Serbian police finds two Picasso paintings stolen from a gallery in Switzerland in 2008

BELGRADE (REUTERS).- Police in Serbia have recovered two paintings by Pablo Picasso stolen in 2008 from a gallery in Switzerland, Belgrade’s interior minister said Wednesday. Interior Minister Ivica Dacic told reporters the paintings — Tte de Cheval (Horse’s Head) and Verre et Pichet (Glass and Pitcher) — were found in Belgrade. Picasso’s artwork ‘Glass and Pitcher (Verre et Pichet)’ from 1944 which was stolen from an exhibition in the town of Pfaeffikon, near Zurich, Switzerland, in February 2008. Serbia’s interior minister [...]

Picasso’s La Lecture Sells at Sotheby’s for £25.2 Million in Sale Totalling £68.8 Million

LONDON.- Tonight, Sotheby’s Impressionist & Modern Evening sale was led by Pablo Picasso’s iconic 1932 painting of Marie-Thérèse Walter, La Lecture, which sold to a round of applause for £25,241,250 /$40,711,612 / €29,744,296, more than double the low estimate (est. £12 – 18 million/$18.5-27.8 million). Following a heated bidding contest that lasted six minutes among at least seven bidders, both on the phone and in the saleroom, the work finally sold to an anonymous buyer bidding over the telephone. Achieving [...]

Extensive Pablo Picasso Exhibition Opens at the National Gallery of Denmark

COPENHAGEN.- One of the seminal figures from art history receives full treatment at the National Gallery of Denmark with an extensive exhibition about Pablo Picasso held at the Royal Collection of Graphic Art. Featuring about 110 works, the exhibition traces the main lines of development running through Picasso’s effervescently varied universe by looking at important highlights from his graphic work as well as carefully chosen original drawings. The Master of Modernism Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) is a true beacon towering up [...]

Christie’s Announces Worldwide Sales of $2.57 Billion for First Half of 2010

NEW YORK, NY.- Christie’s, the world’s leading art business, announced today worldwide sales of £1.71 billion ($2.57 billion) for the first six months of 2010, up 46% by £ on last year’s figure of £1.2 billion ($1.8 billion) for the same period (Figures include buyer’s premium). Christie’s continued to lead at the highest levels of the art market selling 75% of the works sold for over $50 million in this period, including Nude, Green Leaves and Bust by Pablo Picasso [...]

Set Your Place with Picasso Plates at Bonhams’ First Ever Editions Sale

LONDON.- Bonhams will hold their first ever Picasso Editions Sale featuring ceramics, silver and prints by the most celebrated artist of the 20th century, in Knightsbridge on Thursday 23rd September. The sale offers buyers the opportunity to lay their table with over £100,000 worth of plates, jugs and dishes decorated with vibrant and joyful designs by one of the 20th century’s most inventive artists. “Picasso was one of the most important ceramicists of the 20th century because of the newness [...]

Walker Art Center Invites Audience to Select Artworks for Exhibition

MINNEAPOLIS, MN.- The Walker Art Center’s audience will share the spotlight with the museum’s curators when they jointly select the artworks for the upcoming exhibition 50/50: Audience and Experts Curate the Paper Collection. Visit the kiosk in Benches & Binoculars or vote online at walkerart.org/5050. A mobile version of the Web site will also be available. Voting runs August 1–September 15. Several lucky voters will be selected at random for a behind-the-scenes tour of the exhibition with the curator. 50/50 [...]

Personal Scenes and Episodes of Pablo Picasso’s Life Explored in Berlin

BERLIN.- Pablo Picasso was the 20th centuryʼs most important artist. Picassoʼs many-faceted personality is reflected in the wide array of creative paths he chose — his forms, colors, and the materials he used. The Picasso Story invites you to meet Picasso, the man, and to delve into his life and creative world, to walk in his footsteps, to discover him, and like him, to embrace your internal creative spirit, and to leave a legacy for the world. The Picasso Story [...]

Sale of Impressionist & Modern Art at Sotheby’s in Paris

PARIS.- Works from the André Level Collection, devoted mainly to Picasso, will be offered by Sotheby’s in Paris on June 3. The name, taste and career of André Level (1863-1946) enjoy immense prestige among Picasso specialists, and are considered of legendary significance by Modern Art aficionados. Level was a collector and financier, who in 1904 founded the first Modern Art investment fund, La Peau de l’Ours. The fund’s policy was to make joint purchases of works by young painters, keep [...]

Picasso Plates Served Up at Bonhams New London Auction

LONDON.- Bonhams will hold their first ever Picasso Editions Sale featuring ceramics, prints and jewellery by the most celebrated artist of the 20th century, in Knightsbridge on Wednesday 22nd September. Picasso items have previously been sold in other Bonhams sales, but this will be the first auction to be devoted purely to the work of the artist. As well as ceramics, there is already a special early consignment of two of the nineteen silver plates designed by Picasso – including [...]

Picture by Pakistan’s ‘Picasso’, who Illustrated Camus Novel, in Bonhams Middle East & South Asian Sale

LONDON.- A painting by Sadequain (Pakistan, 1937-1987) titled ‘Three sitting figures’, is estimated to sell for£23,000-28,000 at Bonhams Modern and Contemporary Middle Eastern & South Asian Art on 2nd June 2010. Sadequain was one of the first modern artists from the Indian Subcontinent to achieve international fame and at the relatively early age of thirty-one. Whilst living in Paris in the 1960s he was chosen to illustrate the novel, The Stranger by Albert Camus, a significant achievement for the artist. [...]

Christie’s Impressionist and Modern Art Sales Series Totals $360 Million

NEW YORK, NY.- The May sales series of Impressionist and Modern Art at Christie’s New York totaled $360,029,725/ £238,430,281/ €279,092,810, concluding two remarkable days of sales that yielded a new world record for the most expensive work of art ever sold at auction. On Tuesday evening, Christie’s sold Pablo Picasso’s 1932 masterpiece, Nude, Green Leaves, and Bust from the Collection of Mrs. Sidney F. Brody for a record $106.5 million. Wednesday’s Works on Paper and Day sales also yielded positive [...]

Museo Picasso in Málaga Presents a New Approach to Its Permanent Collection

MALAGA.- Today, on 26th April 2010, Museo Picasso Málaga presents a new approach to the artworks by Pablo Picasso that belong to its permanent collection, highlighting the wide range of themes the artist tackled during his prolific artistic career. As from tomorrow, Tuesday 27th April, and again, with a second installment, as from Tuesday 20th July, visitors will be able to discover the MPM collection’s new layout. Until October of this year, the public will be able to view all [...]

Disowned Pablo Picasso Painting to Have US Debut in NYC

NEW YORK, NY.- A painting disowned by Pablo Picasso is expected to have its U.S. debut in a major exhibit of his work at New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, though it’s unlikely to be a highlight of the show. Questions have been raised about the authenticity of the painting, which is called “Erotic Scene” and shows a naked woman nestling her head in a man’s lap. But the Met’s curator of 19th-century, Modern and Contemporary art says that [...]

Christie’s Announces Impressionist and Modern Art Sale for March 10

NEW YORK, NY.- Christie’s sale of Impressionist and Modern Art on March 10 presents an exciting opportunity for collectors to purchase superb works by the great masters Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Tamara de Lempicka, and Henry Moore and to explore a wealth of drawings, sculpture and works on paper by lesser-known artists of the Impressionist and Modern periods. Prices begin at $1,200 and range up to $80,000. With over 160 works, the sale is expected to realize in excess of [...]

Christie’s London Sale Hits Target as Unseen Picasso Sells for $13 Million

LONDON.- Pablo Picasso once again proved his appeal to wealthy collectors when the artist’s portrait of his second wife Jacqueline was the top lot at Christie’s impressionist and modern art sale in London on Tuesday. “Tete de femme (Jacqueline)”, painted in 1963, fetched 8.1 million pounds ($13 million), around double its presale estimate of 3-4 million pounds. The sale price includes buyer’s premium whereas the estimate does not. An employee poses for photographers in front of Pablo Picasso’s ”Tete de [...]

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