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23 January 2023

The Van Gogh Sunflowers lawsuit: the full story behind the Nazi-loot claim to Tokyo's $250m painting

Vincent Van Gogh's Sunflowers in Tokyo are the subject of a legal claim in the US relating to Nazi loot. The Art Newspaper's London correspondent and resident Van Gogh expert Martin Bailey tells us why Sunflowers (1888-89) is at the centre of the dispute, 35 years after it was sold for a record price at auction, and why the heirs of the German Jewish banker Paul von Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, who owned it until the 1930s, now value it at a staggering $250m. ... read more (external link)

23 January 2023

Early Freud beachscape painted on holiday with artist John Craxton - former friend, possible lover and bitter enemy - to be auctioned for �3.5m

While sombre, unflinchingly detailed portraits dominate the oeuvre and market of Lucian Freud, the British artist was also adept at depicting the natural world as evidenced by two works, painted at each end of his career, which will come to auction next month. ... read more (external link)

23 January 2023

Queen Victoria's Paintings of Flowers Are Up for Auction in London

A rare pair of large floral paintings by Queen Victoria are going up for auction at Hansons Auctioneers London showroom next week. The canvases are expected to fetch between �8,000 and �10,000 ($9,870 and $12,340) each. ... read more (external link)

23 January 2023

Despite Few Reported Sales at Art SG, Dealers Remain Hopeful About the Asia-Pacific Market

The arrival of a major international art fair, with blue-chip exhibitors tapped to participate, typically means that a locale's art market has reached a certain inflection point. What dealers think about the new art fair says a lot about their expectations, how the art market is changing, and where collectors are located. ... read more (external link)

23 January 2023

Art books coming soon in 2023: the pick of the crop

The Art Newspaper's books editor Jacqueline Riding selects spring and summer publications to look out for, from the Surrealism of Leonora Carrington to 100 years of Black figuration ... read more (external link)

13 January 2023

Louvre will begin limiting daily visitor numbers by one third to create "more pleasurable viewing experience"

The Paris museum has been struggling for years against over-attendance. ... read more (external link)

13 January 2023

Art Basel parent company MCH Group cancels Masterpiece fair in London

"Escalating costs and a decline in the number of international exhibitors" were cited as factors in decision ... read more (external link)

13 January 2023

Paris Makes a Bid to Steal Art Spotlight From London.

With a major new fair, a growing number of important galleries and museums, and grants for artists to live and make work, the City of Light is reclaiming its place at the top of the European art scene. ... read more (external link)

10 January 2023

Here Are the Artworks Destroyed by Pro-Bolsonaro Rioters in the Storming of Brazil's Oscar Niemeyer-Designed Capital Buildings

Art was caught in the crossfire yesterday as supporters of Brazil's former far-right president Jair Bolsonaro ransacked Congress, the Supreme Court, and a presidential palace in Brasil a week after the inauguration of left-wing president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, also known as Lula. Reports suggest rioters smashed windows and glass cabinets and vandalized a number of important rooms. ... read more (external link)

10 January 2023

Louis Vuitton's New Kusama Collaboration Lacks Their First Collection's Attention to the Zeitgeist

Louis Vuitton presented its second collaboration with Yayoi Kusama on Thursday at a pop-up store in New York's Meatpacking District, just across the street from the Whitney Museum. Inside, uniformed men held silver platters of champagne amidst a sea of black dots covering yellow walls, mirrors, and reflective spheres. A giant, standing LV sign, encrusted with more chromatic spheres, stood glinting and flashing. ... read more (external link)

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