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'New Dali discovered' - Art History News - by Bendor Grosvenor about articles contact edited by Bendor Grosvenor 'New Dali discovered' May 23 2014 Picture: AFP via Telegraph Here's a story which at first sight sounds convincing, but then is in danger of soon falling apart. Maybe it's just the way the story is written. The Telegraph reports: An oil painting bought for a mere €150 (£120) from a dusty...

- Art History News - by Bendor Grosvenor about articles contact edited by Bendor Grosvenor Disaster in Glasgow May 23 2014 Picture: Apollo/@xdxxnx on Twitter The Charles Rennie Mackintosh building at the Glasgow School of art is on fire, after a projector exploded in the basement. Awful, awful, awful. Latest here . Share This   Categories Research US National Gallery new online catalogue Art Detective...

- Art History News - by Bendor Grosvenor about articles contact edited by Bendor Grosvenor 500 Rembrandt etchings online May 22 2014 Picture: Morgan Library & Museum The Morgan Library & Museum has uploaded 500 Rembrandt etchings , all in lovely high-res. Says the Morgan: This online feature makes almost five hundred images from the Morgan's exceptional collection of Rembrandt etchings available for...

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Art Detective (ctd.) - Art History News - by Bendor Grosvenor about articles contact edited by Bendor Grosvenor Art Detective (ctd.) May 22 2014 Picture: National Museum of the Royal Navy Some impressive sleuthing has already emerged from Art Detective , the new website designed to help solve various picture mysteries in the UK's national collection. The above unattributed picture was submitted to...

- Art History News - by Bendor Grosvenor about articles contact edited by Bendor Grosvenor US pastor jailed for selling fake Hirst May 21 2014 Picture: Manhattan District Attorney Not much more to add to this story - the headline says it all really - but Jonathan Jones in The Guardian says that Hirst is the real fake here: Damien Hirst's paintings are talentless and phoney as hell. Hirst is the fake....

Freud's Auerbachs acquired by the UK - Art History News - by Bendor Grosvenor about articles contact edited by Bendor Grosvenor Freud's Auerbachs acquired by the UK May 21 2014 Picture: Arts Council Lucien Freud's collection of 15 oil paintings (and 29 works on paper) by Frank Auerbach has been acquired by the UK through the Acceptance in Lieu scheme. The pictures, including Head of Gerda Boehm (above),...

- Art History News - by Bendor Grosvenor about articles contact edited by Bendor Grosvenor The Joseph Wright Institute May 21 2014 Picture: Derby Museum Here's a Good Thing; a new research centre devoted to Joseph Wright of Derby, in the Derby Museum. The Joseph Wright Institute will (says the website ): [...] improve access to and raise awareness of Joseph Wright and his work, locally, nationally...

Where are the women in art? (ctd.) - Art History News - by Bendor Grosvenor about articles contact edited by Bendor Grosvenor Where are the women in art? (ctd.) May 20 2014 Picture: Guardian/Annie Kevan Hot on the heels of my post below comes this story The Guardian , looking at 'women who have been airbrushed from art history'. These women damned by male art historians include, says The Guardian ,...

Who is Barnett Newman? (ctd.) - Art History News - by Bendor Grosvenor about articles contact edited by Bendor Grosvenor Who is Barnett Newman? (ctd.) May 18 2014 Video: MoMA A reader keen to educate me sends in the above video from MoMA. Share This   Categories Research 'Building the Picture' online catalogue A new Raphael discovery!? Sooke on Matisse More records added to 'Art World in Britain' Turner...

- Art History News - by Bendor Grosvenor about articles contact edited by Bendor Grosvenor Met goes for free image use May 18 2014 Picture: Sir Anthony Van Dyck, Self-Portrait (detail) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Hurrah - another major museum goes for free image reproduction - three cheers for the Metropolitan Museum in New York, which announced on Friday : Thomas P. Campbell, Director and...

- Art History News - by Bendor Grosvenor about articles contact edited by Bendor Grosvenor Exclusive - Sleeper alert! May 18 2014 Picture: Lempertz The above 'Nederlandischer Meister' picture, estimated at just EUR15,000-EUR18,000, sold yesterday in Germany for EUR1.3m. An explanation as to why probably lies in the fact that, as the catalogue noted, several faces in the background appear in the oeuvre...

- Art History News - by Bendor Grosvenor about articles contact edited by Bendor Grosvenor Met buys rare Le Brun portrait from UK May 18 2014 Picture: Met/New York Times The above portrait of Everhard Jabach and his Family by Charles Le Brun has been acquired by the Met in New York. The picture had been in an English private collection since the 18th Century, and was temporarily blocked from export...

'Mr Turner' - Art History News - by Bendor Grosvenor about articles contact edited by Bendor Grosvenor 'Mr Turner' May 15 2014 Video: Film Four Ooh, now this looks like a cracker, to judge by the trailer. And Timothy Spall is never less than brilliant either. I can't wait to see it. The Telegraph has already given it 5 stars. I presume the enthusiastic young fellow praising Turner's works to him is...

Warwick collection on offer at Sotheby's - Art History News - by Bendor Grosvenor about articles contact edited by Bendor Grosvenor Warwick collection on offer at Sotheby's May 15 2014 Video: Sotheby's Sotheby's in London have an impressive haul of Old Masters for their forthcoming sales from the collection of the Earls of Warwick. Romney's portrait of a turbaned Edward Wortley-Montagu is one of the...

Sotheby's contemporary sale bombs - Art History News - by Bendor Grosvenor about articles contact edited by Bendor Grosvenor Sotheby's contemporary sale bombs May 15 2014 Video: Sotheby's Oops. It all went a bit flat at Sotheby's yesterday, where their contemporary art sale fetched 'just' $364.3m. The day before, Christie's had realised $745m. The Sotheby's total includes buyer's premium, and it was...

- Art History News - by Bendor Grosvenor about articles contact edited by Bendor Grosvenor The Tattoo in art history May 15 2014 Matt Lodder on his research and studying art history at Essex from University of Essex on Vimeo . Video: University of Essex Here's an unusual video for you; Dr Matt Loder talks about his research on tattoos in art history. Not normal territory for AHN , you might think,...

- Art History News - by Bendor Grosvenor about articles contact edited by Bendor Grosvenor Who is Barnett Newman? May 14 2014 Picture: Christie's I know I'm a reactionary stick-in-the-mud, but when even I haven't heard of the top-selling artist at Christie's contemporary art evening sale, you have to wonder what's going on in that market. The above Black Fire I fetched $84,165,000 (inc. premium),...