Art Market News 2018

DECEMBER

Clues And Legal Liabilities: What Happened After Banksy Shredded His Own $1.4-million Artwork – Forbes

Christie’s France wins the artist resale royalty battle – The Art Newspaper

Artist Lina Iris Viktor and rapper Kendrick Lamar resolve Black Panther legal dispute – The Art Newspaper

From ‘Fairtigue’ to ‘AI Art,’ Here Are 13 Terms That Changed the Art World This Decade – Artnet

Early onset of structural inequality in the formation of collaborative knowledge in all Wikimedia projects – Nature

Life Story: Art authenticator and colourful chemist Robin Clark – Stuff

The museum openings not to miss in 2019 – Apollo Magazine

The repatriation debate intensifies as calls for post-colonial restitution grow—but is it legal? – The Art Newspaper

Erven dagen Stedelijk Museum voor de rechter – NRC

St Mark’s administrators accuse Italian government of failing to protect Basilica – The Art Newspaper

Tributes for the art historian Sister Wendy Beckett who has died, aged 88 – The Art Newspaper

Will the art market comes to its senses in 2019? – Apollo Magazine

The Gray Market: How My Eight Highly Specific Art-Market Predictions for 2018 Turned Out (and Other Insights) – Artnet

Here Are 9 Shocking Times People Destroyed Art While Taking Selfies, Ranked by Severity – Artnet

This Year, Archaeologists Discovered How the Egyptians Built the Pyramids. Here Are 16 Other Amazing Discoveries of 2018 – Artnet

Twee nieuwe Rembrandts leiden tot ongekende soap – NRC

Is Loïc Gouzer the Federer of the Art Market? A Q&A With the Irrepressible Christie’s Maverick Who Sold ‘Salvator Mundi’ – Artnet

Brickmaker moves out of construction and into Old Masters investment, buying a $75m Michelangelo painting – The Art Newspaper

The Plough – 100 Years the Plough festivities – an overview

They Look Like the Emperors’ Clocks. But Are They Real? – The New York Times

Cai Guo-Qiang’s explosive art, preserved for the ages – The Art Newspaper

Dutch policy on Nazi-loot restitutions under fire – The Art Newspaper

The most important Van Gogh discoveries, exhibitions, sales and books of 2018 – The Art Newspaper

Britain’s pillaging of the Benin Bronzes begs for a reasonable resolution – The Art Newspaper

Restoration for early Renaissance pulpit will get the big-screen treatment – The Art Newspaper

This Artist Sued Museums for $100 Million for Declining to Show His Work. But a Judge Isn’t Buying It – Artnet

Lost Frida Kahlo painting and Diego Rivera mural at centre of new show looking at couple’s Russian links – The Art Newspaper

The Ivory Coast Drafts a Long List of the Colonial-Era Works It Wants Back From France – Artnet

As the Restitution Debate Rages on in Europe, Could the Solution Lie in the Art of the High-Tech Copy? – Artnet

Banksy confirms he’s behind new mural – CNN

Nederland gaat gewetensvol om met roofkunst – NRC

National Gallery offers Italian painting as ‘Christmas gift to the nation’ – The Guardian

Heart-stopping: man has heart attack in front of Botticelli – The Art Newspaper

2018 in museums: big ethics questions dominate the field – The Art Newspaper

Bestuur Stedelijk Museum Fonds stapt op – De Volkskrant

Moscow’s Tretyakov Gallery develops blockchain app to bring Russian art to the world – The Art Newspaper

Archaeologists Discover an Ancient Royal Egyptian Priest’s Tomb in Almost Perfect Condition — Artnet

How pioneering climate-change science dated one of Britain’s oldest houses – The Art Newspaper

Nederland is met roofkunst op de verkeerde weg – NRC

“Special Guests” at Museum Het Rembrandthuis extended until January 2019 – Blouinartinfo

Scholars call for Berlin centre on colonial-era heritage – The Art Newspaper

Police Nab a Suspect in the Brazen Theft of a Renoir From a Vienna Auction House—But Others Remain at Large – Artnet

Cataloguing Egon Schiele: a digital work in progress – The Art Newspaper

Revealed online for the first time: photograph showing Van Gogh painting slashed in 1978 – The Art Newspaper

The National Gallery’s New Artemisia Gentileschi Should Be a Triumph—But Clouds Are Forming Over Its Ownership During WWII – Artnet

After a piece of art ‘created’ by an AI sold for $430,000, Thomas Graham looks at what the age of the machine means for art. – BBC

Art Dealer Who Claims He Found Six De Koonings in a New Jersey Storage Locker Sells Them for Combined $2.5 Million – Artnet

US anti-money-laundering bill could reappear early next year – The Art Newspaper

DR Congo to request restitution of works from former coloniser Belgium – The Art Newspaper

Artemidorus papyrus is a fake – probe – ANSA

In debt we trust: the rise of art-secured lending – The Art Newspaper

Kapoor reaches out-of-court settlement with the NRA to remove sculpture from ‘abhorrent’ video – The Art Newspaper

Did Pieter Bruegel the Elder create the earliest Scottish landscape? – The Art Newspaper

The tax man cometh: new laws on sales tax pose problems for US art dealers – The Art newspaper

Italian court says Getty Museum must surrender prized bronze Statue of a Victorious Youth – The Art Newspaper

Goodbye Venice, goodbye Ravenna, goodbye Ferrara, goodbye Carthage? – The Art newspaper

Dürer used his famous Praying Hands drawing to advertise his talent – The Art Newspaper

Lost art: the possibly forged but tantalising Sinaia lead plates – The Art Newspaper

Should we relinquish our insistence on privileging original works of art? – The Art Newspaper

Forensic examination of all Modigliani works in French museums gets under way – The Art Newspaper

NOVEMBER

A Jury Sides With Top Art Collector Andy Hall in a Dramatic Lawsuit Over Fake Golub Paintings, Awarding Him $468,000 – Artnet

Mistaken identity: new discovery means there is only one known photograph of Vincent van Gogh – The Art Newspaper

Queen Victoria and Fath-Ali Shah portraits, torn apart in 2011 British Embassy attack, to go back on show in Tehran – The Art Newspaper

It’s Not Just Art That Indigenous People Are Fighting to Reclaim From Museums. They Want Their Ancestors’ Remains Back, Too – Artnet

Thieves Steal a Renoir Landscape Right Off the Walls of the Dorotheum Auction House – Artnet

Senegal and Ivory Coast will ask for return of objects in French museums – The Art Newspaper

Renoir painting stolen from auction house in central Vienna – The Guardian

Aiming to Preserve Artists’ Legacies, Hauser & Wirth Founds Nonprofit Institute for Archival Projects – Art News

Would the ‘royal’ Salvator Mundi please stand up? – The Art Newspaper

Legal challenges remain for restituting African artefacts from French museums – The Art Newspaper

A French Museum Director Pushes Back Against a Radical Report Calling on Macron to Return Looted African Art – Artnet

Restitution Report: museum directors respond – The Art Market

Wallace Collection crowdfunds to conserve Canaletto works in room with many views – The Art Market

Lawyer: Art dealers on trial still believe Golub works are not fake – Union Leader

Is Blockchain The Right Solution For The Auction Houses? – Forbes

On the Heels of a Dramatic Restitution Report, France Is Returning 26 Artifacts to Benin. Will Other Countries Follow Suit? – Artnet

A Belgian Court Has Seized 58 Banksy Artworks Worth Over $15 Million From an ‘Illegal’ Brussels Exhibition – Artnet

Washington Principles: the restitution of Nazi-looted art is still a work in progress, 20 years on – The Art Newspaper

French President Emmanuel Macron calls for international conference on the return of African artefacts – The Art Newspaper

Art dealer and Fake or Fortune? presenter Philip Mould rediscovers Charles Dickens miniature – Antique Trade Gazette

Art authentication is not an exact science – The Art Newspaper

The Ad Man Who Jeff Koons Was Found Guilty of Plagiarizing May Have Been Taking Credit for Work That Wasn’t Entirely His – Artnet

Restored, but demoted: stained-glass window not by Tiffany, expert says – The Art Newspaper

Suit Accuses Dutch Museums of Holding On to Nazi-Tainted Art – The New York Times

Rembrandt painting featuring artist’s ‘fingerprints’ to go on sale in London – The Guardian

‘Nep-Picasso is geen grap, ze zijn net zo erg als de dieven’ – Algemeen Dagblad

London dealer Matthew Green accused of selling art used to secure more than £2m in loans – The Art Newspaper

‘Give Africa its art back’, Macron’s report says – The Art Newspaper

A Picasso Stolen in a Major Heist Six Years Ago Was Found Buried in a Romanian Forest. But It Was All Part of a Prank – Artnet

Dusseldorf auction house returns Dutch seascape to heirs of Jewish art dealer Max Stern – The Art Newspaper

This is How Experts Spot Art Forgeries – Mutual Art

Sensual swan fresco found by archaeologists in Pompeii – The York Press

Portrait of Gainsborough’s nephew will sparkle in National Portrait Gallery show thanks to conservators – The Art Newspaper

Notorious forger Wolfgang Beltracchi on ethics, the art market and how to make a great fake – The Art Newspaper

‘Missing Picasso’ found in Romania may be hoax – media – Reuters

’Oud-curator twijfelt aan echtheid tekening Picasso’ – De Telegraaf

’Voor mij is het de echte Picasso’ – De Telegraaf

UK threat to leave Unesco reignites debate about purpose of UN culture body – The Art Newspaper

Rothschild Bronzes definitely by Michelangelo, new book claims – The Art Newspaper

The pear-shaped Salvator Mundi – ArtWatch UK

Double vision: Paris show displays two Mary Magdalene Caravaggios – The Art Newspaper

Russian Billionaire Art Collector Dmitry Rybolovlev Is Officially Charged in the Sprawling Monaco Corruption Probe – Artnet

Will the UK be able to take part in antiquities busts after Brexit? – The Art Newspaper

Police carry out inspection over art forgery at Rostov Kremlin museum – Tas

Jury Selection Set for Rindge Mother and Son Accused of Art Forgery – NHPR

Austria returns wrong Klimt to wrong family – The Art Newspaper

Restoration of rare English Medieval altarpiece reveals a history of serial vandalism – The Art Newspaper

Larry Poons: Art isn’t business – The Art Newspaper

Guarantees: the next big art market scandal? – The Art Newspaper

Common mistakes of rookie auction guarantors – The Art Newspaper

Jeff Koons loses French lawsuit over ‘slavish copy’ of Naf Naf advert – The Art Newspaper

Russian billionaire Dmitri Rybolovlev charged in corruption probe brought by Monaco police – The Art Newspaper

Jean Nouvel-designed National Museum of Qatar announces opening date – The Art Newspaper

US court orders collector to repay Sotheby’s $1.2m for Parmigianino fake – The Art Newspaper

Houston museum reattributes painting to Velázquez – The Art Newspaper

Isenheim Altarpiece restoration finally back on track after public outcry – The Art Newspaper

Giampietro Campana assembled the greatest private collection of his age—then lost the lot – The Art Newspaper

Native American group denounces Met’s exhibition of indigenous objects – The Art Newspaper

Kerry James Marshall painting created for Chicago library withdrawn from Christie’s auction – The Art Newspaper

Selfie-takers accidentally damage Goya and Dali works in Russia’s Yekaterinburg – The Art Newspaper

Laffe kunstwereld mag niet capituleren voor drammers – Elsevier

Tefaf drops dealers and auction house specialists from vetting committees – The Art Newspaper

Flood-damaged tapestries by Miro return to Venice museum in time for exhibition opening – The Art Newspaper

Cultural ‘matrimony’ could resolve heritage disputes – The Art Newspaper

OCTOBER

Art forgery trial in Finland ends with prison sentences – CGTN

Sotheby’s withdraws painting that Pierre Bergé ‘maintained was by Manet’ – The Art Newspaper

De controverse rond ‘kavel 122’: een reconstructie van de twist tussen Sander Bijl en Jan Six – De Volkskrant

Sotheby’s Drags Christie’s Into Fight Over Fake Old Master – Bloomberg

Bringing art looted by nazis home – Jerusalem post

Police arrest man after attempted theft of Magna Carta at Salisbury Cathedral – The Art Newspaper

Museum of the Bible says that five of its Dead Sea Scroll fragments are apparently fakes – The Art Newspaper

Who needs artists? Rise in works made by artificial intelligence raises real questions for the art market – The Art Newspaper

Will the market for artificial intelligence art take off? – The Art Newspaper

Soane Museum starts crowdfunding campaign to restore valued frame of a Reynolds painting – The Art Newspaper

Sotheby’s to auction Kirchner and Kokoschka paintings returned to Jewish dealer’s heirs – The Art Newspaper

Newly discovered photograph depicts the man who got Van Gogh fired as an art dealer – The Art Newspaper

Graff portrait of Saxon noblewoman shakes off centuries of grime and varnish – The Art Newspaper

Was a Rare Eye Condition the Secret to Leonardo da Vinci’s Artistic Genius? A New Study Advances the Theory – Artnet

‘We wilden onze goede wil laten zien’ – De Standaard

Kunsthandelaars reageren: ‘geen respect voor het gerecht’ – De Standaard

Banksy seller’s stringent instructions for Sotheby’s revealed – The Art Newspaper

Van deze werken claimen Toporovski en De Zegher dat ze authentiek zijn – De Standaard

Fair use or foul? An appropriation case involving Warhol raises an artistic debate in New York court – The Art Newspaper

Stolen painting shown on BBC Antiques Roadshow in 1988 now held in limbo at Christie’s – The Art Newspaper

Rijksmuseum Announces Restoration of the Night Watch and Invites the Public to Watch – Rijksmuseum

The Night Watch: Rembrandt painting to be restored under world’s gaze – The Guardian

Spotting Fine Art Fakes – Arts & Collections

Analysis of Artists Paints using FT-IR – Azo Materials

Dutch Museums Discover Hundreds of Artworks Stolen by the Nazis—and They’re Already Starting to Return Them – Artnet

Family reunited: US exhibition brings together the pieces of cut-up 17th-century Frans Hals portrait – The Art Newspaper

Major Ebsworth Collection sale at Christie’s marks the first blockchain-recorded auction – The Art Newspaper

Banksy Authenticates and Renames His Shredded $1.4 Million Painting—Which the Buyer Plans to Keep – Artnet

President Rouhani personally takes looted ancient relief back from New York to Tehran – The Art Newspaper

Verloren gewaand schilderij van Manet teruggevonden – NRC

Federatie TMV en VHOK Gaan Meldpunt Valse Kunst Instellen – TMV & VHOK

Art Market Analysis – Artemundi

Nederlandse musea bieden onderdak aan 170 ‘geroofde’ kunstwerken – De Volkskrant

The all-powerful market is sounding the death knell for connoisseurship – The Art Newspaper

Titian’s Crucifixion work torn after falling from the wall in Spain’s Royal Monastery – The Art newspaper

TEFAF Is Adding Nearly 40 Exhibitors in 2019—But Not Everyone Is Happy About It – Artnet

Drohungen wegen Erdogan-Bild in Duisburger Cubus-Kunsthalle – NRZ

Sotheby’s ‘Banksy-ed’ as painting ‘self-destructs’ live at auction – The Art Newspaper

Guggenheim to return Kirchner painting to heirs of Jewish dealer – The Art Newspaper

Tate’s watercolour is upgraded to a Gauguin – The Art Newspaper

Sotheby’s introduces mysterious new symbol in auction catalogues – The Art newspaper

Ex-bureaucrats join foundation to shake up art market in Japan – The Asahi Shimbun

Interested in a square inch of a Warhol? Fractional ownership hits the art market – The Art Newspaper

Russian billionaire Rybolovlev sues Sotheby’s for $380m in fraud damages – The Art Newspaper

Paris court orders US collector to turn over Pissarro painting – The Art Newspaper

Death triumphs: Museo del Prado completes challenging two-year-long Bruegel restoration – The Art Newspaper

Eén van deze twee schilderijen is de kopie – NRC

Watching Art Conservators Work Their Magic Has Become a Hot New Museum Trend. Here’s Why – Artnet

SEPTEMBER

Spain tells vandal to Kiss off after Santiago de Compostela statue defaced – The Art Newspaper

3,500-Year-Old Swiss Relic Might Be Europe’s Oldest Bronze Sculpture – Popular Mechanics

A Munch mystery – St. Olaf College

Turin’s Chapel of the Holy Shroud—almost entirely destroyed by fire—reopens after €30m restoration – The Art Newspaper

Courbet’s model for the Origin of the World discovered – The Art Newspaper

Le visage de « L’Origine du monde » de Gustave Courbet dévoilé – Le Monde

Fair’s fair? The murky world of stand costs – The Art Newspaper

Is Bergamo’s rediscovered Mantegna linked to a triptych in the Uffizi? – The Art Newspaper

Swedish museums call for panel to advise on Nazi-loot claims – The Art Newspaper

Has Artificial Intelligence Given Us the Next Great Art Movement? Experts Say Slow Down, the ‘Field Is in Its Infancy’ – Artnet

Art found in Vinton storage unit linked to controversial collection – The Roanoke Times

Who Owns Graffiti? A Judge Allows a Street Artist’s Lawsuit Against General Motors to Move Forward – Artnet

Elderly woman accused of replacing pricy painting with fake – New York Post

Is de Volkskrant ‘gebruikt’ door Jan Six in zijn onthulling van een ‘nieuwe Rembrandt’? Het antwoord is eenvoudig: ja – De Volkskrant

Mystery identity of Van Gogh’s ‘gardener’ solved – The Art Newspaper

New Balthus retrospective and unfinished works – Swiss Info

Immer wieder in der Kritik: Balthus, der Maler der Mädchen – Südkurier

Mag schilder Balthus de blik op de onderbroek van een dertienjarige richten? – NRC

Salvator Mundi’s patchwork provenance now includes a 50-year stop in Louisiana – The Art Newspaper

Double Dutch: This Old Masters Dealer Has Discovered Yet Another Previously Unknown Rembrandt – Artnet

German court orders restorer to pay dealer €26,000 after eight-year dispute – The Art Newspaper

How two missing legs helped the restitution of an Italian secrétaire worth €2m – The Art Newspaper

What Makes Something Beautiful? According to Scientists, It’s All About ‘Hedonic Processing Fluency’ – Artnet

The Science of Uncovering Forged Paintings – Town & Country

Rembrandt echtingen, gebaseerd op vriendschap? – NRC Handelsblad

From assassinations to CIA mind control: new show investigates how artists tackle conspiracy theories – The Art Newspaper

Kunsthandelaar Six wordt beschuldigd van bedrog bij aankoop onbekende Rembrandt – De Volkskrant

Experts Believe They Have Discovered the World’s Oldest Drawings in a South African Cave – Artnet

Kunsthandelaar Jan Six ontdekt wéér een ‘nieuwe’ Rembrandt – De Volkskrant

Sensationele vondst Rembrandt inzet van vete kunsthandelaren – NRC

‘Moet ik die kulverhalen van Six slikken?’ – NRC

Looted Renoir is returned to French heir in New York – The Art Newspaper

Court rejects claim to Matisse owned by National Gallery – The Art Newspaper

It Turns Out Cornelius Gurlitt’s Sister Hid Nazi-Looted Art, Too, as Four Drawings Are Returned to Jewish Heirs – Artnet

‘The Statues Really Needed Painting’: An Amateur Artist Defends Her Neon ‘Restoration’ of a 15th-Century Religious Shrine – Artnet

The portrait miniatures conservator who sees the bigger picture – The Art Newspaper

‘Genuine’ Da Vinci ‘sold’ for €72m on classified ads site Avito – The Art Newspaper

Tate outsources artist biographies on its website to Wikipedia – The Art Newspaper

Blockchain: Hot stuff or hot air? – The Art Newspaper

Minister promises ‘balance’ in the application of ivory regulations – Antiques Trade Gazette

First ever multi-million-dollar artwork tokenised and sold on blockchain – Global Banking & Finance review

The Auction House Bonhams Has Been Purchased by a London-Based Private Equity Firm – Artnet

Art explained: How the internet changed the art world – CNN Style

Salvator Mundi: Why Bernardino Luini should be back in the frame – The Art Newspaper

Salvator Mundi will not go on show at Louvre Abu Dhabi this month, for reasons unknown – The Art Newspaper

AUGUST

Swiss prosecutor returns ‘Mesopotamian’ terracotta animal made by dealer’s 11-year-old-daughter—along with 5,000 seized antiquities – The Art Newspaper

Leonardo’s Salvator Mundi: expert uncovers ‘exciting’ new evidence – The Art Newspaper

AI-Generated Art Just Got Its First Mainstream Gallery Show. See It Here—and Get Ready – Artnet

Victoria and Albert Museum brings Leonardo da Vinci’s notebooks to life online – The Art Newspaper

The opening of the Court of Arbitration for Art and what it could mean for Canadian art law disputes – JDSUPRA

Chinese art heists fuels black market sales of looted treasures – The Telegraph

Is this the future of catalogues raisonnés? – The Art Newspaper

Georgia returns still life painting looted by Stalin’s Trophy Commission – The Art Newspaper

Starry Night is held by Russian government – The Art Newspaper

Henry Moore sketch found among Gurlitt hoard of Nazi-looted art – The Guardian

Weer een schilderij van Rembrandt ontdekt – Leidsch Dagblad

Het verlangen naar Rembrandt – De Groene Amsterdammer

Telling us why and how: a groundbreaking study of Veronese’s techniques and paintings – The Art Newspaper

Italy revokes export licence for the Frick Collection’s princely portrait by Gérard – The Art Newspaper

Beware art inspectors with first-class flights – The Times

Lost art: chasing the elusive Ghent Altarpiece panel – The Art Newspaper

Meet Artmyn, the Swiss Super-Scanner That Allows You to See Artworks That Would Otherwise Crumble Into Dust – Artnet

Gestolen Picasso hangt aan de muur bij bekende Nederlander’ – Algemeen Dagblad

Is the Art Market Ready to Embrace Work Made by Artificial Intelligence? Christie’s Will Test the Waters This Fall – Artnet

Think you can spot a fraud? This $80 million art scam fooled the experts – CNBC

Fake or fortune? Six of the world’s greatest art forgeries – Mirror

Is China Going Rogue to Reclaim Its Looted Art? A Recent String of Museum Heists Is Raising Suspicions – Artnet

Goudstikker heir files petition for rare rehearing of Cranach claim – The Art Newspaper

Heading home: early Rubens masterpiece returns to the artist’s Antwerp studio for the first time – The Art Newspaper

Painted-over Banksy murals to be uncovered – BBC

The Flourishing Business of Fake YouTube Views – New York Times

One of America’s Top Art Collectors Was Duped Into Buying Fake Leon Golub Paintings. Now, He’s Getting His Day in Court – Artnet

Tehran museum denies rediscovery of more Picasso pieces – Tehran Times

The tortuous story of Gustav Klimt’s Nazi-looted, 100ft-wide Beethoven Frieze uncovered – The Art Newspaper

Leonardo’s $450M painting may not be all Leonardo’s, says scholar – CNN

The new tool in the art of spotting forgeries: artificial intelligence – The Guardian

Photograph sheds new light on unsolved $100 million art theft of Willem de Kooning painting – The Times

Ten Picasso pieces among forgotten works rediscovered in Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art’s collection – The Art Newspaper

Leaked document on EU import licensing proposals is deeply concerning, say dealer associations – The Art Newspaper

Tate restores colour and depth to Paul Nash painting – The Art Newspaper

Art fraud lawsuit against former Franklin Pierce professor moves forward – Sentinel Source

Norton Simon Museum can keep Nazi-looted Cranachs, US court rules – The Art Newspaper

Timeline: the legal battle over Cranach’s Adam and Eve – The Art Newspaper

Los expertos confirman daños irreversibles en el «Ecce Homo» navarro – ABC Cultura

From Trump Funders to Pals of Putin, Here Are 10 Politically Intriguing Eastern European Art Collectors to Know – Artnet

Pieter Sanders was gefascineerd door alle ontwikkelingen in hedendaagse experimentele kunst – De Volkskrant

JULY

Legal battle over Met’s famous Picasso reignited by estate – The Art Newspaper

Q&A: Law Alumnus Spearheads New Art Arbitration Court – Univeristy of Virginia Today

Diary of an art historian: at last, some common sense for the abolition of image fees – The Art Newspaper

Owner of £10m Giotto to appeal High Court ruling that painting left Italy unlawfully – The Art Newspaper

What can you do with a $765M nuclear research facility? Fight art forgery, for one thing – Lansing State Journal

Lost Art: the world’s invisible collections – The Art Newspaper

A $1.2 Million Ancient Persian Sculpture Seized From TEFAF New York Must Be Returned to Iran, Judge Rules – Artnet

Will blockchain deliver a registry of all traded works of art? – The Art Newspaper

New York art dealer says he found six De Koonings in New Jersey locker – The Guardian

Italian police recover two stolen paintings attributed to masters Rubens and Renoir – The Local

Working Title: How this lawyer aims to make an impression in the art world – Bar & Bench

Will Robert Indiana’s legacy get stuck in a legal battle? – The Art Newspaper

Documentary Chronicals Search for Family’s Art Lost in Holocaust – Jerusalem Post

Watch a Van Gogh Replica Painter in China Fulfill His Dream of Going to Europe to See the Real Thing – Artnet

Sam Segal, geïnspireerd door het bos was hij weg van bloemstillevens – De Volskrant

Worried About What GDPR Means for the Art World? Lawyers Answer 11 Questions About the Hair-Raising New Legislation – Artnet

Demolish or restore discoloured Taj Mahal, India’s Supreme Court tells government – The Art Newspaper

Prison sentences and million-euro-damages for art forgery gang – Uutiset

Ending a Seven-Year Dispute, a US Court Rules That Artists Aren’t Entitled to Royalties for Artworks Resold at Auction – Artnet

The FBI Has Recovered a Crimson Robert Motherwell Painting Stolen 40 Years Ago by a Moving Man – Artnet

How a Female-Led Art Restoration Movement in Florence Is Reshaping the Canon – Artnet

New York judge orders two Schiele works sent to Christie’s, where they could be auctioned – The Art Newspaper

Claim on Guelph Treasure can go to trial in US federal court – The Art Newspaper

Dalí foundation sues California museum for use of artist’s name and image – The Art Newspaper

Scientists have discovered the world’s oldest color. It’s bright pink – CNN

To gild or not to gild, that is the question – Christie’s

Re-discoveries, the Holy Grail of Old Master dealers: we pick out four at London Art Week – The Art Newspaper

Police Nab Suspects in European Antiquities Smuggling Ring After a Years-Long Investigation, Codenamed ‘Operation Demetra’ – Artnet

Huge disparity in estimates to repair vandalised Ivan the Terrible painting – The Art Newspaper

The US Postal Service Must Pay an Artist $3.5 Million After Accidentally Printing His Version of the Statue of Liberty on Billions of Stamps – Artnet

Where Did an Early Lucian Freud Landscape Go? It Turns Out His Wartime Drinking Buddy Painted Over It – Artnet

Old Master saga: expert hired by vendor to prove Saint Jerome’s authenticity says it is a fake – The Art Newspaper

Cézanne painting from Gurlitt hoard goes on show for first time since before Second World War – The Art Newspaper

Ethiopia claims Ten Commandments tablet hidden in Westminster Abbey – The Art Newspaper

Guy Wildenstein cleared of tax evasion for a second time in Paris – The Art Newspaper

Returning looted African art is as urgent as giving back works stolen by the Nazis – The Art Newspaper

Art dealer sues Poland over its failed efforts to extradite him from the US – The Art Newspaper

Het dier achter het perkament – NRC

What colour is this dress? Guggenheim reveals Manet painting after three years of restoration – The Art Newspaper

Scientists fine-tune carbon nanotubes for flexible, fingertip-wearable terahertz imagers – Phys Org

Greece’s Prime Minister Asks Theresa May to Return the Elgin Marbles—Again

Outrage as Spanish amateur artist botches restoration of 500-year-old effigy of St George six years after the infamous ‘Ecce Homo Monkey Christ’ – The Sun

Koloniale roofkunst hoog op agenda Unesco – UNESCO

Tales of Contested Authorship – History Today

How the scientific study of paintings has become accessible to everyone – Apollo Magazine

Jeff Koons and Larry Gagosian file motion to dismiss collector’s ‘impatient’ demands for work he did not receive – The Art Newspaper

People Across the Globe Want Their Cultural Heritage Back. Canada May Offer a Blueprint for How to Get There – Artnet

Leonardo’s earliest surviving work? Self-portrait as Archangel Gabriel unveiled – The Guardian

Rapper pays $18.5m for work at auction but the artist gets nothing—is the system in need of reform? – The Art Newspaper

The US Supreme Court Wayfair decision’s impact on the art market – Withersworldwide

Ruf en het Stedelijk: de conclusies van de onderzoekers, met toelichting van NRC -NRC Handelsblad

How artists’ foundations can reduce the risks of high-stakes lawsuits – Apollo Magazine

Bill Charron And Megan Noh – Court of Arbitration for Art – ArtTactic (external link)

Newly discovered Michaelina Wautier painting added to first major show on Baroque’s forgotten female master – The Art Newspaper

Anish Kapoor Sues the NRA for Featuring ‘Cloud Gate’ as the Backdrop for a Pro-Gun Ad – Artnet

Do not allow art to cleanse crimes – The Art Newspaper

Top experts dispute Italian police claims about seized ‘antiquities’ – The Art Newspaper

The Voynich manuscript: Will this medieval mystery ever be solved? – CNN

Has Caravaggio’s long missing Nativity been found? – The Art Newspaper

Onduidelijkheid over Malevich-kwestie blijft – De Telegraaf

US returns stolen Christopher Columbus letter to the Vatican – CNN

Could fairs publish sale prices? Don’t hold your breath – The Art Newspaper

Controversial collection of early Basquiat drawings on show in Basel – The Art Newspaper

Art dealers slam proposed European Union licence regulations – The Art Newspaper

We all have the right to privacy – CNN Money (external link)

How the Swiss Art Market can build trust – CNN Money (external link)

How to spot Red Flags in the Swiss Art Market – CNN Money (external link)

New York judge orders two Schiele works sent to Christie’s, where they could be auctioned – The Art Newspaper

Beatrix Ruf, former Stedelijk Museum director, cleared of alleged conflicts of interest – The Art Newspaper

Mauritshuis invites visitors to watch conservators clean its oldest painting – The Art Newspaper

French dealer awarded rights to Chinese artist T’ang Haywen’s work – The Art Newspaper

Shane Campbell Looks to File a $15 Million Class Action Lawsuit Against Frieze for ‘Unbearable’ Heat – Artnet

A Step Bank from the Brink—Agnes Martin Authentication Board Prevails in Court – Sullivan & Worcester

Row over art of spotting forgeries – The Times

Collector appeals for return of Pissarro painting restituted through a 1945 order made by the Allies in France – The Art Newspaper

Daughter sues her father over Jean-Michel Basquiat painting – The Art Newspaper

Show and sell: the added value of a museum exhibition – The Art Newspaper

Even old-world diamond magnates are turning to lab-grown gems – Quartz

Discoveries about two Blue Period works in the Art Gallery of Ontario’s collection have inspired an upcoming exhibition – The Art Newspaper

Google and the World Monuments Fund highlight Iraqi heritage under threat – The Art Newspaper

Sotheby’s sues Greece over its claim to ancient bronze horse – The Art Newspaper

Angola recovers six artefacts looted from museum during civil war – The Art Newspaper

Van Gogh landscape sells for 7 million euros at auction – Reuters

Christie’s kan claim verwachten – NRC

Nazi-looted painting ‘Women of Weinsberg’ is returned to Max Stern heirs – Concordia University

Space & Robot Art Press release May 2018

Art world legal disputes head to The Hague – Antiques trade Gazette

Russian’s Da Vinci Windfall Undercut U.S. Probe of Art Dealer – Bloomberg

The ‘Holy Grail’ of Shipwrecks’ Billion-Dollar Treasure Trove Remains Intact After 300 Years, Experts Reveal – Artnet

Conservators Just Discovered Hidden Details in a Tiepolo Masterpiece—and They’re Golden – Artnet

В Третьяковке вандал нанес серьезные повреждения картине Репина “Иван Грозный” – TASS

Stored in a basement, Canadian woman’s painting turns out to be valuable Tom Thomson sketch – The Art Newspaper

They’re also confusing as hell and throw smoke in the eye of the art market. – Artnet

British Museum positions itself as a European expert on Korean art with major conservation project – The Art Newspaper

Royal Academy launches new £34,000 postgraduate course. But who can afford it? – The Art Newspaper

São Paulo museum wins court fight against Brazilian airport’s steep cargo fees on Tate Modern loans – The Art Newspaper

Italian museum discovers painting by Renaissance master Andrea Mantegna in its collection- The Art Newspaper

The Robot’s Hand? How Scientists Cracked the Code for Getting Humans to Appreciate Computer-Made Art – Artnet

Legacy of ‘Love’ artist Robert Indiana is subject of new lawsuit – Reuters

The Munch Museum in Oslo publishes more than 7,600 drawings online for free – The Art Newspaper

There Are So Many Art Disputes, a Dedicated Arbitration Court Is Opening in The Hague – The Observer

Twee afgeplakte pagina’s van Anne Frank leesbaar gemaakt -Algemeen Dagblad

New Rembrandt masterpiece identified in Amsterdam- NRC Handelsblad

Die kanten kraag: dit moet van Rembrandt zijn – NRC Handelsblad

‘In één oogopslag zag ik: dit is een Rembrandt’ – NRC Handelsblad

Art Underworld: South Florida Becomes Hot Spot for Stolen, Fake Art – NBC

Damaged art undergoes intensive care in Berlin’s Bode Museum – The Art Newspaper

New tribunal aims to provide expertise and impartiality for art disputes – The Art Newspaper

The Art World Has No Shortage of Legal Disputes. A New Court Wants to Help. – Artnet

Judge halts suit filed by collector seeking to block sale of Basquiat at Sotheby’s – The Art Newspaper

German researchers trace Jewish newspaper mogul’s vast Nazi-looted art collection – The Art Newspaper

Google Goes All In On Artificial Intelligence As ‘Google Research’ Becomes ‘Google AI’ – Forbes

Everett Fahy, Museum Authority on European Painting, Is Dead at 77 – The New York Times

Paddle8 Is Set To Launch Art Authentication Service Based On Blockchain – Cryptona

Conservation Exhibition to Reveal the Mysteries of ‘Blue Boy’ – Artfix

Le musée d’Elne dans les Pyrénées-Orientales découvre que 60% de ses toiles sont fausses – Franceinfo

Russian Finance Ministry ordered to pay acquitted art expert Basner $36,000 – RAPSI

How Winslow Homer’s long-lost camera changed the way scholars see his paintings – The Art Newspaper

USA-China-EU plans for AI: where do we stand? – European Commission

Scanners find secrets from Picasso’s ‘Blue Period’ – The Seattle Times

Legal battle over Modigliani painting rumbles on -The Art Newspaper

How allegations of a forgery ring are threatening Norval Morrisseau’s legacy – Maclean’s

Online art market could stagnate unless transparency is improved, study finds – The Art Newspaper

One of Pope’s favourite paintings is looking refreshed after restoration – The Art Newspaper

Position Paper (April 2018) On the proposed Revision of the 4th EU Anti Money Laundering Directive – CINOA

FBI recovers Chagall work stolen nearly 30 years ago – The Art Newspaper

Expert opines that paintings in art fraud case are forgeries – Mondanock Transcript

Piero Manzoni Foundation comes under fire for destroying the artist’s works – Art Forum

Data Dive: Three Takeaways From Hong Kong’s Spring Auctions—and What They Mean for the Future of the Market – Artnet

The Leonardo Salvator Mundi Saga: Three Developments – ArtWatch UK

Unknown or Unreal? The Shadow on Some Russian Avant-Garde Art – The New York Times

Art Thieves Prefer Sculpture Over Paintings and 4 Other Revelations From Interpol’s Art Theft Database – Artnet

National Gallery acquires Burlington Magazine archive – The National Gallery

Judge Throws Out Closely Watched Lawsuit Against the Agnes Martin Authentication Committee – Artnet

London dealer ordered to return Egon Schiele works worth $5m to heirs of Holocaust victims – The Art Newspaper

A Long-Lost Dutch Painting Worth Millions Turns Up in an Iowa Closet -Artnet

Piero Manzoni Foundation criticised for destruction of works – The Art Newspaper

How to Tell if your Artwork is Fake – Mutual Art

A New Book Uses 400-Year-Old Court Transcripts to Recreate Baroque Painter Artemisia Gentileschi’s Rape Trial – Artnet

Why One Collector Bought a Work of Art Made by Artificial Intelligence—and Is Open to Acquiring More – Artnet

The Met resurrects Italian Old Master’s Entombment – The Art Newspaper

Historic’ agreement resolves dispute over Chauvet cave (and replica) – The Art Newspaper

Lost Art: the Fondaco dei Tedeschi frescoes by Titian and Giorgione – The Art Newspaper

Is Damien Hirst’s Latest Series a Ripoff of an Aboriginal Australian Artist? See the Works Side-by-Side – Artnet

Resurrecting the art of China’s dragon scale bookbinding – CNN

Jackson Pollock’s drips and dribbles? Conservation exhibition aims to show there’s a science to that – Los Angeles Times

16th century painting discovered hidden in Iowa museum storeroom – Fox News

Donated University of Aberdeen painting ‘is £2m Canaletto’ – BBC

National Gallery in London accused of altering attribution of Hermitage’s ‘Leonardo’ for 2011 blockbuster show – The Art Newspaper

EXCLUSIVE: The world’s most expensive painting cost $450 MILLION because two Arab princes bid against each other by mistake and wouldn’t back down (but settled by swapping it for a yacht) – Daily Mail

Gurlitt’s ‘Henry Moore’ to Star in Hit Art Detective Series, Fake or Fortune? – Artnet

From basement to auction: Owner says Thomson painting ’doesn’t look like much’ – The Globe and Mail

Arts Industries Add $764 Billion Per Year to the US Economy, Says a Landmark New Study – Artnet

In the Thorny Questions of Authenticity, Who Decides? – BlouinArt

Christian Jankowski fills Berlin auction house with ‘fakes’ – The Art Newspaper

Fresco that never was will be digitally realised – The Art Newspaper

Particle detectors meet canvas – Physorg

Pollocks, or bollocks? Lawsuit claims paintings thought to be fakes are real – MacLean’s

On Preserving A Middle Eastern Art History: Part II – Harper’s Bazaar

Are undergraduate degrees in curating useful? – Apollo Art Magazine

On Preserving A Middle Eastern Art History: Part I – Harper’s Bazaar

Cryptocurrencies, Explained: How Blockchain Technology Could Solve Three Problems Plaguing the Art Industry – Artnet

Rediscovered painting by the Le Nain brothers goes to auction in France – The Art Newspaper

Belgian police examine claims Russian art show was full of fakes – The Guardian

Cranach portrait stolen almost 80 years ago returns to heirs of Jewish banker – The Art Newspaper

Race to write Modern art history in the Middle East – The Art Newspaper

Leonardo da Vinci Painted a Secret Second Copy of ‘The Last Supper’ and It Still Exists – Artnet

Politie doet huiszoekingen in heel België naar collectie Toporovski – De Standaard

Tefaf’s new chairman: ‘There needs to be less secrecy about everything’ – The Art Newspaper

Big data meets Old Masters at Tefaf – The Art Newspaper

An Amateur Art Historian May Have Found a Rare Raphael Print in a Rural Virginia Church – Artnet

Ghent museum director under fire from Flemish museums – The Art Newspaper

A day in the life of… a Tefaf vetter – The Art Newspaper

Vermeer’s Camera: Uncovering the link between art criticism and cybersecurity – Helpnet Security

Rhode Island School of Design denies claim on Picasso by Alphonse Kann heirs – The Art Newspaper

Era of the $1bn painting is here, art guru claims – The Times

Genetic properties help identify illegally traded tropical hardwood – Wageningen University & Research

The Carnegie Museum Discovers a Forgotten George Romney (and Other Treasures) Hiding in Its Storage Vault – Artnet

Picasso painting offered in money-laundering scheme, US feds say – The Art Newspaper

Did Modigliani Paint Over His Ex-Lover? A Newly Discovered Underpainting Suggests He Might Have – Artnet

How Can You Tell If a Basquiat Is Real or Fake? Here Are Five Tell-Tale Clues – Artnet

A Japanese Collector’s Long-Lost Monet Has Been Rediscovered in the Louvre’s Storage Space – Artnet

‘Tutu’ painting by Ben Enwonwu sells for $1.6 million – CNN

Russian art critics challenge director of Ghent museum over show of dubious Russian avant-garde works – The Art Newspaper

Did stolen Caravaggio go to Switzerland? – The Art Newspaper

Dalí discovery goes on show in New York – The Art Newspaper

A Long-Lost Salvador Dalí Painting Was Just Rediscovered and It’s Going on View in New York – Artnet

Degas Painting, Stolen in 2009, Is Found on Bus Near Paris – The New York Times

Possible Jackson Pollock work for sale by Greenwich Auction – Greenwich Time

Roy Lichtenstein painting hidden in private collection for 25 years to be unveiled – The Art Newspaper

Europe’s first cave artists were Neandertals, newly dated paintings show – Science

Christie’s Acquisition of an Art Startup Was Supposed to Change Everything. Instead, It’s Become a Big Headache. – Artnet

In Picasso’s Blue Period, Scanners Find Secrets He Painted Over – The New York Times

Is arbitration the answer to settling disputes in the art world? – Apollo Magazine

Commission to investigate dubious Russian avant-garde works disbands due to ‘a de facto veto of our work’ – The Art Newspaper

Marten en Oopjen fris en fruitig – NRC

Alec Baldwin making film on fake art after being scammed himself – Page Six

Hidden details unveiled in Picasso oil painting – Times of Malta

New scanning technique reveals secrets behind great paintings – BBC

Middle Eastern artists are charging a lot of money to certify—or condemn—their works – The Art Newspaper

A Long-Lost Klimt Drawing Just Turned Up in a Former Museum Secretary’s Cupboard – Artnet

De Jan Steen die geen Jan Steen was, is dus wél een Jan Steen – De Volkskrant

Mauritshuis rediscovers Jan Steen painting ‘As if it’s fresh from Jan Steen’s studio’ – Art Daily

African Mona Lisa’ mesmerises after surprise rediscovery – Arab News

‘African Mona Lisa’ mesmerises after surprise rediscovery – Daily Mail

Authentication is not a blackmail tool – The Asian Age

Leonardo DiCaprio Joins the Magnus App as an Investor and Advisor – artnet

Don’t fake it: The art of blockchain – Deccan Chronicle

Old Masters market shows some life in New York auctions – The Art Newspaper

Collectors hunt down forgeries as Arab art market flourishes – Al-Monitor

AI May Have Just Decoded a Mystical 600-Year-Old Manuscript That Baffled Humans for Decades – Artnet

New art registry will use blockchain technology – The Art Newspaper

Belgian Museum Removes Show of Disputed Russian Avant-Garde Works After Damning Exposé – Artnet

5 Disruptive Trends Art Galleries Need to Understand If They Want to Survive – Artnet

When it comes to understanding authenticity, listen to the dealers and the market—not the academics – The Art Newspaper

The Art Newspaper’s exposé helps close dubious Russian avant-garde art display in Ghent museum – The Art Newspaper

Is the Fastest-Growing Segment of the Art Market the Cheapest? – Bloomberg

New discoveries add value to Old Master drawings – The Art Newspaper

New institute to reconstruct Giacometti’s studio in Paris – The Art Newspaper

Sotheby’s acquires tech startup Thread Genius – Sotheby’s

Gatz stuurt twijfelachtige Russische kunst naar labo – De Tijd

The End of Fear – Eyefilm

How Did the Modigliani Forgeries Make It Into an Exhibition? – The Observer

Andy Warhol’s Watercolor of a Charmingly Vintage Apple Macintosh Ad Is Coming to Auction—But Is It Real? – Artnet

From Van Gogh to Richter—what happens when bidders fail to pay up at auction? – The Art Newspaper

Een laboratorium zo groot als een voetbalstadion, maar dan op je keukentafel: revolutionair röntgenkanon in aantocht – De Volkskrant

Tefaf drops comprehensive art market report – The Art Newspaper

Forgotten’ art – Global Times

Banksy Busts His Hometown Museum for Scamming His Fans With Hundreds of Unauthorized Prints – Artnet

The Google Cultural Institute’s We Wear Culture fashion stories are its latest museum collaboration, its director Amit Sood tells us – The Art Newspaper

Police arrest authenticators, auction staff in counterfeit art case – Xinhua News

Meet the artist taking aim at the art establishment by making fake masterpieces – Evening Standard

Handen af van onze vaderlandse historie! – Geen Stijl

Stop reading, start looking – The Art Newspaper

Experts question Russian Modernism show in Ghent and Rockefeller riches come to London: the latest art news – The Telegraph

Modigliani’s fake paintings make Indian artists speak up against art forgery – Hindustan Times

New Vincent van Gogh drawing discovered – The Art Newspaper

Nieuwe tekening Van Gogh ontdekt – De Telegraaf

Twee nieuwe tekeningen aan Van Gogh toegeschreven – NRC

We hebben voor elk stuk de bewijzen’ – De Standaard

Fake Kandinskys, Malevichs, Jawlenskys? Top curators and dealers accuse Ghent museum of showing dud Russian avant-garde works – The Art Newspaper

Visitors to Major Modigliani Exhibition Demand a Refund After After an Expert Concludes the Majority of Works Were Fake – Artnet

Italian police investigate organisers of fake Modigliani show – BBC

Local art dealer helps in forgery arrest – The Times Herald-Record

New York court grants permission for Rybolovlev to use confidential documents in UK and Switzerland – The Art Newspaper

Is a Drawing in the Gurlitt Hoard an Unknown Early Work by Henry Moore?- Artnet

A new Leonardo? Scholarly show claims to reveal master’s hand – The Art Newspaper

Modigliani paintings once thought to be worth tens of millions now denounced as fakes – The Telegraph

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