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theartnewspaper.com
The article discusses the fate of Raphael’s Madonna of the pinks, including a lottery grant of £11.5 million to the National Gallery and competing offers of £21 million and £29.5 million. It notes the export licence deferral and the Getty Museum’s previous £35 million purchase, along with various donors contributing to the National Gallery bid.
theartnewspaper.com
C.I. Kim, a South Korean businessman, collector, and artist, runs the Arario Department Store with a museum in Cheonan. His collection features Damien Hirst, Tracey Emin and Anthony Gormley, and his show in London will draw largely from his own holdings.
artforum.com
The Telegraph reports a six-figure reward for the return of Leonardo da Vinci's Madonna with the Yarnwinder (c. 1510), stolen from Drumlanrig Castle in Scotland. The painting is valued at about twenty-five million pounds (forty million dollars) and is considered one of the UK's most important stolen artworks.
thetimes.com
The Times reports that two art thieves posing as tourists stole the Madonna of the Yarnwinder, a £60 million Leonardo da Vinci painting, from Drumlanrig Castle in Dumfries and Galloway, England. A large police manhunt followed as investigators sought the white Volkswagen Golf GTi connected to the theft.
mz.de
The Hamburg Kunsthalle has taken back Caspar David Friedrich's Nebelschwaden, which was stolen in 1994 from the Schirn in Frankfurt during a 1994 art theft. The Kunsthalle stated no money was paid for the return of the painting, asserting it is authentic and in good condition. The work was previously on loan from Tate Gallery and the Turner paintings involved in the theft were returned to Tate in 2002.
independent.co.uk
Leonardo da Vinci's Madonna with the Yarnwinder, valued at £40m, was stolen from the Duke of Buccleuch's Drumlanrig Castle in Scotland. The theft occurred as two men overpowered a woman guide; the painting is part of a private collection that also includes Rembrandt and Holbein works.
independent.co.uk
Raphael's Madonna of the Pinks, a 495-year-old painting, is at the center of a dispute over export restrictions tied to a proposed £34.9m sale by the Duke of Northumberland to the Getty Museum in California. The National Gallery and DCMS are negotiating a matching offer and potential export ban, with funding contributions including £11.5m from the Heritage Lottery Fund and £21m valuation from the National Gallery, while tax considerations and past valuations add complexity.
thetimes.com
The Times reports that a Petri Stradivarius violin, made in 1700, is expected to auction at Bonhams in London for up to £700,000. The instrument is named after Henri Petri, a Dutch violinist who acquired it in Dresden in 1902, and its record price is £947,500 for the Kreutzer Stradivarius at Christie’s in 1998.
sfgate.com
Catherine Bigelow reports on a Sonoma Valley Museum of Art benefit event featuring artists Roberta Alexander, Holly Blake, Stacia Brady, Will Combs, Sandy Lane, Brett Martin, Keith Wicks and others, where artists’ completed works will be auctioned; event details include a 5 p.m. reception at Atwood Ranch in Glen Ellen, with tickets priced at $125 or $1,250 for tables of 10.
washingtonpost.com
The Washington Post article discusses Italy’s most wanted stolen art, notably Caravaggio's Nativity With SS. Francis and Lawrence, which was stolen from the Oratorio di San Lorenzo in Palermo in 1969. The piece notes the painting's value in the tens of millions of dollars and links the theft to the timing of Italy's creation of the world’s first SWAT team to combat art theft.
antiquesandthearts.com
A Milwaukee Art Museum installation will place 22 Georgia O’Keeffe works in the Bradley Galleries starting September 4. The project coincides with the exhibition tour “O’Keeffe’s O’Keeffes: The Artist’s Collection” and notes gifts from Mrs Harry Lynde Bradley and the museum’s development in the Bradley collection.
newmusicusa.org
The article features Carlene Hutchins and discusses what prompted her to build instruments and the role instrument builders should have in shaping the future of music. It includes her background, initial attempt at making a viola, and early experiences with violinmaking, including influences from a violinmaker in New York and Dr. Frederick Saunders.