Archive for the ‘San Francisco’ Category

F.B.I. Art Sleuth, Now Author of ‘Priceless’ (NY Times) Review: Yves Klein Retrospective at Hirshhorn Museum (NY Times) TV Review: ‘Work of Art: The Next Great Artist’ on Bravo (LA Times) Art Review: ‘They Have Not the Art to Argue with Pictures’ at Cherry & Martin (LA Times) Lehman Looks to Sell More Art (WSJ) […]


May is an exciting month for the New York auction world.  This year, some very private West Coast collections, featuring rare work, will be offered at auction in the next two weeks.  Property from the $150 million Holmby Hills-based Collection of Mrs. Sidney F. Brody will be auctioned off at Christie’s on May 4 and 5 […]


Damaged Picasso Returns to the Met After Repair (NY Times) At LAX, the Saucer is Ready to Land Again (NY Times) After-Hours Programs at Bay Area Museums – An Uneven Mix (NY Times) Masterpieces from Dulwich Picture Gallery, at the Frick Collection (WSJ) Pae White, an Artist “In the World” (LA Times) LACMA’s Collectors Committee […]


Use Their Work Free?  Some Artists Say No To Google (NY Times) A Thriftier Lot Comes To Basel This Year (NY Times) A New Concept in Handling Art (NY Times Global Edition) Transforming the Louvre in Uncertain Times (NY Times Global Edition) OCMA Sells paintings to private collector, prompting criticism (LA Times) Window Shoppers:   Seasoned […]


  East in the Eye of This Beholder: Kamrooz Aram’s New Orientalism (NY Times) Getty Ex-Curator, Marion True, Testifies in Rome Antiquities Trial (NY Times) Graffiti Artists Hold Panel With Old Nemeses in Blue (NY Times) Stories Found in the Streets: Paul Graham at MOMA (WSJ) A Victorian Novel Set in Stone: British Houses of […]


Images Separated at Birth?  Edward Hopper at Fraenkel Gallery (NY Times) A Caged Man Breaks Out at Last:  The Art of Tehching Hsieh (NY Times) Is Anybody Buying Art These Days?  The Mugrabis Are (NY Times) Art World’s Stimulus Package:  Matisse, Mondrian, Not Picasso (WSJ) Guggenheim Director is a Portrait of Modesty (WSJ) Fine Arts […]


Stanley Boxer’s No. 30 from Flitofloat series, lot 7126 in Bonhams upcoming Sunset Estate Auction in Los Angeles on February 8th.  Estimate:  $800-$1,200. By Emily Waldorf Have you ever wondered if that dusty oil painting or antique clock you inherited from your great aunt is worth something but thought it was too complicated to get […]


By Lauren Dickinson Break up an afternoon of fall shopping or gallery perusing with the time honored tradition of afternoon tea. 1) Ritz-Carlton Half Moon Bay: Classic tea service with a gourmet bent, though the real reason to go out of your way is the stunning ocean views. Gaze at the crashing waves while curled […]


If you bring up the work of Dale Chihuly at a cocktail party, you are bound to be met with energetic praise from his devoted followers or pained looks and eye rolls from his critics.  I have found that people either love or hate the intricate, multi-colored blown glass and have yet to meet someone […]