Displaying items by tag: Art

A new scandal has rocked the art world, the likes of which have not been seen since the "early Vermeer" scandal of the 1940s. Sotheby’s was recently forced to take back an £8.4 million ‘Frans Hals,’ because it was revealed to be a fake. The paintings in question are Old Masters, said to be by Frans Hals, Lucas Cranach, and others. Few major art figures are willing to speak openly because the scandal is a matter of such embarrassment, but one well-known dealer has described the individual behind the forgeries as the “Moriarty of fakers” because they are so brilliantly constructed.

Paris Tableau—the Old Master fair that closed two days early this year after the terrorist attacks in the capital on 13 November—will become part of the Biennale des Antiquaires, which will be held annually at the Grand Palais.

The 28th edition of the Biennale—the historic jewelry, art and antiques fair—is scheduled to open next autumn (10-18 September 2016) with Henri Loyrette, the former president of the Louvre, at the helm. 

On November24th and 25th, 2015, Sotheby’s London will host a major two-day sale of art and antiques from the collection of the Bernheimers, one of Europe’s greatest art dealer dynasties.

The incredible story of the Bernheimer family is a tale of resilience and constant reinvention. Covering four generations of art dealers, it is permeated with the vicissitudes of 20th century history and, in many ways, charts the evolution of the dealer ‘trade’ over for the last 150 years. The Bernheimer business started with a tiny market stall in Munich in the mid-19th century and swiftly grew into the most illustrious antique and interior decoration emporium in the world, renowned for supplying royalty (e.g. King Ludwig II) and the elites of the time.

On Columbus Day Weekend (October 10-11, 2015) the Antiques Dealer's Association of America, Inc. (ADA) will once again present their annual art and antiques show in picturesque Deerfield, Massachusetts. Held on the campus of Deerfield Academy, The ADA/Historic Deerfield Antiques Show is celebrated for its stellar dealer roster and remarkable selection of eighteenth and nineteenth-century American art, antiques, and design. According to James Kilvington, a Delaware-based antiques dealer and President of the ADA’s Board of Directors, “In terms of quality, it’s the best show in New England and I think that...

The Boston College branch of the Green Line brings you to this handsome campus, site of the McMullen Museum of Art, whose new exhibition, “ John La Farge and the Recovery of the Sacred,” is definitely worth the pleasant trolley ride or even a journey from farther afield.

At the turn of the 20th century, La Farge (1835-1910) was a pre-eminent American artist, a leader of the American Renaissance movement shaping art, architecture and culture here. As a muralist and decorative painter, he collaborated on private, public and ecclesiastical projects with such leading architects as Henry Hobson Richardson and Stanford White.

Artists need space. Churches have space.

Creating a symbiotic relationship in which historic sacred spaces, such as churches, help to alleviate performing artists’ need for space could benefit both groups and better integrate them into the community, according to a new study from Drexel University. However, an intermediary is needed to help facilitate these relationships, the study found.

The study was led by Neville Vakharia, an assistant professor and research director of arts administration in Drexel’s Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design, and Partners for Sacred Places, a national organization dedicated to the stewardship and active community use of historic sacred spaces.

Did Otto Hermann Kahn, a banker, financier and arts patron, have a rival Long Island estate on his mind as he built his own palatial house, Oheka, in Huntington in 1917?

There’s no written evidence of that, said Joshua Ruff, chief curator of the Long Island Museum of American Art, History and Carriages in Stony Brook, where he has organized the exhibition “Gilding the Coasts: Art and Design of Long Island’s Great Estates.”

A major exhibition at Vitra Design Museum will for the first time present a comprehensive overview of design at the Bauhaus.

Opening on September 26 in Weil am Rhein, the exhibition The Bauhaus #itsalldesign, sponsored by Hugo Boss, will encompass a variety of rare exhibits from the fields of design, architecture, art, film and photography. Some of the works seen in the exhibition, which comes from the collection of the Vitra Design Museum as well as significant pieces from private collections and exhibitions houses worldwide, will have never been exhibited before.

The leading interior designer Frank de Biasi has cultivated a singular aesthetic that is firmly rooted in his passion for art, history, and design -- a love that was forged during his time as an appraiser at Christie’s New York. Following his tenure at the inimitable auction house, de Biasi was named the Director of Interiors for the iconic architect Peter Marino. After twelve years with Marino, de Biasi founded Frank de Biasi Interiors. Since launching in 2006, the New York-based firm has become synonymous with an eclectic yet impossibly chic aesthetic.

de Biasi, who has helmed commercial and residential projects in in the United States, Europe, and the Middle East, works closely with his clients to...

This fall, Stanford University will open the McMurtry Building, an innovative new facility to house Stanford’s Department of Art & Art History as well as the Art & Architecture Library. Designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro, the 100,000-square-foot space will unite the making and studying of art at Stanford under one roof for the first time. Open to students in time for the fall quarter and with a dedication ceremony on October 6, 2015, the $85-million building is the newest addition to Stanford’s burgeoning arts district at the entrance of campus.