LONDON.- Stuart Cumberland is a great painter. However, as brilliant as he may be, a good painter is like a fluent speaker of an obscure language, on holiday in the U.S. Ultimately someone’s going to ask “D’ya speak English?”. If communication req…
Christie’s Previews Lots from Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sales in Hong Kong
HONG KONG.- Christie’s presented in Hong Kong one of George Stubbs’ most important works at the Old Master and British Paintings Evening Sale on 5 July 2011 in London. Gimcrack on Newmarket Heath, with a Trainer, a Stable-Lad, and a Jockey by…
Stolen 14th Century Panel Painting Recovered at the Speed Art Museum
LOUISVILLE (AP).- A stolen 14th-century panel painting depicting the Virgin Mary with a child has been recovered at a Kentucky art museum, which agreed Monday to return the piece to Italian authorities. The triptych, taken from an Italian villa in 1…
Christie’s Previews Lot from Impressionist & Modern Art Sale in Hong Kong
HONG KONG.- Christie’s presented in Hong Kong one of George Stubbs’ most important works at the Old Master and British Paintings Evening Sale on 5 July 2011 in London. Gimcrack on Newmarket Heath, with a Trainer, a Stable-Lad, and a Jockey by Ge…
Stolen 14th Century Panel Painting Recovered at the Speed Art Museum in Kentucky
LOUISVILLE (AP).- A stolen 14th-century panel painting depicting the Virgin Mary with a child has been recovered at a Kentucky art museum, which agreed Monday to return the piece to Italian authorities. The triptych, taken from an Italian villa in 197…
In an Unusual Incident, Woman Attacks Paul Gauguin Painting at National Gallery in Washington
WASHINGTON (AP).- Officials at the National Gallery of Art say a painting by Paul Gauguin is being inspected for damage after it was attacked by a visitor. The unusual incident happened late Friday afternoon. Museum visitors tell The Washington Post th…
Unique Lifesize Portrait of Mughal Emperor Estimated to Sell for 1M at Bonhams
LONDON.- The largest known Mughal painting is to be offered at Bonhams on April 5th for an estimated price of upwards of £1m. It is in the style of a European portrait of the early 17th century. The portrait which will lead a sale of works of Indian a…
Cecily Brown’s First Ever Solo Exhibition in the Netherlands at GEM Museum of Contemporary Art
THE HAGUE.- The new work of New York-based artist Cecily Brown (b.1969) features a medley of grey, red, orange and earth colours applied with vigorous gestures to canvases of many different sizes. Initially, the explicitly sexual content of her picture…
The Cleveland Museum of Art Announces Latest Works Approved by the Collections Committee
CLEVELAND, OH.- – A rare portrait miniature by nineteenth-century British artist John Linnell, a boldly designed Op Art painting by Cleveland artist Edwin Mieczkowski and a fifteenth-century engraving of which only five exist are among the latest …
New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art Determines Painting by Velázquez is Authentic
NEW YORK (REUTERS).- Experts at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art have determined that a 1624 portrait previously attributed to a follower of the Spanish painter Velazquez was done by the master himself. The museum said the portrait of King Philip …