The Fine Art Blog

Why Have Auction Houses Sold A Counterfeit Calder Sculpture Over 75 Times Since 2004?

noreply@blogger.com (Joseph K. Levene) — Mon, 13 May 2013 19:59:31 PDT

by Joseph K. Levene Art fraud affects art collectors at all levels, from buyers who spend a few thousand dollars to art collectors and investors who buy multi-million dollar art. Unfortunately,...

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Consignor gets $700 for Million Dollar Drawing Sold At Auction

noreply@blogger.com (Joseph K. Levene) — Thu, 02 May 2013 18:50:04 PDT

by Joseph K. Levene $840 Jacques-Louis David Bought by The Metropolitan Museum of Art Lot 228 As Described in Swann Galleries Auction Catalogue January 29, 2013 After a five year hiatus,...

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Will the George W. Bush Presidential Museum Exhibit Self Portraits by the 43rd President?

noreply@blogger.com (Joseph K. Levene) — Sun, 19 May 2013 13:33:09 PDT

by Joseph K. Levene George W. Bush Self-Portrait Portrait Painting Recently discovered Self Portrait paintings by George W. Bush, the 43rd President, have won praise from Jerry Saltz and...

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Billions Don't Impress Artnet!

noreply@blogger.com (Joseph K. Levene) — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 13:31:04 PDT

by Joseph K. Levene artnet AG (ART:GR) 30 Day stock price On August 8, 2012, artnet convened its annual shareholder meeting which lasted 13 hours, delayed from July 11, 2012. Billions...

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Artnet Takeover Tug Of War

noreply@blogger.com (Joseph K. Levene) — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 23:06:44 PDT

by Joseph K. Levene Recently, artnet has been the subject of numerous News Stories: Hans Neuendorf, artnet CEO resigns and is replaced by Jacob Pabst, Mr....

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Are eBay Buyers of Counterfeit Coach Bags Left Holding the Bag?

noreply@blogger.com (Joseph K. Levene) — Fri, 10 May 2013 18:10:32 PDT

by Joseph K. Levene Coach awarded £28.3 million, but will eBay reimburse these duped buyers? eBay aggressively advertises its Buyer Protection Policy, and like most insurance...

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Cindy Sherman radically changed Contemporary Art

noreply@blogger.com (Joseph K. Levene) — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 17:16:56 PDT

by Joseph K. Levene Cindy Sherman Retrospective The Museum of Modern Art, New York Roberta Smith writes in The New York Times, Cindy Sherman "may be the first woman...

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Will Barnet receives Medal from President Obama!

noreply@blogger.com (Joseph K. Levene) — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 13:47:46 PDT

Will Barnet The Blue Robe, 1962, Oil on canvas Private Collection, New York Will Barnet, American Painter, Printmaker, Teacher and good friend received the 2011 National Medal of Arts Award...

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Facebook Gives Everyone 15 Minutes of Andy Warhol Fame!

noreply@blogger.com (Joseph K. Levene) — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 10:51:17 PDT

by Joseph K. Levene Anyone who has provided a Facebook "like" and/or provided positive comments will appear in a 2012 Facebook ad campaign called Sponsored Stories. ...

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How Much Will Elizabeth Taylor's Celebrity Add To Her $50 Million Jewelry Collection?

noreply@blogger.com (Joseph K. Levene) — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 10:51:07 PDT

by Joseph K. Levene "Elizabeth Taylor was the last great movie star, the queen of Hollywood," explained Jonathan Rendell, Deputy Chairman of Christie's Americas., not a so-called star seen on...

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Are 74 Degas Bronzes Cast in 1998 Worth $37 million?

noreply@blogger.com (Joseph K. Levene) — Sun, 19 May 2013 15:34:04 PDT

by Joseph K. Levene 74 Bronze Sculptures Cast by The Degas Sculpture Project Ltd. 74 Plaster Sculptures purportedly created by Edgar Degas during his lifetime continue to...

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Francesco Clemente Creates Hauntingly Deft Tarot Cards

noreply@blogger.com (Joseph K. Levene) — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 11:25:45 PDT

by Joseph K. Levene Francesco Clemente as The Fool Francesco Clemente has created a Tarot Card Series of 78 Watercolor Portraits that demonstrate the Artist's abillity to achieve...

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Misleading Documentation at Artnet Auctions

noreply@blogger.com (Joseph K. Levene) — Fri, 10 May 2013 17:47:13 PDT

by Joseph K. Levene The standards for buying Fine Art online should be no different than the standards for buying fine art from bricks and mortar Art Dealers, Galleries and Auction...

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Cindy Sherman: The New Face For M.A.C. Cosmetics

noreply@blogger.com (Joseph K. Levene) — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 13:45:50 PDT

by Joseph K. Levene Cindy Sherman For M.A.C. Cosmetics Credit Cindy Sherman for changing the definition of the Contemporary Art Market. For decades, Contemporary Art Collectors, Galleries and...

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Artnet Online Auction Attracts Multi-Million Dollar Bids

noreply@blogger.com (Joseph K. Levene) — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 14:39:40 PDT

by Joseph K. Levene On July 13, Artnet began an Online Auction with 9 Pop Art Master Lots by Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol, Mel Ramos, Tom Wesselmann and Robert Rauschenberg that ends July 20,...

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Was $18 million Chinese Vase Correctly Documented?

noreply@blogger.com (Joseph K. Levene) — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 10:48:57 PDT

by Joseph K. Levene Chinese Vase sold for $18 million by Sotheby's A Chinese Vase expected to sell for only $800. to $1,200., was sold by Sotheby's NY for an astonishing $18 million on March 22,...

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Google Is Not Google Simple!

noreply@blogger.com (Joseph K. Levene) — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 10:48:41 PDT

by Joseph K. Levene Google Jargon Is Not Always Google Simple nor Easy! In November 2010, Matt Cutts asked "What would you do if you were CEO of Google"? Sometimes "simple" is best...

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Garry Gross, Photographer, created Iconic Series of Nude Brooke Shield Photographs.

noreply@blogger.com (Joseph K. Levene) — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 17:04:15 PDT

by Joseph K. Levene Garry Gross Photograph of 10 Year Old Brooke Shields Garry Gross, fashion photographer, best known his controversial Nude Series of photographs of Brooke Shields, when she...

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Why Was The Andy Warhol Authentication & Antitrust Lawsuit Withdrawn?

noreply@blogger.com (Joseph K. Levene) — Wed, 08 May 2013 21:36:25 PDT

by Joseph K. Levene Joe Simon with Andy Warhol Self-Portrait Stamped "Denied" Joe Simon's long anticipated Federal lawsuit vs. the Andy Warhol Art Foundation and the Andy...

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Why Was Jasper Johns Not On ArtReview Power 100 List?

noreply@blogger.com (Joseph K. Levene) — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 19:47:48 PDT

by Joseph K. Levene Jasper Johns Numerals, 1969 ArtReview has published its annual 2010 Power 100, a comprehensive list that ranks the art world's most powerful Gallerists,...

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Did eBay Enable Convicted Banksy Art Forgers?

noreply@blogger.com (Joseph K. Levene) — Fri, 10 May 2013 17:53:18 PDT

by Joseph K. Levene Bansky Kate Moss Two UK Banksy Art Forgers, each enabled by eBay's lack of consumer fraud protection, received suspended sentences, even though each sold hundreds of...

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Buying Fine Art is Not like buying Detergent!

noreply@blogger.com (Joseph K. Levene) — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 15:05:33 PDT

by Joseph K. Levene Buying Fine Art Is Not Like Buying Detergent! by Joseph K. Levene Buying Fine Art is not like buying Detergent; the key is to "buy intelligently". Art buyers often make the...

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Create Your Own iPhone Masterpiece With Free MoMA App!

noreply@blogger.com (Joseph K. Levene) — Sat, 13 Apr 2013 15:54:42 PDT

by Joseph K. Levene Cindy Sherman Screenshot The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) has introduced a Free IPhone App that also works on the Apple iPod. With the new, Free iPhone App, it is easy to...

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da Vinci, Pollock or Sherlock Holmes Hoax?

noreply@blogger.com (Joseph K. Levene) — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 10:46:31 PDT

by Joseph K. Levene A New Yorker Magazine Article by David Grann raises questions about Peter Paul Biro and his fingerprint methodology he claims to use to authenticate Works of Art by...

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$200 million Ansel Adams or $45 Garage Sale Photograph?

noreply@blogger.com (Joseph K. Levene) — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 10:46:16 PDT

by Joseph K. Levene Ansel Adams Mountains A claim that a $45.00 garage sale find of Ansel Adams negatives supposedly worth $200 million is growing more dubious. "Matthew Adams,...

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