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Monet’s Le Grand Canal et Santa Maria della Salute sells at Sotheby’s for record £45m

The piece has joined a series of Monet masterworks that have sold for more than £40.1m in consecutive New York sales at Sotheby’s

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Monet’s Le Grand Canal et Santa Maria della Salute sells for record £45 million

The piece has joined a series of Monet masterworks that have sold for more than £40.1 million in consecutive New York sales at Sotheby’s.

The Independent UK

Believe it or not: NJ art collector’s tale of finding priceless Picasso work at local estate sale

NEW YORK — Imagine this: A priceless Picasso work, its existence a secret shared by few, resurfaces a half-century later. At an estate sale in suburban New Jersey. Tucked inside a frame, and hidden behind another work of art.

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‘Lost’ Picasso spotted in Imelda Marcos’s home after son’s election win

Artwork’s appearance fuels fears family will use return to power to further stifle efforts to recover ill-gotten wealth

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Degas, Picasso Sculptures Bring Record Prices in New York

A sculpture by Edgar Degas sold Thursday for $41.6 million at Christie's in New York, the highest price paid at auction for a work by the French artist, while a bronze by Pablo Picasso also broke a record. The Degas sculpture -- "Petite danseuse de quatorze ans" -- is a…

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Art Institute showcases Cezanne in museum’s first exhibit of Post-Impressionist icon in 70 years

The show, titled simply “Paul Cezanne,” will run through Sept. 5, with 80 paintings, 37 watercolors and drawings, four watercolor boxes and other painting paraphernalia, including loans from as far away as the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra.

Chicago Sun-Times

New data reveals the top destinations on Australians’ European summer bucket lists

Booking data from Webjet shows the cities in Europe Australians are busting to visit in order to swap winter for a northern hemisphere summer.

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The 10 most expensive artworks ever sold

As Andy Warhol’s iconic portrait of Marilyn Monroe sells for $195 million, Amy Francombe charts the world’s other record-breaking works of art

Evening Standard

Warhol's portrait of Marilyn Monroe auctioned for $195 million

An iconic 1964 portrait of Marilyn Monroe by American pop artist Andy Warhol was sold at Christie's for a record $195 million (€185 million) on Monday.

Radio France Internationale

Warhol portrait of Marilyn Monroe fetches record $195m: Christie's

NEW YORK: An iconic portrait of Marilyn Monroe by American pop art visionary Andy Warhol went under the hammer for $195 million Monday at Christie's, becoming the most expensive 20th century artwork ever sold at public auction.

Bangkok Post

Ginsburg's tea set, coat, other items raise $800K for opera

An online auction of 150 of items owned by the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg raised $803,650 for Washington National Opera

The Independent UK

Reframed: The Woman in the Window review – all eyes on her indoors

From Phoenicia to lockdown Britain, this ingenious show exploring the age-old motif of the woman in the window makes you re-evaluate the very act of looking

The Guardian - UK

Warhol Monroe Portrait Set to Smash Records at New York Sales

An Andy Warhol portrait of Marilyn Monroe worth an estimated $200 million headlines this month's spring sales in New York that collectors say are among the most anticipated ever. Christie's expects Warhol's 1964 "Shot Sage Blue Marilyn" to become the priciest 20th century artwork when the auction house puts it…

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Half of Brits aged under 30 have no idea who Marilyn Monroe was, study finds

A survey of 2,000 Brits aged 18-30 found the younger generation are in the dark over icons including Marilyn Monroe, Virginia Woolf and Frida Kahlo - but they know everything about reality TV stars

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Man bizarrely claims he has sexual relationship with famous artwork the Mona Lisa

Leonardo DiCaprio's favourite artist Domingo Zapata has been obsessing over Leonardo da Vinci's work for more than a decade and said he dreams about having sex with the woman in the 1503 painting

Daily Record

Sean Connery's £15m Picasso painting goes up for auction

The Edinburgh-born actor bought the piece a few years before his death in 2020.

Radio France Internationale

Revolution and the arts: how Picasso inspired the Arab world

What were the connections between the Spanish artist Pablo Picasso and contemporary artists across the Middle East and north Africa? That is the question raised by the Institut du Monde Arabe in the French city of Tourcoing, with an exhibition reuniting 70 works by artists from Algeria to Syria –…

The Guardian - US

Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s art collection and personal items up for auction

Among the late supreme court justice’s items up for sale are a mink coat, ceramics by Picasso and sculptures by Glenna Goodacre

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This Smaller Spotify Rival Looks To Go Public Via €1.05B SPAC Merger

Spotify Technology SA's (NYSE:SPOT) smaller French rival Deezer looks to go public via a SPAC merger backed by billionaire Francois Pinault's investment group and investment banker Matthieu Pigasse, the Financial Times reports. Deezer merged with I2PO, a Paris-listed special purpose acquisition company. The SPAC raised €135 million in the form of Private Investment in Public Equity…

Chicago Sun-Times

Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s art, fur coat, awards in auction to benefit opera

Some 150 items from Ginsburg’s office and home at the Watergate are available in an online auction to benefit opera in Washington.

The Guardian - UK

First Thing: Biden accuses Putin of genocide in Ukraine

US president says Russian leader ‘trying to wipe out the idea of even being Ukrainian’. Plus, the first youth-led climate case to go to trial

The Guardian - UK

Yours for $200m: why Warhol is now worth more than Picasso

One of his portraits of Marilyn Monroe is expected to shatter records at auction next month. But was Andy Warhol just an ‘affectless hero’ of the media age? Or was he the greatest and most profound artist of his era?

The Guardian - UK

A once-in-a-lifetime look at Raphael plus Japanese creativity at Buckingham Palace – the week in art

A Raphael exhibition to convince sceptics, NY minimalist Rosemarie Castoro, spectacular colour from Sheila Hicks and Japanese art with a royal flavour – all in your weekly dispatch

The Guardian - UK

First Thing: Zelenskiy says Russia will see new sanctions as ‘permission to attack’

Ukraine says western sanctions are ‘not enough’ amid warnings of fresh offensive. Plus, House votes two Trump advisers in contempt of Congress

The Guardian - UK

Picasso portrait of lover and muse to appear at auction for first time

Sotheby’s expects Femme nue couchée, which depicts Marie-Thérèse Walter as a sea-creature, to fetch over $60m next month

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