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Oprah sold her Klimt for $ 150 M.
Oprah Winfrey sold the famous Portrait of Adèle Bloch-Bauer painted in 1912 by Gustav Klimt to a Chinese collector for 150 million...
Aug 24, 2020
BLM, where are the voices of Museums?
"Dear Museum, why don't you say anything? This is in essence the question put to museum institutions. An intense debate has opened on the...
Aug 3, 2020
The Wildenstein saga, part 4
The Wildensteins had in their hands looted artworks after 1945, unbeknownst to them of their own free will. We will say then that they...
Jul 30, 2020
Wildenstein saga, part 3
To make pirouettes, Daniel was indeed the worthy heir of his father and his grandfather Nathan who had known how to build his legend by...
Jul 29, 2020
Wildenstein saga, part 2
Daniel Wildenstein and his sons had sued Feliciano. Still, in June 1999, the Paris civil court dismissed them, considering that Georges...
Jul 28, 2020
Wildenstein Saga, best movie scenario ever, part 1
As respected as that of the Rothschilds, the Wildenstein family had seemed overpowered and untouchable after its patriarch Daniel had...
Jul 27, 2020
Gagosian not in a rush to deliver Koons artworks..
Do not ask Jeff Koons to be punctual in the delivery of his works. This is what learned the hard way two collectors who sued the Gagosian...
Jul 24, 2020


High figures of French art world arrested for stolen art
Stolen art, several high figures of Parisian art world arrested The president of the auction house Pierre Bergé & Associés, an expert in...
Jul 22, 2020


Discovery in Mexico of an Aztec Palace, house of Cortes.
Under the imposing building of the Nacional Monte de Piedad, in the middle of the central square of Mexico City, hid basalt slab floors...
Jul 21, 2020


Populism opposed to culture
It concerns the disempowerment of political elites. Across the world, populism is gaining ground, putting apprentice sorcerers in power....
Jul 20, 2020


James Murdoch saves Art Basel?
There is a fire at the lake. ( common expression in Europe: There is no fire on the lake, meaning it is not urgent ) After enormous...
Jul 19, 2020
Rodin Museum to sell sculptures to face losses due to virus
While facing significant financial losses linked to the health crisis, the Rodin museum can count on the sale of new casts from the...
Jul 12, 2020


Jeanne Hebuterne, muse of Modigliani, committed suicide 24 hours after his death.
A century ago, the suicide of Jeanne Hébuterne, Modigliani's companion, brought the final touch to the myth of the accursed artist. A...
Jul 6, 2020
Gerhard Richter, smarter than Germany
The artist has refused the city of Cologne proposal, where he has lived for almost forty years, to build a museum that is entirely...
Jul 5, 2020


Culture for all, is the only worthy debate
A political debate begins in France, on a thousand and one questions, which all seem more important than the others. They indeed deal...
Jul 2, 2020
Huguette El Khoury Caland, Lebanese artist and designer
One of Lebanon's best-known women artists, Huguette Caland, died in Beirut at age 88. She was famed for her bright abstract paintings,...
Jun 30, 2020
The curse of the art fairs.
The Clare McAndrew report on Art Basel and UBS. We criticize fairs for having become the obligatory passage point for galleries, which...
Jun 29, 2020


Invitation to an art walk in Seattle
Seattle owes its nickname of "emerald city" to its abundant vegetation. To dive into the eventful history of the city, head to the MOHAI...
Jun 26, 2020


Victoria & Albert museum, in London, have possibly the only Leonardo da Vinci sculpture
An Italian art historian has claimed that a terracotta statuette depicting the Virgin holding in her arms a laughing baby Jesus held by...
Jun 25, 2020

Covid-19 changes how we look at art
We just spent more time on our screens. But under what conditions will we be able to watch a work of art in real life, hoping that it...
Jun 22, 2020
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