□ Monday, 5 Oct 2009

Sotheby's to Offer Islamic Works of Art in Paris for the First Time
Sotheby’s next Orientalist sale in Paris on October 28 will consist of 205 lots of paintings, sculptures and works of art. It will also include a section dedicated to Islamic Art for the first time, with 120 lots illustrating les arts d’Orient from North Africa to China. More...

Wide Array of Exquisite Works at Sotheby's Sale Next Week in Hong Kong
Sotheby’s Hong Kong will hold its 20th Century Chinese Art Autumn Sale 2009 on 6 October, offering collectors a superb opportunity to acquire rare and premium works by some of the most celebrated and important 20th century Chinese artists. More...

□ Sunday, 4 Oct 2009

Pebble Beach art heist ransom note found
The owners of artwork valued in the multiple millions and stolen from a Pebble Beach home have found a ransom note, the Monterey County Sheriff's Office confirmed. More...

□ Monday, 28 Sep 2009

Fake Dutch Golden Age Painting at Courtauld Institute Proven to be Genuine
A painting that supposedly was made by Hans van Meegeren, one of the most notable forgers of all time, dates, from the XVII Century and might have even hung in Johannes Vermeer's house, according to the Art Newspaper. More...

□ Thursday, 24 Sep 2009

Art Among Friends Is Up for Sale
Sometime in 1981 Jasper Johns gave Merce Cunningham an abstract painting with the artist’s familiar crosshatch pattern. Near the center is a delicate, dotted vertical line, like the spine of a dancer, and stenciled along the bottom are jumbled letters spelling out the title... More...

□ Sunday, 13 Sep 2009

Fortune in Warhol Pop Art stolen
A multimillion-dollar collection of original work by famed Pop Art icon Andy Warhol was stolen last week from a Los Angeles home, police said Friday. More...

□ Wednesday, 9 Sep 2009

Clean as a Whistler? Interpol launches online art database
Global policing body gives free access to its catalogue of stolen treasures More...

□ Sunday, 30 Aug 2009

Doubts cast on authenticity of Picasso in Iraq
Authorities in the art world cast doubt Thursday on the authenticity of an alleged Picasso painting that was seized by Iraqi police south of Baghdad. More...

□ Saturday, 29 Aug 2009

A High-Tech Home for Multimillion-Dollar Works of Art
Over the decades, Red Hook, Brooklyn, has been home to many things: a brawny, corrupt waterfront; free-range prostitution; a sprawling housing project once pocked by drugs and gunfire; artists seeking space and the hunters of cool who inevitably follow them. More...

□ Friday, 28 Aug 2009

Is There Any Point In Portraits?
Why does mention of portraiture make me snort with derision? For the sitter, to have one's portrait painted is to indulge in a preposterous bit of self-aggrandisement, while to be a jobbing portrait painter is to exercise... More...