Mr. President — GOODBYE!
The governmental fallout from the recent Charlottesville riots continues to grow. Today, a letter was sent to President Trump informing him that all members of the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities, created in 1982 under President Reagan, … More…
JUST SOLD: Berthelsen’s “5th Avenue Looking South from 59th Street”
Johann Berthelsen – 5th Avenue Looking South from 59th Street Here is the pair to the sold painting of Grand Central Station, by Berthelsen, that I posted the other day. Even snow will not keep people from getting to that Bergdorf’s sale! … More…
ARC SELECT 2017: Contemporary Figures
PRESS RELEASE – Rehs Contemporary is pleased to present ARC Select 2017: Contemporary Figures, an exhibition focusing on the stylistic variations of representing the human form in contemporary art. The subject of the human form and its depiction is a perennial theme, … More…
The Modern Art Collector’s Guide – RubyLux
Check out RubyLux’s latest blog post, The Modern Art Collector’s Guide, featuring tips and advice from Alyssa. The Modern Art Collector’s Guide Posted by TIFFABF on August 13, 2017 via Rubylux.com ‘Art collector’ is a term that holds a certain … More…
Presumed Lost, But Found!
Antiques dealer Eila Grahame died back in 2010. By 2016, a Cambridge auction room was instructed to sell the contents of her gallery. During a previous valuation of the contents, there was mention of two possible Giacometti drawings, but they … More…
AVAILABLE: Edouard Cortes’s “Place de la Republique”
Source: Place de la Republique – here is a recent addition, by Edouard Leon Cortes (1882-1969), to our Available Online Inventory. In 1878, the town council of Paris proposed the building of a monument in the center of the … More…
I Guess Someone Is Having A Bad Day
For the past few months I have seen press releases and articles from this site that made me wonder who was writing this stuff … now I am beginning to understand. Ben Davis’s article gives us a little more insight … More…
Almost All Good Things Come To An End
News has surfaced that: Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich and Garage Magazine founder Dasha Zhukova—one of the contemporary art scene’s biggest power couples—have split. In a statement released to the media on Monday, the couple said: “We are committed to jointly … More…
JUST SOLD: Edouard Cortes’s “Champs Élysées, Lido”
Source: Champs Élysées, Lido – another classic Edouard Cortes (1882-1969) Paris street scene has made its way to a new home. Paris, a city that has always been known for its celebrations and entertainment, is home to the Lido. Situated on … More…
JUST SOLD: Edouard Cortes’ “Pont-Neuf”
Source: Pont-Neuf – another classic Paris street scene by Edouard Cortes (1882-1969) has made its way to a new home. The Pont Neuf, (neuf meaning new, not nine) is Paris’ oldest remaining bridge that spans the Seine River. The first stone … More…
Ouch! The Case Of The Purloined Vase
These stories are becoming all too common … looted antiquities. According to Tom Mashberg’s article in The New York Times, investigators were sent evidence of a looted vase in the Met’s collection by Dr. Tsirogiannis … a forensic archaeologist who tracked the … More…
AVAILABLE: Edouard Cortes’s “Place du Tertre, Montmartre”
Source: Place du Tertre, Montmartre – this wonderful daytime scene in Montmartre by Edouard Cortes (1882-1969) is featured in David Klein’s Édouard Cortès Le Poete Parisien de la Peinture on page 183. Place du Tertre, located just a few streets away from Sacré … More…
And The Buyer’s Name Is? I Am Not Telling You!
Here is an interesting case. According to the article, a day before an anonymous bidder prepared to pay nearly $14.5 million for the rare and ancient artifact at auction on April 28, the Turkish government filed a federal lawsuit demanding … More…
Comments on the Art Market – Volume 200
Source: Newsletter Archives – we just released volume 200 of our Comments on the Art Market. In this issue we cover the Upcoming Shows in Nantucket and Baltimore, The Dark Side, Really, Stocks and a number of sales that took place in … More…