Man charged with damaging a Thomas Gainsborough in the National Gallery
Another ‘homeless man’ walks into a museum – with a sharp object (screwdriver) – and vandalizes a work of art. Just last week it happened at the Met in NYC, now it happened in the UK at the National Gallery … More…
AVAILABLE: Edouard Cortes’s “Interieur sous la lampe”
Historic Charleston Foundation celebrates 70th anniversary with antiques show
The Charleston Antique Show show starts with a preview cocktail party 7-9 p.m. Thursday at the Gaillard Center and runs through Sunday afternoon. More than 30 art and antiques dealers will be exhibiting at this years event. Our gallery will have … More…
Scholarly research is flourishing but curators’ ability to judge an object’s quality is not
Wonderful story by Mark Jones in The Art Newspaper. We see this in many part of the art world today … not just at the museum level. Fakes move freely through the art market because there is money to be … More…
Man Smashes Bottle Over Security Guard’s Head At Metropolitan Museum of Art
A guard at the Met was struck on the head with a glass bottle by a man who complained that a paintings was not hanging perfectly straight. My question is … why was a man allowed into the museum with … More…
