The National Gallery of Canada, last summer It's "the most anticipated art exhibition of the year," raved Gaile Robinson, art critic of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Yet, Caravaggio and His Followers in Rome, which opened Oct. 16 at the Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth (to Jan. 8, following its initial run at the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa), has thus far been … [Read more...] about Coming Sunday: My NY Times “Arts & Leisure” Piece on Caravaggio (plus a mystery artist) UPDATED
Archives for November 2011
Sotheby’s Restores Market Confidence: $36-Million Klimt Bidding War
Ebullient Duo: Auctioneer and Sotheby's contemporary art head Tobias Meyer speaks, while Sotheby's Impressionist/Modern co-chair David Norman beams, at last night's press conferenceFears of a new art-market nosedive were put to rest last night at Sotheby's, with an impressive Impressionist/Modern sale that was as lively as Tuesday's Christie's auction was deadly. The consensus … [Read more...] about Sotheby’s Restores Market Confidence: $36-Million Klimt Bidding War
News Flash: Sotheby’s Keeps Matisse “Backs” Together, Sold Privately UPDATED
Bye-Bye "Back": David Norman, Sotheby's Impressionist/Modern co-chair, extols the virtues of Matisse's "Back I" during last week's press preview for the evening sales.I was poised to compose a post deploring the four-sale, two-city (New York and London) dispersal through Sotheby's of Matisse's bronze reliefs, "The Backs" (scheduled to commence tonight), when the auction house … [Read more...] about News Flash: Sotheby’s Keeps Matisse “Backs” Together, Sold Privately UPDATED
BlogBack: Max Hollein on the Städel Museum’s Nazi-Era History
The Städel Museum, Frankfurt Photo: Norbert Miguletz Max Hollein, director of the Städel Museum, Frankfurt, responds to Städel Museum's Expansion, Nazi-Era History: I understand that you might have gotten the impression of my being too hesitant answering your question about "What's next?" during our discussion about the research on the Städel's history during the Nazi … [Read more...] about BlogBack: Max Hollein on the Städel Museum’s Nazi-Era History
Bloodbath at Christie’s Impressionist/Modern Auction: “Fair Warning Indeed!”
Expensive Failure: Degas' "Petite Danseuse de Quatorze Ans," executed in wax c. 1879-81 and cast in bronze "at a later date," as described in Christie's catalogueThe quote in my headline was uttered by Christie's struggling auctioneer, Christopher Burge, at the moment when he was poised to bring down the hammer on the star lot of this evening's Impressionist/Modern … [Read more...] about Bloodbath at Christie’s Impressionist/Modern Auction: “Fair Warning Indeed!”