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The Art of the Phony by Charles Hope
The Art of the Phony by Charles Hope

The Art of the Phony by Charles Hope

The Art of the Phony by Charles Hope – a review of 3 books dealing with the art of the forger and how they can fool the ‘expert’.  

Painting of the Day (SOLD ARCHIVE) Ben Bauer’s “Starbuck Moonrise”
Painting of the Day (SOLD ARCHIVE) Ben Bauer’s “Starbuck Moonrise”

Painting of the Day (SOLD ARCHIVE) Ben Bauer’s “Starbuck Moonrise”

Ben Bauer’s, Starbuck Moonrise.  

Painting of the Day (just hitting the SOLD archives) – Antonio Jacobsen’s “The Nathaniel Blake”
Painting of the Day (just hitting the SOLD archives) – Antonio Jacobsen’s “The Nathaniel Blake”

Painting of the Day (just hitting the SOLD archives) – Antonio Jacobsen’s “The Nathaniel Blake”

The Nathaniel Blake.  This one just hit the SOLD archives … a wonderful early painting by the 19th century American marine artist Antonio Jacobsen (1850-1921).  

Is Amazon Art a doomed venture? Let’s hope so
Is Amazon Art a doomed venture? Let’s hope so

Is Amazon Art a doomed venture? Let’s hope so

Nominated as one of the most influential economists of the last decade, Tyler Cowen critiques Amazon Art. Is Amazon Art a doomed venture? Let’s hope so.

Frida Kahlo Meets Lovers Trotsky, Rivera in Mexico Show
Frida Kahlo Meets Lovers Trotsky, Rivera in Mexico Show

Frida Kahlo Meets Lovers Trotsky, Rivera in Mexico Show

Frida Kahlo Meets Lovers Trotsky, Rivera in Mexico Show  – on view, through September 29, at the Royal Academy, London: Mexico: A Revolution of Art 1910-1940.  

Painting of the Day (AVAILABLE – NEW ARTIST!!) David Palumbo’s “Autumn Morning Through an Open Window”
Painting of the Day (AVAILABLE – NEW ARTIST!!) David Palumbo’s “Autumn Morning Through an Open Window”

Painting of the Day (AVAILABLE – NEW ARTIST!!) David Palumbo’s “Autumn Morning Through an Open Window”

We would like to welcome David Palumbo to the Rehs Contemporary Family, here is one of his works that is now available at the gallery, Autumn Morning Through an Open Window.  

Italian police seize huge haul of illicit antiquities
Italian police seize huge haul of illicit antiquities

Italian police seize huge haul of illicit antiquities

Police in southern Italy have seized almost 600 illegally excavated artifacts intended to be sold on the black market.  These well preserved artifacts included, ancient Greek ceramics ranging from a large Greek krater estimated to be worth around €150,000 to … More…

Painting of the Day (SOLD archives) – Albert T. Furcy de Lavault’s “Still Life of Peonies”
Painting of the Day (SOLD archives) – Albert T. Furcy de Lavault’s “Still Life of Peonies”

Painting of the Day (SOLD archives) – Albert T. Furcy de Lavault’s “Still Life of Peonies”

Still Life of Peonies.  Here is a very nice 19th century still life by the French artist Albert T. Furcy de Lavault (1847-1915) that we sold to a Canadian collector in 1995.  

Top 20 Female Artists Fetch $1.8 Billion; Mitchell Leads
Top 20 Female Artists Fetch $1.8 Billion; Mitchell Leads

Top 20 Female Artists Fetch $1.8 Billion; Mitchell Leads

Top 20 Female Artists Fetch $1.8 Billion; Mitchell Leads – here is where the women artists stand in the rankings.