Art Market News 2020
December
Ancient ‘fast’ food stall – TAN
Attribution of a Venus discovered is highly contested – TAN
Provenance the Trojan horse – The Art Newspaper
November
Rediscovered painting Leonardo’s Lover – TAN
Constable previously a fake goes now on sale – TAN
Hearsay and Repay Forged Frans Hals – The Art Newspaper
The devil is in the paperwork – The Art Newspaper
Provenance Research and Cam’pain’ – The Art Newspaper
Hackers target oldest bible and Vatican – The Art Newspaper
October
Two Van Gogh fakes in The National Gallery of Art Washington? – The Art Newspaper
Lost 400 erotic drawings by Duncan Grant – The Guardian
Will a ‘Shakespearean tragedy find a happy ending in Canada – The Art Newspaper
European academies issue joint manifesto to protect freedom of arts – The Art Newspaper
The story behind ‘a student’ who discovered Edward Hopper – The Art Newspaper
Museum Ludwig puts its Russian-avantgarde art to the test – The Art Newspaper
A new online auction house reduce speculation on emerging artists – The Art Newspaper
September
Banksy (I don’t care about $) loses trademark battle – The Art Newspaper
The only (!) way is ethics – The Art Newspaper
Secret censorship – The Art Newspaper
Rediscovered Paul Gauguin manuscript – The Art Newspaper
Forrest Fenn dies at 90 – The Art Newspaper
Fingerprints help identify age and sex – The Art Newspaper
Painting with Disputed van Gogh Attribution Sells – ArtNews
August
Questions About Bankruptcy in the COVID Era Answered by Lawyers – ArtNetNews
How Lee Krasner was shut out of art history – The Art Newspaper
Paint names like Flesh-Tint are racially biased – The Art Newspaper
From self-censorship to activism – The Art Newspaper
Art Market Self-Regulation Is Fatally Flawed – ArtNetNews
July
Fake Spotting – The Art Newspaper
The Art Industry and U.S. Policies that undermine Sanctions – US State Department
Experts weigh in on alleged art forgery ring in Michigan – The Art Newspaper
A Los Angeles Man Who Forged Documents to ‘Authenticate’ Fake Works – ArtNetNews
Court Ruling in Monaco Ends One Piece of a $2 Billion Art Dispute – NYT
Hoe valse Picasso’s politie naar Italiaanse kunstzwendelaar leidden – AD
Experts dismiss dealer’s claim long-lost Kahlo work – AP
Removal of Mount Rushmore – The Art Newspaper
Aboriginal rock art is obliterated – The Art Newspaper
June
Herontdekking Barthlomaus Bruyn de oude – NRC
Alleging censorship – The Art Newspaper
Facebook and Instagram ban trading of historical artefacts – The Art Newspaper
Posting vagina drawings online – The Art Newspaper
Voynich Manuscript finally been deciphered – The Art Newspaper
Draconian censorship of creative images by Instagram – The Art Newspaper
Authenticating Modigliani Is Big Business – ArtNetNews
Sotheby’s Lost Lawsuit Against Greece Over an 8th Century Horse Statue – ArtNetNews
‘Self’-portrait by A. van Dyck – Mail
Unknown masterpiece – The Art Newspaper
Send the religious art in museums back to the churches – The Art Newspaper
Cave Paintings Beeswax – ArtNet News
May
Monuments Across the United States Re-Emerged as Targets of Rage – ArtNetNews
A resting time for the art – The Art Newspaper
Anti-Money Laundering – Art@Law
A one fits all approach ends up being a one fits none approach – The Art Newspaper
Executed by the Nazis the story of Vincent van Gogh’s brave great nephew – The Art Newspaper
The masters hand a treasured Vermeer gives up its secrets – The Art Newspaper
Gainsboroughs newly restored Blue Boy awaits the end of lockdown – The Art Newspaper
The astonishing tales of how the Sunflowers survived the Second World War – The Art Newspaper
Two trunkloads of fake Iraqi antiquities seized by UK customs – The Art Newspaper
Cache of Russian avant garde works surfaces in regional museums basement – The Art Newspaper
April
How to Make Sure You’re Not Buying a Forgery – Artsy
Robert-Indiana’s LøVE at centre of new 150m fraud claim – The Art Newspaper
A Fugitive in the Knoedler Art Fraud Gives His Defense – New York Times
Oxford professor arrested over theft – Mail Online
New York court rules Call of Duty videogame as art – The Art Newspaper
Doe niet alsof online museum het origineel kan vervangen – NRC
Forgery drugs and sex abuse in the Canadian art world exposed in new documentary – The Art Newspaper
How Van Gogh’s handwritten texts were tragically chopped up – The Art Newspaper
March
How the Louvre concealed its secret Salvator Mundi book-The Art Newspaper
New Advanced Tool for Cleaning – PNAS
Hitler’s helpers German dynasty’s restitution claim hangs on Nazi ties – The Art Newspaper
MFA Boston launches new Research Centre focusing on Dutch and Flemish Art – The Art Newspaper
Old Master scandal dealt fresh blow as Court of Appeal rejects arrest warrant – The Art Newspaper
Introducing- The Artnet Intelligence Report, Spring 2020 Edition – Artnet News
Aggressive seizures by police at Brafa leave dealers feeling ‘assaulted’ – The Art Newspaper
Both sides now- Tate Britain to show rare two-faced painting by Aubrey Beardsley – The Art Newspaper
February
Mythe of niet, heel Rome loopt uit voor het gevonden graf van Romulus – De Volkskrant
Monet for nothing- Musée Marmottan’s ‘self-portrait’ is downgraded – The Art Newspaper
Italy hands Nazi-looted Renaissance sculpture from the Uffizi to Germany – The Art Newspaper
The Artist Beneath the Art Forger – The New York Times
How the ‘King of Manuscripts’ Became the ‘Madoff of France’ – The New York Times
Suspect list in stolen Klimt saga grows – The Art Newspaper
Hoe herkennen kunstexperts een echte Rembrandt of Van Gogh? -NOS
De kunstdetective twijfelt niet: ‘Dit is Maria van Aelst’ – Nrc
Restorers making headway in rehabilitation of Erbil Citadel – The Art Newspaper
Leve de aanstoot, maak van het museum geen ‘safe space’ – NRC
Gustav Klimt theft- police question gallery owner’s widow – The Guardian
“The Scream” is fading – The New York Times
The Mystery of the Painting in Gallery 634 – The New York Times
Van Go? Van Gof? Van Gog? They’re all wrong, Van Gogh experts say – CNN
New York dealer sues artist Derek Fordjour for $1.45m – The Art Newspaper
Uffizi wins legal battle against ‘cybersquatter’ owner of Uffizi.com domain name -The Art Newspaper
The €15m Van Gogh which was once sold in a farmyard auction for just £4 – The Art Newspaper
‘Art history is a global discipline’ – The Art Newspaper
Mud wasps used to date Australia’s aboriginal rock art -BBC
Looted ancient temple sculpture—seized by UK police—will go home to Afghanistan – The Art Newspaper
Hackers Twents museum speelden geraffineerd spel -NRC
Restoration dramas- inside the world of conservation artists – The Guardian
January
Gagosian, Steven Tananbaum Settle Lawsuit Over ‘Non-Delivery’ of Jeff Koons Sculptures – Artnews
Light relief- could new lighting technology avert the need for restoration? – The Art Newspaper
Scientists say heat from Mount Vesuvius turned a victim’s brain into glass -The Art Newspaper
Bedevilled- multi-million Getty Gauguin is a fake – The Art Newspaper
Mona Lisa for $60K? The curious market for Old Masters replicas -CNN
Art Experts Warn of a Surging Market in Fake Prints – The New York Times
Three Nazi-looted works bought by Gurlitt return to Jewish collector’s heirs -The Art Newspaper
Nine Van Gogh ‘fakes’ that have emerged as the real thing – The Art Newspaper
Artist pleads guilty to assault and harassment charges in domestic violence case -The Art Newspaper
Laatste werken van beeldend kunstenaars- voorbodes van de dood? -NRC
This newly restored 15th-century lamb is worrying art lovers -CNN
German socialite Angela Gulbenkian faces second criminal case over Warhol print – The Art Newspaper
The fraught business of removing and selling street art murals – CNN
Bid to keep Joseph Wright masterpiece in Britain fails – BBC
Five Old Masters return to German castle 40 years after theft – The Art Newspaper
Berlin restitutes painting to heirs of ‘degenerate’ artist for the first time – The Art Newspaper
Is a Van Gogh self-portrait hidden in a London attic? – The Art Newspaper
Portrait of a Lady- Painting found in wall confirmed as stolen Klimt – BBC
Carnegie Library rare books theft- men plead guilty in US court – Antiques Trade Gazette
Lawyer’s new book published covering the ‘nuts and bolts’ of art market law – Antiques Trade Gazette
Nergens is de symbolische rol van de tafel zo mooi als op deze Van der Helst – De Volkslkrant
Nazi loot expert joins Louvre to investigate its wartime acquisitions – The Art Newspaper
Why do courts lack conviction in art cases? – The Art Newspaper
French masterpieces looted by Nazis set to fetch £20m at auction – The Guardian
Possible Dürer discovered above souvenir shop in Vienna’s cathedral – The Art Newspaper
Wie gaat Palmyra restaureren? – NRC
Germany Opens an Official ‘Help Desk’ for Those Seeking to Reclaim Nazi-Looted Art – Artnet News
New evidence cited in restitution claim for Panama Papers Modigliani -The Art Newspaper
It’s time for museums to return their stolen treasures – CNN
Nederlandse staat moet kostbaar Meissen-porselein teruggeven – NRC
E-commerce sites accused of fostering trade in ‘blood brushes’ – The Art Newspaper
How a Nazi-looted painting entered an Israeli museum – The Art Newspaper
Russian collecting couple arrested in Belgium – The Art Newpaper
Demand for New York’s first freeport facility steps up – The Art Newspaper
Picasso painting of Dora Maar vandalised at Tate Modern – The Art Newspaper
