Christie’s NY Old Master & British Drawings
The Old Master and British Drawings sale at Christie’s kicked off the Classic Week of nineteenth-century and Old Master sales being held at the New York auction houses starting on February 4th. This sale was highly anticipated mostly because of … More…
Coming Soon: A Brand New Louvre
French President Emmanuel Macron announced that the Louvre will undergo extensive renovations, including placing the Mona Lisa in its own gallery, for which visitors will be charged extra. The Louvre is home to roughly half a million works of art … More…
Forgotten American Mural Unveiled In Mexico
A 1934 mural by Philip Guston and Reuben Kadish at a regional museum in Mexico has been fully restored. The Struggle Against Terrorism is a 1000-square-foot mural the two young artists created for the museum. Both the mural itself and … More…
Rick Hendrick And The First 2025 Corvette ZR1 Set A New Record
Rick Hendrick, a man whose name is synonymous with automotive racing, owns Hendrick Motorsports, an American professional car racing organization founded in 1984. He has built a dynasty in NASCAR, with over 250 wins and 14 Cup Series championships to … More…
Garage Sale Van Gogh: Real Or Not?
Some are convinced that an odd-looking painting found at a garage sale in Minnesota might be a lost work by Vincent van Gogh worth $15 million. Around 2016, an individual bought a painting at a Minnesota garage sale for $50. … More…
NPG Nepotism?
London’s National Portrait Gallery is coming under fire after some realized that the photographer behind a current exhibition is a donor who significantly contributed to the museum’s recent renovations. Zoë Law is a London-based photographic portraitist who recently opened a … More…
The American Sublime At Christie’s, New York
The 2025 auction season is now starting to kick off. While there have been a smattering of assorted sales earlier in the month, the first sale in the section of the art market relevant to Rehs Galleries took place on … More…
Aaron de Groft, Disgraced Former OMA Curator, Dies At 59
Aaron de Groft, the former museum curator at the center of the Orlando Basquiats scandal, died at age 59. I have written extensively about the scandal of which De Groft was at the center. On June 24, 2022, the FBI … More…
Hockney Retrospective at the Fondation Louis Vuitton
Later this year, the prestigious Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris will host a new retrospective exhibition dedicated to the great British artist David Hockney. David Hockney got his first retrospective in 1970 and has been the subject of many more … More…
Thou Shalt Be Auctioned
Recently, the Yavne Tablet, a remarkable relic from the late Roman-Byzantine era (circa 300–800 CE), was auctioned off. It is the oldest surviving complete stone inscription of the Ten Commandments. The tablet features twenty lines of Paleo-Hebrew text carved into … More…
The Art World’s Response To The California Wildfires
With some of the recent wildfires in California still blazing, many are now recognizing their devastating impact on the arts in the Los Angeles area. Despite the devastating impact of the Southern California wildfires, the art community in the Los … More…
2024 Art Market: Doomed or Dormant?
In 2024, I collected data on the art market, recording over two hundred auctions. I do so to keep a record of the areas of the secondary market relevant to our gallery. We can also use them to pick up … More…
Italian Museums Offer Free Dog-Sitting
As part of a promotional campaign, Italian museums are offering a new service to make their visitors more comfortable: free dog-sitting. The pet company BauAdvisor began its service two years ago. Dog owners drop off their furry friends at the … More…
Rediscovered Turner Consigned To Christie’s
Someone recently got quite a surprise when Christie’s told them that their old watercolor is likely by the British master J.M.W. Turner. Turner created The Approach to Venice, also known as Venice from the Lagoon, around 1840, in the last … More…
California Wildfires Threaten Getty Villa
On the afternoon of Tuesday, January 7th, the grounds of the Getty Museum in Los Angeles caught fire as part of the series of wildfires sweeping through Southern California. The Getty Villa in the Pacific Palisades of Los Angeles is … More…
Sotheby’s Art Of The Americas
The New York auction houses recently concluded a week of American art sales, including the American Sublime sale at Christie’s. Sotheby’s also had its own auction the following day called Art of the Americas. The star of the sale, used … More…