Daniel Grant

4 days ago | observer.com | Daniel Grant

Rembrandt’s A Woman Holding a Pink will be on display in Denver until 2027. Courtesy the National Gallery of Art and Denver Art MuseumAngelica Daneo, chief curator at the Denver Art Museum, calls Rembrandt “one of the most celebrated artists of the 1600s” and an artist who “played a pivotal role in the development of European Art,” but until recently, residents of the Mile High City weren’t able to actually see any of his paintings unless they traveled somewhere else.

6 days ago | observer.com | Daniel Grant

Institutions across the U.S., including MASS MoCA, are grappling with sudden NEA grant cancellations that have upended budgets and programming. Courtesy MASS MoCAWhen Deborah Block, artistic director of Philadelphia’s nonprofit theater company Theatre Exile, received word last November that a $25,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts had been approved for the development and production of R.

1 week ago | observer.com | Daniel Grant

Provenance researcher Rudi Ekkart speaks about Camille Pissarro’s Girl Lying on the Grass, which was sold under duress during the Second World War. Photo by Sina Schuldt/picture alliance via Getty ImagesAcquiring artworks and antiquities intelligently requires knowledge in several areas—art history, the art market, conservation, art law and perhaps even finance, and there are a variety of degree programs covering those fields.

2 weeks ago | observer.com | Daniel Grant

Jeff Koons with his BMW Art Car in 2010. Photo by FRED DUFOUR / AFP) (Photo by FRED DUFOUR/AFP via Getty ImagesThe art world has a love-hate relationship with the commercial arts—the fields of advertising and product design, particularly.

4 weeks ago | observer.com | Daniel Grant

Not long after President George W. Bush left office, he and his wife were invited by old friends Annette and Harold Simmons to dine at their home in Dallas.