On Monday, May 18th, Christie’s Rockefeller Center location in New York hosted the sale featuring the art collection of S.I. Newhouse. Through the company Advance Publications, Newhouse and his brother Donald operated the parent company of dozens of local newspapers … More…

The Musée d’Orsay in Paris will dedicate a gallery to exhibiting works of art looted during the Second World War. After the war, many European governments, including France, took it upon themselves to track down the owners of artworks and … More…

On Thursday, May 14th, Sotheby’s location in New York hosted the first of its May Marquee sales with the collection of Robert Mnuchin. Formerly an executive at Goldman Sachs, Mnuchin retired from banking in 1990 to pursue art collecting full-time, … More…

On Wednesday, April 15th, Sotheby’s London hosted their Old Master & Nineteenth-Century Paintings sale. Though hosted entirely online, the auction garnered substantial attention, which has unfortunately become a bit of a rarity in the markets for these works. Of course, … More…

On Tuesday, April 14th, a French man learned he had won a €1 million Picasso painting in a raffle. The 1 Picasso 100 Euros raffle is an event put on by the Picasso Estate in collaboration with a prominent charity. … More…

After close to thirty years of work, art historian Marc Restellini’s monumental catalogue raisonné on Amadeo Modigliani is now set for publication. Restellini is considered one of the art world’s most renowned specialists on Modigliani’s life and work. Since the … More…

The government of Greece may enact new laws concerning art forgery. While most countries, particularly in Europe, address art forgery through general anti-forgery laws, Greece may become one of the few countries to dedicate legislation and state infrastructure specifically to … More…