Articles
This section of the website is a deeper analysis of some of the issues we are asked about most often. We wrote a few of the essays ourselves and asked a group of specialists, all leaders in their respective fields, to write the rest. The essays are on topics designed to be of interest to anyone interested in collecting paintings or in the art world.
Ivan lindsay has written for magazines including Millionaire, Country House, Spears WMS, Art Book Journal, Hermitage and Gstaad Life and has been featured in newspapers including the times, telegraph and financial times. We have posted some of his articles below.'
- Article 1 - 'Art lovers of the World Unite' by Ivan Lindsay -Spears WMS magazine Issue 7, Spring 2008. Read Article >>
- Article 2 - Independent Media/Hermitage Round Table Moscow World Fine Art Fair May 2008. Read Article >>
- Article 3 - 'Revolution Russian', by Ivan Lindsay - Country House Magazine, Issue 3, May 2007. Read Article >>
- Article 4 - 'Sale of the Rostropovich Collection' by Ivan Lindsay - Country House Magazine, Issue 9, Nov 2007.
Read Article >> - Article 5 - '18th century British Painting' by Ivan Lindsay - Spears WMS magazine, Issue 8, Summer 2008.
Read Article >> - Article 6 - 'Russian Art Shopping,' Hermitage Magazine, by Ivan Lindsay Summer 2008. Read Article >>
- Article 7 - 'In defense of the Russians' , Gstaad Life, by Ivan Lindsay No 6, February 8th, 2008.Read Article >>
- Article 8 - 'Saving the Sutherland Titians for the Nation' by Ivan Lindsay, Country and Town House Magazine, Issue 21, January 2009. Read Article >>
- Article 9 - 'The Hirst is yet to come,' by Ivan Lindsay, Spears WMS Magazine, Winter, 2008. Read Article >>
- Article 10 - 'Art theft through the ages,' precis of a speech given by Ivan Lindsay at the 'MENSA at Cambridge 2008' conference at Magdalene College, Cambridge University, 1/7/2008. Read Article>>
- Article 11 - 'Lock up your Demoiselles', by Ivan Lindsay, Spears WMS Magazine, Issue No. 11, 2009. Read Article >>
- Article 12 - 'Post Money Sexy', by Ivan Lindsay, Spears WMS Magazine, Issue No. 12, 2009. Read Article >>
Essays
- Essay 1 - Introduction to the Russian Art Market by Ivan Lindsay - Read Essay >>
- Essay 2 - Picture Cataloguing by Christopher Wright - Read Essay >>
- Essay 3 - Rediscovering great artists by Lindsey Shaw-Miller, Wolfson College, Cambridge - Read Essay >>
- Essay 4 - Picture Hanging by Christopher Wright - Read Essay >>
- Essay 5 - Prices by Ivan Lindsay - Read Essay >>
- Essay 6 - Restoration of Old Masters by Patrick Corbett - Read Essay >>
- Essay 7 - The History of Collecting Old Masters by Constantine Lindsay - Read Essay >>
- Essay 8 - Good lighting for fine pictures by William Allen, CBE., Bickerdike Allen Partners - Read Essay >>
- Essay 9 - Scientific examination of Old Master paintings by Dr. Nicholas Eastaugh - Read Essay >>
- Essay 10 - An Introduction to Collecting by Ivan Lindsay - Read Essay >>
- Essay 11 - The insurance of works of art by Aron Shapiro, Swire Blanch - Read Essay >>
- Essay 12 - Framing of Old Master paintings by Paul Mitchell - Read Essay >>