Author Archives: Daniel Grant

Skinner’s two-part sale of American and European art on Feb. 3 was marked by plenty of demand and strong prices. Read More

In 2001, when gallery owner Sundaram Tagore began representing the paintings of the late Indian artist Sohan Qadri, the dealer claims: “I couldn’t give them away at $3,000 or $5,000. But since then people have been converted.” Read More

Fisk University, Nashville, Tenn., is once again facing another legal challenge in its long-running efforts to sell a half share of its multimillion dollar art collection in order to raise cash that university officials say is desperately needed for operating and other expenses. Read More

Art collector Jan Cowles, mother of former Manhattan gallery owner and former Art Forum publisher Charles Cowles, has sued New York’s Gagosian Gallery over the sale of her 1964 enamel on metal painting titled Girl in Mirror, by Pop artist Roy Lichtenstein. Read More

The market for contemporary art from a wide range of Middle Eastern countries has been rapidly expanding in recent years, both in concentrated regions there as well as in the U.S. and Europe. Read More

In recent months, the Hackett | Mill gallery, San Francisco, has made a number of sales of the sculptural work of British-born, American artist Brian Wall on both sides of the Atlantic. Read More

The six-year-long effort by Fisk University in Nashville, Tenn., to raise $30 million for the institution by selling a 50 percent stake in 101 American Modernist paintings from its Alfred Stieglitz art collection, to the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Ark., is subject to yet another legal challenge before the end of the month. Read More

In recent years, museums across the country have grappled with the economic uncertainty that has sparked staff cutbacks, delayed or canceled shows and, in some instances, lead to permanent shutterings. Read More

On both sides of the Atlantic, the issue of artists’ resale rights has jumped to the fore. Read More