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‘Burst of Light – Caravaggio and His Legacy,’ Is At The Wadsworth Atheneum
“Saint Francis of Assisi in Ecstasy” by Caravaggio

‘Burst of Light – Caravaggio and His Legacy,’ Is At The Wadsworth Atheneum

‘Burst of Light – Caravaggio and His Legacy,’ Is at the Wadsworth Atheneum – the exhibition features 34 masterworks … four by Caravaggio, and the rest by artists influenced and inspired by the Old Master.  The exhibition is on view … More…

Steven Brooks Sues Sotheby’s Claiming They Sold Him Nazi Art
A naked woman with cupid, dogs and another woman in a landscape

Steven Brooks Sues Sotheby’s Claiming They Sold Him Nazi Art

Courthouse News Service – Steven Brooks is suing the auction room over a painting by Louis-Michel van Loo titled Allegorical Portrait of a Lady as Diana Wounded by Cupid that he bought back in 2004.  Turns out that the painting was … More…

Billionaire Jeweller Pays £1 million For Chinese Girl Painting
chinese girl with a blue face

Billionaire Jeweller Pays £1 million For Chinese Girl Painting

Billionaire jeweller pays £1 million for Chinese Girl painting – Laurence Graff just bought  Vladimir Tretchikoff’s “Chinese Girl” for about $1.5M.  “Chinese Girl” is thought to be one of the most widely reproduced paintings from the 1950s and 60s.