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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.
Delaware Art Museum Receives $1.7 Million in Gifts
ArtfixDaily / October 29th, 2014
The Delaware Art Museum has received three gifts totaling $1.7 million to fully endow the museum’s Curator of the Bancroft Collection of Pre-Raphaelite Art. Currently under sanctions...
Grateful Dead's First Truck Could Fetch $500K at Auction
ArtfixDaily / October 29th, 2014
A 1960s counterculture icon comes to auction in the form of a rediscovered 1949 Studebaker truck that served as the Grateful Dead's first vehicle.
Focus on Art and Technology Propels New Institute of Art History at UT Dallas
Dallas News / October 28th, 2014
The Edith O’Donnell Institute of Art History is set to be launched on Wednesday at the University of Texas at Dallas. A $17 million gift from ...
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...
Gold Rush at the San Francisco Fall Antiques Show
ArtfixDaily / October 27th, 2014
A six-pound gold nugget and an 800-pound glass chair were big draws at a dazzling edition of the San Francisco Fall Antiques Show over the weekend. An unnamed buyer rushed in for...
Hirst's Formaldehyde Fish, Warhol's Scream Lure Buyers at Frieze
Bloomberg / October 23rd, 2014
Damien Hirst's formaldehyde fish ranked among the top sales during a $2.2 billion Frieze Week in London.
U.S. Army Readies to Buy Trove of World War I Artworks
Defense News / October 22nd, 2014
The U.S. Army has petitioned for $600,000 to acquire a collection of 23 artworks created at the battlefronts of World War I. The rare group of paintings are by...
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
George Lucas Opens Up About Museum Plans
Chicago Tribune / October 20th, 2014
“The great thing about narrative art, it's designed for the people,” said George Lucas. “It was always designed for the people. It's not an elitist art at all.”
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...
German Museum Directors Protest Sale of Warhol's Presley and Brando
Artlyst / October 20th, 2014
Not everyone is on board with German casino conglomerate WestSpiel's consignment of two seminal 1960s works by Andy Warhol to Christie's November sale in New York. "Triple Elvis" (1963) and "Four Marlon" (1966) could together fetch up to $140 million...
Frieze London Moves in New Directions
New York Times / October 19th, 2014
Performance, digital, and Internet-inspired art kept the 12th edition of Frieze in London a place to discover the latest and edgiest, alongside works by modern masters. Accordingly, Fukushima soup, possibly radioactive, was served...
Family Feud Sends Masterpieces Missing from C.C. Wang Collection of Chinese Art
New York Times / October 19th, 2014
One of the most important collections of Chinese art ever assembled has been the center of a long-running legal battle between family members. Now some of the most historically-significant pieces from the estate of C.C. Wang are missing.
Art Silicon Valley / San Francisco Entices Techies to Art Collecting
ArtfixDaily / October 14th, 2014
This year has been rife with attempts to move the Silicon Valley tech elite into high-level art collecting. For the Bay Area's latest art-selling infiltration, techies, tastemakers, and true collectors turned out...
Amal Clooney Advises Greece on Legal Bid for British Museum's Elgin Marbles
Daily Mail / October 15th, 2014
Actor George Clooney's new bride, Amal Alamuddin Clooney is going to bat for Greece in a quest to return the famed 2,000-year-old Elgin Marbles at the British Museum to their homeland.
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.