Impressionism & Modern Art
The plot has thickened in the ongoing forgery scandal engulfing the once-blue chip Knoedler Gallery. Yesterday, the now-defunct Upper East Side gallery and its former director, Ann Freedman, were slapped with a $25 million lawsuit from a couple that believes...
An early Picasso painting, which has been publically displayed in Britain since 1974, is to be sold at Christie's if no public museum or gallery comes forward and bid for it in the next three months."Child with a Dove" (1901) was painted by the Spaniard in...
Without the influence of Pablo Picasso, there would be no Francis Bacon, no Henry Moore, no David Hockney. The great Spanish modernist's influence can be felt in the work of all those who made the avant garde in Britain — and yet the country was...
A controversy surrounding a trove of allegedly fake Modernist paintings by the likes of Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, and Willem de Kooning is currently rattling the art world. The scandal has all the makings of a Hollywood drama: millionaire businessmen,...
Tuesday saw the passing of Dorothea Tanning, an artist who was among the most admired figures of the Surrealist movement.Born in Galesburg, Illinois, in 1910, Tanning made frequent visits to the Art Institute of Chicago as a child and aspired to become an...
Like Charles Saatchi, British collector Frank Cohen was a staunch supporter of the YBAs before falling for the Indian and Chinese contemporary art craze. But next month, the man who describes himself as once being a "compulsive buyer" is...
What: "Interiors" Curated by Andrew Kreps and Liz Mulholland When: Jan 14 - Feb 11, Tuesday - Saturday, 10 p.m. - 6 p.m. Where: Andrew Kreps Gallery, 525 West 22nd St., New York Why this Show Matters: Andrew Kreps raised some eyebrows when he...
It might not be as grand as Frieze or as trendy as SUNDAY, but the London Art Fair still holds its own. Now in its 24th edition, the January art fair dedicated to British modern and contemporary art welcomed more than 700 VIPs yesterday afternoon. A...
In just seven minutes flat, thieves made off with three treasured artworks from Athens's National Gallery during the early hours of Monday morning. The works, by Pablo Picasso, Piet Mondrian, and 17th-century Italian artist Guglielmo Caccia,...
The hammer has finally fallen. Since January 1, the European Resale Rights directive has been fully applicable in the United Kingdom. Each time an artwork goes up for resale, a portion of the proceeds must go to the artist or their descendents. The resale...
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