Bad art by a bad person: Hitler goes under the hammer
Here’s something to ponder: how different a place would the world be if Adolf Hitler had been born with but a soupçon of artistic talent, and been able…
Stolen Art: Should We Ever Let Bygones Be Bygones?
A few years ago I dropped in on an antiquities dealer I know from my time working in the auction trade. He’s great company, makes a…
A guaranteed disaster? Art auction houses left hanging as the market turns.
Picture this (if you’ll pardon the pun) – you are the fortunate owner of an artwork of mind-blowing significance. The art market is…
Hurty art market fact #3
OK. Enough with the silly, non-art diversions for now. Consider the following hypothetical scenario. You bid at auction for an apartment in a block of ten.…
Hurty art market fact #1
That lingering sense of deja vu you get when browsing an art auction catalogue is no figment of your imagination. Ehhemm.. ehhemm.. (What…? That’s supposed to…
Art matters 