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Article date: Friday, March 15, 2019

Gurlitt Provenance Research Identifies New case of Nazi-Confiscated Art

Researchers conducting provenance research into the Gurlitt art trove have identified the painting “Quai de Clichy” by Paul Signac as Nazi-confiscated art. The research finding has been confirmed by international review experts. A claim has been registered for the return of the painting. The painting was among the hoard of artworks discovered at Cornelius Gurlitt’s home in Salzburg. A report containing details of the painting was entered into the Lost Art Database in 2016.

Article date: Thursday, March 14, 2019

Italy Foils Art Thieves by Swapping Brueghel Painting for a Fake

Thieves who stole a Flemish master's painting of the crucifixion from a church in northern Italy this week are in for a disappointment: police say they had secretly swapped the original for a fake.

Article date: Friday, March 1, 2019

'Lost Caravaggio' Set for Big London Unveiling

The naked warrior looks plaintively up into the averted eyes of a graceful woman methodically slicing off his head with a sword. It is a burst of violence painted in haunting tones by a Renaissance master worth at least $100 million -- or yet another fake distressing the art world.

Article date: Wednesday, February 27, 2019

Robert Rauschenberg Foundation Appoints Three New Board Members

The Robert Rauschenberg Foundation announced the appointment of three distinguished experts in modern and contemporary art to its Board of Directors. The newest board members include: Dr. Kellie Jones, Professor in Art History and Archaeology and the Institute for Research in African American Studies (IRAAS) at Columbia University; Dr. Glenn D. Lowry, Director of The Museum of Modern Art; and A.C. Hudgins, a well-known collector of African-American art with experience in the field of finance.

Article date: Wednesday, February 27, 2019

Prints in the Age of Bruegel

The exhibition Prints in the Age of Bruegel, presented jointly by BOZAR and the Royal Library of Belgium, paints a picture of print production in the Southern Netherlands in the age of Bruegel.

Article date: Saturday, February 16, 2019

Jos Houwelen with his Famous '700 Centenboek Amsterdam' at Centre Pompidou

The Centre Pompidou is devoting a unique exhibition to the two hundred and thirty-three prints from the famous 700 Centenboek Amsterdam by Jos Houweling, which entered the Museum’s collections in 2016. Discover, in its entirety, his declaration of love for his hometown, published for the 700th anniversary of Amsterdam in 1975.

Article date: Friday, February 15, 2019

Art Dealer Mary Boone Gets 30-Month Prison Term on Tax Charges

New York art dealer Mary Boone, who became a boldfaced name in the 1980s representing painters like Jean-Michel Basquiat, David Salle and Julian Schnabel, was sentenced on Thursday to two and a half years in prison.

Article date: Tuesday, February 12, 2019

Russia’s Most Famous Artists Meet Munch

Art lovers will have a rare opportunity to view works by some of Russia’s most famous artists alongside works by Edvard Munch and several other popular Nordic artists, when the exhibition The Swan Princess. Russian Art 1880–1910 opens at the Munch Museum.

Article date: Monday, February 11, 2019

Körper

What comes to mind when we think about bodies? In Körper, German word for body created by Sasha Waltz in 2000 as first piece of a trilogy, many forms and connotations related to the main theme are explicated in extended and bizarre formats. In the Berliner Festspiele the dark and grotesque piece has left many interrogatives with its enigmatic aspects and a quite unclear structure.

Article date: Sunday, February 10, 2019

Artist Robert Ryman, Known for Shades of White, Dies at 88

The artist Robert Ryman, a minimalist known for experimenting with varying shades of white, has died at age 88. A spokeswoman for Pace Gallery, which represented him, says Ryman died Friday night at his New York City home. No cause was given.

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