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Two 17th Century Paintings Looted by Nazis Are Donated to the Louvre by Jewish Heirs

PARIS, FRANCE – MARCH 25: French police takes security measures near louvre pyramid as France raises alert to maximum after the terrorist attack in the Moscow concert hall that killed 137 people, in Paris, France on March 25, 2024. (Photo by Mohamad Salaheldin Abdelg Alsayed/Anadolu via Getty Images) Anadolu via Getty Images Two 17th century …

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Mastermind of ‘Canada’s Largest Art Fraud’ Guilty of Peddling Fake Norval Morrisseau Works

Famed artist Norval Morrisseau in a photo from 1977. Graham Bezant/Toronto Star via Getty Images A second suspect has plead guilty to charges of fraud in the case dubbed by investigators as “Canada’s largest art fraud investigation,” according to CBC News. On June 6, David Voss plead guilty to one charge of forgery and one …

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French Museum Calls Report on Vincent Honoré’s Suicide ‘Exploitation of a Tragic Event’

MO.CO. Courtesy MO.CO MO.CO, a contemporary art museum in Montpellier, France, accused a French art publication of “exploitation” on Friday after it ran a report on the suicide of Vincent Honoré, who formerly served as the institution’s head of exhibitions. Le Quotidien de l’Art reported last week that Honoré’s suicide had been determined a “work …

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Basquiat Painting Sells for $12.6 M. at Phillips Hong Kong

Jean-Michel Basquiat’s 1982 work Native Carrying Some Guns, Bibles, Amorites on Safari. Jean Bourbon Jean-Michel Basquiat’s 1982 work Native Carrying Some Guns, Bibles, Amorites on Safari sold for $12.6 million at a Phillips modern and contemporary art evening sale in Hong Kong this week. That figure, which includes premium, means the work sold for just above its …

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Following Calls to Remove ‘Unflattering’ Portrait from Australia’s National Portrait Gallery, Billionaire Gifted a Different Portrait of Herself

Vincent Namatjira with various portraits by him, including one of Gina Rinehart, third from left in the bottom row. ©Vincent Namatjira/Copyright Agency/Photo Iwantja Arts/Courtesy the artist and Iwantja Arts If you can’t beat them, join them—as the old saying goes—or, perhaps, give them something else to discuss. This seems to be the attitude of Australian …

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MFA Houston Can Keep Contested Nazi-looted Bernardo Bellotto Painting: US Appeals Court

Bernardo Bellotto: Marketplace at Pirna, ca. 18th century. Museum of Fine Arts Houston A United States appeals court has affirmed a prior ruling that the Museum of Fine Arts (MFA) Houston can keep an 18th-century painting contested in a lawsuit by the heirs of its original German Jewish owner. Bernardo Bellotto’s The Marketplace at Pirna (ca. 1764), …

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Ace Gallery Founder Convicted, Court Settles Restitution Confusion with MFA Houston, El Museo del Barrio Reveals Details for Trienal, and More: Morning Links for June 4, 2024

Bernardo Bellotto: Marketplace at Pirna, ca. 18th century. Museum of Fine Arts Houston To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. THE HEADLINES EMBEZZLEMENT CONVICTION. Douglas Chrismas, the 80-year-old, notorious founder of Los Angeles’s defunct blue-chip Ace Gallery, has been convicted of embezzlement by a jury. The May 31 ruling in …

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Investigation Leads to 133 Antiquities Worth $14 M. Returned to Pakistan

The elaborately decorated head of a Bodhisattva statue was found in a storage unit. Courtesy HSI New York The Manhattan District Attorney‘s office recently announced the return of 133 antiquities “collectively valued at $14 million” to Pakistan after being seized as part of multiple investigations of trafficking networks. The press release specifically mentioned Subhash Kapoor …

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