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JUNE 16, 2024

The post The Hunt: The World’s Most Valuable Stolen Painting appeared first on Artnet News. Vermeer’s domestic scene has an estimated value of $250 million.

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MAY 12, 2024

For centuries, artists have peered out at us from the very canvases they painted. The post 10 Times Artists Hid Themselves in Their Paintings appeared first on Artnet News.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

The post The Painting That Birthed Impressionism Makes Its Stateside Debut appeared first on Artnet News. Monet's canvas including the word "Impression" in its title unwittingly christened one of art history's most beloved movements.

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OCTOBER 23, 2024

The post Long-Overlooked Painting Reveals the Genius of a Forgotten Black Polymath appeared first on Artnet News. Scientific analysis is correcting centuries of misconception surrounding a Francis Williams portrait.

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OCTOBER 14, 2024

The post This 18th-Century Painting Could Rewrite Black History in Britain appeared first on Artnet News. New research brings to light the life of James Cumberlidge, a servant who became a trumpeter for King George III.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2024

The post Anselm Kiefer Unveils a Preview of His New 78-Foot Painting appeared first on Artnet News. The work will be part of Kiefer’s landmark exhibition in Amsterdam, the first-ever collaboration between two major Dutch institutions.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2024

The post Caravaggio’s Painting of a Future Pope—Hidden for Years—Is Unveiled in Rome appeared first on Artnet News. The sitter, Maffeo Barberini, became pope in 1623.

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AUGUST 27, 2024

Steven Wadlow, a window washer by trade, claims that the evidence is mounting his family's painting is the real deal. The post British Man Claims He Owns the Only Portrait of Shakespeare Painted During His Lifetime appeared first on Artnet News.

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MAY 28, 2024

The post As Seen on ‘Furiosa’: A Romantic Painting Emerges Amid a Desert Wasteland appeared first on Artnet News. John William Waterhouse cameos in the latest installment of George Miller's Mad Max franchise.

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MAY 9, 2024

The post One of Manet’s Final Paintings Makes an Ultra-Rare Appearance in New York appeared first on Artnet News. For a few more days, a luminous still life by the artist is on view at Sotheby's. On May 15, it will be sold.

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MAY 21, 2024

The post Renoir and Sisley Paintings Returned to Heirs of Jewish Art Dealer appeared first on Artnet News. France has doubled down on efforts to research the provenance of all remaining Nazi-looted artworks.

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MAY 17, 2024

The post Art Bites: The Matisse Painting That Sparked a Protest appeared first on Artnet News. A century ago, a group of anti-Modernist art students staged a mock trial for the Fauvist.

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APRIL 3, 2024

The post French Police Seize $100 Million Worth of Russian Avant-Garde Paintings appeared first on Artnet News. Half of the works were bought from disgraced dealer Itzhak Zarug who has since been found guilty of falsifying provenance.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Richard Semmel, a Jewish textiles entrepreneur in Berlin, was forced to sell the painting after fleeing Nazi persecution in 1933

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JUNE 3, 2024

The lawsuit stems from the accidental restitution of the wrong painting in the immediate aftermath of the Second World War

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APRIL 25, 2024

The post A Monet Haystack Painting Could Fetch $30 Million at Auction appeared first on Artnet News. The series is among the Impressionist’s most beloved subject.

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APRIL 17, 2024

The post This Leonora Carrington Painting Is Guaranteed to Smash Her Auction Record appeared first on Artnet News. The women of the Surrealist movement are gaining long-overdue attention.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2024

The painting has passed through the hands of many high-profile collectors. The post This Storied Rothko Painting Sold for $32.5 Million—30 Percent Less Than a Decade Ago appeared first on Artnet News.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Say what you will, but the man believed that absolutely anyone can paint. The post Art Bites: The Moving Story Behind This Grayscale Bob Ross Painting appeared first on Artnet News.

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JUNE 28, 2024

The painting will be returned to the heirs of a Jewish textile manufacturer Albert Stern. The post Stedelijk Museum Restitutes Matisse Painting Sold Under Duress During WWII appeared first on Artnet News.

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MAY 14, 2024

The post A Rare, Early Bob Dylan Painting Could Make $100,000 at Auction appeared first on Artnet News. The untitled work emerges from the musician's Woodstock period.

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OCTOBER 10, 2024

The post Nazi-Looted Monet Painting Returned to Jewish Collector’s Heirs appeared first on Artnet News. Bord de Mer' was first identified when it came up for auction in 2021.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2024

The post Emily Carr Painting Bought for $50 at Barn Sale Fetches $250,000 appeared first on Artnet News. That's a 500,000 percent return on investment.

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AUGUST 28, 2024

The painstakingly restored wall paintings feature Greek mythological characters such as Demeter and the Medusa. The post Rare Ancient Roman Wall Paintings in Israeli Seaside City Will Go on View appeared first on Artnet News.

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OCTOBER 2, 2024

The post Activists Who Glued Themselves to a JMW Turner Painting Spared Prison Time appeared first on Artnet News. The judge ruled that the pair's protest action was proportionate in the face of the climate crisis.

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AUGUST 22, 2024

The landscape painting by Carl Blechen was seized by the Gestapo in 1942. The post A Painting Once Intended for Hitler’s Museum Is Returned to Jewish Collector’s Heir appeared first on Artnet News.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2024

The long-lost Rockwell Kent oil painting will be at the Salon Art + Design fair in New York. The post The Only Surviving Painting From the New York World’s Fair Is Up for Grabs appeared first on Artnet News. The 1939 World Fair's theme was "The World of Tomorrow."

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NOVEMBER 14, 2024

The post Swiss Museum Settles With Jewish Collector’s Heirs Over Pissarro Painting appeared first on Artnet News. Berlin collector Richard Semmel sold the work in 1933 as he was escaping persecution by the Nazis.

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JULY 11, 2024

The post Eureka: How Henri Rousseau Painted Luscious Jungles—Without Once Leaving France appeared first on Artnet News. The artist made a name for himself with “exotic” visions entirely of his own making.

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OCTOBER 12, 2024

The post Art Bites: The Met’s Record-Setting Price for a Very Small Painting appeared first on Artnet News. "All our greatest pictures," said a curator, "are small pictures."

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Paintings 126

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JULY 8, 2024

The post Did LACMA Show ‘Fake’ Korean Paintings? The museum has reportedly cancelled publication of the exhibit catalog. Experts Say Yes appeared first on Artnet News.

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OCTOBER 14, 2024

The Italian Renaissance master’s few remaining large paintings are a conservation headache, but the museum hopes to show its Crossing of the Red Sea for the first time next year

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Paintings 128

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DECEMBER 17, 2024

The post Why There’s a Bull Market for Lucy Bull’s Psychedelic Paintings appeared first on Artnet News. The artist's auction sales topped $10 million this year.

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JULY 11, 2024

The post Three Valuable Paintings at a Berlin Museum End Up for Sale Against Late Donor’s Wishes appeared first on Artnet News. Two Warhols and a Twombly that Erich Marx bequeathed to Hamburger Bahnhof have hit the art market in in New York.

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JUNE 20, 2024

Working from SoHo and Connecticut, the artist paints the world with a gimlet eye. The post ‘I Paint What I Witness’: For Half a Century, Artist Neil Jenney Has Blazed a Trail of His Own appeared first on Artnet News.

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OCTOBER 2, 2024

Noah Verrier paints lowly subjects, but his inspiration comes from on high. The post Meet the Manet of McDonald’s: This Florida Artist’s Junk Food Paintings Are Currying Favor High and Low appeared first on Artnet News.

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Paintings 126

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NOVEMBER 4, 2024

The post Ali Banisadr’s Fractious Paintings Are a Reflection of Our Turbulent Times appeared first on Artnet News. We spoke to the Iran-born artist ahead of his first solo show in Asia at Perrotin Shanghai.

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