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Matthiesen Gallery Files Lawsuit Over Gustave Courbet Painting

10/08/2025

The Matthiesen Gallery has filed a lawsuit against a convicted con man, an artist, another Old Masters art gallery and a top art collector alleging fraud, breach of contract, and four other counts over the Gustave Courbet painting Mother and …

Метки : искусствоскандалмошенничествоюридические делагюстав курбеколлекционирование

Acquavella, Nahmad Contemporary Caught Up in Billionaire Jan Koum’s Lawsuit

10/08/2025

Late last month, WhatsApp cofounder Jan Koum filed suit against interior designer Remi Tessier, whose elite clientele includes billionaire art collectors Larry Ellison and Ken Griffin. In court filings, Koum alleged that Tessier inflated prices and misrepresented the quality and …

Метки : искусствосудскандалдизайнеробвиненияиск

Hauser & Wirth’s UK Profits Plunge 87 Percent as Global Art Market Slows

10/08/2025

Hauser & Wirth’s UK subsidiary reported an 87 percent decline in pretax profit last year, according to a report by the Financial Times, which said the drop reflects the broader slowdown in the global art market. According to newly filed …

Метки : искусствоhauser & wirthфинансовые результатырынок искусстваснижение прибылигалерея

See Inside 'Divine Egypt,' the Met's Newest Ancient Egypt Blockbuster

10/08/2025

With about 210 works included, “Divine Egypt” is the largest exhibition devoted to ancient Egyptian art in over a decade at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the venerable New York institution that is famous for its shows devoted to that …

Метки : выставкаегипетискусство#культурадревностьметаморфозы

Artwork Forfeited by Inigo Philbrick’s Partner Flops at Sotheby’s

10/08/2025

An artwork caught up in the saga of fraudster art dealer Inigo Philbrick came up for auction late last month in New York—and failed to sell. In 2023 Philbrick’s business partner, Robert Newland, was sentenced to 20 months in prison. …

Метки : искусствомошенничествоаукционыуэйд гайтонньюлендфилбрик

Ken Jacobs Dead: Underground Film Legend and Artist Dies at 92

10/08/2025

Ken Jacobs, a leading experimental filmmaker who influenced both cinema and art in equal measure, died in New York on Sunday at 92. The New York Times reported that his son, the filmmaker Azazel Jacobs, said he died of kidney …

Метки : экспериментальное киноискусствонью-йорккен джакабсзаметные художникиистория кино

National Gallery of Art Closes amid Government Shutdown

10/08/2025

National Gallery of Art Closes amid Government Shutdown TheNational Gallery of Art(NGA) in Washington, DC, closed its doors to the public on October 5, six days after the federal government ceased operations following the failure of Republicans and Democrats to …

Метки : национальная галерея искусстваправительственная приостановкамузеи#культураискусствовашингтон

Basquiat Work on Paper Headline's Phillips' Frieze Week Sales

10/07/2025

Phillips has revealed the lineup for its upcoming October London sales during Frieze next week. Jean-Michel Basquiat’s 1982 work on paper, Untitled (Pestus), will headline the house’s modern and contemporary evening auction on October 16. It carries a £3 million …

Метки : искусствоаукционлондонсовременное искусствобаскияуорхол

French Musems Are Worried Trump Will End Tax Deduction Key to Funding

10/07/2025

Many French museums are worried that the Trump administration will end long-standing tax deductions critical to donations from American patrons sent to foreign museums, according to a new report in Le Monde. The primary concern is that Trump could change …

Метки : музеиискусствотрампналоговая политикаблаготворительностьпожертвования

Ancient Roman Tombstone Discovered in New Orleans Backyard

10/07/2025

Even if you’ve never seen an episode of Antiques Roadshow, daydreaming about discovering a valuable or historically significant object in the basement or at a local Goodwill is a common enough fantasy. Something similar occurred earlier this year to an …

Метки : мистиканаходкиискусствоархеологиянью-орлеанистория.

Musée d’Orsay Puts Manet on (Mock) Trial for Obscenity

10/07/2025

At the 1863 Salon des Refusés—a special exhibition for works rejected by Paris’s official Salon—Édouard Manet’s Déjeuner sur l’herbe provoked intense controversy. Many critics labeled its female nude indecent, wondering why Manet would dare to represent a non-mythological woman casually …

Метки : выпускискусство#культурафеминизмистория.мане

What the Los Angeles Wildfires Taught the Art Insurance Industry

10/07/2025

Ron Rivlin thought he was well prepared for fire. The owner of Revolver Gallery in Los Angeles and a prolific collector of works by Andy Warhol had custom-built his home in Pacific Palisades with state-of-the-art technology and equipment, including fire-retardant …

Метки : пожарискусствострахованиеутратылос-анджелесколлекционеры

Charges Against Isaac Wright 'to Be Dropped' After His Arrest by NYPD

10/07/2025

Urban explorer photographer Isaac Wright is known for jumping fences and scrambling up skyscrapers to take breathtaking, high-altitude images. But the photo that made the biggest splash from the opening night of his comeback solo show in May showed him …

Метки : искусствофотографиянью-йоркпсихическое здоровье#культуравыставка

Limited Edition Print of Ozzy Osbourne Art Sold To Benefit Charities

10/07/2025

British artist and designer Mason Newman is selling prints of an artwork gifted to the late Ozzy Osbourne, just before the death of the Black Sabbath vocalist, to benefit three charities. Newman’s Prince of Darkness was presented to Osbourne and …

Метки : искусствоблаготворительностьоззи осборнмейсон ньюманхудожникметал