The front page of Art News on Tuesday announced that that Sarah Lucas had just won a $400,000 prize from New York’s New Museum. “The award,” the article said, “officially titled the Hostetler/Wrigley Sculpture…
Masterworks, a company that sells fractional shares of important artworks it buys at auction, sent me this list of the 10 most expensive paintings sold in the last dozen years. I was surprised by some of them…
We spent Sunday with the kids on Octoberfest Day at Santa Anita Park. I’m not sure why it was selected as a good venue for the grandkids, but it was. I’ve seen only two equine racetracks in my time, and…
We just purchased this 20x24 painting by the surrealist Salvadoran artist Benjamin Cañas (1933-1987). “The War Lord” was commissioned by clients for their Japanese style home. It spurred Cañas to study…
Ever since I began to forge the paintings of modern masters to hang in my first-bought house in 1985, I’ve been interested in reading about more accomplished forgers. Here is a story I came across recently…
