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On Collecting Poet James Fenton explores the little-known field of Hafner ware as an area of collecting, after rejecting traditional collecting areas such as stamps and medals. 2020, Art collector, Food for Thought － 17.09.2020 A Typology of Collecting 2.0 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. 2020, Art collector, Food for Thought － 07.08.2020 Venice Art historian Ben Street reflects on Venice, focusing on a sublime Bellini altarpiece in situ in the church of San Giovanni Grisostomo. 2020, Art historian, Food for Thought － 18.07.2020 Giovanni Bellini, Catalogo Ragionato Preview the new catalogue raisonné on the Venetian master with an entry on the altarpiece at the San Giovanni Crisostomo in Venice. 2020, Scholarship － 17.07.2020 ‘Titian: Love, Desire, Death’ at the National Gallery, London Art historian Peter Humfrey reviews the much anticipated exhibition reuniting Titian’s six great mythological paintings for Philip II of Spain, which was forced to close three days after opening in March. 2020, Exhibitions － 15.07.2020 On Being an Anti-Racist Preservationist 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. 2020, Food for Thought － 26.06.2020 Of Miraculous Art in a Time of Coronavirus Anna Somers Cocks OBE shares her provocative thoughts on art as she spent several weeks sequestered in Turin during the peak of the pandemic. 2020, Food for Thought － 06.06.2020 Painters at the Pictures: the Cinema and Artistic Biography David Ekserdjian, distinguished scholar of the Italian late Renaissance, presents a survey of films about artists. 2020, Food for Thought － 15.05.2020 Counting Back from the End 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. 2020, Art collector, Art historian, Food for Thought － 24.04.2020 A Reminiscence of Lombard Still Lifes and Dinner with Silvano Lodi in 1982 Art historian John Spike recalls dining with one of the greatest collectors of Italian Still Life paintings, Silvano Lodi. 2020, Art collector, Food for Thought － 02.04.2020 Baldung Grien in Karlsruhe Review of exhibition Hans Baldung Grien: Heilig | Unheilig (Sacred | Profane) at the Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe - the first monographic exhibition of the artist in 60 years. 2020, Exhibitions － 17.03.2020 Vereniging Rembrandt 2020 TEFAF highlight Paul Rem, conservator at the Paleis Het Loo and member of the advisory board at Vereninging Rembrandt (Rembrandt Association) selects Interior View of Niewe Kerk, a painting by Pieter Saenredam as one of the top highlights at TEFAF Maastricht 2020. 2020, Gallery activity － 10.03.2020 2019 in Summary 2019 saw the rare emergence of works by Caravaggio and Cimabue, which topped the auction record for Old Masters this year, as well as superb monographic shows devoted to Breugel, Dürer, da Vinci, El Greco, Verrocchio and Rembrandt. 2019, Art market － 14.12.2019 TEFAF Meet the Expert 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. 2019, Gallery activity － 15.03.2019 Utrecht, Caravaggio and Europe Snapshots from the exhibition of Dutch Caravaggists at the Centraal Museum, Utrecht. 2019, Exhibitions － 14.03.2019 Vereniging Rembrandt TEFAF TIPS Ann Demeester, director of the Frans Hals Museum in Haarlem, selects a painting exhibited by Nicholas Hall as one of the best 17th century paintings at TEFAF Maastricht 2019. 2019, Gallery activity － 11.03.2019 Fantastic Art Revisited: Exhibiting Old Masters and Contemporary Art A symposium accompanying the exhibition Endless Enigma: Eight Centuries of Fantastic Art. The half-day event was organized by Yuan Fang and Nicholas Hall and took place at The Kitchen, New York. 2018, Gallery activity － 27.10.2018 Old Masters, New Frontiers Yuan Fang presents at the inaugural Museum 2050 symposium at the Long Museum in Shanghai, an initiative that seeks to investigate the future of the cultural institutions in China. 2018, Gallery activity － 01.06.2018 The Old Masters Market post-Salvator Mundi Old Master sales maintain momentum in the first auction season after the record-shattering sale of Leonardo da Vinci's 450 million dollar Salvator Mundi. 2017, Art market － 14.12.2017 What’s in a Name? The 450 Million Dollar da Vinci Making sense of the the $450 million record-shattering Leonardo da Vinci, which made over $300 million profit for the seller who originally felt to have overpaid at $127 million. 2017, Art market － 17.11.2017 Carlo Maratti: A Personal Appreciation Ian Kennedy, curator emeritus at the Nelson-Atkins Museum lectures on Carlo Maratti to celebrate the opening of our focus exhibition on the artist. 2017, Gallery activity － 18.10.2017 Giovanni da Rimini Review of the focus exhibition Giovanni da Rimini: A 14th-Century Masterpiece Unveiled at the National Gallery, London. 2017, Art collector, Exhibitions － 11.08.2017 Mute Eloquence Review of the exhibition Raphael: The Drawings at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. 2017, Exhibitions － 14.07.2017 Georges de La Tour, The Penitent Magdalene, ca. 1630-35 or ca. 1645-50, sold through Nicholas Hall to a private collection. Further explore Exhibitions What’s on and what’s coming up at Nicholas Hall? View our archives and learn about the exhibitions curated by Nicholas Hall.Discover How to buy Buying art at Nicholas Hall is straight-forward, fair and enjoyable. Check out our step-by-step guide to know what to expect during a typical purchase. Discover Books A selection of books published by Nicholas Hall.Discover How to sell Selling Old Masters and European fine art with Nicholas Hall begins with a valuation. Learn more about our approach and what to expect for a typical sale.Discover New to Old Masters How can I be sure what I am getting is real? Why are some Rubens paintings $200,000 and others $20,000,000 USD? Here are some expert tips that can help you get started on your collecting journey.Discover Glossary Our Abecedario skips “Animal” and “Zigzag”, but it has (almost) all the practical terms you might encounter and ought to know (but dare not ask).Discover Frequently Asked Questions What are the pros and cons of buying art from a gallery, fair and auction? 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