The First Art Newspaper on the Net
by Jean-Louis De La Vaissiere
PARIS
(AFP)
.- A French journalist s investigation into the alleged forgery network around art collector Giuliano Ruffini has also criticised the great negligence of art world experts. The doubts first became public when French police seized a painting owned by the prince of Liechtenstein from an exhibition in Aix-en-Provence in 2016. The prince had paid seven million euros at auction for the portrait of the goddess Venus by 16th century Italian painter Lucas Cranach, yet tests would soon reveal that the pigments used in the painting dated from the 20th century. Ruffini was well-known in the art world. Since the 1990s, he had sold dozens even hundreds of paintings by such luminaries as Parmigianino and El Greco to some of the great museums of Europe, including the Louvre, often through intermediaries. Many, he said, had come from the collection of an ex-girlfriend s father, Andre Borie, a civil engineer
Pirelli HangarBicocca opens first major solo exhibition devoted to Neïl Beloufa in an Italian institution
Neïl Beloufa, Exhibition view, Digital Mourning, Pirelli HangarBicocca, Milan, 2021. Courtesy the artist and Pirelli HangarBicocca, Milan. Photo: Agostino Osio.
MILAN
.-Pirelli HangarBicocca is presenting Neïl Beloufas solo exhibition Digital Mourning . The French-Algerian artist is one of the leading voices of the past decade and a keen observer of our times, offering vivid representations of the world through films, videos, installations, and sculptures.
Avoiding direct judgements and forceful declarations, Beloufa successfully conveys a reality that, in its subtlety, is often awkward to behold, focusing on highly topical issues such as power relationships, the technological control, the perils of data collection, as well as on a possible collapse in the management of a pandemic.
Nye & Company announces highlights included in the Estate Treasures auction
Oil on canvas street scene by Oscar Yakovlevich Rabine (Russian Federation, 1928-2018), signed upper right OSCAR RABINE 2002 .
BLOOMFIELD, NJ
.-Nye & Company Auctioneers two-day, online Estate Treasures auction, featuring property from the estate of Bernard and Josephine Chaus, a Rumson, New Jersey private collection, a private Mill Neck, Long Island collection and a New Jersey and California collection, will be held on Wednesday and Thursday, March 10th and 11thth at 10 am Eastern time.
The private Rumson collection features a nice selection of late 18th and 19th century English furniture, as well as multiple examples of canine-inspired works of art, such as dogs in human dress and others in various pursuits. There is also a fine group of chic upholstered furniture that is often down-filled and in excellent condition perfect for anyone looking to upgrade and brighten up their home. Accessories ab