Frame of the Week

• John Singer Sargent was a renowned American painter known for his portraits, landscapes, and watercolor paintings.

• This portrait shows Madame Gautreau wearing a low-cut black dress with jeweled straps, which was considered daring and provocative at the time.

• Sargent originally painted one of the straps slipping off her shoulder, but after the painting was criticized, he repainted it to show the strap in its proper place.

• The painting is striking for its use of color and composition. Sargent uses a limited color palette of black, white, and flesh tones to create a sense of drama and elegance.

Fame of the Week

• This beautiful vase was recently sold at auction for an impressive $698,500. This was the most expensive work sold at the auction.

• “Five powerful dragons stride across the porcelain surface against a ground of large blossoms and leafy scrolls, each beast captured in a different pose.”

• For more info on the auction, click here!

Find of the Week

• On March 30th, from 7-9pm at Advocartsy in West Hollywood, Foroozan Shirghani will have her opening reception to her exhibition called Alienation.

• “This collection is about alienation – expressing constantly changing, fragmented lives. The figurations in this collection are an allegory to social pressures and psychological traumas…”

• For more info, click here!