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The haphazard gesture beckons to the lazy collector
10+ hour, 40+ min ago (612+ words) The haphazard gesture beckons to the lazy collector'Artnet But let's not solely lean on Dumas. Take Jules de Balincourt's new exhibition at Deitch Projects. Here is a guy who is the perfect storm of bad painting. He cribs shamelessly from…...
Old Masters in the New York Auctions
10+ hour, 40+ min ago (254+ words) It's Old Masters auction week in New York! What's good? Lots of things. Christie's gets the action rolling on Jan. 25, 2012. Here's what I especially like: Two other compositional oil sketches are known, but it seems that Christie's is the earliest,…...
RIP Leo Steinberg, 1920-2011, the greatest art historian of his generation
10+ hour, 39+ min ago (371+ words) RIP Leo Steinberg, 1920-2011, the greatest art historian of his generation'Artnet It's hard to believe that Leo Steinberg is gone at 90. All I can contribute about him is, surprise, this report on our fun encounters over the last ten years or…...
WORK OF ART 1946
10+ hour, 39+ min ago (366+ words) WORK OF ART 1946Artnet "Good evening, Orson! As always, we have that crazy collector from out of this century, Peggy Guggenheim, star of stage and screen, Impressionist painting collector Edward G. Robinson, and burlesque performance artist and intimate of artists everywhere Gypsy…...
"Henry Cartier-Bresson: The Modern Century" at the Museum of Modern Art
10+ hour, 39+ min ago (198+ words) "Henry Cartier-Bresson: The Modern Century" at the Museum of Modern Art'Artnet Time for my favorite MoMA sport: what's new near the escalators. Newly hung in the fourth floor lobby is an extraordinary 1964 piece by West Coast visionary Jess. Titled Ex....
Pop-ups like ArtStar's "What Works" prove galleries are here to stay
10+ hour, 40+ min ago (211+ words) When I was a boy, my father and I would hitch a ride on the Miss Point Pleasant for a day of fishing off the Jersey shore in the Atlantic at dawn, at which point my dad would turn to…...
Online auction - Swedish Colour Poetry of the 20th Century
2+ day, 5+ hour ago (262+ words) Online auction: Mar 9 2026 " Stockholms Auktionsverk Fine Art Viewing February 25 " March 8, Nybrogatan 32, Stockholm The themed auction Swedish Colour Poetry of the 20th Century celebrates some of the most expressive and nuanced currents in Swedish painting. Here, vibrant landscapes, emotive portraits, elegant still…...
Online auction - Female Artists
2+ day, 5+ hour ago (330+ words) Online auction: Mar 9 2026 " Stockholms Auktionsverk Fine Art Viewing: February 25 " March 8, Nybrogatan 32, Stockholm In this themed auction, works by female artists active from the mid-19th century to the mid-20th century come together. What today may seem self-evident " that artistic practice is not defined…...
Modern British and Irish Art Evening Sale
4+ day, 12+ hour ago (629+ words) Christie's flagship 20th/21st Century auction series in London continues on 18 March with our landmark Evening Sale dedicated to Modern British and Irish Art. The auction is led by Frank Auerbach's Christmas Tree at Mornington Crescent (200405): commanding in scale and vibrancy, it…...
Do Bee Book of Manners, Grosset & Dunlap, Illustration 1960
6+ day, 21+ hour ago (10+ words) Do Bee Book of Manners, Grosset & Dunlap, Illustration 1960Artnet...