Christie’s experts have estimated Portrait of a Man at £18-25 million
Portrait of a Man, painted by the Flemish Old Master during a period of personal crisis, went on display at Christie’s on Friday ahead of next Tuesday’s sale. It is the first time it has been exhibited since 1970.
The current record for a Rembrandt, for [...]

A Corner of the Artist’s Room in Paris (with Open Window), Gwen John. National Museum & Gallery of Wales, Cardiff.
“I am not myself except in my room,” wrote Gwen John to her erstwhile lover, Rodin, and her room has its own personality. The soft sunshine, the wicker chair, the open book, the window opening on [...]

The National Galleries of Scotland (NGS) and the National Gallery in London (NGL) are working together with the Duke of Sutherland to secure the long-term future of the Bridgewater loan of Old Master paintings.
The Bridgewater Collection, currently on view at the NGS, is the most important private collection of Old Master paintings on loan to [...]

Collectors, curators, museum directors and auction house experts have flocked here in record numbers in recent days to browse through Rembrandts, Warhols, opulent French furniture and rare antiquities at the European Fine Art Fair. Yet so far sales have been mixed, many dealers said.
“It seems slower this year,” said Richard Nagy, a London dealer. “People [...]

The biggest art theft in American history occurred at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston on March 18, 1990. The stolen paintings, including the one that hung in this frame, Rembrandt’s “Lady and Gentleman in Black,” remain unrecovered.