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Raphael Drawing Breaks Records at Sotheby’s

Raphael Drawing Breaks Records at Sotheby’s

Posted by on Dec 6, 2012 in Last Night's Auction Results | 0 comments

A drawing by the famed painter Raphael sold last night at Sotheby’s London for $47.8 million (£29.7 million). It is the highest...

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10th Annual Frieze London Opens to the Public

10th Annual Frieze London Opens to the Public

Posted by on Oct 11, 2012 in Fairs | 0 comments

Today marks the opening day of the 10th edition of Frieze London, referred to by many as the world’s leading international...

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Rembrandt Etching Lost in the Mail

Rembrandt Etching Lost in the Mail

Posted by on Aug 24, 2012 in Controversy | 0 comments

A Norwegian gallery is being held responsible for the loss in the mail of a Rembrandt etching after it failed to use a special courier...

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Dallas Museum of Art To Buy $192M Da Vinci Painting?

Dallas Museum of Art To Buy $192M Da Vinci Painting?

Posted by on Aug 24, 2012 in Museums | 1 comment

Reuters is reporting that the Dallas Museum of Art might be in the market to purchase a painting by Leonardo da Vinci valued at $192...

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Painting in Scottish Farmhouse Could Be a £100M da Vinci

Painting in Scottish Farmhouse Could Be a £100M da Vinci

Posted by on Aug 6, 2012 in Controversy | 2 comments

Facing financial difficulties, Fiona McLaren took a painting hanging in her Scottish farmhouse to Sotheby’s to be appraised. Harry...

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A Previously Unknown Painting by Goya Goes to Auction

A Previously Unknown Painting by Goya Goes to Auction

Posted by on Jul 31, 2012 in Auctions | 0 comments

A painting that hung unrecognized in a private collection for more than 80 years has been discovered to be by the hand of Spanish artist...

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Getty Donates $390,000 to Prado for Restoration of Rubens

Getty Donates $390,000 to Prado for Restoration of Rubens

Posted by on Jul 10, 2012 in Painting & Sculpture | 0 comments

After announcing its preservation plans of a Jackson Pollock painting, Los Angeles’s Getty Center is again stepping up to the plate...

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Titian & Themes of Voyeurism at London’s National Gallery

Titian & Themes of Voyeurism at London’s National Gallery

Posted by on Jul 10, 2012 in Museums | 0 comments

Starting tomorrow, the National Gallery’s Sainsbury Wing will be host to a new exhibition– “Metamophosis: Titian...

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Rembrandt Drawing Discovered in Scottish Attic, Up for Sale at Christie’s

Rembrandt Drawing Discovered in Scottish Attic, Up for Sale at Christie’s

Posted by on Jun 22, 2012 in Auctions | 0 comments

On 3 July, Christie’s London will auction off a drawing attributed to Rembrandt. The black chalk drawing of a blind beggar was hidden...

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Upcoming Works at Christie’s Expected to Fetch Big Prices

Upcoming Works at Christie’s Expected to Fetch Big Prices

Posted by on Jun 21, 2012 in Auctions | 0 comments

The summer season is always exciting in the auction world, but this year might be the biggest one yet for Christie’s London, who have...

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Prado Discovers it Possesses Earliest Copy of Mona Lisa

Prado Discovers it Possesses Earliest Copy of Mona Lisa

Posted by on Feb 2, 2012 in Museums | 0 comments

After several months of restoration and cleaning on a well-known but undistinguished copy of Leonardo’s Mona Lisa, Madrid’s...

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New Revelations on Recently Restored Rubens Painting in London’s Courtauld Gallery

New Revelations on Recently Restored Rubens Painting in London’s Courtauld Gallery

Posted by on Feb 1, 2012 in Museums | 0 comments

An 11-month project undertaken by conservationists at London’s Courtauld Gallery has discovered that Cain Slaying Abel, a Rubens...

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