BY ALEXANDER WOLF
We can thank Rembrandt for the difficulty in discerning between his drawings and those of his students. As was common practice, his pupils imitated the master’s style as closely as possible.
Luckily, since the influential Parisian dealer E.F. Gersaint first took up the cause in the 1730’s, Rembrandt experts and enthusiasts have dedicated themselves [...]

BY ALEXA SUSKIN
The adage “those who can’t do, teach” could not be applied to the master artist and teacher Rembrandt van Rijn.  In the Getty Center’s current exhibition “Drawings by Rembrandt and his Pupils: Telling the Difference,” now on view through February 28th,  the drawings of Rembrandt and some fifteen of [...]

BY TAYLOR HOBSON
David Klamen repaints a variety of masterpieces that spans centuries, from works by Old Masters like Francisco de Zurbarán to Impressionists and Modernists like Claude Monet and Clifford Styll. While Klamen may choose from a wide range, he appropriates upon each piece within a similar visual framework. The original piece is depicted at [...]

BY BLAIR LEAKE
Despite the economic doom and gloom, the revamped American International Fine Art Fair appears to be surviving on a healthy dose of hospitality and aggressive advertising.
Celebrating its 14th year, this Palm Beach extravaganza delivered high-wattage works ranging from paintings and furniture to textiles and antiquities.  Fair organizers, David and Lee Ann Lester, [...]

BY MEGHAN MCGAVIN
What does a reenactment or appropriation of an Old Master painting do to the original? Does it dilute it or give it an updated context? In some instances, certain themes have retained their relevance. An updated version of a classical nude or still-life would seem completely contemporary to [...]

Redemption, joy, and debauchery reign supreme down Bourbon Street and across the rest of “Who Dat Nation?,” in the aftermath of the New Orleans Saints historic victory last night. Lest us forget, however, that this particular raising of the Fleur’ de Lis,  is one of many that extends back to the  Middle Ages, when the [...]

BY BLAIR LEAKE
January’s Old Master paintings sales in New York were dominated by Sotheby’s.  During the Thursday morning sale, rare and spectacular paintings on offer included the infamous Portrait of a Woman Called “La Belle Ferronnière” (Lot 181), a dramatic ‘The Contnience of Scipio” by Il Baciccio(Lot 177), and a highly anticipated restituted work,  “Jupiter [...]

BY VICTORIA ROMEO
The Metropolitan Museum of Art is currently  at the tail end of  two exhibitions that examine issues of attribution. What makes these shows special is that they focus on a single work by two  of  the greatest artists of all time: Diego Velazquez and Michelangelo Buonarotti. The stakes becomes when previously anonymous works [...]