![titanicauction door fragment from the movie Titanic that Rose used to float after the ship sank](https://rehs.com/eng/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/titanicauction-square-6020158f89b7a0dca11e537910cefb0b-.jpg)
Titanic Movie Prop Stays Afloat
On March 24th, Heritage hosted the Treasures from Planet Hollywood sale, featuring approximately 1,600 pieces of Hollywood memorabilia. Some of the most popular lots were iconic movie props such as blasters from Star Wars, an axe from The Shining, and … More…
![Robo-del-Siglo-obra-robada-2 Tête de Femme by Adolphe Piot, stolen in 2002](https://rehs.com/eng/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/Robo-del-Siglo-obra-robada-2-square-1e026601aa304ec02013502003a431bc-.jpg)
Still Missing: The Secret Tunnel Heist
Anyone born in the 1990s probably watched the animated show Avatar: The Last Airbender as it first came out starting in 2005. For this demographic, anything involving tunnels may conjure the “Secret Tunnel song” from season 2, episode 2. This was certainly the … More…
![The_Fourth_Plinth,_Trafalgar_Square_-_geograph.org.uk_-_5652581 Trafalgar Square's Fourth Plinth, at the time occupied by Hans Haacke's sculpture Gift Horse (photo courtesy of Thomas Nugent)](https://rehs.com/eng/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/The_Fourth_Plinth_Trafalgar_Square_-_geograph.org_.uk_-_5652581-square-1888c749ea8d79b8a4761603e6919d03-.jpg)
Trafalgar Square’s New Resident
London’s Trafalgar Square has a plinth at each of its four corners. Three of them have statues, while one has nothing on top of it. It was originally meant to have an equestrian statue of King William IV, but not … More…
![Meisje_met_de_parel A portrait of a young woman looking towards the viewer over her left shoulder against a black background wearing a blue and yellow turban as well as a pearl earring.](https://rehs.com/eng/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/Meisje_met_de_parel-875x1024-square-698067c9ba313ecb5e2de5f640b2774b-.jpg)
Climate Protestors Free To Go
A Dutch court has made an interesting ruling that may set a precedent for how prosecutors deal with climate protesters. On October 28, 2022, three Belgians staged a protest at the Mauritshuis in The Hague to draw attention to our current climate … More…
![Francoise_Gilot_et_Picasso_FF_oct_1952 Françoise Gilot and Pablo Picasso, 1952](https://rehs.com/eng/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/Francoise_Gilot_et_Picasso_FF_oct_1952-square-bd188e8610e61e99de14c0014dbc13d6-.jpg)
Gilot At The Picasso Museum
It is often said that seven women played significant roles throughout Pablo Picasso’s life. Probably one of the most well-known was Françoise Gilot. Last week, Paris’s Picasso Museum opened with a brand new rehang, with one of the galleries entirely … More…
![Raphael_missing-2-824x1024 A Renaissance portrait of a young man with long hair and a black cap](https://rehs.com/eng/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/Raphael_missing-2-824x1024-1-square-676035a1f9768c67f5dcb089068d92f0-.jpg)
Still Missing: Raphael’s Self-Portrait
Other than no one knowing where the stolen art is, the previous entries in the Still Missing series all have one thing in common. We don’t know who stole the paintings. This incident, however, is the exception. We know exactly … More…
![Flag_of_Ukraine.svg The flag of Ukraine](https://rehs.com/eng/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg_-1024x683-square-fd81337c670b6160ab1aad0a315ca142-.png)
Ukraine’s New Museum
Using museums to shape the public’s perception of the past and the present is far from a new idea. This is especially true when it comes to governments with authoritarian streaks. And we are seeing it again with Russia concerning … More…
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Recent Sotheby’s Sale Draws Unwarranted Pessimism
I wasn’t originally going to write about the Modern & Contemporary evening sale held at Sotheby’s on Wednesday, March 6th. However, I felt compelled to do so after seeing an incredibly misleading headline from The Art Newspaper. According to their analysis, this … More…
![RokebyVenus A painting of Venus laying nude with her back to the viewer while Cupid holds up a mirror.](https://rehs.com/eng/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/RokebyVenus-1024x702-square-7dd0e933e355d3b242b9409543d3ab4e-.jpg)
“Slasher Mary”: Museum Protests Then & Now
With the dozens of climate protests at museums over the past several years, many are inclined to see activists’ vandalism of prominent artworks as a fairly modern concept. Last month, someone threw soup at a Monet while others taped photos over the protective … More…
![cowgate1907 A black-and-white photograph of Cowgate in Peterborough, UK](https://rehs.com/eng/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/cowgate1907-square-5911357d1043e2893f23a41ba95c69b4-.jpg)
British Mural Recreates 100-Year-Old Photo
Some see graffiti and street art as signs of community degradation. However, one place in Britain views it the opposite way. The city of Peterborough, in the east of England, is embarking on a “business improvement district campaign,” which includes … More…
![Riccione_villa_mussolini A three-story house near the ocean](https://rehs.com/eng/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/Riccione_villa_mussolini-square-d5eaad86a8a3683fde4f1a1b0b2ac857-.jpg)
Art Show At Mussolini’s House
A photography exhibition in northern Italy is drawing criticism over the location where it is being staged. Riccione, a seaside town right outside Rimini, is hosting a retrospective on Robert Capa, one of the most significant photographers of the twentieth century. … More…
![Screenshot 2024-03-04 at 7.32.24 PM A still-life painting of a bowl of flowers](https://rehs.com/eng/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/Screenshot-2024-03-04-at-7.32.24-PM-860x1024-square-3bc9b38c75e4deafefdfbbcfecc14281-.png)
Sotheby’s New York “My Friend, Fernando Botero” Sale
There might be an inverse correlation between the number of lots in a sale and the estimated average value for each painting. And Sotheby’s New York on Friday proved that hypothesis with their very short sale showcasing the Salomón and … More…
![View_of_Auvers-sur-Oise_Paul_Cezanne An impressionist landscape with houses and rolling green hills.](https://rehs.com/eng/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/View_of_Auvers-sur-Oise_Paul_Cezanne-1024x874-square-8aac6bf235fffba3148e46a8a849ca95-.png)
Still Missing: The New Year’s Eve Heist
This is now the third entry in my ongoing series, which I call Still Missing, where I discuss some of the most interesting unsolved art thefts. While the 1934 Just Judges theft was certainly interesting to look into, here’s something … More…
![Hubert_Jan_van_(1390-1441)_(after)_Eyck_-_Detail_of_the_Just_Judges_lower_left_panel_of_the_Ghent_Altarpiece_-_(MeisterDrucke-1438460) The Just Judges (detail)](https://rehs.com/eng/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/Hubert_Jan_van_1390-1441_after_Eyck_-_Detail_of_the_Just_Judges_lower_left_panel_of_the_Ghent_Altarpiece_-_MeisterDrucke-1438460-square-c78d7ddd1f47a2b434a36de87824c49b-.jpg)
Still Missing: The Just Judges
For the next installment in the Still Missing series, on still-unsolved art thefts, we’ll be going to 1930s Belgium for a story more fitting for a noir detective movie than real life. This is the story of Jan van Eyck’s … More…
Christie’s London Art Of The Surreal Sale
On Thursday, March 7, Christie’s hosted their annual Art of the Surreal sale. These sales are often relatively short and tend to do rather well. And this year was no exception. The expected star of the sale was the 1958 … More…