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Missing for 80 years and thought lost, a painting banned by the Nazis has sold for almost £6m (€7m) at auction.Only seen before in black-and-white photos taken by the artist themself, Tanz im Varieté took art historians across the world by surprise when it turned up at a Berlin auction house earlier this year.German expressionist Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, who is known for his vibrant abstract pieces, was included on the Nazis “degenerate art” list which saw over 600 of his works sold or destroyed under the regime.Tanz im Varieté was thought to be among them, until it resurfaced in what...

Painting banned by Nazis and lost for 80 years stuns art world as it sells for £6m at auction

AMSTERDAM.- In September 1815, Karl von Müffling, the Prussian governor of Paris, presented himself at the doors of the Louvre and ordered its French guards to step aside. Belgian and Dutch officials, backed by Prussian and British troops, had arrived to reclaim art treasures plundered by the French during the revolutionary and Napoleonic wars.

Napoleon's loot: When the world decided stolen art should go back

VIENNA.- The Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna is dedicating the exhibition Imperial Impressions. The Emperors and their Court Artists to the medal as an artform. The artists represented in the show, such as Leone Leoni and Antonio Abondio, were active at the Habsburg courts and residences and at ease in many disciplines of the arts. They would, for example, have worked as architects, but also created paintings, sculptures, goldsmithery and more. It is the fact that they also made medals that warranted their inclusion in this exhibition, however. Medals offered emperors the opportunity to communicate political messages and special events or ceremonies, such as accession to the throne or weddings, relatively cost-effectively and instantaneously. This characteristic made the medium highly significant until World War I.

The Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna dedicates an exhibition to the medal as an artform

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	In Bertille Bak’s five-part video installation Mineur Mineur (2022), children from Bolivia, India, Indonesia, Madagascar, and Thailand pretend to get dressed to go for work in the mines. Then these kid performers act out their labor, getting dressed in mining gear before heading off to their jobs and waving their tools in the air. Bak superimposes all this over lo-fi, childlike backgrounds, including a piece of cardboard with a rainbow painted on it. The footage acts as a reminder that there are real-life minors in these countries who have been forced by their circumstances to become miners.Outed as an LGBTQ...

Artist Bertille Bak’s Video Portraits of Workers Are Turning Heads in Europe

A painting of Lady Godiva has been loaned to France ahead of the Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games. The 19th Century artwork of Coventry's medieval legend was painted by John Collier and was part of the city's Herbert Art Gallery & Museum’s collections. But the museum said it had...

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	Sotheby’s will relocate its Paris headquarters to 83 Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, once the home of the famed Galerie Bernheim-Jeune. Sotheby's Shuffles Its Deck with Multiple Promotions and Title Swaps in Europe and Asia 




	That puts the Paris auction house three blocks from its current location. The move is scheduled for mid-October, and is part of a larger strategy to expand Sotheby’s presence in France.




	The house has previously announced plans to relocate two of its other spaces. In July, it will open a new Hong Kong location, and in 2025, Sotheby’s will move its New York space to the Marcel Breuer–designed Brutalist structure...

Sotheby’s Relocates French Headquarters to Former Home of Famed Paris Gallery

In the realm of online bargains, an astute buyer stumbled upon what could be described as the deal of a lifetime in 2021. Initially labeled as a "fake" Degas, a pastel drawing caught the attention of a savvy thrifter. Upon closer examination with the assistance of expert Michel Schulman, it was determined that this masterpiece was likely éloge du maquillage (In praise of cosmetics) (1876), a renowned brothel scene painted by Edgar Degas, which had been missing for several decades.

Artwork Bought Online for $1,000 Turns Out to Be $13 Million Degas Masterpiece

Daily Mail

Christie Grace revealed in a June 7 TikTok video that a $125 painting she bought on Facebook Marketplace could be worth thousands of dollars.

Woman shocked to learn $125 painting she bought on Facebook Marketplace could be worth enormous amount

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It features an ultra-rare 90-year-old $500 bill which could double its face value and is still considered legal tender in the United States.
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	In 2005 the Judy Garland Children’s Museum lost a pair of ruby-red slippers worn by its namesake in the iconic movie The Wizard of Oz. The slippers were stolen by a career burglar after breaking one of the institution’s windows and smashing a display case.'Titanic' Door that Saved Rose (But Not Jack) Fetches Six Figures at Auction




	The FBI found them in 2018, but Dorothy Gale’s slippers have never gone back to the museum. 




	The Grand Rapids, Minnesota, institution is now trying to bring them back to Garland’s hometown by raising enough money to buy the famous shoes when they go...

Judy Garland Museum Aims to Raise $3.5 M. to Buy Back Dorothy’s Stolen Ruby Slippers At Auction

LONDON.- Alison Jacques presents an exhibition of work by Austrian artist Birgit Jürgenssen (b.1949; d.2003). Her practice examines women’s interior lives refracted in exterior systems of power. Many of Jürgenssen’s works focus on the domestic life of a mythic figure, the ‘hausfrau’: an ideal bourgeois Austrian housewife.

Alison Jacques opens an exhibition of work by Austrian artist Birgit Jürgenssen

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	Albert Einstein’s theory of relativity may be too complicated for some to understand. But the expected price of a letter the scientist wrote makes a great deal of sense.This Flawless Pink Diamond Just Sold for $13.3 Million at Auction




	A missive that Einstein sent to President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1939 will hit Christie’s auction block in September, where it’s expected to hammer down for up to $6 million. In the letter, the scientist warns Roosevelt about the possibility of Germany creating an atomic bomb. In response, the president formed a committee that would become the precursor to the Manhattan Project,...

Albert Einstein’s 1939 Letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt Could Fetch up to $6 Million at Auction

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(Colorado) Colorado has many gems - Pikes Peak, Rocky Mountain National Park, Maroon Bells, and two of Thomas Dambo's wooden trolls. Dambo is a Danish artist, and his trolls are worldwide. Each troll serves as a unique tribute to the place they inhabit, honoring the history and culture of the location.

"Rita the Rock Planter" should be on your Colorado summer bucket list

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	UARTS’S ABRUPT CLOSURE has continued to generate discontent, with union representatives now alleging that the Philadelphia art school doesn’t have the money owed to employees who were abruptly terminated this month, Karen K. Ho reports for ARTnews . The school’s attorney and associate vice president of human resources allegedly didn’t offer union workers any proposals on health insurance, severance, or other benefits, and are reported to have said information about the school’s finances “does not exist.” In a statement, union officials said the school “lacks the cash flow to comply with laws...

Rubens Sketch Returns 80 Years After Theft, Ontario Rejects Plan to Build Spa on Modernist Island Complex, and More: Morning Links for June 24, 2024

It’s no secret that history is full of fascinating stories, but some of the most captivating ones involve stolen artifacts and their dramatic recoveries. From stolen paintings created by renowned artists that mysteriously re-appeared, to ancient relics that were found in the most unsuspected places. All of these objects carry stories of their own, but what ties them together is how they disappeared into the shadows before being miraculously found. And oh boy, have we prepared some fascinating stories for you about stolen historic artifacts. So, buckle up, and let’s get started right away.

Fascinating Stories of Stolen Historic Artifacts, and How They Were Found

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A Renaissance painting once stolen from a nobleman’s home in southwest England and found at a bus stop in London may sell for $32 million at an art auction next month. Tiziano Vecellio’s early masterpiece “The Rest on the Flight Into Egypt” has had many homes since it was painted, presumably in the first decade of the 16th century, according to the auction house Christie’s. The painting depicts Joseph, Mary and the baby Jesus resting while en route to Egypt to seek safety from King Herod, who Joseph dreamed wanted to kill Jesus.

Renaissance painting once stolen and found at bus stop could sell for $32 million at art auction

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The first time my family walked into a Ponderosa Steakhouse was in the late 1960s. It was new and the experience was great. Like other new restaurants, if the management doesn't stay on top, the quality of service can decline. The location we went to did change through the years, but in the beginning, it was great.

The 1960s: the Ponderosa and Bonanza Steakhouses are still around in some states

A rare portrait of Lady Arbella Stuart - often described as England's lost Queen - has been found by art historians at the University of Warwick. The painting depicts the 16th Century noblewoman who was a cousin of Queen Elizabeth I, and a potential heir to her throne. In the...

Rare portrait of 'England’s lost queen' discovered

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	The Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam will return a Henri Matisse painting to the heirs of a Jewish textile manufacturer who sold the piece while fleeing Nazi...

Stedelijk Museum Will Return Matisse Painting to Jewish Heirs of Albert Stern

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