We are sure that everyone remembers that moment from the movie when Mr. Bean sneezed on a priceless painting and after that scampered about trying to fix what he had done. If you do not want to be in his ...
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Expert Tips on Shipping Old Master Paintings Safely
Old Master paintings enjoy evergreen popularity and beat all records in sales by grossing unbelievable revenues for their owners, as is proven by Old Master auctions held by Sotheby’s and other auction houses. However, if you are a NY-based avid fan of ...
Read More »Unique Art: The Best Deals from the Latest Phillips Auction
Contemporary art enjoys evergreen popularity among art connoisseurs, which urges them to spend millions of dollars to get the desired items to embellish their collections. The best way to examine the trends in art markets is to pay attention to ...
Read More »The Louvre Plans to Buy Rembrandt’s Artwork
The Louvre plans to purchase a painting by Rembrandt van Rijn “The Standard-Bearer” (1636). It is an elegant full-size portrait of a standing man, which has been owned by the French branch of the Rothschild dynasty for almost two centuries. ...
Read More »Sotheby’s Exhibits Russian Artists’ Works
Sotheby’s exhibits two dozen artworks in the Ruin Wing of the Schusev Museum of Architecture. These are paintings (including one sanguine drawing) from three Sotheby’s auctions to be held in New York and London within the next three months. Most ...
Read More »Another Scandal Around “Salvator Mundi”
The National Gallery, one of the well-known art galleries in London, has to justify the inclusion of the scandalous painting “Salvator Mundi” (“Savior of the World”) in the retrospective exhibition of Leonardo da Vinci that was held in 2011-2012. Author ...
Read More »A London Landscape by Monet Has Left the UK
A London landscape by Monet has found its new owner. The new holder of the painting, which has been in possession of British art collectors for almost 70 years, managed to obtain an export license for the art piece. It ...
Read More »“Thérèse on a Bench Seat” by Balthus Gets Auctioned
In May, Christie’s Auction House will put up the art collection of Dorothy and Richard Sherwood for sale. Major works will be offered in two evening sales – those of impressionist and post-impressionist art pieces and the works by the ...
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