Ex-Birmingham art gallery owner pleads guilty to swindling clients
As a follow-up to our blog on October 14, 2022, "Federal Agents Raid Home of Gallery Owner", the former prominent Birmingham, Michigan...
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- Jul 1
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Microscopic Louis Vuitton bag sells for $60,000+
This bag was created for musician Pharrell Williams This teeny-tiny microscopic handbag made by a 3-D printer is so small that the human...
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- Jun 11
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Show & Tell Favorite Things from Our Subscribers:
Peter Max Iconic 1969 High Top Smile Sneakers with original orange shoestrings, by Randy Company What are some of your favorite things?...
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- Mar 18
- 1 min
Expert Caroline Ashleigh Reveals How Much Oscar is Worth and the Murky After-Market
Hush-hush! Wanna buy an Oscar? Where are all of the Academy Awards that have gone missing? Is an Oscar cat burglar on the loose? Read...
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- Mar 7
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Owen Wilson is Bob Ross in "Paint" Coming to Theaters April 7th
In Paint, Wilson plays a gentle, nature-loving artist named Carl Nargle. Nargle is recognized as Vermont’s top painting show for nearly...
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- Feb 24
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Detroit Institute of Arts Named #1 Museum in America
The Detroit Institute of Arts ranks ahead of every other art museum in the U.S. in USA Today’s annual 10Best Competition for top art...
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- Feb 17
- 1 min
How to Look at Art
Malaka Gharib/ NPR Many of us would love to have a deep connection when we look at a painting or sculpture, but it can be challenging....
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- Feb 14
- 1 min
How To Act Around Art
Check out the rules of “Artiquette” — and thanks for the inspiration, The Getty Museum, New York Magazine and NYPL The New York Public...
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- Feb 10
- 1 min
Watch The 100 Million Dollar Diamond Heist Video I History's Greatest Heists with Pierce Brosnan
Actor Pierce Brosnan, of the 1999 film The Thomas Crown Affair, is host of a new series on the History Channel called History’s Greatest...
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- Jan 20
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Vote for Detroit Institute of Arts-Best Art Museum 2023-USA Today
Housed within a Beaux Arts building, the Detroit Institute of Arts maintains a collection of some 65,000 works – among the largest and...
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- Jan 8
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Teacher Criticizes First Grader's Artwork, but Social Media Says It's a Masterpiece
A first grade girl was devastated after her teacher panned her picture and remarked that she had "done it wrong." Her mother decided to...
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- Nov 13, 2022
- 1 min
Van Gogh in America
Do you love watching @CBSSunday as much as we do? Check out the interview with curator Jill Shaw discussing the blockbuster exhibition...
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- Nov 3, 2022
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Levi's Found in Mine Shaft Sell for Almost $90,000
A pair of Levi jeans from the 1880's found in an abandoned mine in New Mexico recently sold for $87,400. They had been used by a miner,...
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- Oct 23, 2022
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Some Happy Little Paintings are Heading to the Smithsonian
"On a Clear Day" includes happy little trees, clouds, and a mighty peak Courtesy Bob Ross Inc During Bob Ross's tenure on the PBS...
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- Oct 15, 2022
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Federal Agents Raid Home of Gallery Owner in 1.6m Art Scheme
Photo Images: The Grand Tetons and Snake River by Ansel Adams With guns drawn, Federal Agents entered the home of Wendy Beard owner of...
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- Sep 25, 2022
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The Curious Relationship between Campbell Soup and Andy Warhol
Photo Credit: MoMA Back in 1962 when Andy Warhol featured the Campbell brand in his artwork, Campbell had some initial concern about his...
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- Sep 9, 2022
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In Memoriam: Queen Elizabeth II
“And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.” — William Shakespeare Honoring Queen Elizabeth II and her lifetime of service to the...
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- Aug 25, 2022
- 1 min
Flea Market Faberge
This rare Third Imperial Fabergé Easter egg, made for the Russian Imperial family in 1887 and said to be worth tens of millions of...
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- Aug 15, 2022
- 1 min
"Gestalt"
"Gestalt [ɡə-SHTalt] noun Gestalt in art refers to an ability to recognize patterns and group objects An organized whole that is...
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- Aug 4, 2022
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The Sultan of Chic - Louis Vuitton
Louis Vuitton established his own business at the age of 33. His signature travel trunks were elegant and robust. This was in line with...
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- Jul 27, 2022
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Aldrin's Apollo 11 Moon Jacket Sells for a Record $2.8M
Just a week after the 53rd anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, the jacket retired astronaut Buzz Aldrin was wearing when he set...
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- Jul 20, 2022
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A Tribute to Artist Claes Oldenburg
We are saddened by the passing of Swedish-born American artist Claes Oldenburg, in Manhattan at the age of 93. Over his decades-long...
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- Jul 14, 2022
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X-Ray Reveals Hidden Van Gogh Self-Portrait
A Van Gogh self-portrait has recently been found on the reverse of a painting owned by the National Galleries of Scotland. The image of...
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- May 19, 2022
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The National Gallery of Art's New Game - 'Artle' - Is 'Wordle' for Art Lovers
Art aficionados finally have a 'le' of their own! Here's how it works - you are shown one of the gallery's 150,000 artworks and you have...
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- May 7, 2022
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How Did This 2,000 Year Old Roman Sculpture End Up in a Goodwill in Texas?
Photo Courtesy of San Antonio Museum of Art / Michael Minasi Laura Young found a human head carved out of marble under a table at a...
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- Apr 25, 2022
- 1 min
Why Are Museums Selling Their Collections?
Several major American museums are auctioning paintings by famous artists, in the growing trend of deaccessioning their collections The...
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- Apr 14, 2022
- 1 min
The Last Supper
"The Last Supper" is widely regarded as representative of the high point of Leonardo da Vinci's career as a painter. Is the Biblical Last...
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- Apr 9, 2022
- 1 min
$46 Million Worth of Russian Art Seized Over EU Sanctions
Three shipments of Russian art en route to Moscow and St. Petersburg from Italy and Japan, where they were loaned out for museum...
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- Mar 12, 2022
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- Feb 4, 2022
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Happy Birthday, Artist Nick Cave!
We are wishing a happy birthday to artist, educator, and dancer Nick Cave. Cave uses media of all kinds to address gender, race,...
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- Jan 18, 2022
- 1 min
It's All About The Details...
Can you guess the artist?
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- Dec 30, 2021
- 1 min
Finding Treasure in the Attic
A drawing recently sold for $30 at a Concord, Massachusetts estate sale. It is believed to be an original Dürer worth $50 million
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- Dec 30, 2021
- 1 min
Remembering California Pop Artist Wayne Thiebaud
We're saddened by the passing of Wayne Thiebaud this past weekend at the age of 101. An icon of Californian Pop Art, Thiebaud came to...
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- Dec 19, 2021
- 1 min
Art by the Incarcerated
Inmates at Maine's state prisons, many of whom are facing decades behind bars without a chance of parole, are finding new purpose through...
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- Dec 18, 2021
- 1 min
"How Heels Went From The Battlefield To The Runway | Rise And Fall"
The pandemic seemed to have killed heels with sales falling by more than 60% But now, designers are bringing back five-inch heels. Will...
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- Dec 6, 2021
- 1 min
Enticing New Clues About the Largest Unsolved Art Theft in History
Recently my colleague Anne Igelbrink shared the following enticing new information that has come to light regarding the largest unsolved...
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- Nov 10, 2021
- 1 min
The Word of the Day....
"Oppugn" [ uh-pyoon ] verb to doubt the authenticity of something Examples of oppugn in a sentence: At the garage sale I would oppugn the...
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- Nov 4, 2021
- 1 min
What We Are Reading Now.....
Step onto the trails in The Artist's Path in 500 Walks, which takes readers around the world to the footpaths that inspired classic and...
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- Sep 1, 2021
- 1 min
What We Are Reading Now...
Antiques Roadshow Has a Renegade Message - "The Surprising Politics of Antiques Roadshow" by Stephen Lurie The show is about finding out...
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- Aug 31, 2021
- 1 min
24 Years Ago Today
Today's date in 1997 marked the death of Diana, Princess of Wales. Please do marvel at the astonishingly long train of her wedding dress,...
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- Aug 19, 2021
- 1 min
Every Picture (Frame) Tells a Story
These little known masterpieces invite you to look differently at hand-carved works of art designed to redirect light and attention to...
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- Jul 24, 2021
- 1 min
Kudos to our friend, former FBI Special Agent Wittman, who helped a family recover their heritage
A Margaret Keane 'Big Eyes' painting stolen in 1972 has been returned to the family that owned it thanks to our friend and colleagues,...
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- Jul 4, 2021
- 1 min
Happy #FourthOfJuly!
Pictured here is: "The Grand Finale,” between late 19th and 20th century, Lendall Pitts, American, pastel on paper. From the collection...
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- May 9, 2021
- 1 min
Who Doesn't Love a Great Find?
Aficionados of Antiques Roadshow know that treasure sometimes hides in plain sight. Masterpieces can surface in domestic settings such as...
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- May 2, 2021
- 1 min
What Are the World's Most Expensive Sneakers Worth?
Kanye West's high-top Nike Air Yeezy 1s are now the world's most expensive sneakers which the rapper wore during his performance at the...
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- Mar 20, 2021
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"Spring is Nature's Way of Saying 'Let's Party!'" - Robin Williams
Art Nouveau gown designed by Victor Prouvé, 1900. Decorating the silk gown are tall irises, silver droplets, swirls of waves and river...
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- Mar 14, 2021
- 1 min
This is a Robbery: The World's Biggest Art Heist
Picture provided by the FBI showing the empty frames of missing paintings after the theft at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum...
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