Russian Fine Arts Museum Head Leaves After 52 Years – Irina Antonova, director of the Pushkin Museum of Fine Art, is stepping down.  Antonova, who is now 91, has been in the position for more than half a century – wow! … More…

Ivory Virgin Joins $6.85 Million Coffee Pot in Art Sales  – well, the season may really be coming to an end (at least in the high-end of the auction realm); the Old Master sales take place this week.  

Herzog & de Meuron to Build $642 Million Hong Kong Museum – this looks like it is going to be one impressive building.  

Phillips Sale Ends $241 Million Contemporary-Art Marathon – the last Contemporary sale of the season.  This was a small sale of just 26 lots and the total take was £12.3M (low end of the estimate was £11.9M — so they only … More…

‘June Wayne: Eloquent Visionary’ – an exhibition that is currently on view at Louis Stern Fine Art in Los Angeles.  

Merkel tells Putin Germany wants looted art returned – During a tour of the Hermitage’s “The Bronze Age of Europe: Europe Without Borders,” the German Chancellor told Putin that it was time to return art seized by the Soviets after … More…

National Gallery buys 18th century painting that praises Islam  – The National Gallery, London, has acquired Franz Maulbertsch’s An Allegory of Asia which was painted in Vienna around 1750.