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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.
The largest collector in Italy, unknown to anyone Frederico Cerruti
18.09.2015 Every Sunday, an unremarkable-looking man in an ordinary dark blue suit and white shirt arrived in an unremarkable car in an unremarkable house on the outskirts of Turin and sat down to dine in the company of his housekeeper Marcelina in a small portico decorated with living orchidsHe could have lunch in a hall with ten metaphysical paintings by de Chirico, but this man loved flowers, loved beauty.
Nine works of Andy Warhol stole in Los Angeles
17.09.2015 Andy Warhol’s nine original works were stolen from a business center in Los Angeles. The thieves replaced the original works with high-quality fakes, and although the theft was allegedly committed three years ago, it became known only last week.
UK owns a "secret" collection of art worth 3.5 billion pounds
12.09.2015 The UK government and local governments own artworks worth at least £ 3.5 billion, but only a small fraction of these wealth is publicly available. Such data were revealed during the study of the initiative group of the Taxpayer Alliance.
There is no global market for contemporary art
28.08.2015 LONDON. This thesis formed the basis of the new book, The Myth of a Global Art Market, by Professor Olav Velthyuys of the University of Amsterdam, a specialist in economics and sociology.
Two paintings by Picasso returned to their owners
22.08.2015 The most frequently mentioned artist in news feeds around the world these days was Pablo Picasso. Immediately two of his paintings, implicated in almost detective stories, travel the world, returning to their rightful owners.
Rembrandt’s self portrait stolen from Philips founder’s mansion
18.08.2015 EINDHOVEN. The founder of a Dutch company producing electronics and lighting systems was the victim of a crime - from a Philips family mansion in Eindhoven (Netherlands) was stolen Rembrandt’s painting Self-Portrait with Shaded Eyes .
ARTnews and Art in America merged into the largest art publication in the world
17.08.2015 NEW YORK. The two largest art magazines in the world ARTnews and Art in america announced a merger. Thus, the world’s largest media holding, specializing in art, appeared on the market.
Leonardo DiCaprio on the list of the most influential collectors in the world
14.08.2015 NEW YORK. American magazine ARTnews for the 25th time published Top 200 most influential art collectors. This year 23 new names appeared on the list.
Boston Museum loud suspects dead
12.08.2015 BOSTON. The FBI believes that two men who, posing as police officers, robbed the $ 500 million Boston Museum of Art in 1990, are dead. Two years ago, the FBI announced that it knew who had stolen 13 works, including paintings by Rembrandt and Vermeer.
US court blocks Russian extradition to Poland in case of Nazi art stolen
11.08.2015 Russian art dealer Alexander Khochinsky will not be extradited to Poland from the United States. This decision was made by a federal judge in New York.
The secrets of the time of birth and death of Canaletto are solved
05.07.2015 He was one of the leading Italian artists of the 18th century, but so far the secret has enveloped everything related to the dates of his birth and death.
Seven Beit Fund paintings will not be auctioned by Christie’s
04.07.2015 The Ireland-based Alfred Beit Foundation has suspended the sale of seven paintings by old masters, which were supposed to be auctioned by Christie’s in July this year.
Auctions in London intend to earn more than 1 billion US dollars
04.07.2015 The other day in New York, two of the largest auction houses earned more than $ 2 billion. Today, all attention is focused on London, where the new auction again promises to break the sky-high records of the cost of paintings.
Watercolors of Adolf Hitler sold at auction in Germany
25.06.2015 The auction house in Nuremberg earned a total of 391,000 euros by selling fourteen watercolors and drawings, the author of which is considered the German dictator Adolf Hitler.