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artinvestment.ru
The Grand Palais, the Louvre, and the Musée d’Orsay in Paris will jointly present an exhibition of Pablo Picasso works, featuring nearly 200 pieces borrowed from major collections. The Grand Palais will house about 120 canvases, and the Louvre and Musée d’Orsay will display related works including a variation of Women Algiers and Picasso’s A Picnic in a version alongside Mane’s brushes.
eu.therecordherald.com
The article discusses biochemist Joseph Nagyvary, a Texas A&M professor emeritus, who studies the chemical make-up of violin wood to reproduce Stradivarius-like qualities. It references Nagyvary’s background in Hungary, his aim to understand why Stradivarius instruments command high prices, and his work analyzing specimens from Stradivari and Guarneri violins.
thetimes.com
The Times reports that the Duke of Sutherland asked to sell part of the Bridgewater Collection held by the National Galleries of Scotland, a move that could impact major works by Titian, Raphael, Rembrandt and Poussin valued at about £1.3 billion in total, with the collection loans prompting concern among museum directors.
antiquesandthearts.com
Chaim Soutine’s Portrait d’une Jeune Fille, left, and a Paul Cezanne still life, Bouilloire et Fruits (Fruit and Jug), were among seven paintings stolen in May 1978 from Michael Bakwin in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. Paul Cezanne’s Bouilloire et Fruits, valued at nearly $30 million, was later returned and sold by Sotheby’s in London for nearly $30 million in 1999. Robert M. Mardirosian, 74, a retired lawyer, was found guilty by a US District Court jury on August 18 of possessing, transporting and attempting to sell stolen paintings.
michaelbraverman.net
The Thomas Moran landscape Green River of Wyoming sold at Christie’s for $17.73 million, doubling the pre-auction estimate and the former record for a 19th century American painting. Moran’s work, including Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, is discussed in relation to his influence on American art and the Hamptons locale where the Moran family lived.
nytimes.com
New York Times article discusses the FBI posting a detailed listing of 137 artworks from the late William M. V. Kingsland's collection as part of a search for rightful owners; the story notes complications in locating owners and provides background on Kingsland (birth name Melvyn Kohn) and some notable works.
tarisio.com
The article reports that a rare Stradivarius cello, owned for decades by British cellist Amaryllis Fleming, is set to auction with an estimate of $1.75 million to $2.3 million. The piece notes the current auction record for a cello is $1.288 million set by a Stradivarius at Sotheby’s in 1988, and mentions the Duport and Davidoff cellos in context of high valuations.
artinvestment.ru
Director, Tate Gallery Nicholas Serota will join the Stewardship Council Center of Contemporary Culture garage in Moscow; Daria Zhukova runs the garage and ARIA Novosti reported. Olga Sviblova and Hans Ulrich Obrist are named trustees. The garage aims to present World War II–era Western and Russian art and plans for a permanent museum exhibition, lectures, and master classes.
theartwolf.com
Titian is the artist of the painting “Diana and Actaeon,” which has been acquired for the nation by the National Galleries of Scotland and the National Gallery, London. The work will be displayed for five years at each institution in turn, with the Bridgewater Collection remaining on loan to Scotland for 21 years.
artsjournal.com
Ronald Lauder’s involvement with Kirchner is discussed as MoMA plans a show titled Kirchner and the Berlin Street, highlighting Kirchner’s Berlin Street Scene (1913) and MoMA curator Deborah Wye’s remarks. The article notes Lauder’s prior purchase of Klimt’s Adele Bloch-Bauer I and references the Night of the Soaring Klimts during Christie’s 2006 sale.