ARCAblog: Bill Reid Theft 2008: Postmedia News obtains RCMP ...

ARCAblog: Bill Reid Theft 2008: Postmedia News obtains RCMP ...: Haida artist Bill Reid's art safely back on display  at UBC's Museum of Anthropology (Photo Sezgin) by Catherine Sezgin, ARCA Blog Ed...

It's About Time: In His Own Words: An American Artist Studies in F...

It's About Time: In His Own Words: An American Artist Studies in France ...: Born in Sacramento, California, Otis William Oldfield (1890–1969) was the 3rd child of the master grainer (coach painter) for the Southern...

ARCAblog: The Art Theft of Cellini's Saliera: Security Scrut...

ARCAblog: The Art Theft of Cellini's Saliera: Security Scrut...: by Catherine Sezgin, ARCA Blog Editor The Kunstahl Rotterdam is not alone.  Almost a decade ago, another famous art heist in Europe ...

ARCAblog: Former FBI Agent Virginia Curry on Cultural Securi...

ARCAblog: Former FBI Agent Virginia Curry on Cultural Security...: by Catherine Sezgin, ARCA Blog Editor Virginia Curry, a licensed security consultant, was the FBI Agent responsible for the facilitie...

It's About Time: Woman Getting Ready to Meet the Day by Ramon Casas...

It's About Time: Woman Getting Ready to Meet the Day by Ramon Casas...: A woman alone & a little worried. These kinds of days are slow getting started. This feeling is elegantly captured by 19th-century Spanish p...

It's About Time: The Evolution of Pablo Picasso's Portraits of Wome...

It's About Time: The Evolution of Pablo Picasso's Portraits of Women ...: . 1896 Pablo Picasso (Spanish artist, 1881–1973) Portrait of the Artist's Mother. Pablo Picasso, one of the dominant & most influential ...

It's About Time: Snow & van Gogh

It's About Time: Snow & van Gogh: Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890). Snowy Landscape with Arles in the Background 1888 Among my favorite snow paintings are those of Vincent van G...

It's About Time: 1930s America's Great Depression - O. Louis Guglie...

It's About Time: 1930s America's Great Depression - O. Louis Guglie...: Osvaldo Louis Guglielmi (American painter, 1906-1956) Subway Exit 1946 Born in Cairo, Egypt, of Italian parents, O. Louis Guglielmi (1...

A DRAWING A DAY: "Bound" 6x9 Female nude Original charcoal drawing

A DRAWING A DAY: "Bound" 6x9 Female nude Original charcoal drawing: I laid in the basic values throughout the drawing first, in masses, I apply the charcoal with the broad side on the paper, just to get a fe...

ARCAblog: Kunsthal Rotterdam Art Heist: Challenging the blam...

ARCAblog: Kunsthal Rotterdam Art Heist: Challenging the blam...: by Catherine Sezgin, ARCA Blog Editor Dutch Journalist Niels Rutger questions the Kunsthal Rotterdam 's statement yesterday that the ...

It's About Time: French artist Andre Lhote 1885-1962

It's About Time: French artist Andre Lhote 1885-1962: Andre Lhote (French artist, 1885-1962) L'Escale 1913 André Lhote, a French sculptor & painter, also taught & wrote about art. Lhote lec...

19th-century American Women: Portraits by American artist John Trumbull 1756–18...

19th-century American Women: Portraits by American artist John Trumbull 1756–18...: John Trumbull (American artist, 1756 – 1843) Martha Washington. 1793 John Trumbull 1756–1843, American painter, was the son of Gov. J...

It's About Time: 1930s America's Great Depression - 1934 Public Wor...

It's About Time: 1930s America's Great Depression - 1934 Public Works Project ...: . Barbara Stevenson (American artist, ) Apple Vendor, 1933-34 The United States of America was in crisis as 1934 approached. Bernice ...

ARCAblog: Police Release Surveillance Video for Kunsthal Art...

ARCAblog: Police Release Surveillance Video for Kunsthal Art...: The Rotterdam-Rijnmond police in The Netherlands posted this surveillance feed of the break in at the Kunsthal on October 16 at around 3:15...

ARCAblog: Dutch Journalist Reports Kunsthal Rotterdam thieve...

ARCAblog: Dutch Journalist Reports Kunsthal Rotterdam thieve...: Journalist Niels Rigter for Metronieuws.nl reported  here  online that the guards have said that thieves employed the flipper method ("fli...

A DRAWING A DAY: "Midnight" 8x10 Female portrait frontal view charc...

A DRAWING A DAY: "Midnight" 8x10 Female portrait frontal view charc...: When I work on white paper I use only various forms of charcoal, for the highlights I use the kneaded eraser to get the whitest whites from...

ARCAblog: Kunsthal Rotterdam Art Heist: "Progress in Kunstha...

ARCAblog: Kunsthal Rotterdam Art Heist: "Progress in Kunstha...: Rotterdam-Rijnmond Police in The Netherlands released a press release on their website regarding progress in the investigation of the Octo...

A DRAWING A DAY: Artwork currently on auction

A DRAWING A DAY: Artwork currently on auction: Check out this week's auctions, an eclectic mix of different subjects, some older cityscapes and new figure sketches sizes go up to 9x12 in...

ARCAblog: Experts opine professional thieves may have stolen...

ARCAblog: Experts opine professional thieves may have stolen...: Monet's "Charing Cross Bridge, London" 1901/AP On October 7, Kunsthal Rotterdam, a showcase of temporary exhibitions, opened " Avante ...

ARCAblog: Rotterdam Art Heist: The Day After

ARCAblog: Rotterdam Art Heist: The Day After: by Catherine Sezgin, ARCA Blog Editor-in-Chief Questions remain the day after seven stolen paintings estimated to be worth "tens of mi...

ARCAblog: Kunsthal Rotterdam Art Heist: Conferring with Char...

ARCAblog: Kunsthal Rotterdam Art Heist: Conferring with Char...: By Catherine Sezgin, ARCA Blog Editor-in-Chief Charley Hill, former Scotland Yard art detective (who helped to recover "The Scream") and...

insider theft - Tale of big international book theft gets a new chapter - Search underway for thousands of missing volumes

insider theft - Tale of big international book theft gets a new chapter - Search underway for thousands of missing volumes

ARCAblog: Possible Federal Plea Deal for Leads on Isabella S...

ARCAblog: Possible Federal Plea Deal for Leads on Isabella Stewart Gardner museum art heist  ...: By Lynda Albertson, ARCA Last February a reputed Genovese soldier Robert Gentile and his alleged long-time associate Andrew Parente were...

ARCAblog: Q&A with Thierry Lenain on "Monkey Painting" and "...

ARCAblog: Q&A with Thierry Lenain on "Monkey Painting" and "...: Editor-in-Chief Noah Charney features "Q&A with Thierry Lenain" in the Spring/Summer issue of The Journal of Art Crime . Thierry Lenain i...

GILLIAN ANDERSON - GILLIAN ANDERSON - Blog

GILLIAN ANDERSON - GILLIAN ANDERSON - Blog

It's About Time: 1930s America's Great Depression - Aaron Douglas 1...

It's About Time: 1930s America's Great Depression - Aaron Douglas 1...: Aaron Douglas (American artist, 1899-1979) Aspects of Negro Life: Song of the Towers. In the decade before the Great Depression, the ...

It's About Time: Reflect on your Blessings - Artist Spencer & Charl...

It's About Time: Reflect on your Blessings - Artist Spencer & Charl...: Stanley Spencer, (English painter, 1891–1959) The Last Supper "Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has many--not o...

It's About Time: A Landscape by Paolo Veronese (Paolo Caliari) (Ita...

It's About Time: A Landscape by Paolo Veronese (Paolo Caliari) (Ita...: Paolo Veronese (Paolo Caliari) ((Italian, 1528-1588) Landscape with Villa and Carriages (detail)

SOUTH COAST WATCH CO.: SOUTH COAST WATCH CO.: ineedartandcoffee: Influenc...

SOUTH COAST WATCH CO.: SOUTH COAST WATCH CO.: ineedartandcoffee: Influenc...: SOUTH COAST WATCH CO.: ineedartandcoffee: Influences: A Photograph of Pic... : ineedartandcoffee: Influences: A Photograph of Picass...

ARCAblog: Statistics on European Art Crime

ARCAblog: Statistics on European Art Crime: by Dr. Ludo Block, Senior Investigator at Grant Thornton Forensic & Investigation Services Netherlands When Poland held the European U...

ARCAblog: The Journal of Art Crime, Fall 2012: "The Role of ...

ARCAblog: The Journal of Art Crime, Fall 2012: "The Role of ...: In the Fall 2012 electronic edition of The Journal of Art Crime , criminologist John Kerr examines the role of the police in the co-produ...

It's About Time: 1930s America's Great Depression - Charles Demuth'...

It's About Time: 1930s America's Great Depression - Charles Demuth'...: . Charles Demuth (American painter, 1883-1935) Incense of New Church 1921 As a young artist, Charles Demuth painted figurative watercol...

ARCAblog: "Fingerprinting Objects for the Control of Illegal...

ARCAblog: "Fingerprinting Objects for the Control of Illegal...: In the Fall 2012 issue of The Journal of Art Crime , Dr. W. (Bill) Wei writes on "Fingerprinting Objects for the Control of Illegal Traf...

Drawing Poison: Garbage and Ink and Glue

Drawing Poison: Garbage and Ink and Glue: Sometimes I expect my hands to turn pieces of whatever's lying around into something meaningful without letting me know what I'm doing. ...

ARCAblog: The Journal of Art Crime, Fall 2012: "Repatriation...

ARCAblog: The Journal of Art Crime, Fall 2012: "Repatriation...: In the Fall 2012 electric edition of The Journal of Art Crime,  Johanna Devlin writes on "Repatriation via the Art Market: A New Type of...

It's About Time: Everyday life in 19th century America - On the far...

It's About Time: Everyday life in 19th century America - On the farm...: George Henry Durrie (American Painter, 1820-1863)  Haying at Jones Inn John Whetten Ehninger (American artist, 1827-89) October 186...

It's About Time: Everyday life in 19th century America - On the wat...

It's About Time: Everyday life in 19th century America - On the wat...: . Edward Lamson Henry (American genre artist, 1841–1919) Down the river Robert Salmon (English-born American artist, c 1775-1845) W...

It's About Time: 1930s America's Great Depression - Regional Artist...

It's About Time: 1930s America's Great Depression - Regional Artist...: . 1930 Grant Wood (American regionalist artist, 1891-1942) American Gothic (the artist's sister) One of America's leading Regionalist ...

ARCAblog: "Art Predators and The Rediscovered Heritage ... t...

ARCAblog: "Art Predators and The Rediscovered Heritage ... t...: Here's a link to a video showing an exhibit, "Art Predators and The Rediscovered Heritage .. the story of recovery",  at the National Et...

ARCAblog: The Journal of Art Crime, Fall 2012: "Getting Gove...

ARCAblog: The Journal of Art Crime, Fall 2012: "Getting Gove...: In the Fall 2012 electronic issue of The Journal of Art Crime , Asif Efrat writes on "Getting Governments to Cooperate against Looting: ...

It's About Time: 1930s America's Great Depression - Elsie Driggs 18...

It's About Time: 1930s America's Great Depression - Elsie Driggs 18...: . Elsie B. Driggs (American Precisionist painter, 1898-1992) Queensborough Bridge, 1927 Elsie Driggs is best known as a precisionist ...

It's About Time: 1930s America's Great Depression - The Man's World...

It's About Time: 1930s America's Great Depression - The Man's World...: . Robert Riggs (American artist, 1896–1970) Boxers Known for his paintings of sports & prize-fighting scenes, Robert Riggs had a succe...

ARCAblog: The Journal of Art Crime, Fall 2012: "The Role of ...

ARCAblog: The Journal of Art Crime, Fall 2012: "The Role of ...: In the Fall 2012 electronic edition of The Journal of Art Crime , criminologist John Kerr examines the role of the police in the co-produ...

A Painter's Evolution: Van Gogh in Ottawa V - 1

A Painter's Evolution: Van Gogh in Ottawa V - 1: Vincent moved to Auvers-sur-Oise in May 1890.  The close proximity to Paris brought the influence of the avant-garde into focus.  This spur...

ARCAblog: Intriguing Headlines Tout Second Mona Lisa But Wha...

ARCAblog: Intriguing Headlines Tout Second Mona Lisa But Wha...: Isleworth Mona Lisa (Wiki) 'La Joconde' (1503-1506) has mostly hung in the Louvre  (INV. 779) since Francois I  acquired it in 1518. ...

It's About Time: The New Western Woman of the 1920s

It's About Time: The New Western Woman of the 1920s: . 1919 Niklaus Stoecklin (Swiss artist, 1896-1982) Nelly While I was looking at the change over time in the depiction of women with ve...

It's About Time: Rainy day reading indoors beyond the USA

It's About Time: Rainy day reading indoors beyond the USA: . Gustave Cailebotte (French artist, 1848–1894), Woman Reading 1880 Albert Edelfelt (Finnish artist, 1854-1905) Lukeva Ninen, 1885 ...

It's About Time: Ironing the laundry 1800-1940s

It's About Time: Ironing the laundry 1800-1940s: . Henry Robert Morland (British Painter, 1716-1797)  Woman Ironing Louis Leopold Boily (French painter, 1761-1845) Young Woman Ironin...

It's About Time: Everyday life in 19th century America - A Man's Wo...

It's About Time: Everyday life in 19th century America - A Man's Wo...: Richard Caton Woodville (American painter, 1825-1855) Politics in an Oysterhouse 1848 Richard Caton Woodville (1825-1855) was supporte...

It's About Time: Taking tea with Peruvian artist Albert Lynch 1851-...

It's About Time: Taking tea with Peruvian artist Albert Lynch 1851-...: Albert Lynch (Peruvian artist, 1851-1912) Women at Tea Several of the women in the last posting were painted by Albert Lynch.  He was ...

ARCAblog: Intriguing Headlines Tout Second Mona Lisa But Wha...

ARCAblog: Intriguing Headlines Tout Second Mona Lisa But Wha...: Isleworth Mona Lisa (Wiki) 'La Joconde' (1503-1506) has mostly hung in the Louvre  (INV. 779) since Francois I  acquired it in 1518. ...

ARCAblog: Intriguing Headlines Tout Second Mona Lisa But Wha...

ARCAblog: Intriguing Headlines Tout Second Mona Lisa But Wha...: Isleworth Mona Lisa (Wiki) 'La Joconde' (1503-1506) has mostly hung in the Louvre  (INV. 779) since Francois I  acquired it in 1518. ...

It's About Time: 1930s America's Great Depression - Jobs & Art Acro...

It's About Time: 1930s America's Great Depression - Jobs & Art Acro...: . Stuart Davis (American artist, 1894-1964) Impression of the New York World's Fair (mural study, Communications Building, World's Fair, Fl...

Artwork "Still life by Alexandra Morozova"- www.celesteprize.com

Artwork "Still life by Alexandra Morozova"- www.celesteprize.com

IL NUDE IN ARTE: Vicente Navarro Romero

IL NUDE IN ARTE: Vicente Navarro Romero: Vicente Navarro Romero (Spanish, 1888 - 1978)

ARCAblog: One Step up the Looting Pyramid

ARCAblog: One Step up the Looting Pyramid: To some individuals, the scandal surrounding the Met’s 1972 purchase of the Euphronios krater and similarly shady procurements by some US...

It's About Time: Fall in 1800s New England

It's About Time: Fall in 1800s New England: John Frederick Kensett (American artist, 1816-1872) Connecticut Shoreline In Autumn It is a rainy fall day here in the Chesapeake, and...

It's About Time: The 1600s middle class (+ their dogs!) by Dutch ar...

It's About Time: The 1600s middle class (+ their dogs!) by Dutch ar...: Gabriel Metsu (Dutch Baroque Era Painter, 1629-1667) A Musical Party Gabriel Metsu (Dutch Baroque Era Painter, 1629-1667) Breakfast...

ARCAblog: California State Mining and Mineral Museum Closed ...

ARCAblog: California State Mining and Mineral Museum Closed ...: Tourists often overlook Mariposa on their way to Yosemite Valley, but last week the small historic town in Northern California created hea...