“Fine art is still the best racket around.”

from the Washington Post An Artist’s Identify Theft Painter Denied Indian Ties, Yet Work Revealed Connection By Philip Kennicott Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, December 9, 2008; Page C01 It would be easier to believe that Fritz Scholder was conflicted...

You Nasty Velvet Man!

from the New York Times   No Saints in Sight as These Santas Get Their Jollies By ALAN FEUER  Published: December 12, 2004 anta broke out the sour mash at 10 a.m. Christmas was coming. Why not have a drink? He raised his glass to another Santa, who was sucking back...

The 100 Most Valuable Works of Art

from Kempt via Art Market Monitor  IMPOSSIBLE IS NOTHING For those of us without fabulous wealth, it’s hard to appreciate the psychic brutality at work in the art collection game. High profile collectors aren’t usually aesthetes or intellectuals; they’re corporate...