A brutally realistic rendition of the results following an altercation between Lucien Freud and a cab driver, the relatively unknown Self-Portrait with a Black Eye, will be offered at Sotheby’s London Evening Sale of Contemporary Art on February 10. The circa-1978 painting, which has been in a private collection for ... More
This year’s American International Fine Art Fair in Palm Beach, Florida, will feature more than 30 new exhibitors, providing a lineup that will surpass 80 exhibitors. The fair, which helps ... More
In the early 1880s, while his personal railway car was parked on a siding in >>
On October 26, 1886, a note arrived at London’s Albemarle Hotel addressed to Mrs. John >>
American expatriate painter John Singer Sargent once humbly quipped, "Every time I paint a portrait >>
The roundly talented Italian-born American painter John Singer Sargent (1856–1925) is perhaps best known for >>
When I approached the entrance to San Francisco’s de Young Museum for a private event ... More
After mistaking the celebrity arrival area for the actual entrance to the Los Angeles Antiques ... More
Rare-book collectors have made the wood-paneled galleries of Bauman Rare Books in Philadelphia and New ... More
Named after an artwork that the gallery’s founding director created—a shuttered window inspired by a ... More
Navigating through the roster of artists at Richard Gray (312.642.8877, www.richardgraygallery.com) is almost intimidating: It represents ... More
Buying Art In June 2007, London-based artist Damien Hirst sold For the Love of God for ... More