- Art History News - by Bendor Grosvenor about articles contact edited by Bendor Grosvenor The value of dirt April 30 2014 Picture: Christie's (left), Sotheby's (right) We've just had a round of rather uninspiring Old Master sales here in London. I haven't noticed any special prices to report, on the sleeper front. However, I was interested to see that the above portrait in oil on copper by Gonzales...
- Art History News - by Bendor Grosvenor about articles contact edited by Bendor Grosvenor Sleeper alert April 29 2014 Picture: Pook & Pook This drawing came up in the USA last week, catalogued as 'School of Bronzino, and with a reserve of just $1,000. It sold for $228,000! Share This Filed Under: Auctions Discoveries Categories Research 'Building the Picture' online catalogue A new Raphael discovery!?...
Cracking down on 'the ring' - Art History News - by Bendor Grosvenor about articles contact edited by Bendor Grosvenor Cracking down on 'the ring' April 27 2014 The Art Newspaper reports on a new EU law designed to 'crack down on auction rings': The new regulations, part of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013, state that dealers who enter into a legitimate agreement must provide details...
'Building the Picture' online catalogue - Art History News - by Bendor Grosvenor about articles contact edited by Bendor Grosvenor 'Building the Picture' online catalogue April 27 2014 Picture: NG Now this is impressive - the National Gallery's new exhibition, B uilding the Picture , has a comprehensive online catalogue. Well worth checking out here . Building the Picture is all about the place of...
Guffwatch - 'Art as Therapy' (ctd.) - Art History News - by Bendor Grosvenor about articles contact edited by Bendor Grosvenor Guffwatch - 'Art as Therapy' (ctd.) April 25 2014 Picture: Rijksmuseum Time for another of Alain de Botton's label gems, folks. This one's from ' River View by Moonlight ' by Aert van der Neer, 1645: We've all known nights a bit like this. The ordinary preoccupations of the...
- Art History News - by Bendor Grosvenor about articles contact edited by Bendor Grosvenor Another noble disposal April 25 2014 Picture: Arts Council I see with sadness that the Duke of Northumberland (or more accurately, his trustees) are selling a number of fine works in the forthcoming summer Old Master sales. Inlcuded on the Arts Council's Notice of Intention to Sell lists are the above portrait...
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Guffwatch - 'Art as Therapy' - Art History News - by Bendor Grosvenor about articles contact edited by Bendor Grosvenor Guffwatch - 'Art as Therapy' April 23 2014 Picture: Rijksmuseum At last, the British philosopher Alain de Botton has completed his re-labelling of the Rijksmuseum's collection. This is billed as ' Art as Therapy ', and seems to be a giant plug for his latest book . And, dear readers,...
- Art History News - by Bendor Grosvenor about articles contact edited by Bendor Grosvenor Matisse - the movie April 23 2014 Video: Tate Goodness, isn't everyone getting excited about Matisse's scissor-y things? The critics have been eulogising Tate new show as never before. My favourite so far is this film by the BBC , in which the rapper Goldie goes entertainingly bereserk over the whole thing....
This is still not Shakespeare (ctd.) - Art History News - by Bendor Grosvenor about articles contact edited by Bendor Grosvenor This is still not Shakespeare (ctd.) April 23 2014 Picture: BG It's Shakespeare's 450th birthda!* So cue national newspapers running photos of the wrong man. This time, however, the ' Cobbe portrait ' is making fewer appearances than usual (though it creeps in here at The...
- Art History News - by Bendor Grosvenor about articles contact edited by Bendor Grosvenor Rare UK de-accession April 23 2014 Picture: TAN/Compton Verney Martin Bailey in The Art Newspaper reports that Compton Verney, the new (opened in 2004) art gallery in Warwickshire founded by the philanthropist Sir Peter Moores, is to sell the above work by Bernardo Strozzi. Sir Peter bought the work in 1998...
- Art History News - by Bendor Grosvenor about articles contact edited by Bendor Grosvenor WW1 restitution for France April 22 2014 Picture: TAN Martha Lufkin in The Art Newspaper reports that a French museum has successfully reclaimed a painting taken by the German army during World War One: The painting [ Apres La Lecture ,* above, by Alix Marie de La Perelle-Poisson] was stolen from the musée de...
- Art History News - by Bendor Grosvenor about articles contact edited by Bendor Grosvenor New UK Culture Secretary April 22 2014 Picture: Telegraph While I was away, Maria Miller was 'resigned', over an expense claim. I once wrote a book called ' Crap MPs' , so I take a dim view of this sort of thing. But regular readers will already know that AHN disagreed with her approach to arts funding . So...
- Art History News - by Bendor Grosvenor about articles contact edited by Bendor Grosvenor A new Raphael discovery!? April 22 2014 Picture: Cordoba University Well, actually no... The Art Newspaper alerts us to claims by the University of Cordoba that it has discovered another version of Raphael's Madonna of Foligno [Vatican Museums]. The newly found work belongs to a private collector in Spain. Says...
- Art History News - by Bendor Grosvenor about articles contact edited by Bendor Grosvenor Exclusive - The Met buys a sleeper April 22 2014 Picture: Metropolitan Museum Above is an interesting new acquisition for the Met in New York, a Salvator Mundi they say is by the Spanish painter Fernando Yanez de la Almedina, and painted in c.1505. In case you're thinking the picture looks a bit Leonardo-esque...
I'm off... - Art History News - by Bendor Grosvenor about articles contact edited by Bendor Grosvenor I'm off... April 3 2014 Right, it's holiday time. Back in ten days or so. Random thoughts from me may continue over on Twitter , if I see a nice painting on my travels. See you all soon. Share This Categories Research Sooke on Matisse More records added to 'Art World in Britain' Turner on Climate...
- Art History News - by Bendor Grosvenor about articles contact edited by Bendor Grosvenor Stolen Gauguin and Bonnard found in Italy April 2 2014 Picture: Guardian A nice good news tale in The Guardian : In 1975 a worker at the car firm Fiat went along to an auction of lost property organised by the Italian national railway in Turin. He paid 45,000 lira (£32 – equivalent to about £300 today) for two...
- Art History News - by Bendor Grosvenor about articles contact edited by Bendor Grosvenor Ai Wei Wei RA April 2 2014 Picture: RA Did you know that Ai Wei Wei, of whom AHN is a big fan, had been elected a Royal Academician? I didn't. And nor did I know that the Chief Executive of the RA, Charles Saumarez Smith, has a blog . Excellent it is too, and here he is telling us about his recent presentation...