![lucas_cranach_detail head of a woman - detail of the Lucas Cranach painting](https://rehs.com/eng/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/lucas_cranach_detail.jpg)
The Ruffini Affair At An End?
European authorities have long suspected the Italian art dealer Giuliano Ruffini of being at the center of one of the largest Old Masters forging networks in Europe. He and his colleagues allegedly created fake paintings and passed them off as … More…
![Vincent_van_Gogh_sunflowers vase of sunflowers by Van Gogh](https://rehs.com/eng/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Vincent_van_Gogh_sunflowers.jpg)
Art Or The Environment: Do We Have To Choose?
Climate protests involving attacks on major artworks are becoming increasingly common nowadays. Environmental activists staging public demonstrations is nothing new, but targeting major works of art is something that really only caught people’s attention starting October 14th of this year. … More…
![nara Yoshitomo Nara’s Light Haze Days / Study - portrait of a young girl in yellow and orange](https://rehs.com/eng/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/nara.jpg)
Sotheby’s The Now Evening Sale
On the evening of Wednesday, November 16, Sotheby’s presented two sales, the first of which, The Now Evening Sale, included 22 works by contemporary (living) artists. It is crazy how this end of the market has taken off over the … More…
![Children_of_War,_Maidan Graffiti art in Kyiv, Ukraine by the British street artist Banksy entitled Children of War](https://rehs.com/eng/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Children_of_War_Maidan.jpg)
Banksy In Ukraine
The anonymous British street artist Banksy is no stranger to areas of conflict. In 2017, he visited the West Bank, where he created several works on the border walls built by Israel to call attention to the plight the people … More…
![Kandinsky,_Blick_auf_Murnau_mit_Kirche An abstract work of a town surrounded by green hills. In the foreground, the white spire of a church rises up into a blue and red sky.](https://rehs.com/eng/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Kandinsky_Blick_auf_Murnau_mit_Kirche.jpg)
Picture Perfect: How A Postcard Solved A WWII Art Mystery
The Restitutions Commission of the Netherlands made a surprising decision recently to return an abstract masterwork stolen by the Nazis to the descendants of its Jewish owner. View of Murnau with Church by Wassily Kandinsky was created in 1910 and … More…
![2022_NYR_22011_0124_003(claes_oldenburg_and_coosje_van_bruggen_typewriter_eraser_scale_x104131) Typewriter Eraser, Scale X by Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen. sold at Christie's New York as part of the collection of Paul Allen](https://rehs.com/eng/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/2022_NYR_22011_0124_003claes_oldenburg_and_coosje_van_bruggen_typewriter_eraser_scale_x104131-786x1024.jpg)
The Paul Allen Collection Part II At Christie’s NY
On Wednesday, November 10th, Christie’s New York continued in their sale of the Paul Allen Collection. Following the immense, billion-dollar sale the night before, the day on sale the following morning might’ve seemed a little measly. Still, it featured some … More…
![Guy Carleton Wiggins - City Hall Park Guy Carleton Wiggins - City Hall Park](https://rehs.com/eng/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/guy_carleton_wiggins_b1379_city_hall_park_ny.jpg)
Architecture in Art – Guy Carleton Wiggins’ City Hall Park
This week we’re taking a look at one of New York City’s early skyscrapers through the work of Guy Carleton Wiggins. Wiggins’ City Hall Park captures a vantage point from the south end of the park. In the foreground to … More…
Christie’s New York 20th Century Sale
On Thursday, November 17, Christie’s New York hosted their 20th Century evening sale, featuring works from many schools and styles, from impressionist to expressionist to surrealist to pop art. Though it was an impressive array of modern masterworks, unfortunately the … More…