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Superman Soars At Auction
action comic #1 featuring Superman holding up a green car from 1938

Superman Soars At Auction

In the realm of comic book collecting, the rivalry among superheroes extends beyond the pages of their adventures to the auction houses where their iconic issues command staggering prices. The dynamic between Superman and Spider-Man, two titans of the genre, … More…

Christie’s Paris Impressionist “Oeuvres Choisies”
A colorful, Fauvist double portrait of the artists Henri Matisse and Étienne Terrus.

Christie’s Paris Impressionist “Oeuvres Choisies”

On Tuesday, April 9th, Christie’s Paris hosted the first Impressionist sale that will be all the buzz the rest of the week. They started with their “oeuvres choisies,” or select works, a collection of twenty-three paintings and sculptures from prominent … More…

Brooklyn Museum Sells Out
circa 1820, elements from the parlor and dining room, wood house front door; two wood mantels and stone fireplace surrounds; eight wood windows; three wood doorways

Brooklyn Museum Sells Out

The Brooklyn Museum recently succeeded in deaccessioning several rooms of antique furniture and decorative art, a process often regarded with skepticism within the museum community. Typically, there are strict guidelines governing deaccessioning, including the requirement that any funds generated must … More…

Ukrainian Museum Calls Out Russian Looting
The Kherson Art Museum (photo courtesy of Kristina Fedorovych)

Ukrainian Museum Calls Out Russian Looting

A Ukrainian museum has shown that Russian forces looted thousands of items, including nearly one hundred paintings, successfully transferring them to other museums in Russian-controlled areas. In a Facebook post on March 29th, the Kherson Museum announced that it had identified … More…

ARC Select 2024: Opening Night Success
ARC Select 2024 opening night at Rehs Contemporary Galleries

ARC Select 2024: Opening Night Success

Last Thursday, April 4th, Rehs Contemporary Galleries opened the fifth edition of its ARC Select exhibition. Since first hosting these shows in 2016, Rehs Contemporary Galleries has worked with organizations like the Art Renewal Center to help promote some of … More…

Still Missing: The Giza Van Gogh
A floral still life by Vincent van Gogh

Still Missing: The Giza Van Gogh

The most recent incident in our ongoing Still Missing series is the theft of a Van Gogh painting in 2010. Poppy Flowers dates to 1886, during Vincent van Gogh’s time in Paris, and measures 26 by 21 inches. Some scholars say … More…

ARC Select 2024 Now Open at Rehs Contemporary
Margo Selski - Presentation of the White Rabbit

ARC Select 2024 Now Open at Rehs Contemporary

As of 5:00 pm EST, the ARC Select 2024 exhibition is now open. On display are dozens of paintings and a collection of sculptures by eight artists associated with the Art Renewal Center. This year marks the fifth edition of … More…

California Confronts Courts With Proposed Art Law
An impressionist street scene of the Rue Saint Honoré in Paris

California Confronts Courts With Proposed Art Law

California state lawmakers are pushing through legislation that will make art restitution easier for Holocaust survivors. In January, I wrote about a restitution case going through the American court system for over twenty years. The case centers around a Paris … More…

The British Museum Finally Sues
The exterior facade of the British Museum in London.

The British Museum Finally Sues

It’s been some time since I’ve written about the drama that began unfolding at the British Museum.  last year. The last update I gave was in December when the museum’s deputy director resigned while an independent panel submitted a list of … More…