Sunday marked the final day for Caravaggio’s “Supper at Emmaus” at the Art Institute of Chicago, before its  departure back across the pond to the National Gallery of London. OMNP had the chance to swoop by the Institute to see it last week, and what an understated pleasure it was.
It’s not as if you would expect a big crowd [...]

BY MEGHAN  MCGAVIN

Idris Khan (British, b. 1978), an artist working primarily in the photographic medium, introduces us to a new dimension of work in the practice of appropriation with his carefully superimposed photographs. While peeling back each gossamer layer of his  works, short stories about the original object, or artist, reveal themselves. Far from a [...]

As the feature of an exhibition,16th century religious altarpieces by Paolo Veronese can make for arcane subject matter. This is all well and good for the Old Masters connoisseur. But how does one reach the interests of the masses, whose knowledge of art history is scant at best?
Such an exhibition is currently ongoing at the [...]

Families murdered, judges assassinated, and a masterpiece ruined…in a tale fit for a Scorcese flick, Jonathan Jones spares none of the gruesome details surrounding one of the most notorious art crimes in history: the theft of Caravaggio’s “Nativity with St. Francis and St. Lawrence.”
The masterpiece that may never be seen again [Jonathan Jones, Guardian UK]
Caravaggio, [...]

Love is in the air..
“Art and Love in Renaissance Italy,” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, through February 16th  [Metropolitan Museum of Art] [Art Daily]
Further reading:
‘Art and Love in Renaissance Italy’- Eternal Objects of Desire [Roberta Smith, NY Times]
“Eros” at the  Richard Feigen Gallery, NYC through January 9th [ART INFO] [RLFeigen.com]
Love seems to [...]

Unearthed Masterpieces
Old Masters treasures from sunken Russian ship to be salvaged [Russia IC] [Dutch News.nl]
Lets hope that the paintings from this sunken, 237 year-old ship were WELL packaged
Trove of Raeburn drawings discovered in England [ART INFO]
Lost Caravaggio Goes on Display in Scotland [ART INFO]
Click MORE for a remembrance of a distinguished dealer, and the latest [...]

Sales results from Lempertz’s auction of Old Masters in the beginning of October, revealed some high-quality material by lesser known artists, going for bargain bin prices. Once again, these small spots are where steals can be had…Lot 14, a work that OMNP pondered being attributed to the style of Flemish master Frans Snyders, could not [...]

Lot 1 by Master of the Naumberg Madonna:
Unknown painters make for underpriced masterpieces.
In OMNP’s opinion-Bonham’s sale is most opportune for connoisseurs of Old Masters. In this month’s crop of Old Master sales, this auction has plenty of incredible works estimated at $50,000 USD and under. Lot 1 and lot 25 are particularly phenomenal-the balanced and [...]

Caravaggio Stolen From Odessa Museum [Art Info]
With the recent wave of thefts in Nineteenth Century art and Old Master works that has inflicted Europe’s museums over the past few years, you would think that more of these older museums would be taking steps to improve their security. As this article mentions, Odessa Museum officials [...]

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 [...]