Art Adviser Lisa Schiff Faces Second Lawsuit Alleging Millions of Dollars in Fraudulent Sales
Lisa Schiff, an art adviser with deep connections to the upper echelons of the market, will now face a second lawsuit that alleges she defrauded...
Silver Sarcophagus of Saint Alexander Nevsky Returned by Hermitage to the Russian Orthodox Church
A monumental silver sarcophagus of Saint Alexander Nevsky was returned by the Hermitage Museum to the namesake Russian Orthodox church, both in St Petersburg, Russia,...
Asante King Calls on British Museum to Return Objects, Tacoma Art Museum Gets New Director, and More: Morning Links for May 17, 2023
To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines IN THE SALESROOM. The big New York auctions continued last night at Sotheby’s,...
$53 M. Gustav Klimt Leads Sotheby’s $427 M. Two-Part Evening Sales in New York
On Thursday night, Sotheby’s staged a set of evening auction, one dedicated to works from the estate of music executive Mo Ostin, the other to...
Two Skeletons Found in Pompeii Died in Earthquake, Not Volcanic Eruption
Today, two skeletal remains were found beneath a collapsed wall in Pompeii. Though the ancient Roman city is best known for its preservation following the...
Five Men Sentenced for Heist of Royal Jewels from a Dresden Museum
Five members of a criminal gang have been sentenced to six years in prison for the notorious theft of a trove of 18th-century jewelry from...
Lisa Schiff’s New York Advisory Appears to Have Closed Amid Lawsuit Over Alleged ‘Ponzi Scheme’
As of Tuesday, Lisa Schiff, a prominent art adviser, appears to have closed her New York firm SFA Advisory, which also operated a public gallery...
Australian Government Will Conduct Joint Investigation into Authenticity of Works by Major Indigenous Art Collective
The Australian government will conduct a joint investigation into the authenticity of works produced by a major Indigenous art collective after claims of alterations and...
Previously Unseen Lapdog Emerges in Famed Picasso Painting Following X-Ray Scans
One of the most famous paintings of Picasso’s early career initially contained one more element that wasn’t seen until now: a cute lapdog seated by...
Oxford University Is the Latest Institution to Cut Ties with the Sackler Family
The University of Oxford announced Monday that it would drop the Sackler family name from several buildings, including two galleries at the university’s Ashmolean Museum...
An Upstart Fair Focused on Art from the 1970s to Open Amid the Cram of Frieze Week
With two weeks worth of art fairs in New York, from Independent to Frieze, the city is about to add one more, a new initiative...
Green Vault Burglars Sentenced, Stolen Painting Returned to Polish Museum, and More: Morning Links for May 16, 2023
To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines AUCTION ACTION. On Monday night at its Rockefeller Center headquarters in New...
Basquiat Painting Sells for $67 M. During an Otherwise Sleepy Christie’s 21st Century Art Sale
Following the $177.8 million sale of the publishing magnate S.I. Newhouses’s collection on Friday, Christie’s staged its first evening auction dedicated solely to contemporary art...
Christie’s to Sell Two Rembrandt Portraits Unseen for Nearly 200 Years
Two “exceptionally rare” Rembrandt portraits that were unknown to art scholars have been unearthed in a family’s private collection. The paintings by the 17th-century Dutch...