3 Things to Look for at the Back of a Painting
1. Labels Most galleries will label the artworks they buy and sell. These labels can which galleries have owned the painting and, if you're lucky, the year they bought it. A reputable gallery name can...
View ArticleWho Created A Secret Painting On The Back Of A $60 Million Picasso?
See the original piece on artnet News. Sotheby's has announced the consignment of two major works from the collection of renowned art and wine collector William Koch for its upcoming fall evening sales...
View ArticlePublic vs. Private, Who Wins?
In my article last week, we took a look at Henry Clay Frick, and the Frick Collection. I consider him to be the grandfather of the modern private collector and private museum. But, what exactly is the...
View ArticleShae DeTar
Artist, Shae DeTar, speaks with Arthena about her journey making art, experiementing and her obsession with color How did you get into making art? I started making painted photo collages as a hobby as...
View ArticleCole Sternberg
Cole Sternberg is a visual artist who is known for his paintings that involve a mix of mediums. Using social media text, paint and his interest in cultural sensations, the form in his pieces reflect a...
View ArticleMatthew Schommer
Artist, Matthew Schommer shares with Arthena what its like to work at Christies, make art and his love for Bjork. How did you get involved in art? I guess you could say I was born into it. My entire...
View ArticleShows Not to Miss
Sean Kennedy At Rachael Uffner Gallery Through October 25th There is nothing new about making art out of corporate logos and advertising design, but Sean Kennedy’s use of hard-edge graphics,...
View ArticleMissed Art Basel Miami? 3 Breakthrough Art Apps You Must Try
Whether you are an artist, art dealer, aficionado, collector, or even just plain fan (that's okay too), you are in the right place for some valuable information on your favorite subject. Especially if...
View ArticleOld sketch is da Vinci worth $16M, retired doctor is told
(CNN)A drawing believed to be by Italian master Leonardo da Vinci was discovered in Paris when a retired doctor brought a portfolio of works to Tajan auction house for a valuation. What's more, the...
View ArticleThe hunt is on for modern Middle East art
The Turkish artist Fahrelnissa Zeid made a number of enormous canvases depicting explosive cosmogonies, but one seemed particularly important to her: Towards a Sky, painted in 1953, was one that she...
View ArticleThis Startup Will Make It Easier To Brag You Own A Picasso
Picasso paintings have sold for hundreds of millions of dollars in recent decades, but that wasn’t always so. In fact, one of the jewels of New York’s Museum of Modern Art—his 1907 cubist masterpiece...
View Article17 Disruptors Who Have Completely Changed The Art World
Read the original article here. Who has created the art world as we know it in recent years? And who may be doing so now? The concept of “disruption" got its start in Clayton Christensen's 2011 book...
View Article'I wasn’t cock-a-hoop that I’d fooled the experts': Britain's master forger...
Shaun Greenhalgh has turned his hand to everyone from Leonardo da Vinci to Lowry. He’s been to prison, but has never revealed the whole picture. Until now...
View ArticleLandmark Basquiat to lead Sotheby's Contemporary Art Sales (Sotheby's Inc)
(Source: Sotheby's Inc) London | +44 (0) 207 293 6000 | Mitzi Mina | Mitzi.Mina@Sothebys.com | Rosie Chester | Rosamund.Chester@Sothebys.com Toby Skeggs | Toby.Skeggs@Sothebys.com Landmark Jean-Michel...
View ArticleLe regard de Pierre Hebey Les passions modérées 22-23 February 2016...
(Source: Artcurial SA) Artcurial | Press Release: Le regard de Pierre Hebey, Les passions modérées | 22-23.02.2016 PRESS RELEASE 15.01.2016 LE REGARD DE PIERRE HEBEY LES PASSIONS MODÉRÉES - SALES...
View ArticleThe most unmissable culture of 2016
Tarantino goes bounty-hunting, Botticelli takes you to hell, Bowie goes dark, and Jericho fills that Downton-shaped hole … in our bumper guide to the best 150 arts events to look forward to this year...
View Article{English} Sotheby's Hong Kong Modern Asian Art Autumn Sale 2015: Introducing...
(Source: Sotheby's Inc) Press Release Hong Kong For Immediate Release Hong Kong | Ruby Hung | +852 2822 8146 | ruby.hung@sothebys.com New York | Dan Abernethy | dan.abernethy@sothebys.com | London |...
View ArticleAnnual Report 2015 : Artcurial totals 191 M€ The volume of sale has doubled...
(Source: Artcurial SA) Artcurial | Annual Report 2015 WWW.ARTCURIAL.COM 1 Annual Report 2015 ARTCURIAL TOTALS 191 M€* / 208,8 M$ IN 2015 The volume of sales has doubled in 5 years ARTCURIAL IS BEHIND...
View ArticleIconic Surfaces
Luminor 4-13, 2014, 88 x 78 in. The backstory leading up to the jaw-droppingly beautiful exhibition of new paintings by Stanley Casselman at Brintz Galleries in Palm Beach presents fascinating and...
View ArticleNights Ablaze With Distant Stars
Roland Strasser, Self-Portrait, 1920 Austrian-born Roland Strasser (1885-1974) was an artist, writer and world traveler who explored remote areas of Asia before the cultural transformations wrought by...
View ArticleAnnual Report 2016: Artcurial Totals 210,1 M€ +10% on 2015 (Artcurial SA)
(Source: Artcurial SA) ANNUAL REPORT 2016 RTCURIAL IN 2016, ARTCURIAL TOTALS 210,1 M €* / 222,7 M$* +10% ON 2015 Artcurial is behind the highest bid in France in 2016 Contact Presse Jean Baptiste...
View Article{English} Masterpieces by Xu Beihong and Tsuguharu Foujita to lead Sotheby's...
(Source: Sotheby's Inc) 1342cc24-3bcd-4cfd-8bef-9a1735bbca90.pdf Press Release Hong Kong For Immediate Release Hong Kong | Ruby Hung | +852 2822 8146 | ruby.hung@sothebys.com New York | Dan Abernethy |...
View ArticleThe Evolution Of Sean “Puff Daddy” Combs And The Bad Boy Family Through...
May 20 2016, 2:35 AM ET Share this article: The launch of VIBE was the definitive introduction of the power of Hip-Hop and culture to move the crowd. Before the Internet, before email, before social...
View ArticleJANKOSSEN CONTEMPORARY
JanKossen Contemporary has been showing works from many up-and-coming artists. Beginning in 2013, JanKossen Contemporary focuses its exhibits on abstract, conceptual art and brings works from...
View ArticleAlready rich, Miami art dealer Gary Nader wants what’s next: a museum
Gary Nader is, you can be sure of it, a hugely successful dealer of Latin American art. Smart, scrappy, savvy about the art and the deal, he has over 30 years cultivated a network of loyal,...
View ArticleAn industrial-scale loot
--> The antiquities PM Modi brought back from the US are a drop in the ocean of the thousands India loses to art thieves each year. With no dedicated enforcement agency, recovering appropriated...
View ArticleI Ask You, "Why Isn't Masami Teraoka More Famous?!" and Experts Answer
The art world is a swiftly flowing river. The currents shove every artist along, indiscriminately, at a fast clip. A few pass by twice while most flow through only once. Sometimes, an artist can get...
View ArticleHow the Artist Banksy Helps Us See the Authoritarianism All Around Us
By planting fake artifacts in museums that went unnoticed for days, Banksy was one of the first to demonstrate how susceptible people are to accepting fake facts. The following is an excerpt from...
View ArticleState of the art
China's cultural marketplace not only can weather the stock market storm - the long-term forecast is for solid growth, experts say George Wong has been a collector for many years. The real estate...
View ArticleArthena's Favorite Artworks in NYC
The Arthena team is a diverse group in many ways, but in the end, we're all art aficionados. Since we're based in New York, we love seeing all the City has to offer, including galleries, museums, and...
View ArticleBest free iPhone apps 2017
There are now hundreds of thousands of apps available for your iPhone 7 or iPhone 6S and, surprisingly, many of the best are free. What's the best phone of 2016? The following list showcases our pick...
View Article{English}Sotheby's Hong Kong Autumn 2015 Sale Series to Take Place From 3 to...
(Source: Sotheby's Inc) Press Release Hong Kong For Immediate Release Hong Kong | Winnie Tang | +852 2822 8129 | winnie.tang@sothebys.com | Carmen Ting | +852 2822 8140 | carmen.ting@sothebys.com Ruby...
View ArticleSanta Monica Auctions Offers Rare Works at Exceptional Prices, Sunday...
"Auctions are the most democratic way for people to buy art," said Robert Berman, owner of SANTA MONICA AUCTIONS, who is gearing up for his next auction this Sunday, November 15, at his B-7 location at...
View ArticleHoax? Rome firm claims new Modigliani but offers no evidence
It's a story almost too fantastical to be true: A flea market dealer finds a painting near a subway trash bin, submits it to laboratory analysis and emerges convinced he has a Modigliani on his hands....
View ArticleBest free iPad apps 2017
OK - you've probably noticed on the Apple App Store that iPad apps cost more - sometimes a LOT more - than their iPhone equivalents. But trust us, it's worth the extra cash. Many of the best free...
View Article197 Coolest things in the world this year
Entertainment / Editor's Picks 197 Coolest things in the world this year By GQ 27 November 15 Our annual cool list features private jets, watches, yachts, cars, shelves, speakers, showers, drink,...
View ArticleThe Art Market’s Modigliani Forgery Epidemic
Although the prices for Modigliani’s work have reached those for works by Pablo Picasso, Francis Bacon, Edvard Munch, Alberto Giacometti, and Andy Warhol—all of them members of the exclusive $100...
View ArticleThe Battle for Picasso’s Multi-Billion-Dollar Empire
When Picasso died, 43 years ago at the age of 91, he left an astounding number of works—more than 45,000 in all. (“We’d have to rent the Empire State Building to house all the works,” Claude Picasso...
View ArticlePanama Papers shed light on secret deals of art world
After a chance discovery, the grandson of a Jewish art dealer learned that a valuable painting he believed the Nazis had looted from his grandfather might now be in the hands of one of the art world’s...
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