Art trade in France In 2022, France’s export value of works of art exceeded its import value. That year, the trade value of works of art, collectors’ pieces, and antiques exported from France reached nearly two billion U.S. dollars – an increase of roughly six percent from 2021. On the other hand, the trade value
The Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach has named a Dutch art historian to the expanded position of senior curator of American and European art. Anke Van Wagenberg, who currently is the senior curator at the Vero Beach Museum of Art, specializes in Dutch and Flemish paintings of the 17th-century Golden Age. She
Art Fairs The tony New York edition of Europe’s top fair for historical masterpieces arrives at the Park Avenue Armory. François-Xavier Lalanne, Sauterelle Bar (ca. 1974). Courtesy of Mennour. Following its showcase in the Dutch city of Maastricht in March, the European Fine Art Foundation (TEFAF) is currently hosting its New York edition (May 12–16)
If you put the Metropolitan Museum of Art in a blender, you might end up with something like TEFAF New York. One of two annual fairs staged by the European Fine Art Foundation (the other is in Maastricht), it fills the historic Park Avenue Armory in Manhattan to its rafters this week with modern and
Australian deathcore outfit Thy Art Is Murder has announced a European and UK stint to support their upcoming studio album Godlike, which the band will self-release through their very own label. Support for the trek will be handled by Whitechapel, Fit For An Autopsy, & Spite. 09/28 Tilburg, NL @ 01309/29 Stuttgart, DE @ LKA09/30
Thy Art Is Murder recently announced their new record Godlike and now they’ve got a European tour to support it. The tour will be supported by Whitechapel, Fit For An Autopsy, and Spite for maximum heaviness. You can get your tickets here. Please enable Javascript to view this content 9/28 Tilburg, NL @ 139/29 Stuttgart,
Mona Lisa Leaves the Louvre (1911) On August 21, 1911, an amateur painter set up his easel near the spot where Leonardo da Vinci’s “Mona Lisa”—one of the most famous works of art in the world—hung in the Louvre. To his surprise, the mysterious woman with the haunting half-smile had vanished. French detectives searched for
In 2022, big global art market players such as Pace Gallery and Lehmann Maupin announced major expansions in their exhibition space. The year also saw the inaugural Frieze Seoul art fair, the first Asian event held by Frieze, a rival to Art Basel which also stages art fairs in London, New York and Los Angeles.
ARTSPLIT is an art trading technology company with a single goal in mind: to improve the investment status of African art by allowing users to co-own rare and valuable artworks on a platform that ensures price discovery and market liquidity. The ARTSPLIT mobile app allows art collectors to own fractions (also known as Splits) of
With high-end art fairs proliferating, dealers have many choices to make, starting with the location of the event. Another decision comes with creating their booth with the larger fair context in mind. Should they complement the galleries around them or offer a somewhat contrasting selection? For the New York edition of the European Fine Art