Not Worth Breakfast?
An anonymous  Swiss art collector has offered to buy Peter Silverman “lunch and dinner and caviar for the rest of my life if the painting ever does get sold.” Silverman purchased Profile of the Bella Principessa at the Ganz gallery in New York on behalf of an anonymous Swiss collector in 2007 for about $19,000. Peter Paul Biro, a forensic art ex

Spiritual America – 2005 Replaces 1983
The Tate Modern was visited two weeks ago by a London police unit that deals with obscene publications. As a result, the museum has removed a work by artist Richard Prince of a ten year old, nude, oiled and made-up Brooke Shields and replaced it with a 2005 version of the work. Additionally, the exhibition catalo

That Didn’t Take Long
12,500 people visited Miroslaw Balka’s exhibit, How It Is, at the Tate Modern on opening day today with only one incident – a  man walked straight into a wall, receiving a lump on his nose and having blood on his suit. I wonder if he is related to the people who tripped over Doris

To Be Unnerved And Unsettled
How It Is by Polish artist Miroslaw Balka is the 10th annual commission in the Tate Modern’s Unilever Series. It is raised six feet six inches off the ground so that visitors can wander underneath before walking up a ramp and entering the container to immerse themselves in complete, utter blackness. The work ha

Another Gal Making History
It’s official. Zenyatta tied the record of Personal Ensign by taking the Lady’s Secret race in Santa Anita today. The five year old mare came from her usual spot at the back of the pack and powered through the stretch to remain unbeaten in her stellar career. Trainer John Shirreffs said, Thirteen in a row. Personal Ensign … I mean, it’s histori