A Rembrandt is coming up for auction this fall, highlighting anew the relationship of old-master and postwar-contemporary values. “Portrait of a Man, Half-Length, With His Arms Akimbo,” from 1658, owned by pharmaceutical heiress Barbara Piasecka Johnson, is the kind of picture that comes to market only once in a blue …
Archive | September, 2009
The Small Project: A Cautionary Tale
On August 23 I finished the seven-panel plein air oils of The Diamond Grade. On September 10, I’m still working on putting together a small card with a fold-out version of the panorama. This is a project I thought to complete in a couple of hours. Instead, it’s taken weeks.
There …
Melanie Schiff, A Young Rising Art Photography Star, her New Show Opens!
Melanie Schiff… A Young Rising Art Photography Star’s new show opens in Chicago. So.. check this artist’s new work out! She truly paints with light like no other young new photographer. As you all probably know, MAO got to meet this young photographer about 3 years ago, when she had just graduated from Art School and was having her very first gallery show. As a contemporary art collector one of the greatest joys is getting the opportunity to watch a new young artist’s career take off. Her credits already including shows at the Chicago MCA, and the 2008 Whitney Biennial,…
Melanie Schiff, A Young Rising Art Photography Star, her New Show Opens!
Melanie Schiff… A Young Rising Art Photography Star’s new show opens in Chicago. So.. check this artist’s new work out! She truly paints with light like no other young new photographer. As you all probably know, MAO got to meet this young photographer about 3 years ago, when she had just graduated from Art School and was having her very first gallery show. As a contemporary art collector one of the greatest joys is getting the opportunity to watch a new young artist’s career take off. Her credits already including shows at the Chicago MCA, and the 2008 Whitney Biennial,…
