As has been confirmed to the New York Times by the artist’s daughter, Aurelia Engel, Françoise Gilot has died in Manhattan at the age of 101. Gilot, who was active as an artist for eight decades, continued to paint well into her 90s.
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After months of speculation over the fate of the Whitney Museum’s former site – the Marcel Breuer building – which they vacated in 2015 to relocate to New York’s then up-and-coming Meatpacking District, it has been announced that Sotheby’s have purchased the building and intend to make it their headquarters in 2025.
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A rare starfish-shaped brooch designed by Salvador Dalí (1904-1989) has sold for nearly $1 million with fees (£780,000) at Christie’s New York. Embellished with diamonds, rubies, emeralds, and a huge cultured pearl, the brooch is now one of the most valuable pieces of jewellery by the Spanish artist to sell at auction.
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A priceless Baroque artwork that was stolen during World War II has finally been repatriated to Poland. The painting is among 600 Nazi-looted pieces that have successfully returned to the country.
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Art Basel has opened its doors to the art world’s A-listers for its ‘VIP Day’. Amongst the star-studded crowd were names like Jennifer and David Stockman, Benedikt Taschen, Udo Brandhorst, Li Lin, and Maja Hoffmann.
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A rare 2000-year-old gold stater from the east coast of Crimea has been purchased in Zurich for a record-breaking SFr5.39 million (£4.8 million) with fees. It is now the most expensive ancient coin ever sold at auction.
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The Greek Culture Minister, Lisa Mendoni, has announced that 351 objects are to be restituted to Greece after a drawn-out legal battle that has plagued the Greek Ministry of Culture. The artefacts, which include statues, figurines, sculptures, vases, jewellery, utensils and accessories, date from the Neolithic period to the Byzantine era, and include important objects such as a second century bronze statue of Alexander the Great.
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A new AI avatar generator, Ascendant Art, which launched this month, has promised to pay artists royalties for the use of their work. In the face of recent criticism from artists who have accused AI companies of the unauthorised use of their artwork, Ascendant Art could be paving a new way for artists to benefit from the recent rise in AI-generated art.
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Experts have discovered a “quite adorable” dog within a masterpiece by Pablo Picasso (1881-1973), hidden for over a century beneath layers of paint. Dog lovers and art aficionados alike can see the painting as part of an exhibition about the his early career at the Guggenheim Museum, New York.
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After almost 90 years, a watercolour by Expressionist painter Egon Schiele (1890-1918) has returned to the Folkwang Museum in Essen, Germany. It was seized from the progressive museum during the Nazi government’s crusade against “degenerate” modern art in 1937.
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