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$65.1 Million Manet Tops Christie's Sale
ArtfixDaily / November 5th, 2014
A lady with a parasol painted by Edouard Manet fetched an artist auction record price of $65.1 million on Wednesday at Christie's $166 million Impressionist and Modern art sale...
Giacometti Sculpture Leads Sotheby's Record-Setting $422.1 Million Sale
ArtfixDaily / November 5th, 2014
Sotheby's kicked off its fall season on Tuesday night with a $422.1 million auction of Impressionist and Modern Art, the biggest sale ever...
Ronald Lauder Warns Swiss Museum Not to Accept Gurlitt Artworks
Reuters / November 3rd, 2014
World Jewish Congress president Ronald Lauder has warned the Bern Art Museum in Switzerland that it could be subjected to an "avalanche" of lawsuits if it accepts the bequest of artworks from German collector Cornelius Gurliit whose father dealt with Nazi loot. Gurlitt, who died in May at age ...
Traveling Exhibition Showcases the Eye of Paul Durand-Ruel
Irish Times / October 30th, 2014
In one of the ironies of art history, the great French art dealer Paul Durand-Ruel “discovered” Impressionism in London in January 1871 because he, Claude Monet and Camille Pissarro had sought refuge there from the Franco-Prussian war.
Plans Finally Approved for a New Munch Museum in Oslo
News in English / October 28th, 2014
Oslo city officials have finally given the green light to a contested new Munch Museum project.
Francis Bacon Art Foundation Launched in Monaco
ArtfixDaily / October 28th, 2014
Prince Albert of Monaco inaugurated the Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation on Tuesday. The new private non-profit institute's opening...
France on Fire with Art Openings This Week
France 24 / October 21st, 2014
Modern and contemporary art gets a bigger than usual spotlight this week in Paris. French president Francois Hollande, fashion editor Anna Wintour and Louis Vuitton head honcho Bernard Arnault...
Painting Missing from Louvre Since WWII Surfaces in Auction
Art Newspaper / October 21st, 2014
A painting of the French king Henri III (1551-89) that disappeared from the Louvre during the Second World War turned up at a Paris auction last week
Heirs Sue Swiss Bank Over Sales of Nazi-Looted Art
NYT / Telegram / October 20th, 2014
An Edgar Degas titled “Danseuses” that sold at Christie's for $11 million in 2009 was listed in the auction catalog as being part of a restitution deal for the “heirs of Ludwig and Margret Kainer,” German Jews whose vast art collection was confiscated...
Henri Rousseau Painting Disappears From German Museum
artlyst / October 14th, 2014
Officials say they have no leads in the theft of a Henri Rousseau painting from the Charlotte Zander Museum in Germany.
Experts Claim Fifty Percent of Artwork on the Market is Fake
AFP / October 14th, 2014
Scientists at the Fine Arts Experts Institute (FAEI) in Geneva say that 70 to 90 percent of the artwork that they analyze is fake. More than half of artworks circulating on the market are either forgeries or misattributed contend some authorities...
Swiss Museum Will Accept Uncontested Artworks from Gurlitt's Hoard
ArtfixDaily / October 13th, 2014
A Swiss art museum will accept artworks from the bequest of Cornelius Gurlitt, the reclusive German hoarder who died in May. Worth an estimated 1 billion euros...
Britain's Wedgwood Collection Saved by Speedy Fundraiser
ArtfixDaily / October 4th, 2014
More than 7,000 people donated to a month-long campaign to save the Wedgwood collection in the U.K. from being sold off.
Monet Masterpiece Travels to Detroit
ArtfixDaily / October 1st, 2014
One of Claude Monet’s most famous paintings is a “guest of honor” from Oct. 1, 2014 to Jan. 4, 2015, at the Detroit Institute of Arts.
A $7.6 Million Degas Painting Stolen from Cyprus Residence
Bloomberg / September 30th, 2014
A painting by famed Impressionist Edgar Degas was stolen from a home in Limassol, Cyprus, on Monday.
'Sopranos' Actor Discovers Multimillion-Dollar Guercino
NY Post / September 30th, 2014
A 17th-century painting by Guercino worth millions of dollars was discovered in Germany by 'Sopranos' star Federico Castellucio.
Philippines Seizes Artwork from Imelda Marcos
Reuters / September 30th, 2014
Authorities in the Philippines said Tuesday that they entered the office and residences of lawmaker Imelda Marcos and seized eight paintings, including a Picasso.
Getty Posts Knoedler Archives Online
Getty Blog / September 24th, 2014
Gilded Age industrialist and museum founder Henry Clay Frick picked up iconic works by Bellini, Vermeer and Goya, among others, from Knoedler Gallery. Who else bought what...
Art Dealer Guy Wildenstein Caught in €600 Million Tax Evasion Case
artnet / September 21st, 2014
Scion of the art dealing family, New York-based Guy Wildenstein faces payment of €75 million in a case stemming from French inheritance taxes left unpaid...
U.S. Returns 9 Stolen Paintings to Peru
AP / September 8th, 2014
Nine artworks stolen from a church in Lima, Peru, were found at U.S auction houses....