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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.
Detroit's Art Valued at Up to $4.6 Billion
ArtfixDaily / July 9th, 2014
A new appraisal of the Detroit Institute of Arts' collections places a value of $2.7 billion to $4.6 billion on artworks that some of the city's creditors want sold to settle municipal debts.
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.
Joslyn Art Museum Discovers Original Rembrandt in Storage
ArtfixDaily / April 6th, 2014
A painting long-ago relegated to storage has been newly authenticated as a work by Rembrandt. In the collection of the Josyln Art Museum in Omaha, Neb., for 72 years...
Dutch Landscape Masterpiece Acquired by Kimbell Art Museum
ArtfixDaily / March 9th, 2014
The Kimbell Art Museum, in Fort Worth, Texas, has acquired "Edge of a Forest with a Grainfield," an exceptional work by one of the greatest landscape painters of all time, Jacob van Ruisdael. The circa-1656 painting had been in the collection of...
'Antiques Roadshow' Discovery Turns Out to be a Van Dyck
ArtfixDaily / December 30th, 2013
A painting brought into the British version of "Antiques Roadshow" has been authenticated as a genuine work by 17th century Flemish master Anthony van Dyck. Father Jamie McLeod paid just...
FBI Closes in on Gardner Museum Heist Thieves
ArtfixDaily / December 18th, 2013
After 23 years and thousands of leads, the FBI says that they know who stole 13 masterpieces from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. New developments...
El Greco Tops Record-Setting Old Masters Sale
ArtfixDaily / July 7th, 2013
A 17th-century painting by El Greco brought an artist auction record of £9.15 million at Sotheby's Old Masters sale in London last week. A Russian telephone bidder reportedly...
Nazi-Seized Old Master Painting Leads New York Auction
ArtfixDaily / June 6th, 2013
A recently restituted painting by 17th-century Dutch master Gerrit van Honthorst was the top lot in a Christie's Old Masters sale on June 5 in New York. Once part of the collections of Catherine the Great's art adviser and Russia's Hermitage Museum, The Duet was confiscated by the Nazis...
Rediscovered Rembrandt Worth $30 Million
ArtfixDaily / March 19th, 2013
A portrait long thought to be by a Rembrandt student has now been deemed to be by the 17th-century Dutch master himself, catapulting the value of the painting to about $30 million.
Stolen Rembrandt Surfaces in Serbia
ArtfixDaily / March 12th, 2013
Earlier this week, the Brooklyn Museum announced that it would be hosting two Rembrandt masterworks from a private collection. Following this news, Serbian police recovered
Rockefeller's Botticelli in Record-Smashing Auction Series
ArtfixDaily / February 3rd, 2013
Old Master and Renaissance art brought record prices totaling $170 million at Sotheby's and Christie's auctions in New York last week.
Columbia's $47 Million Folly a Lesson in Universities Selling Art
The Nation / January 21st, 2013
In 1975, Columbia University sold its 1658 Rembrandt painting, “Man with Arms Akimbo,” to a private collector for $1 million in a secret sale. Fast-forward to today and the work is on the market for $47 million.
Dallas Museum of Art Denied da Vinci Acquisition
Dallas News / December 18th, 2012
Officials from the Dallas Museum of Art have revealed that their efforts in fundraising tens of millions of dollars for a rediscovered work by Leonardo da Vinci were fruitless. The owners have...
Frieze Masters Combines Best of Old & New
Telegraph / October 2nd, 2012
Frieze Masters debuts next week in London, with about 100 galleries, presenting works from the pre-Christian era to the late 20th century.
Art World Divided Over Second Mona Lisa
Businessweek / September 27th, 2012
Tucked away in a Swiss vault for 40 years, a painting promoted as an earlier version of Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece "Mona Lisa" was unveiled in Geneva.
Getty Museum Appoints New Director Who Will "Think Big"
ArtfixDaily / February 19th, 2012
As of September 1, the Getty Museum will have a new director, a position that has been empty since the departure of Michael Brand over two years ago. The incoming director will be...
Mona Lisa Double Reveals New Discoveries
Telegraph / February 1st, 2012
A recent cleaning of a painting in Madrid's Prado has unveiled some of the mystery surrounding Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa (ca. 1503-06). Previously thought to be a later and inferior copy, the restored painting has been determined to be the earliest copy of da Vinci's masterpiece, and importantly, created by a key pupil at the same time as the original.
Old Masters with Staying Power Buoy Auction Series to $122 Million
Telegraph / January 31st, 2012
Falling below expectations, the Old Masters auction sales in New York brought in a combined total of $122 million last week. About one-third of offered lots went unsold. Buyers were choosy and works with conservative estimates sold well, along with enduringly-popular...
Record Prices for Old Masters in London Auctions
ArtfixDaily / December 8th, 2011
Several artists achieved world record prices at the series of Old Masters paintings sales in London this week. A work by Pieter Brueghel the Younger sold for an artist auction record price of £6.9 million ($10.7 million) at Christie's in London to lead its $37.6 million Old Master & ...