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THE KISS: A Celebration of Love in Art
ArtfixDaily / August 20th, 2012
A kiss can be romantic or platonic, it can be a sign of affection or a greeting, and can be exchanged between lovers or family, friends, and even business acquaintances. In each capacity, the kiss is replete with meaning, so it is no wonder that this symbol is often depicted in works of art.
Lost Picasso Painting Rediscovered in Museum Storage
Evansville Courier Press / August 19th, 2012
A rare glass painting by Pablo Picasso was found after five decades in the storage of Evansville Museum of History and Science, in Indiana. The museum board of trustees and members have decided the work is too expensive to keep.
Possible Degas, Turner Surface on New Episodes of BBC's 'Fake or Fortune?'
ArtfixDaily / August 9th, 2012
Super sleuth Philip Mould reveals spellbinding stories from the dusty corridors of art history in September’s upcoming ‘Fake of Fortune?’ (BBC). His “sleepers” (undiscovered paintings) become the subject of (and silent witness in) a forensic investigation into their true identity...
John Singer Sargent's Manet Acquired By Ashmolean Museum
Guardian / August 8th, 2012
In just eight months, £7.83 million ($12.5 million) was raised to help keep a 19th-century masterpiece by Edouard Manet in Great Britain and on public display. Thousands of donations from the public along with...
Stolen Matisse Recovered by FBI in Miami
Reuters / July 22nd, 2012
A painting by Henri Matisse stolen from a Venezuelan art museum in 2002 was recovered during a FBI sting at a Miami Beach hotel. Valued at...
Botticelli Entangled in Salander Bankruptcy
Businessweek / July 13th, 2012
A painting attributed to Sandro Botticelli and valued at $9.5 million may be sold in order to pay some creditors of Salander-O’Reilly Galleries, which declared bankruptcy over four years ago in New York’s biggest-ever art fraud.
Art Thief Myles Connor Jr. Charged for Hold-up
Providence Journal / July 11th, 2012
Notorious art thief Myles J. Connor, Jr., 69, was arrested for holding up two women at a convenience store in Rhode Island last Thursday. In 1998, Connor came into the spotlight when he asked the FBI for $5 million in exchange for...
Gauguin, Cézanne, Matisse: Visions of Arcadia
Wall Street Journal / July 9th, 2012
Paradise is explored as a theme in the Philadelphia Museum of Art's major exhibition "Gauguin, Cézanne, Matisse: Visions of Arcadia," on view through Sept. 3. This sumptuous display of late 19th and early 20th century European masterworks reflect visions of a rural, idyllic Arcadia as once imagined by...
100 Caravaggios Supposedly Found by Art Historians
Telegraph / July 5th, 2012
Italian art historians say they have discovered a trove of 100 previously unknown works by Renaissance master Caravaggio. From a Milan castle, the paintings and sketches could be worth...
Record-breaking Miro Leads London Sales
ArtfixDaily / June 20th, 2012
As auction season winds down, the Sotheby’s Impressionist and Modern sale fizzled into summer with only a few bright spots in an otherwise disappointing evening in London. A record was broken with Spanish Surrealist artist Joan Miro’s painting “Blue Star” from 1927, which slammed through the high ...
Vandal Defaces Picasso at Menil Collection
ArtfixDaily / June 19th, 2012
At Houston's Menil Collection, a supposed “up and coming Mexican-American artist,” (this according to a witness,) has defaced Picasso’s “Woman in a Red Armchair,” from 1929. Last week, the perpetrator, using a...
Constable Masterpiece May Fetch $40 Million at Auction
ArtfixDaily / May 29th, 2012
John Constable's (1776-1837) "The Lock," one of six paintings that make up the artist’s most celebrated series of large scale works, will be offered at Christie's in London this summer. Part of the series that includes "The Hay Wain," now in The National Gallery, London, "The Lock" is the last ...
Comprehensive Exhibit Spotlights a Picasso Muse
Businessweek / May 28th, 2012
Humor, adulation, tenderness, passion and complexity---the qualities of a love affair---unfold in “Picasso and Francoise Gilot: Paris-Vallauris, 1943-1953,” on view now through June 20 at New York's Gagosian Gallery.
Barnes Foundation Shows Art in a New Light
The New York Times / May 17th, 2012
A long, contentious battle over the relocation of the multi-billion-dollar Barnes Foundation's art collection has subsided. This week, the new Barnes opens in Philadelphia after its hotly-contested uprooting from the city's suburbs.
Experts Examine a Possible Rediscovered Turner
Daily Mail / May 7th, 2012
Art and antiques dealer Frank Faryab believes he is the owner of a lost J.M.W. Turner masterpiece, and so far he has spent over $3 million to prove it. Faryab purchased the painting, a mid-size oil on panel depicting a seascape, through...
Munch's 'The Scream' Lands Record Price for Art
ArtfixDaily / May 2nd, 2012
Edvard Munch's iconic "The Scream" went for a staggering sum at Sotheby's Impressionist and Modern Art Evening sale on Wednesday to become the most expensive artwork ever sold at auction.
Recovered Hassam, Courbet at Auction
CBS / April 29th, 2012
Back on July 2, 1976, a violent home invasion robbery took place in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts. The robbery netted furs, rugs, silverware—and three significant works of art. Two of those artworks, by seminal Realist artist Gustave Courbet and American Impressionist Childe Hassam, were recovered...
May Auction Sales Set to Soar or Simmer?
Forbes / April 26th, 2012
As May draws closer, media reports surrounding the first round of modern and contemporary art sales at Christie’s and Sotheby’s are focusing on whether the top lots will push the auction market to new levels.
Stolen Cezanne Recovered in Serbia
New York Daily News / April 15th, 2012
It was just recently that a watercolor study by French Post-Impressionist Paul Cézanne was rediscovered as part of the estate of Texas resident Dr. Heinz F. Eichenwald, a prominent collector who died in September. Now another Cézanne has come to light, this time in Serbia. The artwork, entitled “The Boy in the Red Vest," circa 1888, was one of four paintings stolen at gunpoint from...
Spring Art Auctions Boast All-Star Line-Ups
ArtfixDaily / March 29th, 2012
A number of standout artworks by modern masters Cezanne, Munch and Warhol as well as pioneering women artists from Tamara Lempicka to Cindy Sherman are heading to the auction block in May. Leading the line-up is the high-profile sale of...