WICHITA, KAN.- According to research issued today by the popular online art gallery, overstockArt.com, Pablo Picasso’s Facebook® fan page was the most “liked” artist page in 2010. The list is a compilation of the top 10 most popular cla…
Christie’s Offers a Still Life Painting by Paul Gauguin in Big 2011 Opening Sale
LONDON (REUTERS).- Christie’s is offering art worth 74-109 million pounds ($114-168 million) at its first big auction of 2011, including a still life by Paul Gauguin that was a tribute to his friend and fellow pioneer Vincent van Gogh. Art market recor…
Vincent van Gogh: The Letters Available Again in a Limited Number of Copies
LONDON.- This landmark work of art scholarship, hailed by the Financial Times as ‘the most important art publication of 2009, if not the decade’, quickly sold out on original publication. It is now available again in a limited number of copies: this is…
OverstockArt.com Reveals its Annual Top 10 Oil Paintings Rankings for 2010, van Gogh Continues Reign
WICHITA, KANSAS.- The popular online art gallery, overstockArt.com, revealed its annual Top 10 Oil Paintings rankings for 2010. Topping the list is Vincent van Gogh’s masterpiece, “Branches of an Almond Tree in Blossom.” Other artists na…
OverstockArt.com Reveals its Annual Top 10 Oil Paintings Rankings for 2010, van Gogh Continues Reign
WICHITA, KANSAS.- The popular online art gallery, overstockArt.com, revealed its annual Top 10 Oil Paintings rankings for 2010. Topping the list is Vincent van Gogh’s masterpiece, “Branches of an Almond Tree in Blossom.” Other artists na…
Oregon Hospital X-Rays van Gogh Painting for Clues
PORTLAND, ORE (AP).- Digital X-ray equipment is providing art researchers with a new view of a priceless painting by Vincent van Gogh. The masterpiece titled “The Ox-Cart” was examined at Oregon Health & Science University on Monday as part of an effo…
Lawsuit: Cezanne at New York City’s Metropolitan Wrongly Acquired
NEW YORK (AP).- A man claims a Paul Cezanne painting at New York City’s Metropolitan Museum was stolen from his great-grandfather during the Russian Revolution. The Wall Street Journal reports that Pierre Konowaloff sued the museum Wednesday in Manhat…
Lawsuit: Cezanne at New York City’s Metropolitan Wrongly Acquired
NEW YORK (AP).- A man claims a Paul Cezanne painting at New York City’s Metropolitan Museum was stolen from his great-grandfather during the Russian Revolution. The Wall Street Journal reports that Pierre Konowaloff sued the museum Wednesday in Manhat…
Detroit Institute of Arts Opens Exhibition that Examines Fakes, Forgeries and Mysteries
DETROIT (AP).- When a painting attributed to Vincent Van Gogh was bequeathed to the Detroit Institute of Arts in 1990, it was met with immediate suspicion from scholars and art experts. “Still life with Carnations,” an unsigned painting of flowers, was…
Egypt Court Jails 11 for Gross Negligence and Incompetence in the Theft of a Van Gogh Painting
CAIRO (AP).- An Egyptian court convicted 11 officials from the Culture Ministry, including the deputy minister, of gross negligence and incompetence in the theft of a Vincent Van Gogh painting that embarrassed the government. The defendants received se…