Alyssa T. Rehs

“The Gossips” loaned to the Norman Rockwell Museum

After being sold during a record-setting auction of the artist’s work at Sotheby’s in December, Norman Rockwell’s popular painting “The Gossip” will be on view at the Norman Rockwell Museum for a limited time. Created by Rockwell for the March 6, 1948 cover of “The Saturday Evening Post,” the original painting was previously on loan … Continue reading →

Perls found not guilty in Calder case

The friendship between sculptor Alexander Calder and his gallery representative Klaus G. Perls turned the two men into “family.”  Unfortunately, the tight bond was recently shattered when Calders’ heirs claimed fraud.   The Calder heirs accused Perls of withholding tens of millions of dollars from the sculptor, selling fakes and cheating taxes by hiding millions of … Continue reading →

Giant Rubber Duck explodes in Taiwan just before the New year celebrations begin

600 cliff burials dating back to the Eastern Han Dynasty, excavated in China

According to the Art Newspaper, archaeologists in China’s Sichuan Province have done extensive excavations of 600 cliff burials across two mountains; a practice done to bring the deceased closer to god and the sun. Most of the burial sites were constructed between the first and sixth century AD and studies have dated the eldest tomb … Continue reading →

Antiques Roadshow authenticates work by van Dyck

This week on the British version of “Antiques Roadshow,” Father Jamie MacLeod brought in a life-sized bust portrait he bought for 400 pounds ($660) at a Cheshire antiques shop. After Fiona Bruce (TV host) believed the work may be of the 17th century Flemish master, Anthony Van Dyck, she had the work appraised on air. … Continue reading →

As one door closes, another opens

Chicago International Antiques and Fine Art Fair will not return this year as Scott Diament, President and CEO of the Palm Beach Show Group announces the Chicago International Art, Antiques and Jewelry Show, the company’s 7th international show. A new location, the Navy Pier, as opposed to the Merchandise Mart of the former Chicago Fair, … Continue reading →