Painting of the Day (hitting the SOLD archives this week): Montague Dawson’s “The U.S. Frigate Constellation”
The U.S. Frigate Constellation. Here is an amazing example of Montague Dawson’s work that we sold this week. I first saw The U.S. Frigate Constellation back in the 1980s while visiting Dr. John J. McMullen’s offices in lower Manhattan … … More…
Donald Judd’s SoHo Loft Opens After $23 Million Makeover
Donald Judd’s SoHo Loft Opens After $23 Million Makeover – originally purchased by Judd in 1968 for $68,000 (nice investment), the 1870 building at 101 Spring Street, which houses works by Judd and some of the artists he collected (Oldenburg, Reinhardt, … More…
CNET Founder Minor Files for Bankruptcy After Selling Art
CNET Founder Minor Files for Bankruptcy After Selling Art – it always amazes me to see how people, even rich ones, can spend more than they have. Guess ML Private Finance was lucky he had some artwork to help satisfy part … More…
New Evidence About the Rotterdam’s Kunsthal Museum Theft
New investigative analysis about the October 16th Rotterdam’s Kunsthal museum theft may become a worst case scenario for the seven stolen works, valued at more than $133m. The paintings taken in the burglary, including Picasso’s Tete d’Arlequin, Monet’s Waterloo Bridge and Lucian Freud’s Woman … More…
Tate Museum Purchases Constable
For the past three decades, John Constable’s Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows, 1831, has been located at the National Gallery of Art, in London. With the current owners (Heirs of Lord Ashton of Hyde) eager to sell the work, the … More…
Comments on the Art Market – Volume 150 … it is out!
Newsletter Archives. Our Comments on the Art Market – Volume 150 is now available. In this issue we cover a great deal: The Aston Knight Museum Show, Upcoming Gallery Shows, The Stock Market, Alyssa’s take on the Contemporary market. Lance’s … More…