Clean, Luminous, and Merciless
Tamara de Lempicka is one of the hottest Art Deco artists, and her art is seeing a resurgance in popularity now. Learn more about Lempicka – read now!
Old Guys
The Old Master art market is very hot right now for diverse pieces from women or artists of color. Read my reflections on Old Master art.
Batman vs. Art Star
Booms and busts are inevitable in the art world, where things are based on the value its buyers assign to it. Read more about the fickleness of art valuation.
What To Do With Norman?
Norman Rockwell achieved something that few artists do: created paintings that have become anonymous memes in the area of social media.
Back Up All You Want
Sculptures are often too large to be inside, which is how we end up with beautiful sculpture gardens. Read my reviews of the two sculpture gardens near me.
Evil Into Art
Can something horrible be made beautiful? It’s a question that came to mind after I recently visited The Legacy Museum, a project of the Equal Justice Initiative.
Kid Sister
Ida Ten Eyck O’Keeffe (1889-1961) is currently having a moment, scoring a huge success at Christie’s last week. Learn about Georgia O’Keeffe’s kid sister.
Going Ape
Artists protesting the exclusion of women at the MoMA in 1985 formed a protest group: the Guerilla Girls, wearing gorilla masks at public protests.
Buckskin Ceiling
After centuries of art markets dominated by white men, under-represented artists, specifically Native American art, is now being aquired with a vengeance.
Old Timer
Selling antiques is a tricky and ever-changing affair. What, today, constitutes an antique? “Antique” is in the eye of the beholder as times change.
