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With a $180 million Picasso, art market enters a new frontier
When Picasso\’s \”Les Femmes d\’Alger (Version O)\” set a record on Monday as the most expensive artwork ever sold at auction, it was by a wide margin of nearly $40 million, fetching just under $180 million.
Jewish leader warns Swiss museum against accepting German art hoard
The head of the World Jewish Congress warned a Swiss art museum that it risks an \”avalanche\” of lawsuits if it accepts the bequest of a collection of artwork amassed by a man who dealt in art for the Nazis.
Website with sample of Nazi-looted art is overwhelmed
A website showing a small sample from a trove of Nazi-looted art found in a Munich apartment was flooded with hits. Out of a total of more than 1,400 works, an initial list of 25 with photos went online Monday.
Nazi-looted trove contains lost works by Matisse, Dix
Previously unknown paintings by Henri Matisse and Otto Dix are among a vast trove of Nazi-looted art found in a Munich apartment that includes works by some of Europe\’s most celebrated artists, German experts said on Tuesday.
Daddy’s Been Arrested
The final inch of the story turned me into an emotional puddle.
Israel Museum puts rare artworks up for sale
The Israel Museum is selling 38 rare pieces of art estimated to be worth $17 million.
Picasso painting goes on display in Ramallah
A Palestinian art academy has put a $7 million Picasso painting on display. The painting, Pablo Picasso\’s \”Buste de femme,\” painted in 1943, is on loan from the Van Abbemuseum in Eindhoven, Netherlands. It went on display in Ramallah Monday as part of the “Picasso in Palestine” exhibit.