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☆ Rare Monet returned to family more than 80 years after it was stolen by Nazis
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-09 | by ( Hannah Rabinowitz | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —A Claude Monet pastel painting stolen by Nazis during World War II, which vanished for decades only to show up with a Louisiana art dealer, was returned Wednesday in New Orleans to the descendants of its original owners. The Monet was then purchased at auction by a Nazi art dealer and disappeared in 1941. A New Orleans-based antiquities dealer purchased it then sold it to a couple in Washington state. Since then, the FBI has been working to return the Monet to the Parlagi’s granddaughters, and the handoff was made Wednesday. The Parlagi family is still searching for several other art pieces stolen by the Nazis, including a signed Paul Signac watercolor from 1903 that was sold to the same Nazi art dealer as the Monet.

Persons: Claude Monet, ”, Adalbert, Hilda Parlagi, Monet, Paul Organizations: CNN, FBI Locations: Louisiana, New Orleans, Houston, Austria, Vienna, Nazi, France, Washington

☆ Discover Le Havre, Where Impressionism Was Born
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-10 | by ( Elaine Sciolino | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

As the fog of dawn lifted one morning in mid-November 1872, Claude Monet looked out the window of his hotel room in the French city of Le Havre and furiously painted his vision of its industrial harbor. He flung his brush with quick strokes and played with the water, stretching it with rays of color. In one sitting, he created “Impression, Sunrise,” a painting of a vivid orange sun with its reflection shimmering in the sea. In 1874, Monet, who grew up in Le Havre on the Normandy coast, included the painting in an exhibition of 30 artists’ work organized in response to the Paris Salon, an annual showcase of academic art. “I thought to myself, this has made an impression on me so there must be impressions somewhere in there.”

Persons: Claude Monet, Le Havre, Monet, Louis Leroy, ”, “ Organizations: Paris Salon Locations: French, Le, Le Havre, Normandy

Singer-songwriter Victoria Monét won best new artist at the 66th annual Grammy Awards. Monét, 34, won the category against Gracie Abrams, Fred Again.., Noah Kahan, Ice Spice, Jelly Roll, Coco Jones and The War and Treaty. And I feel like today, I’m sprouting.”Photos You Should See View All 45 ImagesThe best new artist award, which went to jazz artist Samara Joy last year, is one of the Grammys’ most-anticipated as it is often seen as a bellwether for future success. The award goes to an artist who releases, during that year’s eligibility period, the first recording that establishes their “public identity,” according to the Grammys. With seven nominations, Monét tied for the second-most this year, alongside Phoebe Bridgers and behind SZA.

Persons: Singer, Victoria Monét, Gracie Abrams, Fred Again, Noah Kahan, Roll, Coco Jones, —, Monét, ” “, ”, Samara Joy, Olivia Rodrigo, Megan Thee, Billie Eilish, Mariah Carey, Alicia Keys, John Legend, Amy Winehouse, Adele, Chance, Ariana Grande, Chloe x Halle, Phoebe Bridgers, Hazel, “, Ariana Grande’s, Mark Kennedy Organizations: Associated Press, The Associated Press, Hollywood, AP, Black Music, Coalition, Kanye Locations: Champagne, Dua Lipa

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Women lead the major categories at the Grammys this year – names like SZA, Taylor Swift, Victoria Monét, Phoebe Bridgers, Olivia Rodrigo and Brandy Clark top the list. If Taylor Swift wins for “Midnights,” she will become the first artist in Grammy history to win the top prize four times. (And, conversely, artists it loves to nominate but not award: both Lana Del Rey and Miley Cyrus have yet to receive a Grammy. I'd love to see a Cyrus win, but I’ve been burned before! She’s tied with the likes of Taylor Swift and Miley Cyrus with six nominations, and I think it is her time to finally take home a trophy.

Persons: Taylor Swift, Victoria Monét, Phoebe Bridgers, Olivia Rodrigo, Brandy Clark, Maria Sherman, Jonathan Landrum Jr, ” Jon Batiste, ”, ” Miley Cyrus, Lana Del Rey, ” Janelle Monáe, “, ” Taylor Swift, I’m, Swift’s, Jon Batiste —, Swift, Billie Eilish, Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber, it’s, Batiste, Victoria, ” Olivia Rodrigo, Victoria Monét’s, Monét, I'm, Jack Antonoff, Sam Dew, ” Jack Antonoff, Dan Wilson, ” Caroline Ailin, Mark Ronson, Andrew Wyatt, Gregory Aldae Hein, Michael Pollack, ” Rob Bisel, Carter Lang, Solána Rowe, ” Daniel Nigro, Billie Eilish O’Connell, Finneas O’Connell SHERMAN, Jon Batiste, Miley Cyrus, Barbie ”, ” isn’t, Gracie Abrams, Fred, Coco Jones, Noah Kahan, Samara Joy, there’s, Mama, It’s, SHERMAN, ” Taylor Swift SHERMAN, Rodrigo, Cyrus, Keem, Kendrick Lamar, Rich, ” Drake, Eryn Allen Kane, Baby Keem, Drake, Mike ’, Andre, Future’s hoarse, Kane’s, Mike, —, ” It's, Flash’s, ” Tyler Childers, Luke Combs, Dolly Parton, ” Chris Stapleton SHERMAN, she’s, Doc Watson, She’s, Luke Comb’s, Tracy Chapman, Parton, Combs, Chris Brown, ” Robert Glasper, Alex Isley, ” Coco Jones, There’s, Jones, Justin Timberlake, Bill ”, I’d, ” Ana Bárbara, Lila Downs, ” Flor De Toloache, “ Amor, ” Lupita Infante, America –, Flor de Toloache, Lupita Infante, Pedro Infante, LANDRUM, He’ll, Ana Bárbara, Vincente Hernandez Organizations: ANGELES, Press, Entertainment, SHERMAN, “, Recording Academy, Eilish, The Recording Academy, Rockstar, Dallas Cowboys, Washington Commanders, Stapleton, BEST, ICU, De, Regional, Christian, CBS, Paramount Locations: Victoria, Dua Lipa, America, American

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ten of the best songs of the year, as determined by Associated Press Music Writer Maria Sherman, in no particular order. “Monaco,” Bad BunnyBad Bunny’s 2023 album, “Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va a Pasar Mañana,” is a reclamation of his past sound, the hard-hitting rap that preceded his mainstream superstardom. And it is part of the reason why his 2023 single and first No. “OMG,” NewJeansIn 2023, girl groups dominated the K-pop conversation. At the fore is NewJeans, with their Y2K-nostalgic sound that pulls from the turn of the millennium's R&B and pop music.

Persons: Maria Sherman, Victoria Monét Buckle, Victoria Monét, Ariana Grande, Chloe x Halle, Monét’s, doesn’t, “, ”, ” Miley Cyrus, Miley Cyrus ’, ” PinkPantheress, PinkPantheress, Leo ”, What’s, ” Zach Bryan, Zach Bryan, ” Paramore Long, Paramore, Hayley Williams, “ Rush, ” Troye Sivan, Sivan, Laura Les, Dylan Brady, NewJeans, ” Danny Brown Danny Organizations: ANGELES, Associated Press, Fifth Harmony, Bronx Locations: “, “ Monaco, Monaco, The Tennessee, Australian

☆ Monet painting to go on sale at Paris auction for first time in decades
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-03 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

A Drouot employee poses with the painting "Les Saules, Giverny, 1886" (The Willows, Giverny), by painter Claude Monet (1840-1926) ahead of its auction at Drouot auction house in Paris, France, November 3, 2023. The landscape "Les Saules, Giverny" ("The Willows, Giverny"), dating from 1886, is reappearing on the French art market, where Monet’s paintings have become increasingly rare. "Paintings of Claude Monet of this scale, of this dimension no longer really exist among French families. Though not as famous as Monet's water lilies or the Gare Saint Lazare paintings, which can command prices reaching 100 million euros, "Les Saules, Giverny" bears the artist's trademark style. "It's an oeuvre typical of Claude Monet, notably by the brush strokes and how he makes the light come out," Nordmann said.

Persons: Claude Monet, Abdul Saboor, Ader, They're, David Nordmann, Les, Nordmann, Monet, Mary Cassatt, Clotaire Achi, Michaela Cabrera, Dominique Vidalon, Bill Berkrot Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Reuters, Saint Lazare, Thomson Locations: Giverny, Paris, France, Nice, American

☆ Unseen Monet painting expected to fetch more than $65 million at auction
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-30 | by ( Issy Ronald | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —A previously unseen painting by Claude Monet is expected to fetch more than $65 million when it goes on sale in New York early next month, according to a statement released by Christie’s auction house. Entitled “Le bassin aux nymphéas” or “Water lily pond,” the two-meter- (6.6-foot-) wide painting forms part of Monet’s famous “Water Lilies” series, depicting light dappling across the water, casting reflections of water lilies and willow trees. Painted around 1917-1919, it dates from the latter period of Monet’s life, as he produced a series of works depicting water lilies that now hang in museums worldwide. Significant Monet paintings have previously fetched eye-watering sums of money at auction. Another in the “Water Lilies” series sold for $84.7 million at Christie’s in May 2018, while a painting from the “Haystacks” series sold for $110.7 million at Sotheby’s a year later.

Persons: Claude Monet, “, nature’s, ” Max Carter, Monet, ” Carter, Vincent van Gogh, Jackson Pollock Organizations: CNN, Century, Christie’s Locations: New York, Monet’s, Sotheby’s

☆ Sharon Stone debuts new art exhibition
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-16 | by ( Helen Stoilas | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Greenwich, Connecticut CNN —Sharon Stone throws herself into her art. “I just get in this kind of trance,” Stone said of her daily painting practice during an interview with CNN. Courtesy C. Parker GalleryMany of the works in the show draw on social issues, as well as personal experience. “I created these works to understand the essence of pure creativity that comes from heartfelt truth,” Stone said in a statement accompanying the exhibition. ChiChi Ubina/Courtesy C. Parker GalleryStone now spends much of her time in the studio trying to translate how she sees the world onto canvas.

Persons: Sharon Stone, hasn’t, “, ” Stone, ” Sharon Stone's, Stone, Parker, ”, Tiffany Benincasa, ” Benincasa, Vonne, lockdowns, CNN’s Chris Wallace, Wassily Kandinsky, Joan Miró, “ Amelia, Amelia Earhart, Claude Monet, Giverny ”, Claude Monet’s Organizations: Greenwich , Connecticut CNN, CNN, Parker, of Affairs, Edinboro University Locations: Greenwich , Connecticut, Jerusalem, Israel, Greenwich, Pennsylvania, Los Angeles, Giverny, France

☆ Art Shows and Exhibitions to See This Fall
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-04 | by ( Will Heinrich | More About Will Heinrich | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A blockbuster meetup of Manet and Degas, an unprecedented retrospective for Ed Ruscha and a once-in-a-lifetime chance to see an 800-year-old ink painting that has never before left Asia — the new season of museum shows is full of heart-stoppers. A new gallery devoted to plaster is set to open at the Museum of Modern Art, too, and drawing shows are everywhere, from Hanne Darboven in Texas to Stéphane Mandelbaum in New York. SeptemberONLY THE YOUNG: EXPERIMENTAL ART IN KOREA, 1960s-1970s Coming of age in a rapidly changing country, postwar Korean artists innovated without fear. Organized with the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Seoul, this show is slated to travel on to the Hammer in Los Angeles. (Sept. 1-Jan. 7, 2024; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum)JA’TOVIA GARY: THE GIVERNY SUITE A Black feminist angle on art history — and on Monet’s famous gardens at Giverny, France — in a newly acquired video installation.

Persons: Manet, Degas, Ed Ruscha, Hanne Darboven, Stéphane Mandelbaum, Ruth Asawa, Michelangelo, Asawa, Solomon R, GARY Organizations: Museum of Modern, Whitney Museum of American, Francisco’s Legion, Honor, National Museum of Modern, Art, Guggenheim Museum, Modern, of Fine Arts Locations: Asia, Texas, New York, KOREA, Seoul, Los Angeles, Giverny, France, Houston

☆ The Conflict Over Vandalizing Art as a Way to Protest
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-02 | by ( Farah Nayeri | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

This article is part of our special report on the Art for Tomorrow conference that was held in Florence, Italy. Seldom in the history of art have so many masterpieces been vandalized in so little time. “What is worth more, art or life?” shouted one protester, Phoebe Plummer, 21, as visitors gasped and called for security. Videos of the attacks were seen by millions of people around the world, including, no doubt, the leaders. Yet the attacks also upset many members of the public concerned about art damage, and led the directors of top world museums to issue a stern statement, raising the question of whether art actually is an effective vehicle for protest.

☆ Michael Jordan’s Championship Air Jordans, Sneakerdom’s Most Elite Collection, Head to Sotheby’s Sale
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-27 | by ( Jacob Gallagher | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Sotheby’s auction house will unveil on Tuesday in Dubai what many sneaker collectors consider to be the Holy Grail: the “Dynasty Collection,” or six Nike Air Jordan sneakers that Michael Jordan, His Airness himself, wore during the six NBA championship games the Chicago Bulls won in the 1990s. The price for the collection, on offer in a private sale? Sotheby’s won’t disclose it. But to sneaker collectors, it’s close to priceless: These shoes are like the Mona Lisa, the David and a few of Monet’s Water Lilies rolled into one. Memorabilia experts place their value well into the millions, which would make the collection the most expensive set of shoes ever sold.

☆ Protesters Arrested for Tossing Mashed Potatoes on a $110-Million Monet Painting
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-24 | by ( Alyssa Lukpat | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

In what has become a familiar scene, two climate protesters splattered a gooey substance on a famous painting, this time defacing a roughly $110-million Claude Monet painting in Germany with mashed potatoes. As visitors milled around Monet’s “Grainstacks” painting Sunday, a man and woman in orange vests hurled containers of mashed potatoes onto the canvas, according to a video taken at the scene. They had set off alarms to distract the staff at the Museum Barberini in Potsdam, where the artwork was displayed, the museum said.

Британский художник бьет рекорды, его очередная работа была продана на торгах произведениями современного искусства Sotheby's в Лондоне всего за 8 минут. Картина британского художника Бэнкси Show Me The Monet («Покажи мне Моне») "ушла с молотка" на британском аукционе Sotheby’s за 7,6 миллиона фунтов стерлингов (9,8 миллиона долларов). На картине, написанной в 2005 году, Бэнкси творчески переосмыслил известную картину французского художника-импрессиониста Клода Моне "Японский мостик", изображающую пруд с кувшинками. Таким образом Бэнкси решил привлечь внимание к проблеме загрязнения окружающей среды. Таковой можно считать картину «Автономный парламент», где были изображены обезьяны вместо чиновников.

Persons: Monet, Claude Monet’s, ⚠️, Бэнкси, Клод Моне Organizations: Sputnik Moldova, Sotheby's, Sotheby’s, Sothebys, Telegram, Video, Radio Sputnik Moldova Locations: Лондон, КИШИНЕВ, Молдова

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