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Connecticut Collector Alleges Fraud Over Sculpture Sale
CT Post / August 24th, 2014
A Greenwich, CT., art collector is again taking legal action against a Manhattan art dealer with new claims of fraud and charges of racketeering.
Landscape Masters Turner and Constable Returned to Rivalry in Concurrent Exhibitions
The Guardian / August 24th, 2014
The most spectacular artistic rivalry in British history will be revived in September when blockbuster exhibitions by two of the nation's most renowned painters pitch them into direct competition, just as they were in their lifetimes two centuries ago...
Daniel Silva's New Book: "The Heist"
NewsOK / August 24th, 2014
The 14th suspense novel in Daniel Silva's series about an art restorer called Gabriel Allon starts in Lake Como, Italy, where a former British spy and suspected dealer in stolen art is murdered.
Another Shake Up at Art Basel
Gallerist NY / August 21st, 2014
Swiss art fair organization Art Basel will lose another powerhouse leader when show director Annette Schönholzer moves onto other projects this month.
Hudson River School Masterpieces Made Into USPS Stamps
ArtfixDaily / August 20th, 2014
Four seminal 19th-century American artworks have become the latest Forever stamps issued by the United States Postal Service.
Leon Black to Buy Knoedler's Former Townhouse for $50 Million
New York Post / August 19th, 2014
Billionaire financier and art collector Leon Black and his wife Debra are reportedly buying 19 E. 70th St., the former Knoedler & Company art gallery...
Monterey Car Week Auctions Fetch Record $400 Million
Fox Sports / August 19th, 2014
Monterey Car Week in Calif. raised a record $400m total for classic cars this year, 28 percent higher than the total for 2013, despite the fact that...
Watchmaker Breguet Helps Reopen Louvre's 18th c. Decorative Arts Galleries
Forbes / August 18th, 2014
Swiss watchmaker Breguet has funded a lavish new display of 18th-century French decorative arts in the Louvre Museum in Paris.
Report: Data Revealed on Today's Art Flippers
New York Times / August 17th, 2014
Quick resales have pumped some art auction prices up to new levels, fueling fears that art has become just another asset class for a vulgar type of collector who "flips" for fast profits. The New York Times investigated...
Artist Pleads Guilty to Smashing Ai Weiwei Vase
ArtfixDaily / August 14th, 2014
A Florida artist has pleaded guilty to a criminal mischief charge for destroying a $1-million vase that was part of ...
New York Art Dealer Claims $62 Million Fraud
NY Post / August 14th, 2014
In a $62 million lawsuit filed in Manhattan Supreme Court, a New York art dealer claims that Russian oligarchs returned 35 artworks to him as fakes that he had purchased from...
Rauschenberg Foundation to Appeal Court Decision
NY Times / August 14th, 2014
The Robert Rauschenberg Foundation released a statement Wednesday that it will appeal the $24.6 million ruling that a Florida judge awarded to...
"The Scream" Buyer Leon Black Could Acquire Online Art Retailer Artspace
Bloomberg / August 13th, 2014
New York financier Leon Black, the billionaire art collector who owns Phaidon Press, is in talks to acquire the online art retailer Artspace...
U.S. Authorities Target Auction Houses in Illegal Ivory Trade Probe
International Business Times / August 12th, 2014
Africa's elephants are reportedly being killed in record numbers for their tusks to supply ivory markets, especially in China and the U.S. The American auction trade...
'Antiques Roadshow' Appraisers Uncover $1 Million Baseball Collection
Star Tribune / August 11th, 2014
A collection of 1870s baseball memorabilia was brought to the New York City taping of PBS' popular 'Antiques Roadshow' series.
New Aspen Art Museum's Gift Shop Goes Upscale
FT / August 11th, 2014
The $45 million, 33,000-square-foot Shigeru Ban-designed building that houses the new Aspen Art Museum will offer visitors some museum-worthy items in its gift shop.
China's Poly Culture Could Buy Bonhams Auction House
Daily Mail / August 11th, 2014
China's largest auction house is reportedly the front runner in bids for 200-year-old auction house Bonhams. Two private equity firms...
Art Dealer Refused Tax Refund on Fake Max Ernst Painting
New York Law Journal / August 10th, 2014
New York art dealer Richard Feigen was denied a tax refund on the $2.5 million he paid for a forged artwork. A painting that Feigen bought as by surrealist Max Ernst turned out to be linked to...
Delaware Art Museum Confirms Homer and Calder Works to be Sold
New York Times / August 7th, 2014
Already under sanctions from the Association of Art Museum Directors for selling a painting from its collections, the Delaware Art Museum confirmed on Thursday that it will sell major works by Winslow Homer and Alexander Calder.
Keno Brothers Take Furniture Collection to Online Retailer One Kings Lane
ArtfixDaily / August 7th, 2014
American antique specialists Leigh and Leslie Keno, widely-known for their "Antiques Roadshow" television appearances, are bringing their own line of furniture to the masses through "flash sale" Website One Kings Lane.