The Art Institute of Chicago Returned a Sculpture to Nepal But Obscured Its Connection to a Wealthy Donor
The famed museum recently returned a 12th-century Buddha sculpture that it says was stolen from the Kathmandu Valley. However ...
Frida Kahlo's 'Month in Paris' exhibit at Art Institute showcases obscure friendship with American artist
Though this is the first Kahlo exhibition in the history of the museum, only seven Kahlo works are featured among the 100 ...
'The forgotten Monet': How masterful paintings by the artist's stepdaughter are finally getting recognition
Blanche Hoschedé-Monet has barely been acknowledged in art history. But not only did she help her stepfather Claude, she ...
$12 Sketch Bought at Auction Might Be Artwork by French 'Genius' Renoir, Says Antique Store Owner
A Pennsylvania woman believes a sketch she bought for $12 at a Montgomery County auction could be by French Impressionist ...
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‘Mystery of a masterpiece’: how Van Gogh’s postman portrait ‘disappeared’ from London’s Tate Gallery a century ago
Now owned by New York’s MoMA, the painting of Joseph Roulin is the star loan for a major exhibition opening in Boston ...
When WWII’s ‘Invisible Spy’ visited Chicago’s Art Institute with James Bond creator Ian Fleming
This excerpt from the new book by former Sun-Times reporter and “Masters of Sex” author Thomas Maier details the Bond ...
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Pa. woman buys Renoir art (maybe) for $12
One appraiser she took it to confirmed Markow’s suspicions but she has since sent it to the Wildenstein Plattner Institute for further examination. Born in 1841, Renoir was a French painter who ...
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$12 Sketch Bought at Auction Might Be Artwork by French 'Genius' Renoir, Says Antique Store Owner
Etched into the piece appears to be the name "Renoir ... art and music initiatives in her lifetime. Heidi Markow Markow, who received her own Certificate of Appraisal from The Asheford Institute ...
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$12 drawing bought at antique store could be a Renoir — and worth a whopping $1M
A Pennsylvania woman believes the $12 drawing she purchased at an antique store could be an original Pierre-Auguste Renoir ... Institute (WPI), an NYC-based non-profit that preserves art history.
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$12 Renoir Discovery In Pennsylvania Antique Auction Could Be Authentic
“If authenticated, the drawing could join Renoir’s intimate portraits of Chariot, whose voluptuous figure famously inspired The Bathers. It rests in a climate-controlled safe, its $12 price tag still ...