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The J. Paul Getty Museum has recently acquired a variety of new objects for its permanent collection: a Hellenistic ring; a drawing by Swedish artist Hilma af Klint; a sculpture by Italian Renaissance artist Andrea della Robbia; a triptych by Cuban-born artist María Magdalena Campos-Pons; and a collection of 17 photographs by African American artists Ray Francis, Herman Howard, James “Jimmie” Mannas Jr., and Chester Higgins. 

Poland has secured the return of a painting that disappeared in the aftermath of the Second World War. It was recovered after recently appearing at auction in Denmark, with its Danish owners agreeing to hand it back to Poland after learning its provenance.

Two suspects in the Louvre heist case have been arrested by French police on Saturday evening, Le Parisien Newspaper reports.

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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.