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Picasso Museum Set to Reopen in October, With New Leader

New York Times / September 4th, 2014

A new president is leading the charge to finally open the long-shuttered Picasso Museum in Paris.

Portuguese Government Could Sell 85 Miro Artworks

Telesur / September 1st, 2014

On Friday, the Portuguese government announced that it would not list 84 paintings and a sculpture by Spanish surrealist artist Joan Miró as cultural heritage. The decision frees up the art, valued at $50 million...

Detroit Hit With a $4 Billion Proposal for City's Art

New York Times / August 27th, 2014

New York-based Art Capital has offered Detroit a loan of up to $4 billion in a new proposal that leaves the city's museum intact with its art used as collateral.

When Crowds Curate, Exhibitions Are By the People

ArtfixDaily / August 26th, 2014

Curating a museum exhibition can now be as easy and interactive as thousands of people clicking Like on Facebook.

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...

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.

Court Rules Lucian Freud's Will to be Kept Secret

Telegraph / July 31st, 2014

A forgotten son of Lucian Freud has been denied a share of his father’s vast fortune and will never know what was in the artist’s will...

American Impressionism Exhibition is One Highlight of Edinburgh Art Festival this August

ArtfixDaily / July 30th, 2014

Edinburgh Art Festival, the UK’s largest annual celebration of visual art, is on view starting from July 31 for a month-long program of special events, tours, and performances.

Imperial War Museum in London Reopens After $70 Million Renovation

Newsday / July 26th, 2014

The Imperial War Museum in London recently reopened in time to commemorate the 100th anniversary of World War I.

Missing Matisse Returned to Venezuela Museum

ArtfixDaily / July 24th, 2014

A painting by Henri Matisse stolen more than a decade ago from a Caracas museum has been returned to the Venezuela capital after an FBI sting in the U.S.

Possible Rodin, Degas Sculptures Newly Discovered in Gurlitt's Apartment

BBC / July 24th, 2014

Officials in Bavaria announced on Thursday that two more works have been found in the apartment of Munich art hoarder Cornelius Gurlitt. The task force in charge...

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.

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...

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...

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.

Analysis of Picasso Masterpiece Reveals Hidden Painting

Guardian / June 17th, 2014

A scientific analysis of Pablo Picasso's "The Blue Room," considered the first masterpiece of his Blue Period, has revealed that another work was painted over...