At one point in time, the Greek American painter Theodoros Stamos was at the forefront of the Abstract Expressionist Movement. In 1951, Life magazine printed a now famous photograph of the "Irascible Group," with Stamos sitting in the first row, beside B

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Born into a wealthy family in the Philippines, Alfonso Ossorio was educated in England and came to the U.S. at the age of 14. He studied Fine Art at Harvard University and the Rhode Island School of Design. During World War II, Ossorio worked as a medica

January 11, 2012, 12:07 pm The forgery scandal surrounding Knoedler Gallery is growing broader by the day. In a recent article , the Art Newspaper provides a good summary of the debacle, and points out something we hadn’t heard before. It seems the inves

Sending a signal that it intends to become a serious competitor in the field of contemporary art for the first time in half a century, the Metropolitan Museum of Art has recruited a prominent London curator to oversee a new department devoted to art of t

By Peter Plagens Marlborough Gallery545 W. 25th St. , (212) 463-8634Through Jan. 14Resolutions are standard for a New Year, but raising a few questions might be more beneficial in the art world, whose stock-in-trade (other than zany auction prices) lies i