Qatar Reveals It’s the Owner of Courbet’s Famous Self-Portrait
Qatar revealed this week that it’s the owner of Gustave Courbet‘s famed self-portrait Le Désespéré (The Desperate Man),…
Bernard Arnault Says French Wealth Tax Will ‘Destroy’ the Economy
Art collector Bernard Arnault, one of the richest men in the world, spoke bitterly against plans for France…
Key Art Collector and MoMA Funder Dies at 87
Agnes Gund, one of the greatest and most influential art patrons in the US, has died at 87.…
Leonard Lauder Collection, Including $150 M. Klimt, Heads to Sotheby’s
Sotheby’s has landed one of the biggest consignments announced yet for the November sales in New York: $400…
Sasan Ghandehari Sues Christie’s Over Picasso Once Owned by a Criminal
Collector Sasan Ghandehari recently filed a lawsuit against Christie’s, alleging that the auction house did not inform him…
National Museum of Asian Art Announces Massive Korean Art Exhibition
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art (NMAA) recently announced it will hold the first US exhibition of…