Sotheby’s launches new online gallery platform to adjust during the pandemic
The art market of the days before the pandemic is bound to look starkly different to the art market following these uncertain times. The COVID-19 pandemic has forced many to […]
£5m online auction breaks record for Sotheby’s
Since late March, Sotheby’s has moved nearly 20 auctions online, one of which was the eighth edition of their “Contemporary Curated” London auction. Prior to the auction, the sale was […]
A print by Dalí becomes a major thrift store find in North Carolina
One man’s trash is another man’s treasure. It’s the motto that second hand, consignment, antique, and thrift shops thrive off. Most often, one finds trinkets, items with sentimental attachments, or […]
Van Gogh painting stolen, on the artist’s birthday, from museum closed due to coronavirus
Around the world, museums have been shuttered as more than 3 billion people have gone into lockdown amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. The Singer Laren museum, some 20 miles southwest of […]
Kunstmuseum Basel agrees to settlement involving Nazi era works
More than a decade ago, a restitution claim for 200 works that once belonged to Curt Glaser, a renowned Jewish museum director, and worth an estimated $2 million (£1.6 million) […]
Two men arrested for stealing stones from Notre Dame
For those following the restoration of Notre Dame, March looked to be a promising month. This was when the forecourt and crypt of the Parisian cathedral, devastated by a fire […]
The Enduring Challenges of Authenticating Art
When the Allentown Art Museum sent their oil-on-oak painting Portrait of a Young Woman to specialists at New York University to be cleaned, they expected to get it back without […]
