New Mexico Couple's Audacious $150 Million Art Heist

More on the Conceptual Art Scam

June 17, 2022 · 1 min read

On May 16, I wrote about a discussion I’ve been having with my partners in producing my next book on Central American art. The issue at hand is conceptual art and why I think so much of it is BS. Click here to…

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Arts & Letters

Ignacio Iturria's Undervalued Uruguayan Masterpieces

May 18, 2022 · 2 min read

Que Pasa en el Cajon, 1994 By Ignacio Iturria 36” x 30” Mixed media on canvas I’m nuts over Ignacio Iturria. He’s probably the best-known Uruguayan painter of his generation. And yet his paintings are…

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Who Says Art Doesn’t Pay?

May 20, 2022 · 1 min read

On May 16, Sotheby’s wrapped up its sale of an art collection that was put together by Harry and Linda Macklowe over the course of their 60-year marriage. The total take: $922.2 million. That made it, in…

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Guillermo Trujillo's El Cadejo Negro Joins Private Collection

March 21, 2022 · 1 min read

Suzanne and I recently bought a treasure trove of Central American works for my collection from the Museum of Latin American Art in Los Angeles. Here’s one I particularly like, a large piece called El Cadejo…

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This painting by Piet Mondrian has been hung upside-down for 77 years

December 20, 2022 · 1 min read

The goof was discovered by the curator of a new exhibition at a museum in Germany. Here’s how she figured it out.

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