Kaminski

During a summer walk-through of a home in Prides Crossing, Massachusetts, Frank Kaminski saw something that compelled his attention. Emerging from beneath a pile of boxes and blankets was a highly detailed carved paw foot.

Art by a pair of 20th century artists who actively avoided belonging to any artistic school or movement stood out in recent US auctions.

Austrian saleroom im Kinsky has hit out at the “biased reporting” and “aggressive reaction” to its decision to offer a Nazi-looted painting at auction. With heightened media coverage about the consignment, the portrait of a Dutch merchant by Bartholomeus van der Helst (1613-1670) was eventually withdrawn shortly before it was due to be offered in Vienna at the end of last month.