Restoration, attribution, and temporary replacement happen are respective occurrences for different museum masterpieces:
Veronese at Austin Museum Belongs to Long-Lost Altarpiece [ART INFO]
OMNP ART MARKET UPDATE
“Seemingly disappointing when looked at by outsiders, the Thursday evening sale was actually a remarkable performance. It revealed the unique strength of the art market when allowed to function as it used to, before being twisted out of shape by speculation.”
In lieu of the most recent disappointment of sales figures from a week of Modern and Impressionist auctions, Souren Melikian weighs in on the current troubles affecting the major auction houses, echoing his previous thoughts on a market that now favors the cool-headed connoisseur,suddenly devoid of dilettante buyers and “Alice-in-Wonderland” estimates.
Mixed sales reflect a return to basics and sanity [Souren Melikian, International Herald Tribune]
More market discussion here:
A Dreary Night for Contemporary Art at Sotheby’s [Carol Vogel, NY Times]
After years of growth, a long way to fall? [Melanie Gerlis, The Art Newspaper]
THE AFTERMATH OF THE SALANDER-O’REILLY SCANDAL
Larry Salander was a passionate advocate of Old Masters, a successful art dealer for many years, a benefactor and a source of inspiration for this publication’s founder. Such virtue however, hardly stems the tide of legal trouble left in the wake caused by his fall from grace in 2007. ART INFO is now reporting that the light at the end of the tunnel appears to be a long way off…art advisory firm Gurr Johns has estimated that the timeframe for their sale of Salander’s reposessed inventory could drag out beyond two years.
Sale of Salander works could take years [ART INFO]
Further coverage: The Salander Chronologies [ART INFO]
An Old Master in Ruins: The Fall of Gallerist Larry Salander [James Panero, New York Observer]
[...] The aftermath of the Salander O’Reilly collapse [...]