Do’s and don’ts of cleaning fine art and frames
Best intentions can sometimes produce damaging results, especially when it comes to cleaning fine art. Recently, April Hann Lanford, fine art specialist with DPR Art Rescue, shared tips for cleaning fine art, based on medium.
Cubist influence reshapes Mondrian’s work
Piet Mondrian was among the early visionaries of abstract art and an artist whose work and name received a black mark by the Nazi regime during the reign of the Third Reich. Seventy-four years after his death, his name is in the news again as his work is at the center...
Nine Rockwell works contribute to $4.5M sale
Nine examples of artwork by Norman Rockwell contributed to Heritage Auction's recent $4.5 million auction.
5 examples of Grandma Moses artwork on offer May 20
Not one, but five examples of artwork created by renowned American painter Grandma Moses will headline the May 20 auction being presented by I.M. Chait Gallery.
Astronaut-painted ‘Mother Earth’ art to cross auction block
Two lots in Heritage Auction's Space Exploration Auction, taking place May 11, each carry the same estimate ($50,000 to $75,000). This includes the painting "Mother Earth" by astronaut Alan Bean.
Circus painting may lead online-only auction May 12
A painting of a circus scene by a noted illustrator of Saturday Evening Post covers is among the lots featured in Wolfs Fine Paintings and Sculpture May 12 online-only auction.
Newly discovered Yosemite Valley painting up for bids
New fine art discoveries, like that of Thomas Hill's “Silver Strand Falls" painting of a scene from the Yosemite Valley will headline Witherell's American West at Auction sale, May 17.
Sleeper: Chinese porcelain bowl flies to 200 times estimate
A Chinese green glazed oval footed porcelain bowl commanded 100 times it's high estimate price when it soared to $200,000 during Nye & Company Auctioneers first auction of the year.
Charles White’s ‘O Freedom’ may rise to $300,000
Swann Auction Galleries is bringing a bevy of fine art selections to market April 5, including a striking a charcoal portrait entitled, "O'Freedom."