STOCKHOLM (AP).- A Swedish court has convicted three men of stealing a valuable painting by Edvard Munch from a museum that didn’t realize it was missing. The Malmo District Court says the men, who were not identified, were guilty of stealing the Norwe…
Newark Museum Recieves $500,000 Challenge Grant from National Endowment For The Humanities
NEWARK, NJ.- The Newark Museum this week received a half-million-dollar National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grant in support of its African art initiatives – the largest of eight awarded in New Jersey and representing almost 60 percent of th…
Spanish Police Recover Works by Picasso and Botero which Were Stolen in Getafe
MADRID (AP).- Spanish police say they have recovered artworks including pieces by Picasso, Colombian artist Fernando Botero and Spanish sculptor Eduardo Chillida that were stolen from a Madrid warehouse. Specialized Crimes unit chief Dionisio Martin s…
Spanish Police Recover Works by Picasso and Botero which Were Stolen in Getafe
MADRID (AP).- Spanish police say they have recovered artworks including pieces by Picasso, Colombian artist Fernando Botero and Spanish sculptor Eduardo Chillida that were stolen from a Madrid warehouse. Specialized Crimes unit chief Dionisio Martin s…
20th Century Design Sales at Sotheby’s in New York Total More than $19 Million
NEW YORK, NY.- A week of 20th Century Design sales at Sotheby’s New York concluded, bringing in excess of $19 million. This represents the highest total for a week of Design sales at Sotheby’s New York since December 2003, achieved with less …
Sotheby’s Doha Auction ‘Hurouf: The Art of the Word’ Realises Above High Estimate, Total of $5.6 Million
DOHA, QATAR Sotheby’s ‘Hurouf: The Art of the Word’ Sale, the first-ever international auction entirely devoted to calligraphy, realised the outstanding total of $5,630,125 (QAR 20,500,765), in excess of the pre-sale high estimate of $5….
Sotheby’s Doha Auction ‘Hurouf: The Art of the Word’ Realises Above High Estimate, Total of $5.6 Million
DOHA, QATAR Sotheby’s ‘Hurouf: The Art of the Word’ Sale, the first-ever international auction entirely devoted to calligraphy, realised the outstanding total of $5,630,125 (QAR 20,500,765), in excess of the pre-sale high estimate of $5….
Robert F. Kennedy-Owned Emancipation Proclamation Goes for $3.7 Million
NEW YORK (AP).- A copy of the Emancipation Proclamation signed by President Abraham Lincoln that was purchased by Robert F. Kennedy sold Friday for more than $3.7 million, an auction record for a U.S. presidential document. Kennedy bought the printed c…
United States Artists Announces 50 USA Fellowships for 2010
NEW YORK, NY.- The national grant-making and advocacy organization United States Artists (USA) has selected 52 outstanding artists to receive 50 USA Fellowships for 2010, awarding them with unrestricted grants of $50,000. This marks the fifth year of t…
Jewish Museum in Warsaw Now Half-Complete
WARSAW (AP).- Officials say construction of a major new Polish museum on the history of what was once Europe’s largest Jewish community is now half-finished. The Museum of the History of Polish Jews is a skeleton of concrete walls and white winding tub…