Lucas Cranach the Elder, Adam and Eve, c. 1530, Oil on panel.
In the Spotlight
New Bid to Claim Cranach Paintings Held by Norton Simon Museum
Courts have upheld the museum’s title to the paintings once looted by the Nazis, but a lawsuit seeks to press forward with the claim under a new California law.
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The Herbert Lust Collection Lands at Christie’s, Led by a $30M Giacometti
Alongside blue-chip names like Calder and Stella, the late collector championed overlooked figures including Hans Bellmer, Mary Bauermeister and Carlotta Corpron. According to Max Lust, his grandfather was still actively collecting well into his early 90s.
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Peter Max, Trippy Artist of Counterculture Era and Beyond, Dies at 88
With work that breathed the spirit of the 1960s, he became fabulously wealthy from licensing his paintings and posters in all their euphoric Day-Glo glory.
The New York Times >
Museums and Galleries
LA’s Getty Museum Acquires Recently Rediscovered Velázquez Painting, a First for a West Coast Museum
The Getty Museum in Los Angeles has acquired Portrait of the Count-Duke of Olivares, a painting that was recently attributed to Diego Velázquez.
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German Artists Arrested at Louvre for Installing Their Art Near the Mona Lisa
Two German artists were arrested at the Louvre in Paris on September 19 after mounting two canvases to a wall of the Salle des États, where Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa is displayed.
