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A Con Artist, a Secret Affair, and Drunken Debauchery Enliven New York's Corot Mystery
(ARTINFO)
ARTINFO - In a turn to a story that seems to have been tailor-made to relieve the late summer news doldrums, the courier who claimed to have lost a $1.35 million Corot painting while on a drunken bender at a New York hotel now appears to have been in the employ of a serial scam artist. The improbable imbroglio received its latest twist when it was revealed that Tom Doyle, the co-owner of the missing artwork, is really Thomas Doyle, a convicted crook who just got out of prison for, you guessed it, art theft, according to the New York Times. Spruced Up, Van Gogh's "Bedroom" Returns to View
(ARTINFO)
ARTINFO - Vincent van Gogh spent much of his adult life alternately browbeating and charming his brother Theo into sending him money, since he was unable to generate much income selling his art. Theo unfailingly complied, but Vincent nevertheless lived a life of rather serious poverty. Thankfully, society treats the artist?s paintings a bit better than it did the artist who made them, as evidenced by the Van Gogh Museums announcement that, after six months of labor, his 1888 masterpiece, "The Bedroom," has been restored. Rare Degas sculpture exhibit opens in Bulgaria
(AFP)
 AFP - A rare exhibit of 74 bronze sculptures by French painter Edgar Degas opened Thursday at Sofia's National Art Gallery, the first ever in Bulgaria of the Impressionist artist's work.
Restoration ends of Van Gogh's 'Bedroom'
(AP)
AP - Vincent van Gogh must have been horrified when he returned from the hospital to his studio in Arles early in 1889 to find one of his favorite paintings damaged by moisture. California Bill Could Alter the Restitution of Nazi-Looted Art
(ARTINFO)
ARTINFO - A bill was approved by California lawmakers on Monday that allows for the extension of the amount of time during which citizens in that state can sue museums, galleries, and auction houses for the recovery of stolen works of art ? an important step in creating decisive legislation to deal with the myriad difficult-to-try, emotionally fraught cases concerning the restitution of Nazi-looted art. | |
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