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artsy.net
The article states that billionaire Tom Hill, former Blackstone CEO, is the buyer of the rediscovered Caravaggio painting Judith and Holofernes; the painting was found in Toulouse in 2014 and had been expected to sell at auction before Hill reportedly purchased it privately.
archaeology.wiki
The article discusses the painting known as “Judith beheading Holofernes” attributed to Caravaggio and raises questions about its authenticity. Italian specialists and museum involvement are cited, with disagreement over whether the work is genuine or a fake; discussions reference its auction, restoration, and exhibition history.
news.artnet.com
KAWS at the Tribeca Ball. The article reports that graffiti artist-turned-market phenomenon KAWS has split with Perrotin and will be exclusively represented by Skarstedt Gallery in New York and London. It notes Perrotin’s long-term involvement with KAWS since 2008 and mentions upcoming Skarstedt show in London, Pharrell Williams as an early champion, and the record auction result of $14.8 million at Sotheby’s Hong Kong.
auctiondaily.com
Christie’s Classic Week Evening Sales produced a combined total of £48,314,125 / $60,730,855 / €53,773,621. The top lots were An Egyptian Brown Quartzite Head of The God Amen and David Teniers’ The Ham Dinner, each selling for £4,746,250, setting a new world record price for the artist. The Masterpieces from a Rothschild Collection sale realised £23,823,375 / $29,945,982 / €26,515,416.
en.kataeb.org
The article discusses Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi, which sold for $450.3 million at Christie’s in New York, and samples theories about its current whereabouts, including storage in Geneva and a yacht owned by Mohammed bin Salman; it cites sources such as CNN International and The New York Times.
museumsandheritage.com
Turner’s Walton Bridges, painted in 1806, will stay in the UK and enter public ownership after grants from the National Lottery Heritage Fund and Art Fund. The work will tour East Anglia before joining the Norwich Castle Museum and Gallery collection, marking the first Turner oil painting in a public collection in the East of England.
ial.uk.com
Pablo Picasso’s The Actor is at issue in a case involving the Leffmanns, heirs of a Jewish couple from Cologne. The Second Circuit upheld a lower court ruling in favor of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, which received The Actor as a gift in the 1950s. The court noted HEAR Act coverage but held the claims were not barred by laches and did not fall under HEAR Act.
jta.org
The Dutch Restitutions Committee ruled that Irma Klein’s Kandinsky painting, sold in 1940 to survive the Holocaust, should remain at Amsterdam’s Stedelijk Museum despite the family’s restitution claim. The ruling cites public interest in keeping the work on display and reflects the Netherlands’ weighted interest approach to looted art.
abc.net.au
Carbiene McDonald Tjangala, an Indigenous artist from the Northern Territory, won Hadley’s Art Prize worth $100,000 for his painting Four Dreamings. The prize involved more than 600 entries and McDonald Tjangala traveled from Papunya to Tasmania for the award.
caseantiques.com
Edmondson “Uplifted Lady” sculpture by William Edmondson sold for $240,000 at Case Antiques Auction on July 13. The top lot was “Miss Amy, an Uplifted Lady,” with prior record prices noted, including the $320,000 sale of “Miss Lucy.” The report highlights other notable results, including a Henry Moret harbor scene that realized $132,000.
theartnewspaper.com
Egon Schiele drawing Reclining Nude Girl (circa 1918) found at a Habitat for Humanity thrift store in Queens, New York, is authenticated and valued between $100,000 and $200,000. Jane Kallir of Galerie St Etienne authenticates the work, linking it to a sequence of related Schiele drawings and studies for a final lithograph.