WASHINGTON, DC.- The Terra Foundation for American Art has awarded a $3 million grant to the Smithsonian’s Archives of American Art to support another five years of the Archives’ digitization project and to fund a new position that will create and …
Did Art Dealer Guy Wildenstein "Gather" a Multimillion-Dollar Cache of Stolen Art?
PARIS – Artworks worth tens of millions of dollars registered as “disappeared” or “stolen” — including some by Degas and Manet — have been seized from a world renowned art institute run by one of President Nicolas Sarkozy’s closest friends. …
Wikileaks Trove Used in Fight Over Shipwreck Trove
TAMPA, FL (AP).- Deep-sea explorers in Florida are using some of the trove of recently leased WikiLeaks documents to try to force the U.S. government out of their legal battle with Spain over a shipwreck treasure. Odyssey Marine Exploration of Tampa …
Will Tough Times Trigger Wealthy Banks and Companies to Sell their Art?
LONDON (AP).-Corporations worried about the bottom line are taking a look at their office walls. Over decades, many of the world’s wealthiest banks and companies have built up art collections, rich in modern masters, that are the envy of many museums. …
Will Tough Times Trigger Wealthy Banks and Companies to Sell their Art?
LONDON (AP).-Corporations worried about the bottom line are taking a look at their office walls. Over decades, many of the world’s wealthiest banks and companies have built up art collections, rich in modern masters, that are the envy of many museums. …