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Heroes, Villains, Myths, Legends on 57th Street!

With mainstream media fixated on science fiction — heroes, villains, myths and legends have not only become part of our daily lives, but in some cases, an obsession.  You see the effects every day, from San Francisco turning into Gotham City for a day just to make a little boy’s dream come true, to the young ladies … Continue reading

Charles Gitnick stops by the LA Art Show

I have to say, one of the greatest aspects of working in the art world is the opportunity I have to meet amazing people. Last week, I was working our booth (Rehs Galleries) at the LA Art show and saw a number of actors, musicians, and other celebrities but if I am being completely honest, … Continue reading

Art Thief claims reality tv show footage can prove his innocence

$100,000 worth of artwork was allegedly stolen from a Kings Point estate by Joselito Vega, a hired house painter, in 2012.  Vega was arrested after authorities were notified about video footage caught by a hidden camera during the filming of CBS’s reality show, “Brooklyn DA,” which later aired over a three episode played out drama … Continue reading

Guy Laramée: an artist of many talents

Guy Laramée is an artist of many talents; successfully conquering the disciplines of theater writing and directing, contemporary music composition, musical instrument design and building, singing, video, scenography, sculpture, installation, painting, and literature.  The conglomeration of his works have been shown throughout the United States, Belgium, France, Germany, Switzerland, Japan, and Latin America. Influenced strongly … Continue reading

“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