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Now Available: Comments on the Art Market – Volume 152
Now Available: Comments on the Art Market – Volume 152

Now Available: Comments on the Art Market – Volume 152

Newsletter Archives.  Volume 152 of our Comments on the Art Market is out.  This month we cover the upcoming Baltimore Show, artist Julie Bell, Really, Stocks, Tales from the Dark Side and a few of the recent auctions in London. … More…

Painting (Photo) of the Day (AVAILABLE) – Ansel Adams’ “Bridalveil Fall”
Painting (Photo) of the Day (AVAILABLE) – Ansel Adams’ “Bridalveil Fall”

Painting (Photo) of the Day (AVAILABLE) – Ansel Adams’ “Bridalveil Fall”

Bridalveil Fall.  Here is a wonderful piece by the 20th century American photographer Ansel Adams (1902-1984) that we are currently offering at the gallery.  

For Fans of Sendak, the Artist Keeps Giving
For Fans of Sendak, the Artist Keeps Giving

For Fans of Sendak, the Artist Keeps Giving

For Fans of Sendak, the Artist Keeps Giving – the Sendak market still holds strong.  On view at the Museum of American Illustration – Maurice Sendak: A Celebration of the Artist and His Work (through August 17)  

Seaside Surrealist’s toilet humour inspires Fleet Street’s finest
Seaside Surrealist’s toilet humour inspires Fleet Street’s finest

Seaside Surrealist’s toilet humour inspires Fleet Street’s finest

Seaside Surrealist’s toilet humour inspires Fleet Street’s finest – honoring the man who brought the urinal to new heights — Marcel Duchamp.  

Painting of the Day (AVAILABLE) Mark Lovett’s “Golden Waves”
Painting of the Day (AVAILABLE) Mark Lovett’s “Golden Waves”

Painting of the Day (AVAILABLE) Mark Lovett’s “Golden Waves”

A beautiful work by Mark Lovett, Golden Waves.  

Art Rules aims to supplant Twitter as platform for online art debate
Art Rules aims to supplant Twitter as platform for online art debate

Art Rules aims to supplant Twitter as platform for online art debate

Set to launch this month, Art Rules, will be an online platform solely for discussing and debating art. Similar to Twitter, posts are limited (in this case to 100 characters) and you can link to articles and pictures. Developed by … More…

Painting of the Day (SOLD archives) – Francis S. Muschamp’s “The Music Lesson”
Painting of the Day (SOLD archives) – Francis S. Muschamp’s “The Music Lesson”

Painting of the Day (SOLD archives) – Francis S. Muschamp’s “The Music Lesson”

The Music Lesson.  Here is a nice 19th century British Victorian painting by Francis Sydney Muschamp (fl.1870-1903, d. 1929) that the gallery sold back in the late 1980s.  

Marvel of Ming dynasty ‘discovered’ in Croydon Museum … no wonder they want to sell!
Marvel of Ming dynasty ‘discovered’ in Croydon Museum … no wonder they want to sell!

Marvel of Ming dynasty ‘discovered’ in Croydon Museum … no wonder they want to sell!

Marvel of Ming dynasty ‘discovered’ in Croydon – in a related story, one of the items in the Museum of Croydon, a “Cloisonné vase”, commissioned by Zhu Zhanji, who was Ming emperor from 1426 to 1435, and was originally brought to Britain … More…

Should museums ever sell off their prize pieces? Croydon Council & Chinese Porcelain.
Should museums ever sell off their prize pieces? Croydon Council & Chinese Porcelain.

Should museums ever sell off their prize pieces? Croydon Council & Chinese Porcelain.

Should museums ever sell off their prize pieces? – here is another interesting story about selling off items from a museum to help pay for ‘other things’; this time it is the cash-strapped Croydon Council, in the UK.  The Council that … More…