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Paris Pinacotheque Museum Closes Due to Attendance Drop After Nov. Attacks
Reuters / February 16th, 2016
One of the rare privately-owned art museums in France, the Paris Pinacotheque Museum shut its doors on Monday after visitor attendance figures fell following the terrorist attacks on the city. "The disastrous economic climate due to a large extent to the Nov. 13 attacks forces us to close the ...
As Trial Looms Over Courbet Nude, Facebook Censors Copenhagen's Mermaid, Philadelphia's Pop Art
San Jose Mercury News / February 14th, 2016
An appeals court in France has ruled that a lawsuit brought against Facebook by a Parisian teacher can move forward. The ruling comes after recent uproar over Facebook's censorship of art images, including an iconic statue and a Pop Art piece on view at major museums. Facebook suspended the ...
Bidders Clamor For Lucian Freud's Tender Portrait of 'Pregnant Girl'
Mirror / February 11th, 2016
A Lucian Freud (1922-2011) portrait of his sleeping 17-year-old lover sold at Sotheby's for £16.1 million, well above the estimate range of £7-10m. Six bidders pursued the work at the Contemporary Art Evening Sale in London. "There is arguably no other portrait by Freud that is more gripping, ...
Sleep in Van Gogh's Bedroom After Viewing the Exhibition at Art Institute Chicago
ArtfixDaily / February 10th, 2016
Vincent van Gogh’s painting of his bedroom in Arles is arguably the most famous chambre in the history of art. So important was this composition that Van Gogh made three distinct versions and considered it his finest painting. Now, for the first time in North America, all three versions of the ...
Art Institute of Chicago Appoints New Director
Chicago Tribune / January 28th, 2016
After an international search, the Art Institute of Chicago has chosen James Rondeau, chair of the museum's department of modern and contemporary art, to replace Douglas Druick as president. The museum's board voted Thrusday morning for Rondeau, 46, to become president and Eloise W. Martin ...
Art Institute of Chicago Receives Its Largest Cash Gift Ever
Chicago Tribune / January 27th, 2016
Massachusetts collector Dorothy Braude Edinburg, who died in Jan. 2015, has donated $35 million in her will to the Art Insitute of Chicago. The gift is earmarked for new art purchases and the final amount of money is yet to be determined. A supporter of the museum for 25 years, Edinburg ...
Museum Acquisition of Van Dyck Portrait Questioned
Independent / January 23rd, 2016
A recent announcement by the Georgia Museum of Art of a 17th-century art acquistion came under scrutiny after art historians pointed out that the original work hangs in the U.K. at Cambridge's Fitzwilliam Museum. Flemish master Sir Anthony van Dyck’s large portrait of Archbishop William ...
Art-Filled Trailer Goes Missing in Los Angeles
LA Times / January 20th, 2016
Artworks by Matisse, Chagall, Miro, Haring and Neiman, along with other valuable items, are missing after a 24-foot long trailer was stolen from a Chatsworth industrial park in Los Angeles. Police are investigating the Nov. 20 disappearance of the 2005 Haulmark trailer parked near ...
High Court Rejects Appeal By Composer Mendelssohn's Family for Picasso Return
AP / January 19th, 2016
Heirs of Felix Mendelssohn will not recoup a Pablo Picasso painting sold under duress by the composer's family during the Nazi era. A Supreme Court decision on Tuesday upheld a lower court ruling that stated the German state of Bavaria was entitled to sovereign immunity in ownership of the ...
JMW Turner's House Nears $3.5 Million in Donations for Restoration
NY Times / January 10th, 2016
A simple white country house designed by artist J.M.W. Turner is set become a tourist attraction just 10 miles from London after donors raise about $3.5 million for a restoration. As of Jan. 4, the New York Times reported $225,000 was still needed. Turner, considered Britain’s greatest ...
Another Turner Painting "Saved" For the UK
Telegraph / January 10th, 2016
A seminal work by British artist JMW Turner has been "saved for the nation" after its late owner's will specified the artwork should remain in the U.K. Mulitmillionaire Harry Hyams died in December, leaving Turner's "Dutch Boats in a Gale" on loan to the National Gallery of Art in London where ...
Brothers Pursue Stepmom's Estate Over Art Sales
NY Post / January 7th, 2016
Art dealer Sam Salz died in 1981, leaving most of his estate and art collection with works by the likes of Monet and Degas to his two sons, Marc and Andre Salz. Salz had represented America’s richest collectors including Paul Mellon, Henry Ford 2d, and David Rockefeller, reports the NY Post. ...
Wildenstein Tax Fraud Trial Delayed in France
New York Times / January 6th, 2016
The tax fraud and money laundering trial of art dealer Guy Wildenstein, 70, has been suspended in France until May 4. He is accused of hiding inheritance from his late father, Daniel, in offshore trusts and authorities seek $600 million in back taxes. Defense lawyers for Wildenstein, who is a ...
Venice Considers Selling Art to Shore Up Finances
Dow Jones Business News / January 4th, 2016
Reminiscent of the scenario faced by Detroit, Venice is considering drastic measures to save the sinking city from debt. Again, art is on the line. Mayor Luigi Brugnaro is tossing around the idea of selling masterpieces in Venice's public museums, which include works by Gustav Klimt and Marc ...
Portland Museum of Art to Unveil Two Major Acquisitions
MPBN / January 4th, 2016
The 135-year-old Portland Museum of Art in Maine is undergoing a transformation. After a first phase of refurbishment, this noted repository of American, European and contemporary art -- including a trove of Winslow Homer works and the artist's studio -- will open with some changes later this ...
Art Dealer Wildenstein On Trial In France For Grand-Scale Tax Evasion
ABC / January 4th, 2016
A billionaire scion of the French art dealing family, 70-year-old Guy Wildenstein began his trial in France on Monday over charges of tax fraud.and money laundering. French authorities seek a staggering 553 million euros ($602 million) in back taxes from "hidden" estates. Franco-American ...
2015 in Review: Art Crime
The Creators Project / December 26th, 2015
Sensational stories of art crimes were plenteous in 2015. The Creators Project has put together a list of some of the biggest headlines, ranging from ISIS destroying the ancient buildings and artifacts of Palmyra to the brazen Ukranian ultranationalists who seek an exorbitant "finder's fee" for ...
Exhibition, Database to Aid Search for Missing Public Art in England
Historic England / December 15th, 2015
England's post-war public art, created by some of the most important artists of the 20th century, is "disappearing before the public's eyes," according to Historic England, a government agency that protects English heritage. They have discovered that a growing number of sculptures, ...
Stolen Caravaggio Nativity Scene Replaced with Replica
Guardian / December 13th, 2015
The theft of Caravaggio’s Nativity with St Francis and St Lawrence from an oratory in Palermo in 1969 is still considered one of the worst art crimes in history. But now a new twist has emerged in a tale that for decades has come to symbolise the Cosa Nostra’s enduring hold over Sicily. A ...
Museum Sues Wikimedia Over Usage of Artwork Images
Hyperallergic / December 9th, 2015
Hyperallergic reports that the Reiss Engelhorn Museum (REM) in Mannheim, Germany, filed a lawsuit on Oct. 28 against the Wikimedia Foundation for "making high-resolution images of public domain artworks from its collection available for download." The museum ...