AAD REPORTS06/03/2021The one problem with this estate? Try getting the art out of the country
In the early 19th century, designer Jeanne Lanvin founded what is now France’s oldest couture fashion house, Lanvin, in Paris. Her daughter, Marie-Blanche de Polignac,...[Read More]
AAD REPORTS05/03/2021
Wrecked Convair F-102, 1979 Windsor Locks Tornado Damage
Situated in three hangars just north of Bradley International AIrport, of Windsor, CT, the New England Air Museum was established after the original collection then called the Bradley AIr Museum...[Read More]
AAD REPORTS05/03/2021On June 3, 1952, Willem de Kooning, in the midst of creating the paintings that made him famous, was granted a private tour of the Barnes Foundation in Merion. More than two decades later, he recalled his amazement at the collection.
“In one room there...[Read More]
AAD REPORTS05/03/2021The association between the Boy Scouts of America and Norman Rockwell spanned more than six decades, yielding dozens of commissioned coming-of-age portraits that evoke virtue, bravery and Americana.
But now faced with tens of thousands of sex-abuse...[Read More]
AAD REPORTS05/03/2021In a strong start to its 20th century art sales launched at its London and New York headquarters on Monday, Christie’s sold a group of eight drawings from the family collection of London dealer Thomas Gibson for a collective $25.3 million, well above...[Read More]
AAD REPORTS05/03/2021Ben Heller, who died in 2019, amassed a legendary collection of Abstract Expressionism, supporting artists like Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, and others at a time when few else would. But before he dispersed his works to some of the world’s top museums,...[Read More]
AAD REPORTS02/03/2021
Bishops Palace
Bishops Palace
The Bishop's Palace, also known as Gresham's Castle, is an ornate Victorian house located on Broadway and 14th Street in the East End Historic District of Galveston, Texas. The American Institute of Architects has listed...[Read More]
AAD REPORTS02/03/2021Angelina Jolie sells off Winston Churchill painting from Brad Pitt for $11.5M
Angelina Jolie sold off a Winston Churchill painting that Brad Pitt bought her as a gift for $11.5 million on Monday.
The work was gifted to Jolie by her estranged...[Read More]
AAD REPORTS01/03/2021Here’s an eleventh entry to Notorious B.I.G.’s “Ten Crack Commandments” — thou shalt not leave your drugs out for your mom to find.The late hip-hop legend once broke that dictate when he left a plate full of crack rocks on his bedroom windowsill —...[Read More]