My Take on the Contemporary Market (From our Comments on the Art Market – Vol 150)
I think the best way to describe the contemporary art market now, was best said by the infamous, quirky, and unpredictable painter, Pablo Picasso: “The world today doesn’t make sense, so why should I paint pictures that do?” … More…
TS Eliot’s widow’s art collection to be auctioned for charity
TS Eliot’s widow’s art collection to be auctioned for charity – Valerie Eliot passed away last year all her belongings will be sold the fall. The sale is expected to raise more than £5m and includes works by Constable, Freud, Spencer, Churchill, … More…
Painting of the Day (hitting the SOLD archives this week): Montague Dawson’s “The U.S. Frigate Constellation”
The U.S. Frigate Constellation. Here is an amazing example of Montague Dawson’s work that we sold this week. I first saw The U.S. Frigate Constellation back in the 1980s while visiting Dr. John J. McMullen’s offices in lower Manhattan … … More…
Donald Judd’s SoHo Loft Opens After $23 Million Makeover
Donald Judd’s SoHo Loft Opens After $23 Million Makeover – originally purchased by Judd in 1968 for $68,000 (nice investment), the 1870 building at 101 Spring Street, which houses works by Judd and some of the artists he collected (Oldenburg, Reinhardt, … More…