Screenshot of Yusaku Maezawa’s “Dear Moon” website.News Feed

Japanese Billionaire Art Collector Will Invite Artists With Him to the Moon on Elon Musk's Rocket

New York Times / September 18th, 2018

In a press conference on Monday, the identity of the first lunar tourist was unveiled as Japanese fashion billionaire Yusaku Maezawa. Known in the U.S. as the art collector who bought Jean-Michel Basquiat's record-breaking $110.5 million ...

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Art Berlin

/ September 27-30, 2018

art berlin announces its second edition, taking place from 27–30 September 2018. Around 120 galleries from 21 countries offer the international art world a comprehensive overview of contemporary positions while also showcasing works of...

Portrait of Laurence Millet by John Singer SargentBlogs

A Personal Portrait by John Singer Sargent

Beauty, Rarity, History...The M.S. Rau Antiques Blog / September 13th, 2018 08:09

John Singer Sargent (1856-1925) is widely regarded as one of the most important painters of portraits in the history of art. His name calls to mind images of Gilded Age beauties or aristocratic children in flowing gowns and formal...

Leonardo DiCaprio in 2014

Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation Art Auction Raises $11 Million for Environmental Causes

Sonoma Magazine / September 16th, 2018

Actor Leonardo DiCaprio's annual art benefit auction was held Sept. 15 in Sonoma County, Calif. with a roster of A-list celebrities attending. The Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation (LDF) in partnership with Jackson Family Wines, sold 17 ...

Sean Scully’s acclaimed Landline series makes its U.S. debut at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden this fall. Sean Scully, Landline Bend Triptych, 2017. Oil on aluminum. Three panels, each 85 × 75 in. (215.9 × 190.5 cm). Private collection.

Master of Color and Composition, Abstract Artist Sean Scully Spotlighted in Major Exhibitions

ArtfixDaily / September 11th, 2018

‘I have spent my life making the melancholic into something irresistible. Because the world has changed around me and become more regretful, my paintings have become more true.’- Sean Scully Irish-born artist Sean Scully (b. 1945) is ...

Glenstone

Glenstone Museum Foundation Sued by Contractor for $24 Million

New York Times / September 9th, 2018

The Glenstone Foundation in Potomac, Maryland, a museum that houses a top-tier post-war and contemporary art collection, has been sued for $24 million in damages by its contractor just weeks before its expansion debuts. HITT ...

Judy Garland's Ruby Slippers Found After Museum Theft 13 Years Ago

Star Tribune / September 4th, 2018

The FBI announced Tuesday that they have found the stolen red sequined slippers worn nearly 80 years ago by actress Judy Garland as Dorothy in "The Wizard of Oz." Pilfered from a museum in the actress' hometown of Grand Rapids, Minn., ...

Leonardo da Vinci, Salvator Mundi, c.1500, oil on walnut, 45.4 × 65.6 cm

Louvre Abu Dhabi Delays Display of Da Vinci's Salvator Mundi

BBC / September 4th, 2018

In a surprise announcement, Abu Dhabi's Department of Culture and Tourism says the unveiling of Leonardo da Vinci's "Salvator Mundi"---the world's most expensive painting---will be indefinitely delayed at the Louvre Abu Dhabi. The ...

contemporary art

Screenshot of Yusaku Maezawa’s “Dear Moon” website.
Japanese Billionaire Art Collector Will Invite Artists With Him to the Moon on Elon Musk's Rocket

collectibles & memorabilia

Judy Garland's Ruby Slippers Found After Museum Theft 13 Years Ago

asian antiques

“Dawn Before Gettysburg” by Edward Hopper (1882-1967)
Museum Featuring Westervelt CEO Jack Warner's Collection Will Close, and More Art Sold

antiquities

Screenshot from YouTube of the fire at Brazil's National Museum on Sept. 2, 2018.
Brazil's Oldest Museum Consumed by Fire

ethnographic & oceanic

Tourists discovered petroglyphs in Hawaii.
Texan Tourists Make Archeological Discovery in Hawaii

european art

François Gérard, Portrait of Prince Camillo Borghese (circa 1810).
Italy Attempts to Foil The Frick's 'Most Important Painting Purchase' in Decades

latin american art

Frida Kahlo with Olmec figurine, 1939. © Nickolas Muray Photo Archives
'Frida Mania' Hits London, Lands on Google Arts & Culture

medieval & renaissance art

Leonardo da Vinci, Salvator Mundi, c.1500, oil on walnut, 45.4 × 65.6 cm
Louvre Abu Dhabi Delays Display of Da Vinci's Salvator Mundi

pre-columbian art

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
 

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New Works from Local Photographers at Sparks Gallery
Sparks Gallery / September 05, 2018

Objects from the East and West converge in Converse Auctions' online-only East Meets West auction, Oct. 5
Converse & Company / September 20, 2018

American Art, Jewelry from Estate of Barbara Sinatra Head to Auction
/ September 19, 2018

Major International Overview of the Work of Photographer Sally Mann Travels to West Coast
/ September 19, 2018

888 Auctions’ September 27 Sale Featuring Modern Paintings, Fine Art & Asian Antiques
888 Auctions / September 19, 2018

A Significant Collection of Korean Ceramics to be Presented at The San Francisco Fall Art & Antiques Show
Orange Chicken Gallery / September 19, 2018

San Jose Museum of Art Presents Dinh Q. Lê: True Journey Is Return, The largest solo exhibition of Dinh Q. Lê’s work in the US.
San Jose Museum of Art / September 18, 2018

Tiffany Studios drop head Dragonfly lamp soars to $200,000 at Andrew Jones Auctions' inaugural sale
Andrew Jones Auctions / September 19, 2018

MFA Boston Chief Curator Elliot Bostwick Davis Named New Director and CEO of Norton Museum of Art
/ September 18, 2018

Something Revealed: California Women Artists Emerge, 1860-1960
/ September 17, 2018

ROLAND AUCTIONS TO SELL FINE JEWELRY, CENTRAL ASIAN, CONTEMPORARY ART, CLASSIC FURNITURE AND ARTWORK SEPTEMBER 22
/ September 17, 2018

Davis Museum at Wellesley College Presents Works by “Father of Political Cartoons” James Gillray
Davis Museum / September 19, 2018

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  • 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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