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Van Dyck Portrait Discovered on Antiques Roadshow Fails at Auction
Guardian / July 8th, 2014
A painting revealed to be a genuine Sir Anthony van Dyck portrait during an episode of the Antiques Roadshow has failed to sell at auction.
Artsy Founder Says Art, Like Music, is Now for Everyone
Wall Street Journal / July 7th, 2014
Artsy founder Carter Cleveland reveals six predictions about the future of art in the Wall Street Journal.
MFA Boston Acquires JFK Portrait by Wyeth
wbur / July 7th, 2014
The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston announced Monday that it has acquired a famous portrait of President John F. Kennedy. The Kennedy family asked...
Bunny Mellon's Fine Collections Head to Sotheby's
New York Times / July 2nd, 2014
Ever since Rachel Lambert Mellon died in March at the age of 103, the art world has been wondering what would become of the vast treasures of art and objects that she and her husband, Paul Mellon, had collected and lived with.
Prince’s Palace of Monaco to Sell Off Contents of Napoleon Museum
Agence France-Presse / July 2nd, 2014
The Prince’s Palace of Monaco will auction the contents of its museum dedicated to Napoleon this November in what experts describe as the “sale of the century” for fans of the period.
Tracey Emin's Messy Bed Brings Artist Auction Record
Bloomberg / July 2nd, 2014
Tracey Emin’s bed, strewn with cigarette butts, discarded condoms and empty booze bottles, was among the top pieces at Christie’s 99.4 million-pound ($170.5 million) postwar and contemporary art sale in London yesterday.
Jackson Pollock Forger Nabbed by FBI in the Hamptons
NY Post / July 1st, 2014
Art collectors paid $1.9 million for fake Jackson Pollock paintings — including some splattered works that were audaciously sold on eBay.
Bacon Triptych Fetches $45.4m at London Auction
New York Times / July 1st, 2014
Since Francis Bacon’s “Three Studies of Lucian Freud” (1969) sold at Christie’s for $142.4 million in New York last November a rash of paintings by that Irish-born artist have emerged for sale.
Sotheby's Sues Art Investor After Her Client Fails to Pay
Telegraph / June 30th, 2014
One of the most glamorous figures in the London art scene is the subject of a £3 million High Court writ over allegations that she purchased two contemporary works for a client who was unable to pay for them.
Ronald S. Lauder Calls for Museums to Restitute Nazi-looted Art
Ronald S. Lauder in the New York Times / June 29th, 2014
Today, seven decades after the fall of the Third Reich, stolen works of art—some from owners who perished in the Holocaust—hang in museums in Europe and in America. In the U.S., for instance...
Cocoran Gallery Moves to Keep Its Art Local
Washington Post / June 26th, 2014
The Corcoran Gallery of Art is taking steps to guarantee that most of its 17,000 artworks will remain in the Washington area and that the historic building near the White House always will display...
Chicago Wins George Lucas Museum
NBC Chicago / June 24th, 2014
The city of Chicago triumphed in luring 'Star Wars' creator George Lucas to build his museum there. His 500,000-piece collection of...
Bidders Duel for Trophy Art at $208 Million Sale
Wall Street Journal / June 23rd, 2014
What a difference four years makes in the art world. In 2010, Christie's offered up Claude Monet's 1906 "Water Lilies" for at least £30 million ($51 million at current exchange rates) and no one nibbled. On Monday...
SFMOMA Nears $610 Million Fundraising Goal
Bloomberg / June 23rd, 2014
The biggest museum fundraising campaign in San Francisco history is nearing its $610 million goal two years before the opening of a new wing that will more than double the space for artworks by Andy Warhol,Mark Rothko and David Hockney.
Eakins' 'Gross Clinic' Returns to Stir Viewers in Philadelphia
ArtfixDaily / June 22nd, 2014
Considered among the most important of American paintings, Thomas Eakins' 1875 masterpiece "The Gross Clinic" has now been installed at the Philadelphia Museum of Art to powerful effect.
Heritage Sues After Luxury Accessories Expert Decamps for Christie's
ArtfixDaily / June 19th, 2014
Heritage Auctions filed a $60 million lawsuit against Christie's on Friday over the departure of a key staffer in the burgeoning luxury accessories category...
Art Dealers File Suit Over Missing Degas
ArtfixDaily / June 19th, 2014
Two Manhattan art dealers have filed a suit against a dealer whose fraudster client allegedly made their $3 million Degas disappear.
Delaware Art Museum is Sanctioned, Loses Accreditation
ArtfixDaily / June 18th, 2014
The Delaware Art Museum sold one of its finest Pre-Raphaelite paintings on Tuesday, and punishments from the museum world were swift.
Rare Stamp Fetches Record $9.5 Million at Auction
ArtfixDaily / June 17th, 2014
Once owned by a wealthy murderer, a 1-cent postage stamp from a 19th century British colony in South America sold for $9.5 million on Tuesday.
Will Bonhams be Sold?
Financial Times / June 17th, 2014
London-based Bonhams may be up for sale, reports the Financial Times. The 220-year-old auction house has received offers from private equity firms, among them...