Pablo Picasso
20th-century masterpieces on tap at upcoming auctions
Christie's has a lineup of 20th-century masterpieces by Lucian Freud, Amedeo Modigliani, Pablo Picasso and Roy Lichtenstein that will come to auction this fall Works by some of the most coveted artists of impressionist and modern art are coming to auction this fall, including two major works by Paul Gauguin.
Antalya Culture Center opens with Picasso, Ara Güler
The southern province of Antalya has a new culture center, recently opened with two exhibitions by two masters, Picasso and Ara Güler The former Antalya Trade and Industrial Chamber (ATSO) building in the center of the southern city has been turned into a culture center. The opening of the Antalya Culture and Arts Center (AKS) was made with original paintings by Picasso on Sept.
Stolen Picasso returned to France by US officials
The U.S. government on Aug. 13 formally returned a painting by Pablo Picasso valued at $15 million that had been stolen from a Paris museum more than a decade ago and seized by immigration officials late last year in New Jersey.
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Record-breaking auctions for works of Picasso, Giacometti
Picasso painting sells for $179M; Giacometti sculpture $141M
A painting by Pablo Picasso and a sculpture by Alberto Giacometti are the two priciest piecs of painting and sculpting ever sold at an auction.
New York auction could smash art world record
Christie's auction house is hoping to set new world records with a Picasso valued at $140 million and a Giacometti worth $130 million, as New York's spring auction season kicks off May 5.
Pablo Picasso's colorful "The Women of Algiers (Version 0)," depicting a scene from a harem, will be up for grabs when Christie's puts it on the auction block May 11.
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Picasso Comes to Montenegro's Royal Capital
An exhibition of more than 50 works of the Spanish art genius Pablo Picasso opened on Thursday at the National Museum in the country's old royal capital, Cetinje.
The event has been hailed as one of the most important on the Montenegrin art scene in a long time.
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National Museum holds exhibition at airport
BELGRADE - An exhibition entitled Art Tour, which is made up of highest quality reproductions of the masterpieces included in the collection of the National Museum in Belgrade, will be opened at Nikola Tesla Airport on March 27.
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Suspended sentence in Picasso 'stolen works' trial
A French court on March 20 handed down a two-year suspended sentence to a former electrician and his wife, who hid 271 Picasso works in their garage for close to 40 years.
The court in the French Riviera town of Grasse found Pierre and Danielle Le Guennec guilty of possessing stolen goods, after a trial that made headlines in France and abroad.
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Picasso’s pottery art to be auctioned in London
Pablo Picasso’s pottery artworks are being auctioned off by Sotheby’s in London, March 18. Vases, plates, bowls and others, numbering more than 100 pieces of art, all hand-crafted and painted by the Spanish painter will be auctioned for prices ranging between 2,000 and 30,000 UK pounds.
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Picasso painting stolen in 2001, found
A Picasso painting stolen from the Georges Pompidou center in Paris in 2001 was discovered in the United States, where it was sent as… a Christmas gift, according to New York’s judicial authorities.
The painting is valued at many a million dollars, according to the Brooklyn D.A. It is estimated at 30 million euros.
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