Botticelli's painting "Man of Sorrows", which will be auctioned at Sotheby's on 27 January, has been analysed by the auction house, and infrared images show that underneath the painting there is an earlier composition.     This is the painting of a "Madonna

After 4 years closed for renovations at its New York headquarters, the Hispanic Society reopens with the exhibition: "Gilded Figures: Wood and Clay Made Flesh". This splendid exhibition will offer a rare glimpse of a major art form from the Hispanic

"Leonardo and the copy of Mona Lisa. New approaches to the practice of the Vincian workshop" is an exhibition on view at the Museo del Prado until 23 January next year. Curated by Ana González Mozo, the exhibition summarises the research

The Musée des Beaux-Arts d'Orléans inaugurated last week its latest exhibition dedicated to Diego Velázquez's Saint Thomas. The show will chart the painting's interesting history, including the change of attribution from Murillo to Velázquez made in 1920 by the Italian art historian Robert Longhi.

  Laurence des Cars has been named as the new director of the Louvre Museum in Paris. Des Cars, a specialist in nineteenth century painting, is the current president of the Musée d’Orsay and the Musée de l’Orangerie. She will replace

One exhibition that will be worth a visit, is the one opening next month at the Metropolitan in New York, THE MEDICI: Portraits & Politics, 1512-1570. As they say at the Metropolitan: Through an outstanding group of portraits, this major loan exhibition

    Manuel Arias has been appointed curator of sculpture at the Museo del Prado. The former deputy director of the Museo de Escultura de Valladolid will take up his new post on 1 June. He holds a PhD in Art History and has

  This painting "Saint Francis Embracing Christ on the Cross", attributed to Murillo, was due to be auctioned yesterday at Christie's New York. But two days before the auction the painting was withdrawn and Christie's has not given any explanation. According to

  The most talked-about piece of news last week was the possible Caravaggio that was to be auctioned at the Ansorena auction house in Madrid.   The "Ecce Homo" was to be auctioned for a price of 1,500 euros. But growing rumours that

  In the latest Christie's London auction, Winston Churchill's painting "The Tower of the Kutubia Mosque" has been sold for 7 million pounds (8.2 with commission). The painting has an interesting history. Churchill, who was an amateur painter, painted this work in

Since 2015, Patrimonio Nacional (under which the Spanish State's Palaces are administered), has conserved 9 paintings by José de Ribera. The conservation has been carried out by Rafael Alonso. The latest was of the painting "The Liberation of Saint Peter", which

Last year, Philip Mould, an English art dealer, bought this small portrait in an online auction. At the auction it was said that it could be a portrait of Sir Walter Raleigh. It turned out to be a portrait of King

Sotheby's has broken its records for Old Master paintings auctions, selling Botticelli's "Portrait of a Young Man Holding a Medallion" for $80 million, which, with commission, comes to $92,184,000. The buyer is not yet known, although there are rumours that it

Next week, Sotheby’s New York will celebrate “Masters Week”, with several auctions. Three major works stand out: Sandro Botticelli "Portrait of a young man holding a roundel". The painting is estimated at $ 80 million. Its sale would set a new record

Finally, another remarkable sale is this sculpture of the "Virgin with Child", School of Northern France, 14th century. It was on sale at Sotheby's London with an estimate of 20 - 30,000 pounds, a very low price due to the

Another work to highlight is this triptych by Fernando Gallego "La Virgen de la humildad", which was auctioned at Leo Spik, Berlin. It had a starting price of 90,000 euros and was auctioned off for 529,760 euros. The small size of

In this post and the next two, we will comment on some of the latest medieval art sales: The Museo del Prado, has bought this "Calvary with Saints and Donors".     The panel, of very high quality, has had different attributions and pending

A veces informamos de sorpresas en las subastas, de precios inesperados, gangas, que en inglés denominan “sleeper” (éxito inesperado), es decir, obras que salen como anónimas y realmente se pueden atribuir a un gran maestro con el consiguiente cambio de

Doctor in Art History at the Autonomous University of Barcelona with the thesis Images and ideas in late Catalan painting and professor of Medieval Art at the University of Girona since 1997. He is fundamentally dedicated to study the meanings

After a long birthday party, the great day of the Prado bicentennial arrived. On November 19, 1819, this Tuesday made just 200 years, opened its doors in Madrid the Royal Museum, the germ of the current art gallery. Two centuries

In November, three renowned andinteresting art fairs are going to take place all around the World. We will analyse themin the following blog. The first one is TEFAF New York (1st-5th November), which on its fourth edition focuses on fine and

An exceptional exhibition on Leonardo da Vinci will be presented at the Musée du Louvre in the fall of 2019. A unique group of artworks that only the Louvre could bring together, in addition to its outstanding collection of paintings

On 4th October, the María Cristina Masaveu Peterson opened its new headquarters in Madrid (Alcalá Galiano 6), right in the centre of the capital and close to the Paseo del Arte. From that same day until 5th January 2020 access

The exhibition (22nd October - 2nd February) will reveal the artistic personality of two of the most outstanding women artists in western art. Through a total of 60 works and for the first time, the Museo del Prado will jointly

The Portrait of Michele Marullo Tarcaniota, from 1941, considered a masterpiece in Botticelli’s portraiture, is also the last work of the Quattrocento painter to be kept in private hands. In 1929 it was acquired by the Catalan politician and patron

The museum is presenting an exhibition that connects the work of Cristóbal Balenciaga, the most admired and influential fashion designer of all time, with the tradition of 16th to 20th century Spanish painting. References to Spanish art and culture are a

Renowned art fair, La Biennale Paris assembles this year national and international exhibitors under the roof of the Grand Palais presenting more than six millenniums of art. An iconic and prestigious event for over sixty years, La Biennale Paris has

Among the recent donations of 19th century paintings to the Prado Museum, those of Hans Rudolf Gerstenmaier is singular not only for its number, eleven artworks, but also for its concentration on the art of the last years of the

The monumental stairway at Palazzo Corsini, the soaring frescoed ceilings, the terrace overlooking the Arno, the beauty of the past and splendour of recent times so close you could almost touch it, art that cedes to the artisan even if

The Royal Patronage of the Prado Museum has a new president, and the elected one, voted unanimously by this collegiate body, has been Javier Solana (Madrid, 1946). The socialist politician was expected to occupy this strategic post, vacant since last

Within the context of the Prado’s celebration of its Bicentenary, the Museum is presenting Velázquez, Rembrandt, Vermeer: Parallel visions, an ambitious exhibition devoted to Dutch and Spanish painting of the late 16th and early 17th centuries which benefits from the sponsorship of Fundación

The Japanese architect, Shohei Shigematsu, has been in charge of expanding and renovating the rooms of the auction house, which since last week has more than two acres to exhibit impressionist, modern and contemporary art. This is OMA Studio’s first

On the occasion of the third centenary of the birth of Giovanni Battista Piranesi, the National Library of Spain (BNE) and the Institute of Cultural Heritage of Spain (IPCE) of the Ministry of Culture and Sport are organising an exhibition

After months of restoration by Almudena Sánchez, the Museo del Prado presents The Annunciation by Fra Angelico, one of the greatest treasures of the museum’s collection. A masterpiece that recovers its rich and dazzling colours, the supernatural light that invades

For many years they were guarded in the Palacio de Zubieta in Lekeitio, which was the ancestral home of the lords of Adán de Yarza, and now return to the Basque Country to be exhibited to the public in the

The sculptor Eduardo Chillida (1924-2002) created a home for his work. It is in Hernani, very close to his hometown of San Sebastian. It is in a traditional Basque house from the 16th century called Zabalaga Leku that the artist

From March 18th until July 7th 2019, the exhibition "Sorolla: Master of Spanish Light" will take place at the National Gallery of London. Known as the 'master of light' for his iridescent canvases, this is an extraordinary opportunity to see the

Sculptures have always been part of the legend that has surrounded the enigmatic Leonardo da Vinci. However, not a single piece has been attributed until now, when curators of an exhibition in Florence have revealed that “The Virgin with the

The rare and beautiful Master of the Embroidered Foliage "Virgin and Child", estimated at $150,000 to 250,000 was auctioned on the 27th February. Finally, it was sold for $2,050,000. The scene depicts the Virgin Mary breastfeeding the Infant Jesus. It belongs

In 2019 the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum is presenting (from 19th February to 26th May) a retrospective exhibition of the legendary artist Balthasar Klossowski of Rola (1908-2001), known as Balthus, organised jointly with the Beyeler Fondation Riehen / Basel, where it is

"We have to let the pictures create themselves" The international BRAFA Art Fair is proud to welcome Gilbert & George as Guest of Honour of its 2019 edition (Tour & Taxis, Brussels, 26 January - 3 February). In the half century that

Since the Royal Museum was opened on 19th November 1819 with funds from the royal collections, this institution has become one of the main repositories of Western pictorial memory, a fundamental reference point of Spanish culture and an object of

The Bruegel exhibition in Vienna is the setting for an amazing encounter. About half of all the extant works by Pieter Bruegel the Elder are on show. About forty paintings, sixty drawings and eighty prints can be attributed to him

Seven certainly does not seem like a very impressive number, but it changes when it comes to counting nothing less than Velázquez’s paintings. These seven oil paintings from the Museo Del Prado to Caixaforum Barcelona represent the largest display dedicated

Como muestra de la importancia de la exposición del Bosco del museo del Prado, un dato, de todas las obras atribuidas a el Bosco, sólo tres no están en la exposición. Probablemente nunca más se podrán ver tantas obras del pintor

Otra exposición muy interesante, también en Madrid: De Caravaggio a Bernini: Obras maestras del seicento italiano en las colecciones Reales. La exposición la componen 72 pinturas y esculturas, creadas en Italia durante el siglo XVII, por los principales artistas del momento:

El pasado jueves 17 de junio se inauguró en el MNAC de Barcelona la exposición “El Divino Morales”. Es una muestra que vale la pena visitar. Está coorganizada por el Museo Nacional del Prado, el Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao

Este Verano la exposición estrella de Berlín es “El siglo de Oro. Die Ära Velázquez”. Que se celebra en la Gemäldegalerie de la Staatliche Museen zu Berlin hasta el 30 de octubre. Esta gran exposición presenta más de 130 obras maestras