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The Dealer: Paul Durand-Ruel

04/03/2026

“We needed a reactionary to defend our painting.”

These words by Pierre-Auguste Renoir introduce the French art dealer Paul Durand-Ruel as an unlikely but effective champion of avant-garde art in the second half of the 19th century. Though his “eternal frock coat” could mistake him for a country lawyer, as Le Guide de l’amateur d’oeuvres d’art observed in 1892, Durand-Ruel operated from the center of the Parisian art market — and would stake his fortune on artists the establishment openly despised.

The Collector: Muriel Kallis Steinberg Newman

25/02/2026

The Chicago philanthropist Muriel Kallis Steinberg Newman collected art, but in equal measure she collected the gossip, the anecdotes, the juicy little tidbits of the artists who made it. There were stories that she never tired of sharing, like the time she ran into Mark Rothko on the street and bought a painting fresh off the easel; When Franz Kline invited her to the Metropolitan Museum to study Ingres drawings; How Willem de Kooning had the most awful teeth but also supposedly wanted her to run away to Europe with him. In 2007, talking with the Met curator Gary Tinterow, Newman alluded to the Kline story, saying, “But at the time I was married, so I couldn’t do that.”

Author: Tobias Czudej

The Collector: Jacques Doucet

18/02/2026

Jacques Doucet, a French fashion designer and arts patron, was one of the most significant collectors of the late 19th and early 20th century. Over the course of five decades, the couturier’s tastes ranged from eighteenth-century douceur de vivre to avant-garde modernism. Toward the end of his life, Doucet reflected on the evolution of his taste, saying, “I was successively my grandfather, my father, my son, and my grandson.”

Author: Tobias Czudej

The Collectors: Virginia and Bagley Wright

11/02/2026

The Wrights reshaped the artistic landscape of Washington and were crucial in the expansion of the Seattle Art Museum for over half a century.

Author: Tobias Czudej

The Collector: David M. Solinger

04/02/2026

In 1945, David M. Solinger (1906-1996) returned to New York from the war in Europe and resumed his legal career. A friend mentioned he was taking painting classes at the Y. The idea stuck. Solinger enrolled in a Monday night class, then studied at the Art Students League. ‘Painting wakes you up,’ he later said. ‘Lawyers need this relaxation. Law is precise; it doesn’t give the imagination much sway. That’s where painting comes in.”

Author: Tobias Czudej

The Collector: William N. Copley

29/01/2026

William N. Copley (1919-1996) was an art collector, writer, philanthropist, and painter, known by the artistic moniker CPLY. He assembled a prominent collection of Surrealist and Dada works through his close connections with fellow artists.

Author: Tobias Czudej

The Dealer: Paul Durand-Ruel 04/03/2026
The Collector: Muriel Kallis Steinberg Newman 25/02/2026
The Collector: Jacques Doucet 18/02/2026
The Collectors: Virginia and Bagley Wright 11/02/2026
The Collector: David M. Solinger 04/02/2026
The Collector: William N. Copley 29/01/2026
The Collector: The Abrams Family 21/01/2026
The Collector: Emily Fisher Landau 14/01/2026
The Dealer: Ileana Sonnabend 07/01/2026
The Collector : Martin Margulies 17/12/2025
The Collectors : Walter and Louise Arensberg 11/12/2025
The Collector : Pauline Karpidas 03/12/2025
The Dealer : Alexander Iolas 19/11/2025
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The Collector: Maja Hoffmann 12/11/2025
The Collector: Paul Guillaume 05/11/2025
The Collector: Valeria Napoleone 30/10/2025
The Dealer: Leo Castelli 27/10/2025
The Collector: Esther Grether 25/10/2025
The Collector: Chester and Maud Dale 25/10/2025
Valuing Art: Methodology Across Market, Museum, and Scholarship 24/10/2025
The Collector: Agnes Gund 24/09/2025
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The Collector: Aimé and Marguerite Maeght 17/09/2025
The Collector: Thomas H. Lee and Ann Tenenbaum 10/09/2025
The Collector: Lydia Winston Malbin 03/09/2025
The Collector: Helena Rubinstein 28/08/2025
The Collector: Dominique and John de Menil 20/08/2025
The Collector: Enid A. Haupt 13/08/2025
The Collector: Blanchette Rockefeller 11/08/2025
The Collector: Ben Heller 06/08/2025
The Collector: S.I. Newhouse Jr. 30/07/2025
The Dealer: Linda Goode Bryant 21/07/2025
The Gochman Family Collection: A Different Approach 18/07/2025
The Collector: Stefan Edlis 16/07/2025
The Collector: David Geffen 09/07/2025
The Collector: Richard E. Lang and Jane Lang Davis 25/06/2025
Tobias Czudej appointed to the Board of Directors of the Appraisers Association of America. 09/06/2025
The Collector: Bunny Mellon 04/06/2025
The Collector: Barbara Jakobson 27/05/2025
The Collector: Robert and Ethel Scull 20/05/2025
ArtWorthy 11:
Mike Kelley 14/05/2025
Partner Susan McDonough has achieved AQB Certified USPAP Instructor status. 07/05/2025
The Collector: Marcia & Frederick R. Weisman 15/04/2025
Thoughts: John Quinn's 1913 Tariff Battle - Transforming the American Art Landscape
 08/04/2025
The Collection: Emily Hall Tremaine and Burton G. Tremaine Sr. 08/04/2025
2025 Appraisal Services Brochure 29/03/2025
The Collector: Peggy Guggenheim 25/03/2025
ArtWorthy 09:
John Wesley 22/03/2025
The Collector: Victor & Sally Ganz 20/03/2025
The Collector: Katherine S. Dreier 28/02/2025
The Collector: Boschi di Stefano 26/02/2025
The Collector: Pamela Joyner and Fred Giuffrida 20/02/2025
Jessie Benton, et al v. UMB Bank Resolution 24/12/2024
ArtWorthy 08:
Giorgio Morandi 25/11/2024
ArtWorthy 07:
Jeff Koons 17/11/2024
ArtWorthy 06:
Miyoko Ito 12/11/2024
ArtWorthy 05:
Blanche Hoschedé-Monet 24/10/2024
ArtWorthy 04:
Martin Wong
 23/10/2024
ArtWorthy 03:
François-Xavier Lalanne 17/10/2024
The Collector: Nelson Rockefeller 17/10/2024
San Francisco Art Dealers Association Panel 10/10/2024
The Collector: Louise and Walter Arensberg 01/10/2024
ArtWorthy 02:
Lucio Fontana 26/09/2024
ArtWorthy 01:
Helen Frankethaler 20/09/2024
The Collector: Marguerite and Robert Hoffman 17/09/2024
The Definitive Guide 09/09/2024
The Collector: Claes Oldenburg's, Mu-Mu, 1961 02/09/2024
The Collector: Peter Brant 27/08/2024
Czudej McDonough Launches 02/05/2024
The Appraisers Association of America 75th Anniversary Dinner 24/04/2024