Experts believe they have discovered an original Rubens in a small, provincial museum in the Urals, Russia. The painting “Mary Magdalene in mourning with her sister Martha” was thought to be a good-quality copy but recent restoration has revealed it to be an original by the 17th century Flemish master. It is believed the face […]
“Regarding Warhol: Sixty Artists, Fifty Years” at The Metropolitan Museum of Art takes a comprehensive look at Andy Warhol’s influence on contemporary art. Approximately forty-five Warhol works are juxtaposed with one hundred works by sixty odd other artists spanning painting, film, sculpture and more. The exhibition runs Sept. 18-Dec. 31, 2012.
In honor of Pablo Picasso’s birthday today, Oct. 25, we examine the open secret of one of his most celebrated paintings, which also happens to be one of our personal favorites. Picasso was only 22 in 1904 when he is believed to have painted this revealing portrait of a woman ironing, her skeletal frame bent […]
Gallery 17, purveyor of luxury handbags and purses at the Manhattan Art & Antiques Center, is hosting an exhibition and sale October 19 – November 1. Gallery 17 is located on the ground floor of the Manhattan Art & Antiques Center, 1050 2nd Avenue #86. Open daily from 10:30AM-6PM, Sun noon-6PM. See more pieces and […]
This crisp, cool early fall seems a perfect season to take the short trip down the coast to visit the newly opened studio of one of America’s defining landscape artists, Winslow Homer (1836-1910). In 1893, Homer moved into the transformed Carriage House on a plot of family land in Prout’s Neck, a few miles outside […]
Many are the music lovers who have the automated personalized radio station, Pandora, to thank for the discovery of a new favorite song or artist. Now, art lovers have Art.sy. Featuring a growing repository of 20,000 images from major art institutions around the globe and heavily backed by high-profile investors, the public version of the […]
It is a good season for firsts in the museum world. In addition to Picasso Black and White which is the first exhibit to focus on Picasso’s penchant for monochrome (opening today, Oct. 5, 2012, at the Guggenheim), the Frick Collection announces an exhibition of Renaissance master Piero della Francesca, the first to be on […]
The first exhibition to explore Picasso’s recurrent focus on black, white and gray motifs, Picasso Black and White will be on view at the Guggenheim, Oct. 5, 2012 – Jan. 23, 2012. Picasso is often examined through the lens of his bold experimentation in varied styles and subjects such as his Blue and Rose periods […]
It has been a good month for unexpected art treasure. Earlier this month, we reported the dazzling discovery of a Renoir in a Virginia flea market and now from North Carolina, comes the story of Beth Feeback who bought the painting above for $9.99 at a Goodwill store and saw it sell at Sotheby’s last […]