SOLD: Edouard Cortes’s “L’Arc de Triomphe”
Source: L’Arc de Triomphe – this 1930s Paris Street scene by Edouard Cortes (1882-1969) came and went before we could add it to our available inventory. The Arc de Triomphe, the most illustrious symbol of French national history, stands in the … More…
Modern technology meets high Renaissance
270,000 digital frames and 455 man hours later, the fresco’s decorating the Sistine Chapel have been photographed for the first time in over a decade. Michelangelo’s famous ceiling frescos from the 14th century, along with the celebrated “Last Judgment”, have … More…
The art fair is dead, long live the art fair
I was a little puzzled by Cornell Dewitt’s assertion that: Art fairs do not struggle or close because of competition from other fairs; they close because of competition for their client galleries’ and visitors’ money and attention… As a longtime exhibitor … More…
AVAILABLE: Antoine Blanchard’s “Flower Market, Paris”
Source: Flower Market, Paris – we have just added a rather rare and early scene by the 20th century French artist Antoine Blanchard (1910-1988) to our available online inventory. In all of our years dealing in Blanchard’s work we have had … More…
Son of Nazi governor returns art stolen from Poland during second world war
According to the article in The Guardian, Horst Wächter, the fourth of SS Gruppenführer Otto Wächter’s six children, has spent years trying to return a painting taken by his parents from the Potocki Palace. On Sunday, he attended a ceremony … More…
Comments on the Art Market – Volume 195
Source: Newsletter Archives – our latest edition of Comments on the Art Market was just released. In this issue we cover the upcoming Charleston show, Skin & Tonic (a gallery exhibition featuring over 100 paintings by Todd Casey and David Palumbo), The … More…