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Bill and Melinda Gates Are Splitting Up. Now What About Their Art Collection?
ArtfixDaily / May 3rd, 2021
Bill and Melinda Gates are ending their marriage after 27 years, the couple announced via Twitter on Monday. Noting that "..we no longer believe that we can grow together as a couple in this next phase of our lives," their statement says. They have 3 adult children. The pair will continue to ...
Salvator Mundi Gets the Spotlight in Two Films
ArtfixDaily / April 8th, 2021
Since the Salvator Mundi sold at a Christie's auction for $450M in 2017, setting a world record price for any artwork, intrigue has followed. Restored after its rediscovery in 2005 and then sold as a rare work by Leonardo da Vinci, the painting of Christ as Savior of the World continues ...
Dutch Police Nab Suspect in Van Gogh, Hals Art Thefts
CNN / April 6th, 2021
Police in the Netherlands said Tuesday that a 58-year-old man from Baarn was arrested at his home on suspicion of stealing two paintings from art museums. The works by Vincent van Gogh and Frans Hals have not been recovered. Van Gogh's “The Parsonage Garden at Nuenen in Spring 1884,″ was ...
'This Is a Robbery': Netflix Releases New Docuseries On The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Heist
wbur / April 5th, 2021
"...the Gardner heist story finds people unwittingly rooting for criminals, or art, or perhaps both." - wbur "...it could be that a bombshell is forthcoming." - Daily Beast An unsolved mystery for over 30 years, the brazen art heist at Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum still baffles ...
Getty Museum Acquires Recently Rediscovered Painting by Artemisia Gentileschi
ArtfixDaily / March 30th, 2021
The J. Paul Getty Museum has announced the acquisition of a major work by Artemisia Gentileschi (1593-c.1654), the most celebrated woman painter of 17th-century Italy. Recently rediscovered after having been in private collections for centuries, the painting represents the artist at the height ...
A Record-Breaking $4.75 Million Carl Moll Painting Tops Freeman's Best-Ever Fine Art Sale
ArtfixDaily / February 24th, 2021
Philadelphia-based Freeman’s announced the results of its February 23 European Art & Old Masters auction,which realized over $6.4M—the best Fine Art sale total that Freeman’s has ever recorded. With spirited bidding throughout the sale from bidders both online and on the telephone, the 67-lot ...
Botticelli 'Young Man' Portrait Realizes $92.2 Million At Sotheby's Auction
New York Times / January 28th, 2021
A rare portrait by Florentine Renaissance master Sandro Botticelli brought $92.2 million at a livestreamed Sotheby's sale on Thursday morning. The price is the highest at auction for an Old Master work since Leonardo da Vinci's "Salvator Mundi" fetched $450.3 million in 2017. It is also the ...
Book Release: The Woman Who Stole Vermeer
ArtfixDaily / November 5th, 2020
Born wealthy, the Oxford-educated Rose Dugdale (b. 1941) turned to crime as she became involved with Irish Republicanism. Her radical ideals led Dugdale to mastermind a major art heist. The Woman Who Stole Vermeer: The True Story of Rose Dugdale and the Russborough House Art Heist, a new ...
From Turmoil to Triumph, Baroque Artist Artemisia Gentileschi's Life Story Inspires TV Series
ArtfixDaily / November 1st, 2020
On the heels of a major monographic exhibition exploring the work of Artemisia Gentileschi (1593–1654) will be a new television series from ViacomCBS studios. The series will begin filming next year following the popular exhibition on the Baroque artist at London's National Gallery (on view ...
Seriously Upbeat Artworks Are Standouts in the New TEFAF Online
ArtfixDaily / November 1st, 2020
The European Fine Art Foundation (TEFAF) has launched TEFAF Online, running November 1-4, 2020, in a fresh format. This is TEFAF’s first virtual fair, which provides attendees with direct, live access to world-renowned dealers and their selection of vetted artworks. Reducing virtual fair fatigue, ...
Dutch Museum Reports Frans Has Painting 'Two Laughing Boys' Stolen For a Third Time
Reuters / New York Times / August 27th, 2020
A work by Dutch Golden-Age master Frans Hals was stolen in the pre-dawn hours from a small museum in the Netherlands on Thursday, police said, according to reports. Dating from 1626, Hals' "Two Laughing Boys With a Mug of Beer" is now missing from the Hofje van Aerden Museum, located near ...
Art Dealer Gifts 16th-Century Painting to Rijksmuseum in Honor of COVID-19 Victims
AP / June 4th, 2020
Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum reopened Monday after its coronavirus closure to include a new work in its vast collections. The piece is a Dutch 16th-century painting by Bartholomeus Spranger titled “Body of Christ Supported by Angels.” The dramatic image of Christ lifted from his tomb by three ...
The Getty Challenges People to Recreate Masterpieces With Their Stuff at Home
ArtfixDaily / March 31st, 2020
Last week, the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles tweeted to the masses, "We challenge you to recreate a work of art with objects (and people) in your home." For people worldwide who are sheltering in place due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Getty's request suggested that they choose a favorite ...
From Artemisia Gentileschi to Andy Warhol, A New 'Lives of the Artists' Series Debuts March 31
ArtfixDaily / March 12th, 2020
ANDY WARHOL by Robert Shore and ARTEMISIA GENTILESCHI by Jonathan Jones will debut as the first titles in a collectible set of art books. Inspired by Giorgio Vasari’s Lives of the Artists, this new series of highly readable brief biographies will be available on March 31. ...
After Strong Initial Sales, TEFAF Maastricht Closes Early Due to Coronavirus
ArtfixDaily / March 10th, 2020
UPDATE 3/11/2020: TEFAF has closed four days early after an exhibitor from Italy, who had already returned home on Monday, March 8, tested positive for COVID-19, reported the Art Newspaper. The 33rd edition of TEFAF Maastricht drew 10,000 international visitors over Early Access Day (March 5) ...
Spectacular Discoveries Abound at TEFAF Maastricht 2020
ArtfixDaily / March 5th, 2020
TEFAF Maastricht has launched its largest and most international edition to date, less just 3 exhibitors due to coronavirus concerns, with a Preview on Friday and continuing March 7 to 15 at the MECC, Maastricht. The fair provides collectors with the opportunity to acquire some of the ...
Welsh Museum's Botticelli 'Copy' Is Authentic, Experts Say
Guardian / November 14th, 2019
What was thought to be a later copy of Botticelli's work is actually genuine, say a team of experts. A new episode of BBC Four series Britain’s Lost Masterpieces will detail the findings of art historian Dr. Bendor Grosvenor and other art detectives who solved this Botticelli mystery. ...
'Lost' Caravaggio Valued at $170M Sells Prior to Auction
Los Angeles Times / June 26th, 2019
A recently attributed Caravaggio painting of Judith decapitating Assyrian general Holofernes sold privately earlier this week before a scheduled auction on Thursday. "Judith and Holofernes" depicts the dramatic Bible story of a Jewish heroine's efforts to save her people from the invading ...
If Only 'Salvator Mundi' Was By Banksy...
Kenny Schachter / June 11th, 2019
This seems safe for a $450 million painting... Art critic Kenny Schachter teased on Instagram last week and then broke the news on Monday that the world's most expensive artwork, the "missing" Leonardo da Vinci portrait of Christ titled 'Salvator Mundi,' is likely cruising on the superyacht of ...
A Painted-Over Cupid Will Reappear in a Beloved Vermeer Work
The Times / May 8th, 2019
One of Johannes Vermeer’s most famous paintings had a whimsical element long-ago painted over, and not by the Dutch master himself. Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window originally included a naked cupid hovering above the female subject. Detected by X-ray four decades ago, the cupid ...