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Italian politicians and art critics accuse each other of stealing $ 16 million
28.11.2015 VERONA. Amid mutual accusations and radically divergent theories, Italian politicians and art historians are still trying to find out who is to blame for the dramatic robbery of the museum in Verona, which resulted in the disappearance of 17 paintings, including several world masterpieces.
The mystery of Vermeer’s "Little Street" is revealed
27.11.2015 AMSTERDAM. An art historian from Holland claims to have discovered the location of a street depicted on one of Vermeer’s two urban landscapes that have survived to this day.
Sotheby’s begins downsizing
20.11.2015 Last Friday, after the auction season on the art market came to an end, the Sotheby’s auction house invited its employees to think about dismissing on their own, with payment of some monetary compensation. This measure is forced and is designed to reduce the organization’s costs.
Tintoretto’s Venetian masterpieces available to visitors
16.11.2015 VENICE. Scuola Grande di San Rocco in Venice, built in the 16th century and decorated with a large number of wall and ceiling paintings by Tintoretto, is currently available to visitors.
Sotheby’s bailed out over $ 300 million for impressionists and contemporary art
08.11.2015 NEW YORK. Sotheby’s set a new record for Picasso’s blue-period paintings by selling a two-sided erotic portrait for more than $ 67.5 million. In general, the auction of impressionists and contemporary art, which took place on Thursday, brought more than 300 million US dollars.
National Gallery in Washington acquired Ochertert’s painting
25.10.2015 WASHINGTON. The National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, acquired a rare painting by Dutch artist Jacob Ochtervelt, “A Nurse and a Child in the Foyer of an Elegant Townhouse,” 1663).
New Yorkers will be able to attend MoMA PS1 for free all year
20.10.2015 NEW YORK. The exhibition complex MoMA (Museum of Modern Art) PS1 on Long Island invited New Yorkers to attend exhibitions in Queens for free for a whole year starting on October 11. The campaign was made possible thanks to a grant from the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Foundation.
In Boston, a rally against Renoir
18.10.2015 BOSTON. A small group of Boston residents staged a rally a few days ago near the walls of the Museum of Fine Arts. Their only requirement was to remove from the museum exposition the works of the French impressionist Pierre-Auguste Renoir. How did Renoir not please the Bostonians?
Merchants and aristocrats in the paintings of Dutch masters
17.10.2015 BOSTON. Over the years, employees of the Museum of Fine Arts of Boston have planned and developed an exhibition of paintings by Dutch masters in a somewhat unusual perspective.
Opening of the Louvre Museum in Abu Dhabi is postponed to 2016
12.10.2015 The opening of the Louvre branch in Abu Dhabi was postponed until next year due to a delay in the construction work.
The Dutch government will help the national museum to buy two rare paintings by Rembrandt
01.10.2015 The Dutch government has pledged to help the National Museum acquire a pair of rare Rembrandt’s paintings from French businessman Eric de Rothschild for 160 million euros, a record price for European museums.
The strike at the Musée d’Orsay disrupted the opening of an exhibition on prostitution
29.09.2015 The Orsay Museum was not able to open the long-awaited exhibition “Shine and Poverty: Images of Prostitutes 1850-1910” last Tuesday (September 22) due to a staff strike.
Lost picture of young Rembrandt discovered in New Jersey
28.09.2015 NEW JERSEY. A small oil painting was auctioned for $ 870,000, which is a thousand times the nominal value.
The "gospel of the wife of Jesus" may be genuine
26.09.2015 CAMBRIDGE. The mystery surrounding the so-called “Gospel of the wife of Jesus” may begin to dissipate. A new study of the ink with which this highly controversial papyrus was written showed that they are genuine.
TripAdvisor compiled a hit parade of world museums. Hermitage - 6th
21.09.2015 The Hermitage took sixth place in the list of 25 best museums in the world according to the travel portal TripAdvisor, ahead of the national treasures of Great Britain and Holland.