NEW YORK, NY.- With its final auction of the fall season on December 14 in New York, Christie’s International wrapped up a record-breaking year for fine and rare watches that realized US$91.2 million* in total sales – the highest annual total…
Swiss-Based Gallery, Artvera’s Gallery, Helps Crack Artwork Forgery Ring in Germany
GENEVA.- The largest scandal involving an artwork forgery ring in Germany just broke and has made front-page news in German media for the past few weeks. Forgers belonging to the same family managed to sell over 20 forged artworks from the so-called &#…
Swiss-Based Gallery, Artvera’s Gallery, Helps Crack Artwork Forgery Ring in Germany
GENEVA.- The largest scandal involving an artwork forgery ring in Germany just broke and has made front-page news in German media for the past few weeks. Forgers belonging to the same family managed to sell over 20 forged artworks from the so-called &#…
Swiss-Based Gallery Helps Crack Forgery Ring in Germany
GENEVA.- The largest scandal involving an artwork forgery ring in Germany just broke and has made front-page news in German media for the past few weeks. Forgers belonging to the same family managed to sell over 20 forged artworks from the so-called &#…
Nazi Praise Sparks Switzerland’s Rethink of Modernist Architect Le Corbusier
GENEVA (AP).- He’s one of the titans of 20th Century architecture, but Le Corbusier is suddenly feeling the weight of history working against him. The modernist master’s legacy is coming under pressure after Switzerland’s largest bank dropped an ad cam…
Nazi Praise Sparks Switzerland’s Rethink of Modernist Architect Le Corbusier
GENEVA (AP).- He’s one of the titans of 20th Century architecture, but Le Corbusier is suddenly feeling the weight of history working against him. The modernist master’s legacy is coming under pressure after Switzerland’s largest bank dropped an ad cam…
All Eyes on Kees van Dongen in Exhibition at Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen
ROTTERDAM.- Painter, society artist and womanizer, Kees van Dongen painted the Parisian avant-garde nude or clothed. This autumn Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen presents a selection of sixty masterpaintings from international collections. His models dres…
Arthur Blumenthal Appointed Senior Numismatist at Heritage Auctions
NEW YORK, NY.- Heritage Auction Galleries has announced that Arthur Blumenthal has been appointed Senior Numismatist by the company, working out of Heritage’s recently opened New York offices at 445 Park Avenue (at 57th Street). “Arthur bring…
Arthur Blumenthal Appointed Senior Numismatist at Heritage Auctions New York
NEW YORK, NY.- Heritage Auction Galleries has announced that Arthur Blumenthal has been appointed Senior Numismatist by the company, working out of Heritage’s recently opened New York offices at 445 Park Avenue (at 57th Street). “Arthur bring…
In September, All Eyes will Be on Kees van Dongen Exhibition
ROTTERDAM.- This autumn, for the first time, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen is showing the recently restored work A Finger on her Cheek by Kees van Dongen in its original state in All Eyes on Kees van Dongen, an exhibition that also features some sixty …