Art detective and leading art dealer Philip Mould is on the hunt for lost treasures

LONDON.- Is there a chance you have an unknown Rembrandt or a forged Leonardo? The race is now on to discover unattributed treasures or counterfeits currently languishing in the dimly lit corridors of Britain. After securing high viewing figures for a programme of fine art in the first series, ‘Fake or Fortune?’ has been re-commissioned by BBC1 to set this crack art sleuthing duo on the trail of material to provide the perfect ‘Whodunnit’ art crime scene for next year. Last [...]

Exhibition of Work by New York-Based Artist Isca Greenfield-Sanders at Haunch of Venison

NEW YORK, N.Y.- Haunch of Venison presents The Ocean Between an exhibition of work by New York based artist Isca Greenfield-Sanders from March 11th through April 23rd. Work in the exhibition includes selections from a ten-year period including works from Greenfield-Sanders’ solo exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver entitled Light Leaks. New, large-format beach paintings are also a part of the exhibition alongside earlier works on loan from private collections in the New York region. Isca Greenfield-Sanders, Focus [...]

Important American Paintings, Drawings & Sculpture to Be Auctioned at Sotheby’s New York

NEW YORK, NY.- On 2 December, Sotheby’s auction of American Paintings, Drawings & Sculpture in New York will offer works by important American artists and genres, spanning Impressionism, Modernism, 19th Century Paintings, American Illustration and Western Art. The sale is highlighted by paintings from Property from the Collection of Philip and Charlotte Hanes, led by Winslow Homer’s Peach Blossoms (est. $3/5 million*), and will be on exhibition beginning 27 November. Winslow Homer’s Peach Blossoms. Estimate: $3/5 million. Photo: Sotheby’s Property [...]

New Curator Elizabeth Mitchell Announced at Cantor Arts Center at Stanford

STANFORD, CA.- The Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University announces the appointment of Elizabeth Kathleen Mitchell as the new Burton and Deedee McMurtry Curator of Drawings, Prints, and Photographs. Mitchell begins her duties in November, which include the oversight of nearly 7,000 artworks from the 15th to the 20th century from among the Center’s collection of 30,000-plus objects in all media and diverse cultures spanning 5000 years, from ancient China and Egypt to the 21st century. “After an extensive international [...]

Amon Carter Museum Adds ‘of American Art’ to Its Name

FORT WORTH, TX.- Museum Director Ron Tyler announces that the Amon Carter Museum has modified its name: the longtime institution is now known as the Amon Carter Museum of American Art. “The museum was established in 1961 to house Amon G. Carter’s collection of paintings and sculpture by Frederic Remington and Charles M. Russell, the two greatest artists of the American West,” Tyler says. “But from the beginning, the Amon G. Carter Foundation and the Carter family intended the museum [...]

Winslow Homer Exhibition this Summer at the Portland Museum of Art

PORTLAND, ME.- This summer the Portland Museum of Art will present Winslow Homer and the Poetics of Place, on view June 5 through September 6, 2010. In honor of the centennial of Homer’s death in September, this exhibition will showcase 20 works from the Museum’s collection of Homer watercolors and oils on canvas. Based upon the extraordinary gift of 17 works by Charles Shipman Payson to the Museum in 1976, the exhibition will feature paintings understood to be national treasures, [...]

U. of Maine Museum of Art to feature Paintings by Megan Chase

Bangor, ME – Megan Chase, a painter based in Belfast, Maine, exhibits a series of expressionistic landscapes in which color is paramount. The artist states that, “color builds the images and space and is implicit in the development of meaning.” Inspiration for Chase’s paintings is derived from travel and from witnessing the play of light, color and pattern during her daily work on the family farm. In the large-scale work Untitled , 1999, golden hues dominate the composition, strong diagonals [...]