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04/11/2026

Interesting talk yesterday at the print fair. Love work by The Nabis!

From Proof to Perfection; The Genesis of the Vollard Suites by Bonnard, Denis, Vuillard, Roussel, and Clot with Fleur Roos Rosa de Carvalho, Senior Curator of Prints and Drawings, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam.

The IFPDA Print Fair runs through April 12th at the Park Avenue Armory.

07/15/2025

Mauritshuis houses a world-famous collection of paintings from the Dutch Golden Age. Unfortunately, Rembrandt’s The Night Watch, 1642, was undergoing conservation work but it was interesting to see the conservators’ painstakingly remove and replace the varnish a millameter at a time.
The Standard Bearer, 1636, is an early portrait where Rembrandt used himself as the model.

07/10/2025

Fine and decorative art from 17th century Delft

07/10/2025

Dutch Still lifes: 1690 and 2025

10/18/2023

Interesting talk last night from Maggie Taft on her new book, “The Rise of Danish Design in Postwar America, The Chieftain and the Chair.” Maggie speaks to how political, economic and cultural forces in Denmark led to a new Danish Modern design with sleek, clean lines, and organic materials. And how it was marketed and adopted within the American market.

10/13/2023

In traveling through Sicily saw several wonderful architectural examples of Sicily's 2500 years of cultural influences including Greek, Byzantine, Arabic, Norman, and Spanish.

09/24/2023

Rules effecting art creation are evolving:

US copyright review board ruled that “if all of a work’s ‘traditional elements of authorship’ were produced by a machine, the work lacks human authorship, and the Office will not register it”.

Judge Beryl Howell did acknowledge that humanity is “approaching new frontiers in copyright” where artists will use AI as a tool to create new work.

US ruling on works created through artificial intelligence gives boost to creative workers fighting for livelihoods

07/23/2022

Claes Oldenburg dies at 93. You can see examples of Oldenburg art at MOMA
such as Two Cheeseburgers, with Everything (Dual Hamburgers)
1962; Medium: Burlap soaked in plaster, painted with enamel; Dimensions:
7 x 14 3/4 x 8 5/8" (17.8 x 37.5 x 21.8 cm)

07/23/2022

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/18/arts/claes-oldenburg-dead.html

Taking ordinary objects like hamburgers and household items, he sculpted them in unfamiliar, often imposing dimensions — what he called his “Colossal Monuments.”

09/29/2020

The original selfie painted by the German master, Albrecht Dürer, in 1500.

Oil on panel, 26.4" x 19.3", Alte Pinakothek, Munich

Now it seems self-evident that pictures can represent who you “really” are. That conviction began with Albrecht Dürer, five centuries ago.

02/29/2020

Over 700 works from 1550-1750 showcasing scientific and artistic knowledge and skills.
Exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

08/24/2019

Good article; covers important details in authenticating and dating works of art such as verifying signatures, artists' brush strokes, examing bottom of bronze sculptures for casting processes; reviewing types of paper used in prints; and provenance and exhibition history.

From craquelure to patina, watermarks to brushstrokes… Our specialists on what they’re looking for when someone brings a work of art into Christie’s