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14 hours ago

A Renaissance Treasure Is Making Its U.S. Debut at Sotheby's

Sotheby's inaugurates Old Masters Week at the Breuer, exhibiting Perugino's Decemviri Altarpiece cimasa and marking Bellini's Pietà U.S. debut at the Morgan Library.
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1 day ago

A Darkly Spellbinding Booth at the Winter Show | Artnet News

French and Company's Winter Show booth centers on dark-themed Old Master paintings, dramatic Victorian objects, and high-priced standout works including a $1.5M ceramic peacock.
fromHyperallergic
1 day ago

The Moment Caravaggio Became Caravaggio

My visit to the one-room exhibition Caravaggio's "Boy with a Basket of Fruit" in Focusat the Morgan Library & Museum suggests: Yes. The painting is modest in size - a little more than two feet (~61 cm) across - smaller, even, than some of the works that surround it. Its lighting isn't dramatically different from the others. And yet it has this immense gravitational force.
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fromArtnet News
3 days ago

Long-Lost Portrait by a Renaissance Trailblazer Resurfaces

A 1552 portrait by Sofonisba Anguissola, long thought lost, was rediscovered and is exhibited at the Winter Show via dealer Robert Simon.
fromARTnews.com
2 months ago

Sotheby's London Reveals Its Old Master and 19th Century Evening Sale, with Half of Works Unseen for a Century

In many instances the importance of these paintings has only recently been recognised, thanks to the enormous amount of research my colleagues have done, working-in some instances for months, even years-with outside scholars to shed new light on their authorship and history. The galleries look stunning, filled with an array of beautiful paintings, each with a fascinating story to tell. They are already working their magic on art lovers from across the globe, and we hope everyone c
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3 months ago

Sheldon Greenberg: Syncretic Overlays Exhibit (SF)

Sheldon Greenberg reworks imagery from Old Masters using silkscreens, stripes, polka dots and photographic motifs to create contemporary, postmodern reinterpretations.
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8 months ago

Sotheby's $51.8m Saunders collection falls short, but still breaks Old Masters record

Expectations for the Saunders collection auction fell short, impacting overall market perception.
The auction achieved a sell-through rate of only 62% amid a declining spring auction season.
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