Temple of Dendur in The Sackler Wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY.News Feed

Known as Museum Donors, Sackler Family Now Under More Scrutiny in OxyContin Lawsuits

Boston / January 20th, 2019

Long-celebrated as arts and culture philanthropists, the Sackler family is increasingly in headlines for their company's role in pushing OxyContin, the prescription drug that has helped fuel a nationwide opioid epidemic. A legal filing ...

Large Japanese Meiji period gilt and lacquered Buddha on an unusual elephant base, overall 28 inches tall (est. $2,000-$3,000).Calendar

Estate Antiques & Fine Art Auction, Jan. 26

Cranston / January 26, 2019

An oil landscape painting attributed to Hudson River School artist Albert Bierstadt (German-American, 1830-1902), a Cubist painting by the Russian Federation artist Frantisek Reichenthal (Slovakian-American, 1895-1971), palace-size...

This exceptionally rare and exquisite panel was composed by the renowned Florentine painter Domenico Puligo. Circa 1515. Blogs

Motherly Love: Renaissance Devotional Painting by Puligo

Beauty, Rarity, History...The M.S. Rau Antiques Blog / December 31st, 2018 07:39

The Virgin Mary has served as a centralizing figure in Christian art since the religion’s beginnings, but it took many centuries for her devotional images to humanize this pivotal historical figure as nurturer and mother of God.    ...

Gordon Parks, "Trapped in abandoned building by a rival gang on street, Red Jackson ponders his next move," 1948, gelatin silver print, part of the exhibition "Gordon Parks: The New Tide, Early Work 1940–1950" at the National Gallery of Art through Feb. 18, 2019.

Virtually Browse (and Support) the 20 Museums Closed by the Government Shutdown

ArtfixDaily / January 15th, 2019

With the 19 federally-funded Smithsonian museums and the National Gallery of Art in DC closed due to the continuing federal government shutdown, people can still view collections and support these vital American institutions--online. ...

Still from video by Klaus Obermeyer/Rocket.film, 'Letting the light in, James Turrell, ASU partner on artwork'

James Turrell's 'Roden Crater' Project Gets $10 Million Donation from Kanye West

ASUnow / January 14th, 2019

James Turrell, 75, began his Roden Crater Project in 1977. The California artist has gotten a huge recent boost to the endeavor through a partnership with Arizona State University to raise $200 million, and now celebrity rapper Kanye ...

Dr Bendor Grosvenor in an episode of Britain's Lost Masterpieces (with Emma Dabiri). (The painting shown is not the one destroyed by cat.)

Art Expert Says Cat Destroyed His Rare 17th-Century Painting

Telegraph / January 10th, 2019

A cat wrecked a rare 17th-century portrait painting, according to the pet's owner, UK-based art historian and writer Dr. Bendor Grosvenor. Grosvenor says the £5,000 ($6,371) artwork by Scottish artist John Michael Wright was scratched ...

Artforum cover

Lawsuit Dismissed Against Artforum and Knight Landesman in #MeToo Case

New York Times / January 5th, 2019

A New York State Supreme Court judge has dismissed a lawsuit against Knight Landesman, the 68-year-old co-owner and former publisher of Artforum magazine, that alleged he repeatedly sexually harrassed a former employee and another eight ...

Once the government shutdown ends, this surtout de table (detail) is on view in "Tablescapes: Designs for Dining," through April 14, 2019, at the Cooper Hewitt in New York.

Federal Government Shutdown Closes 20 Museums

ArtfixDaily / January 5th, 2019

Due to the continuing U.S. federal government shutdown, Smithsonian museums and the National Gallery of Art have been closed since January 2 and 3, respectively. All 19 Smithsonian museums, including the National History Museum, the ...

general antiques & arts

J. Dauvergne (French, 19th/20th Century) An Art Deco Spelter figure of a female on onyx base circa 1920. Sold on 1/12/19 for $500.
New Showroom Launches for Antiques and Design Businesses in Philadelphia

contemporary art

Gordon Parks, "Trapped in abandoned building by a rival gang on street, Red Jackson ponders his next move," 1948, gelatin silver print, part of the exhibition "Gordon Parks: The New Tide, Early Work 1940–1950" at the National Gallery of Art through Feb. 18, 2019.
Virtually Browse (and Support) the 20 Museums Closed by the Government Shutdown

design

Jannis Spyropoulos, Vineyard, 1952. The Vorres Museum, Paiania, Attiki, Greece.
Pantone Color of the Year 2019 is Living Coral

european art

Dr Bendor Grosvenor in an episode of Britain's Lost Masterpieces (with Emma Dabiri). (The painting shown is not the one destroyed by cat.)
Art Expert Says Cat Destroyed His Rare 17th-Century Painting

european antiques

Detail of the Getty Bronze, or Victorious Youth, made by Lysippos between 300 and 100 BC. Greece.
The Getty Responds to Court Ruling on 2,000-Year-Old Victorious Youth Statue

folk art

Gerry Lenfest
Gerry Lenfest, Philadelphia Philanthropist and Arts Patron, Remembered

glass

Charles Burchfield, Bee Hepaticus, 1962. Collisart, Stand A32.
20 Pieces for Chippendale’s Tercentenary Plus New Work by Marina Abramović Among Highlights of Masterpiece London 2018

jewelry & watches

Swedish Crown Jewels Swiped by Thieves

latin american art

Tania Bruguera, TANIA BRUGUERA: 10,146,374, the Hyundai Commission at the Tate Modern, through Feb. 24, 2019.
Facing A 'Dystopian Prospect,' Tania Bruguera Among Cuban Artists Detained in Crackdown
 

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Monumental Miniature Makes Debut at LA's Largest Art Fair
Rehs Contemporary Galleries, Inc. / January 18, 2019

'Impermanence, Fragility and Magic' Shown With 50 Iridescent Objects in New Exhibition
/ January 20, 2019

Paul Gauguin’s Artistic Innovations Will Be Installed in a Tropical Setting Reflecting Their Inspiration
/ January 21, 2019

MFA Boston Organizes First Exhibition to Exclusively Explore Jewelry and Metalwork of Boston Arts and Crafts Movement
/ January 21, 2019

'Lucio Fontana: On the Threshold' Opens at The Met Breuer This Week
/ January 21, 2019

Rare presentation of Giorgione’s "La Vecchia" at the Cincinnati Art Museum starting February 15
/ January 15, 2019

FOUR WORKS BY MARTIN WONG, THE HUMAN INSTAMATIC, SOAR AT GROGAN'S AUCTION
Grogan & Company / May 08, 2013

Doyle to Auction English & Continental Furniture, Old Masters and Russian Works of Art
/ January 21, 2019

Paul Brown, star of TV's Auction Kings and Endless Yard Sale, is back for one final blockbuster auction, Feb. 5th
Gallery 63 / January 15, 2016

Bell Gallery at Brown University presents "Recent Acquisitions: Photography and Abstraction"; Danny Lyon exhibition extended through March 17
David Winton Bell Gallery / January 09, 2019

The 65-Year-Old Winter Antiques Show Gets a Reboot With New Name, Executive Director and Exhibitors
/ October 01, 2018

STATE OF THE ARTS NYC WILL HOST TALKS THROUGHOUT 2019 ON THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE AND THE NEW NEGRO MOVEMENT CELEBRATING ITS CENTENNIAL
State of the Arts NYC / January 21, 2019

Latest Galleries

  • Guy C. Wiggins (1883 - 1962) Winter Along Central Park. Signed, Guy Wiggins, NA, lower right, titled and signed again, verso, oil on canvas, 30" x 25". The Cooley Gallery at the Armory Antique Show.
  • Marsden Hartley (1877-1943) Blue Mountain, New Mexico, 1918. Pastel on paper 17 x 27 1/2 inches. James Reinish & Associates, Inc.
  • Ammi Phillips. Portrait of a Winsome Young Girl in Red with Green Slippers, Dog and Bird. Est. $300/500,000.
  • LOUIS VALTAT, Vase de Fleurs, Oil on canvas, 21 3/8 x 25 ¾ inches (54.3 x 65.4 cm), Schiller & Bodo European Paintings
  • Mary Cassatt (1845-1926) Children Playing with a Cat, 1908. Oil on canvas, 32 x 39 ½ inches. Courtesy of John H. Surovek Gallery.
  • Frank Weston Benson (1862-1951) Summer Day, 1911. Oil on canvas, 36 1/8 x 32 1/8 in. (91.8 x 81.6 cm). Courtesy Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas. Photography by Dwight Primiano. © Estate of Frank Weston Benson / Licensed by Faith Andrews Bedford, St. Petersburg, FL
  • The Dancers, by Arthur Frank Mathews (1869-1945), oil on board, City of Monterey deHaven/Jacks Collection.
  • Catalogue cover featuring a detail of William Frederick de Haas (1830–1880), Fishermen Off Beavertail Light, 1875.
  • Dale Chihuly, Lime Green Icicle Tower, installed in the Shapiro Family Courtyard at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
  • Lockwood de Forest's (1850 - 1932) Full Moon Over Sea, 1906, is part of an exhibition of the artist's work at Sullivan Goss Gallery in Santa Barbara, CA., January 6-April 11, 2011.
  • Snowy Owls from John James Audubon's Birds of America at Sotheby's Dec. 7 London auction.
  • Charles Courtney Curran (American, 1861-1942) Breakfast for Three, 1909. Oil on canvas, 20 x 30 inches. Gift of the West Foundation in honor of Gudmund Vigtel 2010.117. High Museum of Art.
  • At Bonhams is Everett Shinn (American, 1876-1953) The Singer, 1920. Pastel on paper, 13 x 16 1/2in. Estimate: $100,000 - 150,000
  • Frank Vining Smith, The Seventh Wave, 1942. Oil on canvas, 40 x 60 in. Private Collection.
  • Winslow Homer (1836-1910), Croquet Players, 1865.
  • Willard L. Metcalf's (1858–1925) Poppy Field (Landscape at Giverny), 1886. Oil on canvas, 10 5/8 x 18 5/16 inches. Inscribed on verso: La Maison de Claude Monet Giverny. Looking across from the end of my garden W. L. Metcalf
  • John Marin American (1856-1915) The Times Tower, West 42nd Street, circa 1909-10 Watercolor on paper, 12 x 9 inches. Courtesy of Thomas Colville Fine Art.
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  • Eduard Charlemont Austrian, 1848-1906 Artist in his Studio 1890 signed and dated lower right: Ed. Charlemont 1890 oil on cradled panel 36 x 28 ½ inches 46 x 38 inches framed Schiller & Bodo European Paintings
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  • Master of the Johnson Assumption (Tuscany, active c.1485-1515), Madonna and Child with Young Saint John the Baptist, Tondo, tempera on panel. Diameter: 88.5 cm, 34⅞ ins
  • Artist: Hu Li Title: Backward Backward Courtesy of MR Gallery

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