Art With Altitude – ‘Views from Above’ at Centre Pompidou-Metz
Review: Art With Altitude | ‘Views from Above’ at Centre Pompidou-Metz – a nice little review of this show which explores how aerial photography influenced Modern and Contemporary art. The exhibit features more than 500 works by 152 artists and photographers. … More…
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…