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Interesting talk yesterday at the print fair. Love work by The Nabis!

From Proof to Perfection; The Genesis of the Vollard Suites by Bonnard, Denis, Vuillard, Roussel, and Clot with Fleur Roos Rosa de Carvalho, Senior Curator of Prints and Drawings, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam.

The IFPDA Print Fair runs through April 12th at the Park Avenue Armory.

Mauritshuis houses a world-famous collection of paintings from the Dutch Golden Age. Unfortunately, Rembrandt’s The Night Watch, 1642, was undergoing conservation work but it was interesting to see the conservators’ painstakingly remove and replace the varnish a millameter at a time.
The Standard Bearer, 1636, is an early portrait where Rembrandt used himself as the model.

Fine and decorative art from 17th century Delft

Dutch Still lifes: 1690 and 2025

Interesting talk last night from Maggie Taft on her new book, “The Rise of Danish Design in Postwar America, The Chieftain and the Chair.” Maggie speaks to how political, economic and cultural forces in Denmark led to a new Danish Modern design with sleek, clean lines, and organic materials. And how it was marketed and adopted within the American market.

In traveling through Sicily saw several wonderful architectural examples of Sicily's 2500 years of cultural influences including Greek, Byzantine, Arabic, Norman, and Spanish.

Rules effecting art creation are evolving:

US copyright review board ruled that “if all of a work’s ‘traditional elements of authorship’ were produced by a machine, the work lacks human authorship, and the Office will not register it”.

Judge Beryl Howell did acknowledge that humanity is “approaching new frontiers in copyright” where artists will use AI as a tool to create new work.

An old master? No, it’s an image AI just knocked up … and it can’t be copyrighted US ruling on works created through artificial intelligence gives boost to creative workers fighting for livelihoods

Claes Oldenburg dies at 93. You can see examples of Oldenburg art at MOMA
such as Two Cheeseburgers, with Everything (Dual Hamburgers)
1962; Medium: Burlap soaked in plaster, painted with enamel; Dimensions:
7 x 14 3/4 x 8 5/8" (17.8 x 37.5 x 21.8 cm)

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/18/arts/claes-oldenburg-dead.html

Claes Oldenburg Dies at 93; Pop Artist Made the Everyday Monumental Taking ordinary objects like hamburgers and household items, he sculpted them in unfamiliar, often imposing dimensions — what he called his “Colossal Monuments.”

The original selfie painted by the German master, Albrecht Dürer, in 1500.

Oil on panel, 26.4" x 19.3", Alte Pinakothek, Munich

Seeing Our Own Reflection in the Birth of the Self-Portrait Now it seems self-evident that pictures can represent who you “really” are. That conviction began with Albrecht Dürer, five centuries ago.

Over 700 works from 1550-1750 showcasing scientific and artistic knowledge and skills.
Exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Good article; covers important details in authenticating and dating works of art such as verifying signatures, artists' brush strokes, examing bottom of bronze sculptures for casting processes; reviewing types of paper used in prints; and provenance and exhibition history.

How is an artwork appraised? | Christie's From craquelure to patina, watermarks to brushstrokes… Our specialists on what they’re looking for when someone brings a work of art into Christie’s