This painting by the 17th-century Flemish artist Pieter Brueghel the Younger will be auctioned next month in France after having been recently rediscovered. The owners were unaware that it was by the famed artist, despite it having been passed through the family for a century.
The high end of the art market has been doing very well for a surprisingly long time. In recent months, however, there’s been some softening. That’s not surprising. In fact, it’s overdue. What I’m comforted to…
I’m not ideologically inclined to like Asger Jorn’s school of art. But I have a number of pieces by him in a collection of COBRA art that I inherited through my first failed attempt at the art business. And so…
L’empire des lumieres (1961) One of René Magritte’s “Empire of Light” paintings fetched nearly $80 million, the second-most valuable painting ever sold at auction in Europe. Click here.
Something I’ve learned about writing: You can’t assume that friends and family members will want to read your books and essays. Some won’t read them at all. (K doesn’t read my non-fiction writing because she…
Edna St. Vincent Millay is one of my favorite American poets. I was both amused and bemused to discover that she didn’t like writing letters: Edna St. Vincent Millay to Witter Bynner, May 2, 1935 “I simply…
