How is the Old Masters market doing more than a year into the Covid-19 pandemic? Our gallery associate Oliver Rordorf presents some trends observed in the marketplace between March 2020 and July 2021.

Inspired by his recent visit to the Art Institute of Chicago, poet Richie Hofmann dedicates his new poem, Jupiter, to a painting by Abraham Janssens.

An original study on the market for anonymous 15th and 16th century Flemish paintings, sold between 1946-2015 by Dr. Anne-Sophie V. Radermecker.

Art collector Uli Sigg – who formed the most substantial collection of contemporary Chinese art in the world – shares his perceptive and witty analysis of the motives of the collector, highlighted by his personal insights on collecting online.

Executive Director of Sir John Soane’s Museum Michael Diaz-Griffith the and Dutch-Chinese author Mary Wang discuss art in the wake of the recent groundswell of support for the Black Lives Matter movement.

Art historian and founder of CODART Gary Schwartz shares his personal thoughts on the subject of collecting. Inspired by an article he wrote on kunstkamer paintings years ago, his moving essay takes us to the Isle of Bute off the main coast of Scotland where the emotional journey begins.

Nicholas Hall reviews exhibition Hans Baldung Grien: Heilig | Unheilig (Sacred | Profane) at the Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe - the first monographic exhibition of the artist in 60 years. On view between 30 Nov 2019 – 8 Mar 2020.

Between 13 Sept 2019 - 20 Jan 2020, the Musée Jacquemart-André in Paris presents a major exhibition of works from the Alana Collection, formed by the Chillian-born collector couple Alvaro Saieh and Ana Guzmán.

Nicholas Hall presents a fine Portrait of a Young Lady Holding a Cat, a brillantly seductive image painted by Antonio d'Ubertino Verdi, known as Bacchiacca, for the TEFAF 2019 - Meet the Expert series.

The first ever exhibition in the United States to focus on the portraiture of Giovanni Battista Morini, an innovative painter of the Renaissance active in Northern Italy. On view between 21 Feb - 2 Jun 2019.

Nicholas Hall reviews the focus exhibition 'Giovanni da Rimini: A 14th-Century Masterpiece Unveiled at the National Gallery, London' on view between 14 June – 8 October 2017.