Auction record Keith Haring was a "setup»

New-йоркский dealer Anatole Shagalov, which was made at Sotheby's record-breaking bid on the work of the American neoekspressionista, in the end never paid for your purchase. The auction sued him in court. It turned out, people not paying is not the first time

The video caught the alleged Banksy — Robin Gunningham

A bearded man in a cap and glasses, suspiciously similar to Robin Gunningham — one of the main candidates for the role of Banksy, photographed resident of the city of Kingston-апон-Халл in Yorkshire

The Hermitage has released stickers in Telegram inspired masterpieces from its collection

In a collection of 24 sticker with the heroes of paintings by Picasso, Matisse, Rembrandt, Caravaggio

Published the second volume of the diaries of Konstantin Somov

The publication has a mark 18 . It includes records of the Russian artist-мирискусника made from late 1923 to 1925 — in the first years of emigration. Book by Pavel Golubev, has just published "Dmitriy Sechin»

Russian museums to develop inclusive programs

The Hermitage certificate deaf and hard of hearing guides, and Pushkin plans to create this year at the Museum of the Department of inclusive projects

Culture in the "Kremlin report»

Published 29 January 2018 list of the U.S. Treasury from the report to Congress, nicknamed the "Kremlin report", includes the owners of private museums and others prominent in Russian culture, people

Attention! The opening of the fair RAAF in the Arena rescheduled for February 13

It became known yesterday that Russian Art & Antique Fair (Antique salon of contemporary art) moved to the week ahead. New dates — from 13 to 18 February 2018

Paddle8 will hold the first in the world of art-аукцион on which you can pay with bitcoin

And not just bitcoin, but any cryptocurrency. This online-аукцион art and luxury items tentatively scheduled to be held in August 2018

The French don't want the "bouquet of tulips" by Koons

French cultural figures wrote an open letter in which he opposed the installation in Paris of a huge sculpture of Jeff Koons "tulips" in memory of the victims of the terrorist attacks 2015

The centre Pompidou will include a display of works Yankylevsky

So the Center decided to pay tribute to the artist, who died in January 2018

In China seized more than 1,000 fake works by Qi Baishi and other

Chinese police busted three criminal gangs that produced and disseminated (including through auctions) forgery of works of famous and expensive Chinese artists — Qi Baishi, Xu Bahuna, fan Zeng, etc.

Employees "Grabara" complained the Director of Putin and Medinsky

Nearly 70 team members GRC behalf Grabar, one of the major expert organizations in Russia, have signed an open collective appeal in which he expressed dissatisfaction with the course Director Sergeyev. Today has been no official reaction to the letter

Simon de Pury sued his 10-миллионную the Commission for the transaction of Gauguin

Rudolf Staehelin didn't want to pay de Pury Commission for approval of the sale to the Qataris paintings are Gauguin's "When will you marry?" for $210 million, which made Simon de Pury sued a former school friend

Russian art of the Belgian fair BRAFA 2018

From 27 January to 4 February 2018 will be held in Brussels art fair BRAFA. Gallery owners bring the classics to European, modernism, decorative, modern arts, including objects with Russian provenance or created by Russian authors

"Losinka" opens a new season!

27-й Antique market "Losinka" will be held 20-21 January 2018

The sweetest Museum personnel: the Riley dog guard art

The Boston Museum of fine arts took the staff a hunting dog breed Weimaraner named Riley, whose task includes the inspection of works of art on the subject of their infestation by moths and other harmful insects

The updated app will compare your ideas with the masterpieces of painting

And tell how You are similar with one or another well-known portrait

Visitors to the exhibition of Modigliani fakes I want my money back

And not only the money for the tickets, but travel expenses (for those who came to Genoa for the exhibition "Modigliani" at the Palazzo Ducale)

Kodak will launch the blockchain-систему for the market photos

In any unclear situation start to offer blockchain. As soon as the company "Eastman Kodak" announced plans to run a distributed registry of copyrights for photographers, its stock rose in price in 3 times

In Dubai set the world's largest picture frame

A giant installation for The Dubai Frame in the form of a gold plated picture frame has an Elevator that raises to 150-метровую height, and 93-метровую gallery with a glass floor

"Modigliani" and "Kiesling" brought to clean water

Experts have reached a unanimous verdict on 20 works from the exhibition of Amedeo Modigliani scandal closed in Genoa in the summer of 2017: they are "crude forgeries" — under either the Modigliani or under Kisling

Died the main Italian expert on Leonardo da Vinci

Carlo Pedretti has not lived one day before her 90-летия. He was considered one of the world's leading experts on the works of Leonardo and was one of those who never agreed with the attribution "the Savior of the world"

He died-шестидесятник Vladimir Yankilevsky

One of the main innovators of the Russian post-war non-art passed away on 4 January 2018 in France

The Vatican found two unknown works by Raphael

This is probably the last two works made by the artist before his death. The find was made during restoration works in the papal Palace

Antique salon "Dresden" was opened in the Gostiny Dvor

New salon, located in front of the Zaryadye Park, offers a huge selection of Antiques and works of contemporary artists and jewelers

Art or vandalism? The artist placed the portraits on the buildings of St. Petersburg

Artist Vladimir ABiH stylized portraits under the masks and placed them on the facades of the houses in Saint-Петербурге. City officials his idea was not appreciated

In Moscow museums on vacation — for free

For sites exactly the city and not the Federal government, free mode with 2 to 8 January, has already become a good tradition. The Department of culture of Moscow announced that 77 of the sites will welcome in the new year holidays

The Russian art market — 2017. Publication of the final report ARTinvestment.RU

Remember the significant trends of the past 12 months and publish statistics public sales of Russian art in Russia and abroad. The figures 2017 left no worse than the past. But already in 2018-м the members of the art-рынка can become heavier

A new film about the artists magazine "And-Я"

In the Tretyakov gallery, the premiere of the film "the Alphabet of dissent 1". Heroes Director Alexander Shatalov became the artists of the post-war unofficial art, information about which was published in the magazine "And-Я", published in France

The French government gave to be auctioned off the manuscript of the Marquis de Sade

Scroll with the novel "the 120 days of Sodom" was declared a national treasure of France and removed from the Paris Aguttes auction. The state has 30 months to buy back the manuscript