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Modigliani nude sets European auction record at London art sale

A London auction of artworks from billionaire Joe Lewis's private collection raised $392.6 million on Wednesday, led by an Amedeo Modigliani nude portrait that set a European auction record. The first sale featured 48 works by artists including Pablo Picasso, René Magritte and Gustav Klimt. Lewis, former majority owner of…

France 24

Rare masterpieces from former Tottenham FC owner's collection head to auction in London

The collection, belonging to billionaire and former Tottenham Hotspur owner Joe Lewis, features masterpieces by Modigliani, Klimt, Picasso and Freud.

Euronews

Ex-Tottenham owner sells art collection in blockbuster auction

LONDON — Works by artists including Picasso, Magritte and Klimt, amassed by the ex-owner of Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, head to auction this month with a total sales estimate of £200 million (8.7 million baht).

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Modigliani painting leads collection worth more than £200m being auctioned

The 48 works carry the highest estimate for any single-owner collection ever offered at auction in Europe.

Evening Standard

Johnny Depp’s new film about Modigliani is in danger of downplaying his importance as an artist – an art expert’s verdict

In 2018 an oil painting of a nude by the Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani broke a world record when it sold at Sotheby’s for US$157.2 million (£115.2m). It was created in 1917, at a time when Modigliani was unable to sell his pictures for more than a few francs.

The Conversation

Modigliani – Three Days on the Wing of Madness review – Johnny Depp’s painter as bohemian badass

A lineup including Stephen Graham and Al Pacino seems wasted on this lavish, but hackneyed drama about the Italian artist

The Guardian - UK

Johnny Depp offered ‘trust and love’ as a director says lead actor of Modigliani

Italian actor and film producer Riccardo Scamarcio plays the artist in a new film directed by Hollywood star Depp.

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Al Pacino on how he got his Modigliani film off the ground after 30 years

Exclusive: Actor talks of difficulties of getting ‘art film’ made about tortured artist, played by Riccardo Scamarcio

The Guardian - UK

Johnny Depp compares Amber Heard defamation trial to 'soap ppera' at 'Modi' press conference

Johnny Depp's latest directorial outing 'Modi, Three Days on the Wing of Madness' was recently screened at the San Sebastian Film Festival.

The Times of India

Johnny Depp to receive Lifetime Achievement award from Rome Film Festival

Francis Ford Coppola and Viggo Mortensen will also receive lifetime achievement awards

The Independent UK

Johnny Depp's Biopic Modi To Premiere At San Sebastian Festival

Explore Johnny Depp's directorial feature Modi at the 72nd San Sebastian Film Festival alongside other acclaimed films and honorees.

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Russian billionaire who bought Trump’s mansion blames Sotheby’s after losing millions on art

Sotheby's is defending itself at a federal court trial against accusations that it participated in the defrauding of a Russian oligarch out of tens of millions of dollars for works by famed artists like Amedeo Modigliani and Leonardo da Vinci

The Independent UK

Russian oligarch sues Sotheby’s for ‘helping art dealer trick him into overpaying’

Russian oligarch to claim British auction house inflated estimated value of artworks he was interested in buying

The Guardian - UK

How Johnny Depp Celebrated After Wrapping His New Movie With Al Pacino

After Johnny Depp wrapped his Al Pacino-starring film, he found a way to celebrate the occasion.

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Funding plea for Parisian atelier where Modigliani and Gauguin worked

Atelier 11 in the Cité Falguière, a home and workplace of famous painters and sculptors since the 1870s, needs urgent renovation

Zenger

Modigliani Female Portrait Tops The Sales In The Sotheby’s Hong Kong Autumn Sales

Sotheby's Hong Kong Celebrated their 50th Anniversary with $170million sales

The Guardian - UK

Johnny Depp casts Al Pacino in biopic of Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani

Pacino is to star as art collector Maurice Gangnat in Modi, a drama about the Italian painter’s life in Paris. It will be Depp’s second film as director

Cinemablend

Johnny Depp Directing Gig Includes Al Pacino And More

Johnny Depp has reportedly recruited Al Pacino among other actors for his upcoming directorial effort.

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The friend zone: art, music, films and more about platonic love

From Michelangelo’s male muse to Sex Education’s best pals, we pick five passionate but ultimately chaste partnerships

Daily Mirror

Al Pacino spotted taking a power walk around his Beverly Hills neighbourhood

Al Pacino has been seen taking a walk around the block of his Beverly Hills mansion after recently announcing he will be teaming up with Johnny Depp for his new film

Tribune News Service

Johnny Depp to direct first movie in 25 years with ‘Modigliani’

Johnny Depp is returning to the director’s chair.

The Independent UK

Johnny Depp to direct first feature film in 25 years

He is co-producing Modi alongside Al Pacino.

The Guardian - UK

Johnny Depp to direct film about celebrated Italian painter Amedeo Modigliani

Film about the artist who died aged 35 will be Depp’s first directing credit for a quarter of a century and he will produce the film alongside actor Al Pacino

Asharq Al-Awsat

Israeli Museum Finds Sketches Hidden in Modigliani Painting

Curators at an Israeli museum have discovered three previously unknown sketches by celebrated 20th-century artist Amedeo Modigliani hiding beneath the surface of one of his paintings. The unfinished works by Modigliani, an Italian-born artist who worked in Paris before his death in 1920, came to light after the canvas of…

The Independent UK

Israeli museum finds sketches hidden in Modigliani painting

Curators at an Israeli museum have discovered three previously unknown sketches by celebrated 20th-century artist Amedeo Modigliani hiding beneath the surface of one of his paintings

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