There’s a national debate rippling through Spain right now, one that forces art lovers to take a stand: What is Spain’s most important painting? Goya’s Duel with Cudgels or Picasso’s Guernica? Novelist Arturo Pérez-Reverte passionately claims, “Picasso painted Guernica, but Goya painted our soul.” While art critic Miguel Ángel Cajigal counters, “Guernica is the painting […]
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Art Conveys Legacy and we merely “look after [art] for the next generation” just like it stated in the Patek Philippe ad.
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Diego Velazquez: The Original Trendsetter: How a Golden Age Painter Influenced 20th Century’s Greatest Artistic Minds like Picasso and Dali.
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Café Els Quatre Gats inspired creatives in Barcelona in the early 20th Century, including Picasso. We explore how it continues to inspire a new generation of artists and creatives.
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Meet Reed Horth | Art Advisor and Curator March 31, 2021 We had the good fortune of connecting with Reed Horth and we’ve shared our conversation below. Hi Reed, what is the most important factor behind your success?In a word, flexibility. When I was just starting in art sales in the mid-1990’s, email was nascent,
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The genesis of Spanish master Pablo Picasso’s (1881-1973) aptly named “Blue Period” was the suicide of a dear friend and fellow artist Carlos Casagemas (1880-1901). At the time, Picasso’s paramour was the object of Casagemas’ desire. After discovering their affair, Casagemas attempted to shoot her. When he failed, he shot himself. Picasso was so wracked
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Producing over 20,000 paintings, prints, drawings, ceramics, sculptures, costumes, and theater sets during his lifetime, Pablo Picasso’s incredible output as an artist is mirrored by his ambitious flexibility that allowed him to develop distinctively different styles. His works continue to be as relevant and recognized today, as the artist remains the #1 Auction Artist of
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When we originally penned the column HISTORY’S WEALTHIEST PEOPLE AND MOST EXPENSIVE ART in 2014, it was believed that many of the records set would make the column have a sort of longevity. The record was $269.4 Million for Paul Cezanne’s “Card Players” set by the Royal Family of Qatar, so it seemed reasonable this
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2015 marked a year of record-breaking sales in art auctions, and emerging trends that assured the successes of many artists on our top ten list. This past year saw the stabilization of the art market in the West, and a slight contraction in the East. Despite the somewhat tempestuous global economic and financial conditions, the
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Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973) Le Couple, from La Magie Quotidienne (Bloch 1460; Baer 1505; Cramer books 144) etching, 1968, on wove paper, signed in pencil, numbered edition of 70, the full sheet, in very good condition, unexamined out of the frame 22.3 x 32.2 cm., S. 36.5 x 47.5 cm
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