Government shutdown cost Smithsonian nearly $3m
The Smithsonian has estimated a $2.8 million loss caused by the 16-day government shutdown. Closing their doors to over 800,000 visitors, revenue from their cafeterias, gift shops and theaters at the institutions 19 museums and the National Zoo took an … More…
Bonhams’ New Saleroom, Top End of the Market and Sly Stallone Rides Again
Bonhams’ New Saleroom, Top End of the Market and Sly Stallone Rides Again – a number of short articles on Bonhams’ new custom built saleroom, more from Sotheby’s on the potential takeover, record prices at the top end of the market … More…
Want a Picasso, Chagall, Matisse for only $5? Attend Oberlin
Want a Picasso, Chagall, Matisse for only $5? Attend Oberlin – here is an interesting way to make a university stand out from the rest. Oberlin College, through their Art Rental program, allows student to rent works by Picasso, Matisse, Dali, … More…
Painting of the Day (just hit the SOLD archives) – Louis Aston Knight’s “Beaumont-le-Roger”
Beaumont-le-Roger. This strong work by the 19th/20th century French/American landscape artist Louis Aston Knight (1873-1948) recently made its way to a new home … and in case you are wondering, the scene features a series of wash-houses along the river. … More…
Man up: European art and the male nude
Man up: European art and the male nude – two shows will explore the European academic tradition of the male nude. The Male Nude: Eighteenth-century Drawings from the Paris Academy, which opened on October 23 at the Wallace Collection, will feature … More…