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Guido Cagnacci’s Eccentric ‘Repentant Magdalene’
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Guido Cagnacci’s Eccentric ‘Repentant Magdalene’

Here is one from the Old Master world … Milene Fernandez’s review of the Guido Cagnacci exhibition that is currently on view at The Frick Collection (through January 22); after which it heads to The National Gallery, London, from February 15 – … More…

SOLD: Edouard Cortes’s “Boulevard du Temple pres Place de la Republique”
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SOLD: Edouard Cortes’s “Boulevard du Temple pres Place de la Republique”

Source: Boulevard du Temple pres Place de la Republique – this 1920s work by Edouard Cortes (1882-1969) has made its way to a new home.  

Van Gogh’s lost drawings: unconvincing, but does anyone care in a post-truth art world?
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Van Gogh’s lost drawings: unconvincing, but does anyone care in a post-truth art world?

Another for our: Is it Live, or is it Memorex? files. As values continue to soar, more dubious works will continue to hit the market. This is an amazing story since the Van Gogh Museum deemed the works inauthentic back in 2008 … More…

Norman Rockwell painting on 1944 election fetches $6.54 million
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Norman Rockwell painting on 1944 election fetches $6.54 million

What a perfect painting for our times … like they say, history always repeats itself.  Norman Rockwell’s “Which One? (Undecided; Man in Voting Booth)” brought $6.54 million at yesterday’s American Art sale. The Rockwell accounted for about 23% of the sale’s … More…

AVAILABLE: Edouard Cortes’s “Les Foins”
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AVAILABLE: Edouard Cortes’s “Les Foins”

Source: Les Foins – we are very pleased to offer this rather unique painting by Edouard Leon Cortes (1882-1969).  While most know Cortes as an artist specializing in Parisian street scenes, he was also a very accomplished landscape artist.  The earliest … More…

Top social-media jobs in the art world come with six-figure salary
Top social-media jobs in the art world come with six-figure salary

Top social-media jobs in the art world come with six-figure salary

Many of us are always trying to stay ahead of the curve … now it seems there are some high paying social media jobs in the art world.  A recent job post for a social media manager at the National Museum … More…

I think the Met’s $95M van Gogh masterpiece is a fake
I think the Met’s $95M van Gogh masterpiece is a fake

I think the Met’s $95M van Gogh masterpiece is a fake

Another for the — “Is It Live, Or Is It Memorex” — files … those of you from my generation will get that! Source: I think the Met’s $95M van Gogh masterpiece is a fake  

Rush of Richters Totals $75.6 Million in Less Than an Hour
Rush of Richters Totals $75.6 Million in Less Than an Hour

Rush of Richters Totals $75.6 Million in Less Than an Hour

Last night’s sale continues to show that really good works will make strong prices.  David Hockney’s Woldgate Woods, 24, 25, 26 October, 2006 sold for $11.7 million (an auction record) while A B Still by Richter made $34 million.  In the end, … More…

Record Price for a Claude Monet!
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Record Price for a Claude Monet!

Tonight Christie’s presented their sale of Impressionist and Modern works of art.  Among the offerings — Claude Monet’s Meule.  The painting was estimated to bring between $18-$25 million and finally sold for $81.44 million!  Like I said, when good works come … More…

De Kooning Painting Fetches Record $66 Million
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De Kooning Painting Fetches Record $66 Million

When good works hit the market, they are still making record prices.  This de Kooning was bought by Frank J. Fertitta III in 2006 for $27.1 million and in 2009 he sold it to Bidzina Ivanishvili for an undisclosed. Last night … More…

SOLD: Ken Salaz’s “Sunset Over Nyack – 6.30.16”
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SOLD: Ken Salaz’s “Sunset Over Nyack – 6.30.16”

Sunset Over Nyack – 6.30.16

SOLD: Louis Aston Knight’s “Cottage Garden, Normandy”
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SOLD: Louis Aston Knight’s “Cottage Garden, Normandy”

Source: Cottage Garden, Normandy – pleased to announce that this painting by the French/American artist Louis Aston Knight (1873 – 1948) has made its way to a new home.  

From kitsch to collectable – Untold Stories: British Art at Watts Gallery
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From kitsch to collectable – Untold Stories: British Art at Watts Gallery

This is going to be a great exhibit for those who love 19th century British Victorian art (I am one of “those”).  Wish I could go back to the early 1960s and pick up a few of these. Untold Stories: … More…

19th-Century Academic European Paintings: The Power and Influence of the Paris Salon
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19th-Century Academic European Paintings: The Power and Influence of the Paris Salon

A nice, brief, history of the Paris Salon during the 19th century by Kara Ross.  For an artist, these exhibitions were the places to be seen and extremely important for their career. Source: 19th-Century Academic European Paintings: The Power and Influence … More…

New York Show — Last Day: Sunday, November 12
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New York Show — Last Day: Sunday, November 12

Tomorrow is the last day of the New York Art, Antique and Jewelry Show at Pier 94.  The exhibit will be open from 11 am to 6 pm.  If you do not have a ticket, feel free to us the … More…

ARC Select Exhibition at Rehs Contemporary Galleries – Arte Fuse
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ARC Select Exhibition at Rehs Contemporary Galleries – Arte Fuse

Featured on Arte Fuse is Alison Martin’s review of our current ARC Select exhibition: Long before Chelsea, Soho, and the Lower East Side, 57th Street in midtown Manhattan, was where the upscale art galleries could be found, and some of … More…