![2023_GNV_22535_0096_001(the_sunrise_ruby_sensational_cartier_ruby_and_diamond_ring063710) A large ruby set in a platinum ring supported by diamonds](https://rehs.com/eng/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/2023_GNV_22535_0096_001the_sunrise_ruby_sensational_cartier_ruby_and_diamond_ring063710-819x1024.jpg)
Christie’s Cancellation Over Nazi Fortune
Christie’s has canceled an upcoming jewelry sale after complaints of Nazi connections. At their Geneva location, Christie’s hosted a successful sale in May called the World of Heidi Horten, featuring the Austrian billionaire’s jewelry collection. Among the collection highlights were … More…
![31SEIZED-ITEM-btkf-superJumbo A headless ancient Roman bronze statue of a man in a toga formerly held by the Cleveland Museum of Art.](https://rehs.com/eng/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/31SEIZED-ITEM-btkf-superJumbo-541x1024.webp)
Cleveland Confiscation: More Antiquities Seized
In April, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York wasn’t having a particularly good time, especially after the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office seized many items from its antiquities collection. It is believed that, in the 1960s, local farmers looted … More…
![newell-convers-wyeth-1882-1945-ramona-frontispiece-illustration A young woman standing to the right, speaking to a seated older woman all in black, with the beige background of a stucco wall featuring a statue of the Virgin Mary behind them](https://rehs.com/eng/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/newell-convers-wyeth-1882-1945-ramona-frontispiece-illustration-670x1024.jpg)
Lost Painting Found At A Thrift Store
I’ve written about works by famous artists being rediscovered in some unusual places, or at least where people least expect. Whether it’s on the wall of your family home, tucked away in storage, behind a door, or in a criminal … More…
![Tom_Thomson,_Northern_River A landscape painting from a forrest looking out towards are more brightly-lit river.](https://rehs.com/eng/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Tom_Thomson_Northern_River-904x1024.jpg)
The Latest Climate Protest In Canada
A climate activist, mirroring similar incidents in Europe last year, has defaced a painting kept at the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa. Kaleb Suedfeld, age 28, is a member of the Canadian environmentalist group On2Ottawa, which uses “nonviolent civil … More…
![Screenshot 2023-08-24 at 1.02.51 PM An painting-style AI-generated image showing a trail leading into the woods surrounded by purple flowers.](https://rehs.com/eng/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Screenshot-2023-08-24-at-1.02.51-PM-1024x767.png)
No Copyright For AI Art
Last week, a judge in Washington DC ruled that AI-created art is not copyrightable. Judge Beryl Howell of the District Court for the District of Columbia released her decision settling a dispute between Stephen Thaler, creator of the computer program … More…
![Valentine's_day_mascara Graffiti of a woman in a green gingham dress and yellow rubber cloves on a white brick wall. The rest of the graffiti is covered by a tarp.](https://rehs.com/eng/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Valentines_day_mascara.jpg)
Banksy Sold Piece By Piece
A British company is now offering fractional ownership of a Banksy work. Valentine’s Day Mascara first appeared on the wall of a house in Margate, a seaside town in Kent, this past Valentine’s Day. It shows a woman dressed like … More…
![640px-British_museum_entrance The exterior facade of the British Museum in London.](https://rehs.com/eng/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/640px-British_museum_entrance.jpg)
British Museum Update: Suspected Thief Identified
A quick update on the situation developing at the British Museum: I wrote only a few days ago about how the British Museum announced they had fired an employee accused of stealing gold jewelry and semi-precious stones from museum storage. … More…
![Screenshot 2023-08-18 at 4.44.10 PM Detail from a 19th century American group portrait of children, specifically showing a previously omitted mixed-race boy](https://rehs.com/eng/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Screenshot-2023-08-18-at-4.44.10-PM.png)
Met Acquires Work With Hidden Enslaved Boy
New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art announced the acquisition of an American nineteenth-century group portrait that includes a figure that was previously painted out. The painting was created in 1837 and is likely by Jacques Amans. Amans was a French … More…