Previous Posts: November 2025
Poetic Portraits at the Timken Museum of Art
November 7 2025
Picture: Timken Museum of Art
Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:
The Timken Museum of Art opened their latest temporary exhibition this week entitled Poetic Portraits: Allegory and Identity in Sixteenth-Century Europe.
According to their website:
The Timken Museum of Art unveils Poetic Portraits: Allegory and Identity in Sixteenth-Century Europe, a landmark exhibition exploring the rich interplay of art, literature, and identity during the Renaissance. On view from November 3, 2025, through March 29, 2026, this exhibition brings together more than a dozen exceptional images that trace the impact of sixteenth-century art on ideas about portraiture. At the heart of the Poetic Portraits is a masterwork by Sofonisba Anguissola, one of the most celebrated women artists of the Renaissance. Her Portrait of Giovanni Battista Caselli, on loan from the Museo Nacional del Prado in Madrid, anchors the exhibition and is shown in the United States for the first time at the Timken.
Pinacoteca Ancona Reopens on 6th December
November 7 2025
Picture: Pinacoteca Ancona
Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:
The Pinacoteca Ancona will be reopening to the public on 6th December 2025 after undergoing a two-year renovation project. The gallery is home to paintings by the likes of Lorenzo Lotto, Titian, Sebastiano del Piombo and others.
Direct the Musée Granet
November 7 2025
Picture: Musée Granet
Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:
The Musée Granet in Aix-en-Provence are hiring a new Director.
The job includes leading into the future their collection of 12,000 objects and 3,500 m2 of permanent and temporary exhibition space of this important regional French museum.
Applications must be in by 18th November 2025 (no salary indicated).
Good luck if you're applying!
Maarten van Heemskerck acquired by Frans Hals Museum
November 7 2025
Picture: Frans Hals Museum Haarlem
Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:
News from CODART (the international network of curators of Dutch and Flemish art) that the Frans Hals Museum in Haarlem have acquired a rare genre painting by Maarten van Heemskerck. It was acquired with the support of the Rembrandt Association.
According to their article:
The painting by Maarten van Heemskerck, from circa 1526/1527, is a particularly early work by the master painter. It was on show from September 2024 to January 2025 as part of the first survey exhibition of his work, hosted simultaneously by the Frans Hals Museum, Teylers Museum and Stedelijk Museum Alkmaar. The painting drew the attention of experts because of the unusual scene, which depicts ordinary people going about their daily business. No other genre painting by Van Heemskerck is known to exist.
New Annibale Carracci Murals display at the Prado
November 6 2025
Video: Instagram
Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:
The Prado in Madrid have unveiled a new display of their mural paintings originally painted for the Herrera Chapel by Annibale Carracci. The rehang and displays were financially supported by the OHLA Group.
Weindling Collection at Sotheby's New York in 2026
November 6 2025
Picture: Sotheby's
Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:
Sotheby's New York have announced that they will be offering a group of twelve Nothern paintings from the Weindling Collection in February 2026.
According to their Instagram post:
Highlights include two of the earliest still lifes by Pieter Claesz, luminous landscapes by Jan van Goyen and Salomon van Ruysdael, one of the only still lifes by Jan Jansz. den Uyl the Elder in private ownership, and one of the unique large format townscapes by David Teniers the Elder—each a striking example of timeless clarity and composition.
Born in Berlin, [Lester] Weindling fled Europe as a child during the rise of Nazism and eventually settled in New York, where he became a leading real-estate developer. Alongside his career, he quietly built this collection—a lasting connection to the Europe he left behind.
2025 Release: L'ART DU DESSIN - Les processus de création
November 6 2025
Video: Citadelles & Mazenod
Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:
I'm slow to this interesting new release by the C2RFM (Centre for Research and Restoration of Museums of France) curator Eric Pagliano which gives an account of the history of drawings through processes and techniques. The book, spans 300 pages, covers the period from the middle ages until the early twentieth century and the styles and processes of most major artists who produced works on paper.
Sleeper Alert!
November 6 2025
Picture: Dreweatts
Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:
Amongst the lots that soared in the Dreweatts sale yesterday was the following 'Circle of Horace Vernet' which realised £120,000 (hammer) over its £3 - 5k estimate (spotted via @Auctionscion). Quite a few lots in the sale did rather well, click through to have a browse through the entire auction results.
Unseen Renoir to be offered in Paris
November 6 2025
Video: PBS
Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:
American broadcasters have reported on news of an unseen Renoir that is coming up for sale at Drouot (via Christophe Joron-Derem) on 25th November. The picture depicts the young Jean Renoir, future filmmaker, and Gabrielle Renard, the painter's nanny and muse. It will be offered carrying an estimate of €1 - 1.5m.
14th Century Frescos Conserved at Santa Maria della Scala
November 5 2025
Video: Siena News
Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:
A fresco cycle in the Santa Maria della Scala complex of historic buildings in Siena has been conserved. The works, attributed to Lippo Vanni (active between 1340-1375), were only rediscovered as recently as 1999. The recently restored wall paintings will be opened to the public from 7th November 2025 onwards.
Resurfaced Govaert Flinck to Headline Lempertz December Sale
November 5 2025
Picture: Lempertz
Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:
A resurfaced signed painting by Govaert Flinck, previously known only from a black & white image, will headline Lempertz's 50 Lots – My Choice | Jubiläumsauktion Henrik Hanstein on 4th December 2025. It will be offered carrying an estimate of €140,000 - 180,000. Click on the link above to read their catalogue note for the picture.
Chichester Museum to Conserve Amberley Panels
November 5 2025
Picture: The Novium Museum
Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:
The Novium Museum in Chichester has announced its plans to conserve a notable set of 16th century panels known as The Worthy Women or The Amberley Panels. The set, created by Lambert Barnard for the Bishop of Chichester in around 1526, depicts nine famous heroines from antiquity and history.
According to the article above:
At a meeting on Tuesday (November 4), Chichester District Council approved plans to fund the project, setting aside £191,300 for vital conservation work* [undertaken by the Hamilton Kerr Institute in Cambridge] and an additional £57,250 to create a specially controlled display space at the museum.
* - This may sound like a lot, but, considering they measure roughly 115 x 86 cm each, the figure makes more sense.
Christie's London Apprenticeship Programme
November 5 2025
Picture: Christie's
Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:
For those looking for a start in the world of auction houses (for school-leavers rather than University graduates), Christie's London are inviting applications for their Apprenticeship Programme 2026.
According to the job description:
What we are looking for
Our Apprentices our based at our London Headquarters near Green Park, and work across our organisation, supporting many different departments to ensure the seamless, day-to-day running of the World’s leading Auction House.
We are seeking bright, dynamic school-leavers looking to start their career through an Apprenticeship rather than pursue a degree at University.
If you are a school leaver with drive and ambition to be successful, fresh ideas and a positive attitude, we can offer you the opportunity to develop a wide range of skills, along with the opportunity to be mentored and coached by industry experts during your time at Christie’s. The Christie’s Apprenticeship Programme, starting Summer 2026 could be for you.
The roles come with a salary of £20,500 per annum and applications must be in by 1st March 2026.
Kaplan to Sell Rembrandt Drawing for Big Cat Conservation (ctd)
November 5 2025
Picture: Sotheby's
Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:
The aforementioned drawing of a Lion by Rembrandt is to be sold by Sotheby's New York in February 2026. The work on paper, which is being sold from the Leiden collection to benefit the big cat charity Panthera, is expected to carry an estimate of $15 - 20m.
Wax Sculptures at the Uffizi
November 4 2025
Picture: Uffizi
Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:
The Uffizi in Florence will be opening a new exhibition in December dedicated to their collection of Florentine wax sculptures from the 16th & 17th centuries. In fact, they've been busy acquiring works for the show, including a work by Gaetano Giulio Zumbo entitled 'The Corruption of Bodies' (click on the link if you want to see this gruesome object).
The show will run from 16th December 2025 until 12th April 2026 (just in time for Christmas).
Gainsborough Exhibition at the Frick in 2026
November 4 2025
Picture: Frick Collection
Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:
The Frick Collection in New York have announced a new exhibition scheduled for next year entitled Gainsborough: The Fashion of Portraiture.
According to their website:
Beginning February 12, 2026, The Frick Collection will present its first special exhibition dedicated to the English artist Thomas Gainsborough, and the first devoted to his portraiture ever held in New York. Displaying more than two dozen paintings, the show will explore the richly interwoven relationship between Gainsborough’s portraits and fashion in the eighteenth century. The works included represent some of the greatest achievements from every stage of this period-defining artist’s career, drawn from the Frick’s holdings and from collections across North America and the United Kingdom.
November's Burlington Magazine
November 4 2025
Picture: Burlington.org.uk
Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:
November's edition of The Burlington Magazine focuses on the theme of Sculpture.
Here's a list of the main articles within:
‘An illustrious sculptress’: Marcello in London, 1863–67 - By Laura Chase
The history of Westmacott’s Waterloo Vase in the gardens of Buckingham Palace - By Peter T.J. Rumley
The early eighteenth-century monument to Jan Bonawentura Krasiński in Poland - By Konrad Morawski
‘La Galerie de Girardon’ revived: six lost works from the collection in the Hôtel Bondy, Paris - By Ana Cornelia Pade
New perspectives on fragments of terracotta sculpture associated with Pietro Torrigiano at Westminster Abbey - By Susan Jenkins, Charlotte Hubbard, Elizabeth Miller, Patrick Quinn
Sleeper Alert!
November 4 2025
Picture: Hermann Historica
Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:
Social media is awash with news that the following Still Life catalogued as 'Style of Balthasar van der Ast' realised €225,000 (hammer) over its starting bid of €1,500 at Hermann Historica yesterday. Clara Peeters is the name that most have attached to it, with good reason too.
