News links have been updated as well. Click MORE for some midweek topics of interest:

OMNP strives to show the importance of Old Masters by underscoring their resonance today. In doing so, OMNP will regularly profile a Contemporary artist who has been directly influenced by the work of Old Masters. Today, OMNP explores the paintings of Kehinde Wiley, one of the more established young painters today, whose new series of [...]

J. M. W. Turner

at the Tisch Galleries, 2nd floor
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC
on view till September 21, 2008
Click MORE for the review

The review for the Turner retrospective at the Met will be posted shortly. And you can now find information and contact pages for OMNP above the NEWS section.
A few news links and topics of interest for the weekend:
Artists Represent Most Powerful Emotion: Love at the National Gallery in London [Art Daily]

The National Gallery [...]

Aside from the Turner and Goya shows mentioned in previous posts, here are some notable OM shows in the US and Europe to check out this Summer. OMNP commentary to be incrementally added later. Click MORE below for the listings.
SIDENOTE: The OMNP travel budget is a tad low at the moment, [...]

OMNP strives to show the importance of Old Masters by underscoring their resonance today. In doing so, OMNP will regularly profile a Contemporary artist who has been directly influenced by the work of Old Masters. Today, OMNP explores the paintings of Bryan LeBoeuf, an up and coming painter from Houma, Louisiana.
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A penury of Old Masters is good (and bad) for sales [Souren Melikian, International Herald Tribune]
Mr. Melikian wraps up last week’s Old Masters sales in London. A slideshow of sales highlights reveals some information that OMNP overlooked. Of note: A big reason that the Van Dyck portrait of a stallion [...]

Francisco Goya: “Disasters of War” Series at
Peter Blum Gallery, 99 Wooster Street, NYC
Through August 1st
Click MORE for review

OMNP has added information on recent news and exhibitions to the left hand side of the site for your convenience.
A few items of interest from the past week:
£300m: Fashion king’s art collection in sale of century/Andrew Johnson/UK Independent
The heir to the late Yves Saint Laurent mulls over selling his massive art collection, which [...]

Auction reviews have been posted below. Check back later this week for updates/further OMNP commentary on each sale.

Masters and Surprises: In London, Old Masters Set To Be Sold” [Jay Akasie, New York Sun]
“At Sotheby’s, exceptional Old Masters offering lead to six records” [Souren Melikian, International Herald Tribune]
“Old Masters Reemerge for London Summer Sales” [Amy Page, ARTINFO]

“Turner, Hals Works Sold in 51.5 Million-Pound Sotheby’s Auction” [Scott Reyburn, Bloomberg]

“Sotheby’s old masters sales fetches [...]

Sotheby’s Official Results, Sale L08040/Old Master Drawings
OMNP finds it a bit amusing that while the sale of the Goya drawings being sold over at Christie’s received a fair amount of press coverage, there was no mention of Sotheby’s sale of the Parmigianino drawing, shown above. The estimate on this lot can be chalked up [...]

Goya Boosts Christie’s Drawings Sale [NY Sun}
"Lost" Goya drawings sold for £4m" [BBC]
Goya sketches “lost” for 130 years sold at auction [Reuters]
Goya: 3 Rediscovered Drawings Presumed Lost for Over 130 Years Realise $7.9 Million” [Art Daily]
Mainstream press coverage of major auctions usually centers around the big lots being sold. Such was the case with [...]

“A Watteau sets record at £12.36 million in an uneven Old Masters sale” [Souren Melikian, International Herald Tribune]
“Lost Watteau Fetches Record, Old Masters Languish at Christie’s” [Scott Reyburn, Bloomberg]
“Quick Takes: Art buyers find “lost” works” [LA Times]
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Christie’s official results: Sale 5431/Old Master Pictures
Christie’s official results: Sale 7610/Old Master Pictures Day Sale
Christie’s official results: [...]

For those keeping score at home, a busy week allowed for OMNP’s auction previews to be posted just as many sales results were coming in. If such imprudence can be overlooked, stay tuned for a full breakdown of Christie’s and Sotheby’s London OM sales, along with OMNP’s coverage of “The Disasters of War” series [...]

OMNP previews Thursday’s Day and Evening sales of Old Master paintings at Sotheby’s, New Bond Street. Read below for a full breakdown and analysis of selected lots in three different price ranges (High End, Middle End, Low End.)
While it will probably not match the exorbitant price paid for Watteau’s “La Surprise” , OMNP’s choice for [...]

OMNP takes a look at Christie’s upcoming sales of Old Master paintings and British pictures, this Wednesday and Friday in London. Click MORE below for a full breakdown and analysis of selected lots in three different price ranges (High End, Middle End, Low End.) Click on each image to be redirected to Christie’s website [...]

OMNP offers up a preview of Wednesday’s Old Master Drawings sale at Sotheby’s, New Bond Street. Click MORE below for a full breakdown and analysis of selected lots in three different price ranges (High End, Middle End, Low End.) Click on each image to be redirected to Sotheby’s website for a full description of each [...]

OMNP takes an inside look on some of the highlights from Tuesday’s Old Master Drawings sale at Christie’s. Click MORE at the bottom for a full breakdown for select items in three different price ranges.

This Sunday kicks off a busy week for OMNP. Christie’s and Sotheby’s OM drawings and painting sales will be taking place in London, with OMNP providing previews on select items (and possible bargains?) from the sales, as well as the results. A review of the Peter Blum exhibition of Goya’s Disasters of War series should [...]