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Buste de femme au chapeau à fleurs (Dora Maar), a 1943 masterpiece by Pablo Picasso that had remained hidden from public view for more than 80 years, soared to €32,012,397, achieving the highest auction price of the year in France and the second-highest price ever for the artist in the country.The French record – set in 1989 by Les Noces de Pierrette – was also achieved at Drouot.

Karim Crippa is appointed as director of Art Basel Paris. Taking up the role from November 1, 2025, Crippa will lead the Paris show into its next chapter.

Part of the museum's valuable jewellery collection was transferred to the Banque de France for security reasons, local media reported on Friday.

The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) announced the return of a major watercolor by German artist Ernst Ludwig Kirchner to the museum’s Collection.

The German company Böcker whose lift was used in the Louvre theft is making the most of its free publicity - by launching a new advertising campaign on social media.

During an investigation conducted by the German police, 20 allegedly fake paintings of world-renowned artists such as Pablo Picasso, Peter Paul Rubens and Rembrandt van Rijn were discovered.

The jewels that were stolen at the Louvre Museum in Paris at the weekend were valued at around €88 million, but France won’t recover any money as the items were not insured. 

Continuing its tradition of landmark monographic exhibitions devoted to leading figures of 20th and 21st-century art the Fondation dedicates all its galleries to Gerhard Richter, widely regarded as one of the most important and internationally celebrated artists of his generation.

A stretch of Great Jones Street in Lower Manhattan was officially renamed 'Jean-Michel Basquiat Way', honoring the iconic artist who lived and worked there during the height of his career.

The Art Basel and UBS Survey of Global Collecting 2025, authored by Dr. Clare McAndrew of Arts Economics, offers a vivid snapshot of a market in transformation. 

France's Ministry of Culture has announced the five finalist teams competing to redesign the museum as part of the ambitious 'Louvre Nouvelle Renaissance' project. 

The Bahamas in Venice Committee announced The Bahamas’ participation in the 61st Venice Biennale, having appointed as the Pavilion Curator the distinguished Bahamian art historian, Dr. Krista Thompson.

The Louvre Museum in Paris reopened on Wednesday, three days after thieves stole historic jewelry valued at approximately €88 million ($102 million).

Tobias Wyrzykowski was born in 1987 in Würzburg and studied Fine Arts at the
Academy of Fine Arts Nuremberg. He has presented numerous solo and group
exhibitions in Germany.

A pre-report by the French Court of Audit on Monday reportedly revealed major gaps in the Louvre Museum's security system, a day after four people stole eight jewels of "inestimable heritage value" from the Galerie d'Apollon.

Influenced by Oksana Zhnipruk's Seated Ballerina, Jeff Koons’ Seated Ballerina (Wood) presents a blonde dancer in a blue tutu, who adjusts her matching slipper while seated atop a fancifully decorated stool.

When the National Army Museum acquired the portrait of a Napoleonic military musician, the identities of both the soldier and the painter were unknown. Now, experts believe they have uncovered the story behind this unique artwork, which dates from the aftermath of Wellington’s victory over Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815.