Lobster telephone by Salvador Dalí to remain in the UK
Lobster Telephone (White Aphrodisiac), one of Salvador Dalí’s renowned lobster phones, will remain in the UK after the National Gallery of Scotland (NGS) acquired it for £853,000. The Surrealist, white […]
Tate acquires paintings by artist and suffragette Sylvia Pankhurst
As the centenary for women’s suffrage comes to a close, Tate announced the acquisition of four watercolours by Sylvia Pankhurst (1882-1960), a well-known artist and women’s rights campaigner. The 1907 […]
Howard Read says Cheim & Read will leave the ‘Castelli Model’ of business behind
In an Art Basel Miami Beach art market talk called ‘The Future of the Artist and Gallerist Relationship,’ a panel discussed the evolving art fair scene and its implications on […]
Seeing double: nearly identical Van Dyck paintings and a pair of Rembrandt’s finger prints
Sotheby’s and Christie’s each started December off with a painting by Anthony Van Dyck (1599-1641) hitting the auction block on consecutive nights. The Flemish painter is one of the most […]
Art forgery is becoming more commonplace
Art authentication needs to become more rigorous to confront the challenge For much of artistic history, forgery has been thought of with a tinge of romanticism. It has also been […]
Mother and son forgery duo to repay nearly $500,000
Former Franklin Pierce University art professor Lorettann Gascard and her son Nikolas Gascard have recently been charged with faking 17 artworks by lesser-known American painter Leon Golub (1922-2004). After two […]
Painting by Frederick Banting brings in 10 times its estimate at auction
In 1921, Canadian physician Frederick Banting and medical student Charles Best discovered insulin, revolutionizing diabetes treatment and research. Recently, Banting made headlines yet again, though this time it had less […]
