Jan Six with the rediscovered Rembrandt.News Feed

Dutch Art Dealer Rediscovers a Rembrandt

Reuters / May 16th, 2018

Dutch art dealer Jan Six says he knew right away that a painting catalogued as by an unknown artist, in the circle of Rembrandt van Rijn, was the work of the master himself. “I saw so many details pointing in Rembrandt’s direction, ...

Robert Arneson Five Times for Harvey, 1982 Mixed media on paper Each 30 x 24 inches Gift of J. Michael Bewley © Estate of Robert Arneson, 2018, licensed by VAGA, New York; Image by Douglas Sandberg.Calendar

Rise Up! Social Justice in Art from the J. Michael Bewley Collection

San Jose / June 8 - September 30, 2018

This exhibition highlights the generous 2016 donation to SJMA’s collection by J. Michael Bewley, as well as works from Bewley’s personal collection. Bewley, a retired employment lawyer in San José, was committed to combatting social...

The Martyrdom of Saint Valeria and Saint Martial by the Vatican Mosaic Studio was displayed at St. Peter's Basilica and the Studio for nearly a century.Blogs

Divine Provenance: The Vatican Micromosaic

Beauty, Rarity, History...The M.S. Rau Antiques Blog / March 29th, 2018 10:53

Everyone loves a good story. In the realm of fine art and antiques, a good story, or what we call “provenance”, has the power to take a work of art from exceptional to awe-inspiring. In terms of workmanship, subject matter and sheer...

Kerry James Marshall's Past Times (1997) set a new record for a living African American artist of $21.1m with fees

Record Prices Abound at Sotheby's $392 Million Contemporary Art Sale

ArtfixDaily / May 17th, 2018

On Wednesday, Sotheby's tallied $392.3m total with fees for contemporary art in New York, setting 15 artist records among the 75 lots offered. Just two works failed to sell—by Yayoi Kusama and Lucio Fontana. An Asian private collector ...

Richard Gray

Richard Gray, Noted Gallerist, Remembered

WTTW / May 17th, 2018

Richard Gray, a celebrated art dealer, civic leader, and philanthropist, died Wednesday morning at his home in Chicago, surrounded by family. He was 89 years old. In 1963, Gray founded the Richard Gray Gallery in Chicago and he later ...

The Storm on the Sea of Galilee, from 1633, is the only seascape by the Dutch Golden Age painter Rembrandt van Rijn. It was cut from its frame and stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1990.

Man Busted in Fraud Scam After Offering Gardner Museum's Missing Masterpieces on Craigslist

Boston Herald / May 16th, 2018

A West Virginia man has pleaded guilty to wire fraud for offering online two stolen artworks from the Gardner Museum in Boston. Todd Andrew Desper was sentenced by a U.S. District Court judge to time served and three years of ...

Synograph of Sarah Bird’s painting Inkberry Holly.

Actress Portia de Rossi Launches a New Kind of Art Venture

AD / May 15th, 2018

"Arrested Development" actress Portia de Rossi is working with Fujifilm to democratize art. And her company's motivation is also it's motto: Support Artists. Not Art. De Rossi's new venture, called General Public, collaborates with ...

Rendering of the renovated entrance for Tower of David Museum.

Museum in Jerusalem to Get $40 Million Expansion and Refreshed Content

Haaretz / May 15th, 2018

The Tower of David Museum of the History of Jerusalem is gearing up for a $40 million expansion in 2019. Part of the renovation will be an enhanced entrance, which will be repositioned on the west side, plus a new wing, archaeological ...

contemporary art

Kerry James Marshall's Past Times (1997) set a new record for a living African American artist of $21.1m with fees
Record Prices Abound at Sotheby's $392 Million Contemporary Art Sale

european art

The Storm on the Sea of Galilee, from 1633, is the only seascape by the Dutch Golden Age painter Rembrandt van Rijn. It was cut from its frame and stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1990.
Man Busted in Fraud Scam After Offering Gardner Museum's Missing Masterpieces on Craigslist

antiquities

Rendering of the renovated entrance for Tower of David Museum.
Museum in Jerusalem to Get $40 Million Expansion and Refreshed Content

latin american art

Diego Rivera, The Rivals, 1931, oil on canvas, sold for $9.76 million.
Diego Rivera, American Art Hits Record Prices in $106 Million Rockefeller Sale

sculpture

Christo The Mastaba (Project for London, Hyde Park, Serpentine Lake) Drawing 2018 in two parts 15 x 96" and 42 x 96" (38 x 244 cm and 106.6 x 244 cm) Pencil, charcoal, wax crayon, enamel paint, hand-drawn map on vellum, technical data, mylar and tape Photo: André Grossmann © 2018 Christo
Christo to Float 150-Ton Barrel Sculpture on London Lake

architecture

Art Dealer Graham Arader Lists His Antiques-Filled Hudson River Estate

design

Pepes were featured in the first ever rare digital art auction. The frog meme has been linked to the alt-right.
Digital Art Jumps on the Blockchain Bandwagon

general antiques & arts

Rogier van der Weyden’s Justice of Trajan and Herkinbald was destroyed in a fire in the late 17th century. A 15th century tapestry that had copied part of its design is all that remains.
The Museum of Lost Art
 

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