A Conversation with Jacob Rothschild [The Economist, via Moreintelligentlife.com]
The Economist continues its series on collectors, with this week’s profile of the Baron de Rothschild and the precious acquisitions he has made over the past fifty years.
A Full Block of Elegant Houses [Christopher Gray, New York Times]
A discussion of the building that once housed the now defunct Salander O’Reilly gallery (pictured above), now up for sale, and its surrounding neighbors.
Insurance for Art Collectors Covers Ownership Disputes [Kate Taylor, NY Sun]
An interesting insurance package put together by industry leader ARIS, which would take away the “caveat emptor” of purchasing art with a suspicious provenance. This could have positive ramifications in improving the Old Masters market, which is constantly hampered by restitution issues.
Loan fees risk killing the goose that lays the golden egg [ Anna Somers Cocks, The Art Newspaper]
A clear-cut denouncement of the recent imprudence conducted by museums, in renting out their works. This surely applies to the practices of museums that are publicly funded, but how do we feel about this being practiced in private institutions?
All Over the Map [Judd Tully, Art and Auction via Art Info]
In a bull market where top-works are at a premium, smaller auction houses are surging from the runoff of business that eludes the duopoly of Christie’s and Sotheby’s. It would be interesting to explore some of the Old Masters auction houses such as Dorotheum, Fischer, Hausewedell and Nolde, to name a few have experienced a rise in business.
