Artists have always recycled their era’s “Old Masters”: Romans quoted the Greeks, Rodin studied Michelangelo, and Picasso returned to Rembrandt, to name just a few. While the prevalence of these ...
The fabled Saunders Collection fell $15 million short at Sotheby's—and you need to pay attention. Jan Davidsz. De Heem, Still Life of Roses, Tulips, a Sunflower, Lilies, an Iris, Poppies, Honeysuckle ...
They’re taking aim at this saintly work. The Romanian government is suing Christie’s auction house and a Russian billionaire to halt the sale of a painting by El Greco that it claims was stolen by the ...
Christie’s closed their London Classic week with a combined total of £60,844,240 ($83,660,83) between the Old Masters Evening Sale and The Exceptional Sale. Guy Bell Throughout history, in times of ...
Viewing a pictorial scene that you didn’t think possible is a startling, often revealing experience. You ask yourself, should you believe your eyes. Maybe, you conclude, you are having a hallucination ...
Led by a $27 million Michelangelo drawing, Christie’s Classics Week in New York was one of the strongest in the auction house’s history, confirming the sustained momentum for Old Masters. Christie's ...
A show of 76 paintings from the Leiden Collection is on display at the Norton Museum of Art in South Florida. By Joseph B. Treaster Reporting from West Palm Beach, Fla. The lighting is regally dim, ...