Midway through “A Revolution on Canvas,” one of the documentary’s directors, Sara Nodjoumi, receives a warning from a friend. She and her father, the painter Nikzad Nodjoumi (commonly known as Nicky) have been trying to discover if his paintings — left behind at the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art when
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Is It a Rembrandt? A $17,000 Painting Sold for Almost $14 Million.
The meteoric escalation in value is striking evidence of just how much authenticity (who is said to have made a work) matters more than aesthetics (what it looks like) when it comes to predicting what a painting might be worth. It is also a reminder of the power of connoisseurs.
A rare treat: a painting by Renaissance master Titian is on display at a high school
The work attributed to Titian hangs between two other paintings of Saint Sebastian in the gallery of Belen Jesuit Preparatory School in Miami. Armando Colls hide caption toggle caption Armando Colls The work attributed to Titian hangs between two other paintings of Saint Sebastian in the gallery of Belen Jesuit
Iconic female artist's lost painting is found, hundreds of years after it was created
Susanna and the Elders, painted by Artemisia Gentileschi, is seen here in its before-conservation condition; seen through infrared reflectography; and in its restored state. Royal Collection Trust / © His Majesty King Charles III 2023 hide caption toggle caption Royal Collection Trust / © His Majesty King Charles III 2023
This rare Bob Ross painting could be yours — for close to $10 million
A screenshot from the premiere of “The Joy of Painting” shows the painter Bob Ross with the work, “A Walk in the Woods,” which is up for sale. Screenshot by NPR/YouTube hide caption toggle caption Screenshot by NPR/YouTube A screenshot from the premiere of “The Joy of Painting” shows the
Rare painting bought for $4 at a thrift store may fetch a quarter million at auction
A rare painting by N.C. Wyeth was purchased for $4 at a thrift shop in 2017. Now it may fetch up to $250,000 at auction. Bonhams Skinner hide caption toggle caption Bonhams Skinner Browsing a New Hampshire thrift shop for old frames to restore, a local woman, who has chosen
Forest Lawn’s Giant Painting ‘The Crucifixion’ Gets a Makeover
Small armies of landscapers tend to lush grass and rolling hills, where private roads with names like “Memory Lane” and “Baby Land” lead upward past maximalist mausoleums, columbaria and replica Renaissance statuary. At the top is the quaintly named Mount Forest Lawn, a hill housing a theater named the Hall
Want to Buy This Painting? First, You’ll Have to Audition.
IN JANUARY 2020, less than two months before galleries around the world closed to the public because of Covid-19, Lauren Halsey had a solo show at David Kordansky Gallery in Los Angeles. She was exhibiting works about the historically Black community in South Central — where she was born, raised
Brice Marden, Who Rejuvenated Painting in the 1960s, Dies at 84
While in Boston, he became immersed in the city’s folk music scene and married Pauline Baez, the older sister of the singer Joan Baez. The marriage ended in divorce. In addition to Helen Marden, his second wife, he is survived by a son from his first marriage, Nicholas; two daughters
An Artist Whose Language Is Painting
Growing up in Los Angeles as the fair-skinned daughter of a Black father and a white mother, Christina Quarles, 38, can recall the first time her sense of identity was challenged: “In elementary school, there was this book of famous Black people throughout history and my nana was in there,”