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2024
How Rose Valland Helped The Monuments Men to Recover Nicolas de Largillierre’s Portrait of A Woman
Christie's Daily 08/11/2024Valland, a museum employee and a member of the French Resistance, recorded the systematic theft of artworks by the Nazis, taking note of their German inventory numbers.
Christie’s Paris to Sell a Painting Saved With the Help of The Monuments Men
ArtDependence Magazine 28/10/2024Rose Valland (1898-1980) was a French art historian and curator at the Jeu de Paume in Paris and a member of the Resistance who secretly recorded details of art plundered by the Nazis.
2023
2022
Private Collection of 17th- and 18th-Century Art Treasures on Rare Display at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
ArtDaily 15/05/2022The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts announced Elegance and Wonder: Masterpieces of European Art from the Jordan and Thomas A. Saunders III Collection is now on view at the museum in Richmond.
Christie's Announces 'Old Masters: Drawings, Paintings, Sculptures Sale on 18 May
ArtDaily 21/04/2022Ahead of the Salon du Dessin, which will be held from the 18th until the 23rd of May, the auction house Christie’s will present its sale dedicated to the Old Masters which will be led by an unpublished drawing by Michelangelo,...
2021
2020
Exceptional Results for the Collection of Paul-Louis Weiller at Christie's Paris
ArtDaily 17/09/2020On 15 & 16 September 2020, Christie’s hosted the sale of Commandant Paul-Louis Weiller (1893-1993)'s collection which realised a total of €6,138,500/ £5,683,795 / $7,309,362.
Galerie Nathalie Obadia Opens Exhibition of Portraits from the 17th to the 21st Century
ArtDaily 13/03/2020Galerie Nathalie Obadia is presenting an exhibition dedicated to portraits in its Brussels base. For the first time, the exhibition opens a dialogue between classic and contemporary artworks from the 17th century up until today.
2019
Meet the Kansas City Gumshoe Who Uncovers the Stories of the Nelson-Atkins' Nazi-Looted Art
KCUR 17/03/2019You might not know it from looking at her business card, but MacKenzie Mallon is a detective of sorts.
2018
Turner Auctions + Appraisals to Offer American & European Fine Art on November 4
ArtDaily 28/10/2018Turner Auctions + Appraisals will present American & European Fine Art on Sunday, November 4, 2018. Offering over 210 lots from several collectors, the sale includes oil paintings, watercolors, etchings, lithographs, ink and pastel drawings, and some sculpture, mostly from...
2017
The Collection of Eleanor Post Close and her son Antal Post de Bekessy soars to $8.5 million at Sotheby's Paris
ArtDaily 21/12/2017The sale of the collection of Eleanor Post Close (1909-2006) and her son Antal Post de Bekessy (1943-2015) concluded tonight with an outstanding total of €7,139,047 ($8,466,553), well above pre-sale expectations (est. €3.9 – 5.9 million).
2015
Heckscher Museum Shows 'Before Selfies' and 'Poised Poses' Portraiture Exhibitions
ARTFIXdaily 01/03/2015The Heckscher Museum of Art is pleased to present Before Selfies: Portraiture through the Ages and Poised Poses: Portraits from the August Heckscher Collection. Both exhibitions will open April 25, 2015.