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Basquiat Estate Sues Christie's Over Alleged Fake Works
ArtfixDaily / March 5th, 2014
An auction of 40 artworks by the late artist Jean-Michel Basquiat has sparked a lawsuit by the artist's estate against Christie's. The estate claims that...
Restituted Renoir to Go on View at Baltimore Museum
ArtfixDaily / March 4th, 2014
A painting by Pierre-Auguste Renoir that had been stolen from the Baltimore Museum of Art more than 60 years ago will go on public view there this month.
Recently Attributed Leonardo da Vinci Painting Sold for Over $75 Million
ArtfixDaily / March 3rd, 2014
A painting by Leonardo da Vinci discovered at an estate sale sold privately in May 2013 for between $75 million and $80 million.
Galleries Ready Their Best Works for This Week's ADAA Art Show
ArtfixDaily / February 27th, 2014
Gallery presentations at the 26th annual ADAA Art Show, the nation's longest running fine art fair, will feature thoughtfully curated solo, two-person and thematic exhibitions by 72 of the nation’s leading art dealers.
Stolen Art from Museum in Cuba Surfaces in Miami
ArtfixDaily / March 2nd, 2014
A Miami art dealer alerted museum officials in Cuba after he discovered a painting he had purchased came from the National Museum of Fine Arts in Havana, The museum released a statement on Friday that 100 "important pieces"...
San Francisco Real Estate Boom Pushes Out Art Galleries
SFGate / February 27th, 2014
Tech companies whose employees want to live and work in San Francisco are gobbling up real estate to accommodate their expansions. Rising rents and evictions are forcing the city's art galleries out...
Radiocarbon Helps Label Léger Painting a Fake
LiveScience / February 26th, 2014
A painting once attributed to French modernist Fernand Léger has now been deemed a fake. The work languished out of view in the Guggenheim collection under suspicion that it was not "right." It took today's latest scientific analysis to uncover miniscule traces of Cold War-era nuclear bombs...
Art Forger Opens Up About His Multimillion Dollar Scam
CBS / February 24th, 2014
Considered the greatest art forger of our time, Wolfgang Beltracchi says he imagined what famous artists might have painted rather than copying their known works.
Art Collectors Sue Keith Haring Foundation for $40 Million
ArtfixDaily / February 23rd, 2014
In a lawsuit filed on Friday, nine art collectors claimed that the Keith Haring Foundation cost them at least $40 million by labeling about 90 paintings as fakes.
Costumes of Downton Abbey to Debut at Winterthur
ArtfixDaily / February 20th, 2014
Costumes of Downton Abbey, a major exhibition featuring 40 exquisite costumes from the award-winning PBS series, will open at Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library next month.
Korean Art Treasure Discovered in Vault of Honolulu Museum of Art
ArtfixDaily / February 20th, 2014
A valuable and historically-important 425-year-old scroll was found in the basement of the Honolulu Museum of Art. The relic was discovered by...
Corcoran Gallery of Art May Finally Give Up Its Collections, Building
ArtfixDaily / February 19th, 2014
A perfect storm of difficulties is forcing the 145-year-old Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington to seriously consider a partnership with...
President Obama Apologizes for Art History Remark
ArtfixDaily / February 18th, 2014
President Obama scrawled a handwritten note to a professor in response to a remark he made about art history majors last month.
Museum Visitor Destroys Ai Weiwei Vase "In Protest"
ArtfixDaily / February 17th, 2014
A Florida man smashed a $1-million vase by world renowned Chinese artist Ai Weiwei at the Perez Art Museum in Miami on Sunday.
Obama Picks New Chair of the NEA
ArtfixDaily / February 16th, 2014
The White House announced last week that President Obama will nominate Jane Chu as the next chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts.
Germany Plans to Ease Laws to Return Nazi-Looted Art
ArtfixDaily / February 16th, 2014
German lawmakers announced on Friday that they are considering measures to make the restitution of art stolen during World War II easier for claimants.
Bacon's Lover Hits $70 Million at Christie's Auction
ArtfixDaily / February 13th, 2014
A Francis Bacon painting of his lover sold for 42.2 million pounds ($70.3 million) at Christie's in London as part of a 124.2 million-pound sale of postwar and contemporary art.
Munich Hoarder Kept More Art in Austrian Home
ArtfixDaily / February 12th, 2014
The reclusive elderly man who stashed some 1,400 artworks in his Munich apartment for decades had about 60 more important pieces hidden away at his home in Salzburg, Austria.
Sotheby's Sale Soars to $146 Million With Richter, Warhol Stand-outs
ArtfixDaily / February 12th, 2014
A vibrant red and blue abstract painting by Gerhard Richter and Andy Warhol's red 1973 portrait of Mao Zedong helped boost Sotheby's contemporary art sale in London to 87.9 million pounds ($146 million).
The President Hangs Edward Hopper Paintings in Oval Office
ArtfixDaily / February 11th, 2014
Two 1930s paintings by eminent American artist Edward Hopper have been chosen to adorn the Oval Office. Both works are on loan from...