Art History Curiousities
and Art Market Insights

Recent articles

  

• ​​Art Collecting Guide Cheat Sheet
  Essential Checklist for Assessing an Old Master Painting

• ​New evidence of ‘third gender’ people in art
  Story of Accidental Painting Discovery

• ​AI in Art faces the same challenges as Human Painters
  Hands are still the very rock we both split

• ​History of men's hairstyles
  And how they reveal the age of a painting

• ​“The painting just like every other one in there: meaningless”
  Are we all idiots or there should be a better way?

• ​History of women's hairstyles
  And how they reveal the age of a painting

• The best art exhibitions around the world to see in 2023
  Extensive list of the most anticipated, interesting and exciting museum shows of the year

• Old Masters go south?
  What’s happening at the Old Master Evening Auction right now

• The best art exhibitions around the world to see by the end of the year 2022 — UPDATE
  The most anticipated, interesting and exciting art shows of this autumn

• Art History Basics — what makes an Old Master?
  And how Impressionists and Modernists were different from them?

• Back to School — Art History Basics that are often mixed up
  What is a style, a genre, or an art school?

• Mrs. Chamberlain's art collection from The Gilded Age series
  Did it really belong to her real-life character?

• How can art heal the world?
  Anti-war paintings of the past that tried to change the future

• Best movies for art history lovers
  Ultimate selection of films with art and inspired by art

• The most expensive colours and rarest pigments in the world
  The art history alchemy of precious minerals, metals, flora and fauna

• The best art exhibitions around the world to see in 2022
  Extensive list of the most anticipated, interesting and exciting museum shows of the year

• Looted art and struggles with its restitution
  Where it all starts and why the story never ends?

• Best Art History Books
  What to read to feed your art history appetite

• How to Identify the Artist of a Painting?
  My own Experience of Art Provenance Research and Discovery

• Best Apps and Websites for Art Lovers
  To appreciate art, you don’t have to be physically near it

• Building a community of art & history lovers
  Behind-the-scenes of Smart Art

• The Mysterious Sitter. Part II
  Art detective investigation during the #StayAtHome

• The Mysterious Sitter. Part I
  Art detective investigation during the #StayAtHome

• Limbless Masters
  Art that heals and courage that inspires

• The oldest Old Masters are on the rise
  Forthcoming Old Master sale highlights, Part II

• Auction sales as new museums?
  Forthcoming Old Master sale highlights, Part I

• Transparent painting in the hands of shady justice
  Rare picture in dispute between collector and the state

• Brute scandal in art brut
  Art investigation that turns fortunes into fakes

• Infinite charm of a non finito
  Preparatory studies and unfinished artworks turn into stand-alone pieces of art

• Million-dollar no-name?
  Christie’s Old Master Evening Sale in London, 4 July 2019

• Art provenance through the lens of history
  Searching for the date of creation of a particular Napoleon piece from my collection

• 4 Greatest Art Collectors of the past
  Personalities that shaped the world of art we live in today

• Board Games through the lens of Art History
  The Art of Playing or Games in Art

• Assessing Old Master artwork condition. Part III — frames
  Essential guide to making right purchasing decisions when buying art online

• Assessing Old Master artwork condition. Part II — back of a painting
  Essential guide to making right purchasing decisions when buying art online

• Assessing Old Master artwork condition. Part I — painting surface
  Essential guide to making right purchasing decisions when buying art online

• Why AI-generated portrait sold for $432,500 is still underestimated
  «Edmond Belamy» is destined to go up in price but it’s followers won’t

• Nail your art auction bidding strategy
  How to play it safe at online art sales

• Cranach underneath the clothes
  Can AI identify Old Master under later overpaint?

• How to buy art at auction?
  Act like a pro even doing it for the first time

• How not to waste money with your first Old Master?
  4 things that make a painting worth investing

• How to build a valuable art collection?
  Essential guide for beginners

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