesur’s “Marchands des Fleurs”
men and women on a cobblestone street with a flower seller.

Painting of the Day (SOLD) – Henry Lesur’s “Marchands des Fleurs”

Henry Victor Lesur.  Here is another 19th century European painting that was sold this past week — Henry V. Lesur’s Marchands des Fleurs.

Here’s That Peter Doig Lawsuit Painting
desert-scene

Here’s That Peter Doig Lawsuit Painting

Here’s That Peter Doig Lawsuit Painting – here is an image of the painting at the center of the Peter Doig lawsuit.

Walter Sickert And The Three Graces
an interior of a theater

Walter Sickert And The Three Graces

Walter Sickert and the Three Graces, at V&A – a short review in The Telegraph of the current Walter Sickert show that runs through January 5th at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London.

The Past Two Weeks
abstract painting of two figures

The Past Two Weeks

The Impressionist/Modern and Post War/Contemporary auctions are finally over and the results, for the past two weeks, were nothing short of spectacular.  I will go into more detail in my upcoming Comments on the Art Market (out at the end … More…

Let It Bleed: The Frightening Scene On The Met’s Roof
Rooftop art installation at the Met in 2013

Let It Bleed: The Frightening Scene On The Met’s Roof

This summer you will be able to see the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s newest roof garden artwork. The “landscape” painted by Imran Qureshi, who is from Pakistan, is the first work to be painted directly on the rooftop. The work … More…

Paintings of the Day (AVAILABLE) Gregory Frank Harris’s “Sunlight, Wind and Sea”
Women elegantly dressed on a beach

Paintings of the Day (AVAILABLE) Gregory Frank Harris’s “Sunlight, Wind and Sea”

A beautiful new painting by Gregory Frank Harris that has just be made available, Sunlight, Wind and Sea.