Out with the Old and in with the Modern?
The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation has ignited an uproar in Berlin over its proposed relocation of famed Old Master works currently at the Gemäldegalerie. The Gemäldegalerie houses one of the...
View ArticleTurning Around Schools Through Art Education
In an event hosted by the Pace Gallery in Chelsea, New York on Monday December 17, a group of 7th and 8th graders from Roosevelt School in Connecticut had the unique privilege of meeting the renowned...
View ArticleFamily Feud: Who can authenticate a Picasso?
Claude Picasso In “Authenticating Picasso,” ARTnews journalist George Stolz brings to light new authentication procedures for Picasso’s works. Stolz takes us back to September 2012 when four of Pablo...
View ArticleThe Many Faces of Queen Elizabeth II
In honor of London, the host of the 2012 Olympic Games, we would like to take a moment to celebrate Queen Elizabeth II and her relevance to the history of art. Perhaps one of the most famous and...
View ArticleMarc Chagall and Charles Sorlier: Printmaking’s Dream Team
Chagall’s fascination with lithography came later in his life, as he was 63 years old when he began to study with printmaker Charles Sorlier in 1950. Sorlier became his creative collaborator and...
View ArticleArt as Luxury Items: The Demise of ‘L’art pour l’art?’
In this day and age, art is more of a luxury item than ever. In a recent article in The Art Newspaper entitled ‘Can their love last forever?’ writer Charlotte Burns comments on the inextricable link...
View ArticleAlbrecht Dürer Superstar
As the pioneer of the Northern European Renaissance, Albrecht Dürer is one of art’s greatest “superstars.” From March 24, 2013 to June 9, 2013, The National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C. is...
View Article‘Renoir Girl’ vs. The Baltimore Museum of Art for Renoir’s “On the Shore of...
Controversy has arisen surrounding the rightful owner of a unique original painting by Pierre-Auguste Renoir ‘On the Shore of the Seine.” In an intriguing and somewhat unusual tale, a woman from Loudon...
View ArticleThe Musee Matisse
Located in le Cateau-Cambrésis, the Musée Matisse houses the third largest collection of Henri Matisse’s work in France. Matisse was born and raised in le Cateau- Cambrésis, and it was here that he...
View ArticlePrintmaking: Alive and Well
Fate threw Tatyana Grosman and her husband a bone when, in 1957, they happened to discover two lithographic stones in the front yard of their home in Long Island. This unexpected discovery catapulted...
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