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.  

‘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.  

Texas Regionalism | Amon Carter Museum of American Art. A small exhibition featuring about 12 works that is currently on view at the museum.  Included are works by Jerry Bywaters, Alexandre Hogue, William Lester, Thomas Stell, Harry Carnohan, and Coreen Spellman. … More…