The front and back of Vasari’s “Last Supper” after completion of the structural conservation work. The five panels that comprise the painting have been rejoined… Read More »Giorgio Vasari’s ‘Last Supper’ reemerges after nearly 50 years
Várez Fisa Hall at Prado Museum Prado presents room displaying Várez Fisa donation Prado Museum in Madrid presents the ‘Sala Várez Fisa’, a new room… Read More »Prado Museum presents new room displaying Várez Fisa donation
Edward Hopper East Wind over Weehawken (1934) Sold for $40,485,000 (£24,695,850 / €29,554,050) World auction record for the artist Hopper‘s Blackwell’s Island (1928) sold for… Read More »Edward Hopper’s ‘East Wind over Weehawken’ sells for $40,5 million
Norman Rockwell Saying GraceCover illustration for the Saturday Evening Post, November 24, 1951Estimate $15/20 millionSold for $46,085,000World auction record for the artist Norman Rockwell’s ‘Saying… Read More »Norman Rockwell’s ‘Saying Grace’ sells for $46 million at Sotheby’s
The Rothschild Prayerbook Christie’s to sell the Rothschild Prayerbook Christie’s Renaissance sale in January 2014 will include “The Rothschild Prayerbook,” a magnificent masterpiece of Renaissance… Read More »Christie’s to sell the Rothschild Prayerbook
Gerrit van Honthorst, Dutch, 1590 – 1656 The Concert, 1623oil on canvas. unframed: 123 × 206 cm (48 7/16 × 81 1/8 in.)National Gallery of… Read More »National Gallery of Washington acquires Gerrit van Honthorst’s ‘The Concert’
Sir Anthony Van Dyck (1599-1641) Self-portrait Temporary export bar on Van Dyck’s ‘Self-portrait’ A self-portrait by Sir Anthony Van Dyck (1599-1641), one of his finest… Read More »Temporary export bar on Van Dyck’s ‘Self-portrait’
Andy Warhol: Silver Car Crash [Double Disaster] 105 x 164 1/8 in., 1963 Sold for $105,445,000 Image Courtesy Thomas Ammann Fine Art AG, Zurich Warhol’s… Read More »Andy Warhol’s ‘Silver Car Crash’ sells for $105 million at Sotheby’s
Francis Bacon (1909-1992) Three Studies of Lucian Freud oil on canvas each (unframed): 78 x 58 in. (198 x 147.5 cm.) Painted in 1969 Sold… Read More »Record-breaking Bacon at Christie’s record-breaking sale
Francis Bacon (1909-1992) Three Studies of Lucian Freud oil on canvas each (unframed): 78 x 58 in. (198 x 147.5 cm.) Painted in 1969 Estimate… Read More »Francis Bacon’s ‘Three Studies of Lucian Freud’ could break records at Christie’s
