Tuesday, 28 November 2017

How not to clean pictures: the risk of gels

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An art dealer has taken down the video nasty of this picture being scrubbed 'clean' with a harsh brush while gel drips across ...
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Monday, 21 August 2017

Museums are not the answer for Confederate monuments

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Confederate monuments celebrate a failed war to defend slavery. Most were erected long after the Civil War as a deliberate assertion of ...
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Tuesday, 25 July 2017

It's all about context: assessing the old master market

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The old master auctions that I wrote about recently did ... OK. Sold percentage was high, but the major Turner that I didn't care f...
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Monday, 3 July 2017

Summer auctions: Old Master Week in London

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Auction viewings are under-rated. Collectors and dealers go, but the interested public neglects these rare chances to see things that might ...
Tuesday, 11 April 2017

'Michelangelo & Sebastiano' at the National Gallery

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Michelangelo & Sebastiano National Gallery London to 25 June Sebastiano del Piombo’s great fortune was to be taken under Michelan...
Sunday, 9 October 2016

At the British Museum: French Portrait Drawings

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French Portrait Drawings: From Clouet to Courbet  British Museum to 29 January, free This exquisite exhibition shows the evolution of po...
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Friday, 30 September 2016

Brian Sewell Sale

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A large part of Brian Sewell's private collection was sold at Christie's this week, and it has come in for quite a battering from...
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