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The Prado Museum does not intend to abandon the four paintings of old masters
07.05.2015 The debate between the Museum of the National Heritage of Spain and the National Museum of the Prado in Madrid about the ownership of four important paintings by old masters continues.
Sculpture "Trio of elephants" installed in Jumeirah Emirates Towers
07.05.2015 DUBAI. Dubai-based Jumeirah Emirates Towers, in collaboration with Ayyam Gallery, erected a new Elephant Trio sculpture outside the main entrance.
The market for online art sales is growing
27.04.2015 Online art sales rose to $ 2.64 million, according to The Hiscox Online Art Trade Report 2015. Last year, the figure was $ 1.57 million. Such figures are given in a report released on Tuesday by the British insurance company Hiscox.
A new study put the witches of Goya in the correct order
21.04.2015 LONDON. All famous drawings from the private album “Witches and Old Women” Francisco Goya (1746-1828) were presented in their original sequence.
Museum director in Vienna demands time limits on restitution of art stolen by the Nazis
13.04.2015 VEIN. The director of one of the museums in Vienna requires the introduction of temporary restrictions on claims for the restitution of works of art seized by the Nazis.
In Italy, found a forgotten picture of Picasso
10.04.2015 ROME. Italian police discovered a picture of Pablo Picasso, estimated at 15 million euros.
Gerhard Richter: Customers who pay millions for my paintings are stupid
16.03.2015 BERLINGerhard Richter, who today is considered the most expensive artist of the living, said in an interview with Die Zeit that he “watched with horror” as an anonymous buyer paid 46.7 million US dollars for his painting “ Abstract Painting ”(Abstraktes Bild, 1986) at Sotheby’s auction held on February 10 this year in London.
Why are Reynolds’ early paintings so pale?
14.03.2015 LONDON. Experts have found out why the heroes of the early paintings of the great 18th-century England portrait painter Joshua Reynolds have a very pale appearance. It’s all about choosing pigments.
At the Prado Museum, the blind can touch the masterpieces
13.03.2015 MADRIDUsually, visitors to the Prado Museum (Museo del Prado) cannot come closer to the paintings than at arm’s length. But recently, a completely ordinary Spaniard, Jose Pedro González, got the opportunity to slide his fingers over one of El Greco’s most famous paintings, The Nobleman With His Hand on His Chest.
Artprice.com: A Billion Dollars Per Picture? Quite possible!
11.03.2015 PARIS. The thirteenth edition of the 13th Annual Global Art Market Report, prepared by Artprice, the world leader in fine arts market information and its institutional partner in China, Art Market Monitor of Artron, contains 288 pages of information instead traditional 180.
Goya’s fake painting was sold for fake money
09.03.2015 MEXICO CITY. The incident that occurred with the brothers James and John Font, natives of Girona, is worthy of being included in the history of not only art, but also forensics.
Picasso’s stolen painting discovered in New York
05.03.2015 NEW YORK. Picasso’s painting, stolen over ten years ago from Paris, “surfaced” in the United States, where it was sent under the guise of a regular parcel. La Coiffeuse (Hairdresser), written in 1911, was found back in December, in a batch of FedEx mailings sent from Belgium to New York.
Edward Munch Award Returns After a Ten-Year Break
23.02.2015 After a break of almost ten years, the Edward Munch Award was restored in partnership with the Norwegian oil and gas international company Statoil.
International human rights activists criticize the Louvre and the Guggenheim Museum for violating workers’ rights
23.02.2015 NEW YORK. Human Rights Watch (HRW) has published an 82-page report on the violation of the rights of migrant workers on Saadiyat Island in the United Arab Emirates working on branch construction Louvre Museum (Musée du Louvre) and the Guggenheim Museum (Guggenheim museums).
Louvre canceled Jeff Koons exhibition due to lack of money
21.02.2015 PARIS. The exhibition of large-scale sculptures by American artist Jeff Koons (Jeff Koons), which was supposed to open in the Louvre, is canceled. The reason is very prosaic - lack of money.