Experts believe that a painting purchased eight years ago at a golf club in Kent may be a lost JMW Turner painting. Specialists will present the research at a conference on Wednesday at The Dulwich Picture Gallery. They believe it is Turner’s “Fishing Boats in a Stiff Breeze” from 1805. An art fund investor saw it and bought it for £3,700; the new research puts the value at around £20 million. (more…)

Nicolas Poussin, Seven Sacraments: Confirmation, ‘Twombly and Poussin: Arcadian Painters’ (1637-1640), all images via Dulwich Picture Gallery

Dulwich Picture Gallery in London exhibits the recently deceased American contemporary artist Edwin Parker “Cy” Twombly  (April 1928-July 2011) with 17th century classical French painter Nicolas Poussin (1594-1665) in an exploration of the Arcadian style. The exhibition opened on June 29th, just 6 days before Twombly’s death on July 5th, 2011, and will run through September 25th, and is exhibited alongside Tacita Dean‘s Film “Edward Parker”.

Cy Twombly, Quattro Stagioni: Inverno, ‘Twombly and Poussin: Arcadian Painters’ (1993-5)

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