□ Sunday, 27 Feb 2011

United States Government Returns Stolen Trove of Historic Archive Documents to Russia
A trove of historic archive documents dating back to Catherine the Great that were stolen after the Soviet breakup were returned to Russia by the U.S. on Friday. More...

Christie's Launches Spring 2011 Season of Post-War and Contemporary Art with First Open
Christie’s New York announces First Open, an auction of Post-War and Contemporary Art to take place on March 10. The daring and innovative sale is robust with key works ranging from blue-chip artists such as Andy Warhol and Robert Rauschenberg... More...

□ Friday, 25 Feb 2011

Spanish King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia Open "The Prado in the Hermitage" Exhibition
Spanish King Juan Carlos and his wife Queen Sofia on Friday presided over the opening of an exhibition of works from Madrid's Prado museum in Russia's imperial capital Saint Petersburg. More...

□ Monday, 7 Feb 2011

Gauguin Masterpiece Leads Christie's Auction of Impressionist and Modern Art in London
The Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Auction and the sale of The Art of the Surreal will take place on 9 February 2011 at 7pm with a pre-sale estimate of Ј73,880,000 to Ј109,060,000 (corresponding estimate in 2010: Ј56.5 million to Ј80.8 million). More...

□ Friday, 4 Feb 2011

Art Historian Silvano Vinceti Claims Male Model Behind Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa
A male apprentice, longtime companion and possible lover of Leonardo da Vinci was the main influence and a model for the "Mona Lisa" painting, an Italian researcher said Wednesday. More...

□ Thursday, 3 Feb 2011

Dispute Derails Art Loans From Russia
Several paintings from Gauguin’s Tahitian period will probably be missing from a major exhibition of his work at the National Gallery of Art in Washington when it opens this month, as will a canvas in that museum’s coming show on the Venetian painter Canaletto and his rivals. More...

Egypt's Antiquities Fall Victim to the Mob
A definitive answer to the question: Should the Elgin Marbles be returned to Greece? More...

Google Offers Virtual Tours of 17 of the Top Museums Using Street View Technology
Google aims to bring the world's great art galleries into the home with a new website that offers virtual tours using Street View technology, the ability to build private collections and ultra-high resolution images. More...

□ Tuesday, 1 Feb 2011

Egyptian artifacts in danger: antiquities chief
Lesser known museums have been emptied of artifacts More...