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For most art-world buyers, a work unsubtly called “Comedian” lacked a certain a-peel. But on Wednesday, Cattelan got the last laugh as “Comedian” sold for $6.24 million, including $1 million in fees. The buyer was soon revealed to be Justin Sun, a 34-year old cryptocurrency platform founder from China and based in Switzerland. And while some who have capitalized on those assets will inevitably purchase art, artworks themselves have their own rates of return that depend more on evolutions in taste that don’t correlate with wider macroeconomic trends. Sun, the “Comedian” buyer, used his own cryptocurrency, TRX, to make the purchase, Sotheby’s said.

Persons: ”, Maurizio Cattelan, Cattelan, Justin Sun, Sun, ” Sun, ” David Galperin, Sun’s, Alex Glauber, “, ” Glauber, Leonardo da Vinci’s “ Salvatore Mundi ”, Glauber, Duchamp, Marcel Duchamp, Jianping Mei, Michael Moses, JP Mei, ” Moses, “ It’s, Moses, Sotheby’s, CoinMarketCap, Robb, Robert Allen Organizations: Basel, Association of Professional Art Advisors, The New York Times, Moses Art Market Consultancy, NBC News, Sun Locations: Italian, Miami, China, Switzerland, Americas, South Florida, millennials, Europe, South America

☆ What’s in a Name? For This Rembrandt, a Steep and Rapid Rise in Price.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-23 | by ( Colin Moynihan | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

The dramatic change in value came about only because some experts decided the painting was by Rembrandt. Reattributed to da Vinci, it sold in 2013 for $83 million and then again for $127.5 million. “Adoration,” thought to have been painted around 1628, has at various times in its 400-year life been viewed as a work by Rembrandt. Three years later, it was offered for sale by Sotheby’s as a Rembrandt but went unsold. In 1985, the painting came back on the market, at Christies, and this time it was sold — but only as a work from the “circle” of Rembrandt.

Persons: Rembrandt, Philip IV, Salvator Mundi, Christ, Leonardo da, Reattributed, da, ”, Sotheby’s, Kurt Bauch Organizations: Metropolitan Museum of Art, Christie’s Locations: da Vinci, Christies

☆ Russian billionaire loses Sotheby’s art fraud lawsuit involving ‘Salvator Mundi’
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-31 | by ( Oscar Holland | Reuters | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Among them was the “Salvator Mundi,” which Bouvier bought for $80 million before quickly selling it on to his then-client for $127.5 million. Speaking to CNN in 2021, Bouvier maintained that he had acted as a dealer, not an art adviser, and was thus entitled to mark up prices. The Russian billionaire lost his lawsuit against auction house Sotheby's yesterday. Jeenah Moon/Bloomberg/Getty ImagesThe case has been among the highest-profile art fraud disputes in recent years, offering a view into an often-secretive industry where wealthy buyers sometimes don’t know who they are buying from. Rybolovlev was allowed to sue over “Salvator Mundi” even though his ownership had proven unusually profitable.

Persons: oligarch Dmitry Rybolovlev, Rybolovlev, Sotheby’s, Yves Bouvier, “ Salvator Mundi, Leonardo da Vinci, Bouvier, Salvator Mundi, Dmitry Rybolovlev, Daniel Kornstein, Sotheby’s “, ” Sotheby’s, Jesse Furman, Leonardo, Gustav Klimt, Rene Magritte, Amedeo Modigliani, Furman, Pablo Picasso, Auguste Rodin, Henri de Toulouse, Lautrec, ” Organizations: CNN, Forbes, AS Monaco soccer, Bloomberg, Getty Locations: Swiss, New York, Russian, Switzerland, Singapore, Monaco, Hong Kong, Manhattan

☆ Sotheby's Defeats Russian Oligarch in Art Fraud Case
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-30 | by ( Jan. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +3 min

Daniel Kornstein, a lawyer for Rybolovlev, said the case "achieved our goal of shining a light on the lack of transparency that plagues the art market. Furman dismissed fraud-based claims over the other 11 works, including art from Pablo Picasso, Auguste Rodin and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. Rybolovlev was allowed to sue over "Salvator Mundi" even though his ownership had proven unusually profitable. Rybolovlev went on to sell "Salvator Mundi" at Christie's in 2017 for $450.3 million, a record price for an artwork at auction. The case is Accent Delight International Ltd et al v Sotheby's et al, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, No.

Persons: oligarch Dmitry Rybolovlev, Rybolovlev, Sotheby's, Yves Bouvier, Salvator Mundi, Leonardo da Vinci, Bouvier, Daniel Kornstein, Jesse Furman, Gustav Klimt, Rene Magritte, Amedeo Modigliani, Furman, Pablo Picasso, Auguste Rodin, Henri de Toulouse, Lautrec, Jonathan Stempel, Bill Berkrot Organizations: YORK, Forbes, AS Monaco soccer, Court, Southern District of Locations: Swiss, Manhattan, U.S, Christie's, Southern District, Southern District of New York, New York

☆ Russian oligarch Dmitry Rybolovlev loses suit accusing Sotheby's of art fraud
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-30 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Dmitry Rybolovlev, president of As Monaco Football Club SA, arrives at court in New York on Jan. 9, 2024. Russian billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev on Tuesday lost a New York federal court lawsuit in which he had accused the Sotheby's auction house of helping an art buyer defraud the oligarch by having him grossly overpay for various pieces of art. "It knew the actual prices Bouvier paid to the sellers and the fraudulently inflated prices Bouvier induced Plaintiffs to pay to him," the suit said. At trial, Sotheby's lawyer Sara Shudofsky told jurors that Rybolovlev was "trying to make an innocent party pay for what somebody else did to him." "We are grateful to the jury for its verdict, which totally vindicates Sotheby's of any alleged misconduct," Sotheby's said.

Persons: Dmitry Rybolovlev, Rybolovlev, Yves Bouvier, Bouvier, Leonardo da Vinci, Salvator Mundi, Sara Shudofsky, Shudofsky, Sotheby's, Daniel Kornstein, Kornstein, Donald Trump Organizations: Monaco Football Club SA, New, Xitrans Finance, Associated Press, Geneva, CNBC PRO Locations: New York, U.S, Manhattan, Sotheby's, Christie's, Beach , Florida, Singapore , Hong Kong , New York, Monaco

The fertilizer titan alleged that the auction house helped a Swiss art dealer cheat him out of over $160 million by quietly imposing huge markups on works that he acquired. In private transactions, Sotheby’s sold Bouvier some works that he then resold to Rybolovlev. Well, not only of money," Rybolovlev said, through a court interpreter on the witness stand. Rybolovlev’s lawyers said Bouvier bought it from Sotheby’s for $83 million, then sold it on to the billionaire a day later for over $127 million. In 2017, Rybolovlev sold it through Christie’s for a historic $450 million and it became the most expensive painting ever sold at auction.

Persons: Sotheby’s, Leonardo, ”, Dmitry Rybolovlev's, he'd, Sotheby's, “ Today’s, Daniel Kornstein, ” Rybolovlev, Picasso, Rodin, Modigliani, Klimt, Magritte, Leonardo da Vinci, Yves Bouvier, Bouvier “, Bouvier, Rybolovlev, it’s, ” Sotheby’s, Sara Shudofsky, Vinci’s, Salvator Mundi, Jesus Christ Organizations: The New York Times Locations: U.S, York, The, Swiss, Sotheby’s

His legal team said Bouvier pocketed the sum by buying famous artworks from Sotheby's before selling them to Rybolovlev at marked up prices. In all, Rybolovlev spent about $2 billion on art from 2002 to 2014 as he built a world-class art collection. In his testimony, Rybolovlev blamed murky practices in the blue-chip art world for leaving him damaged financially. When asked by his lawyer why he sued Sotheby's, Rybolovlev said: “So it's not an issue of money. Rybolovlev claims he was purposefully deceived by Bouvier and a London-based executive at Sotheby's as he bought 38 art pieces.

Persons: he'd, Dmitry Rybolovlev, Rybolovlev, Yves Bouvier, “, I'm, ” Rybolovlev, Bouvier, didn't, ”, Sotheby's, it's, Sara Shudofsky, Daniel Kornstein, “ Sotheby’s, Leonardo da Vinci’s, Salvator Mundi, Bouvier's, David Bitton, Yves Klein, Bouvier “, Trump, Vladimir Putin, Kornstein, hasn’t Organizations: Sotheby’s, Sotheby's, Russia Locations: Swiss, Manhattan, London, New York, Singapore , Hong Kong , New York, Monaco, Geneva, Switzerland, Ukraine, Russia

☆ The Coronation of King Charles: Order of Service
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-06 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +46 min

The Archbishop saysI here present unto you King Charles, your undoubted King: Wherefore all you who are come this day to do your homage and service, are you willing to do the same? Christopher Finney GC saysI here present unto you King Charles, your undoubted King: Wherefore all you who are come this day to do your homage and service, are you willing to do the same? We praise thee, we bless thee,we worship thee, we glorify thee,we give thanks to thee for thy great glory,O Lord God, heavenly King, God the Father Almighty. O clap your hands together, all ye people;O sing unto God with the voice of melody. The King touches the Ring and the Archbishop saysReceive this Ring, symbol of kingly dignity and a sign of the covenant sworn this day, between God and King, King and people.

☆ Wolfgang and Helene Beltracchi fooled the art market — and made millions
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-07 | by ( Oscar Holland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

“The forgery was almost incidental,” Wolfgang told Fischer. “They are storytellers, together, which is why they did a lot of research,” Fischer told CNN in a video call. Wolfgang told her that he only produced pictures he considered beautiful, and he believed the owners enjoyed them as much as the art market profited from them. In 2014, Wolfgang told CBS’ “60 Minutes” that in addition to the court-imposed damages, he had settled lawsuits worth $27 million. From her conversations with Wolfgang, Fischer concluded that both of his parents were “severely traumatized” by their experiences during World War II.

Persons: Wolfgang Beltracchi, Heinrich Campendonk —, Steve Martin, Wolfgang, Helene, Heinrich Campendonk, Peter Endig, Max Ernst, Fernand Léger, Kees van Dongen, Derain, Jeannette Fischer, Fischer, ” Wolfgang, “, ”, ’, ” Fischer, Paul Hahn, Hendrick Avercamp, Christie’s, Robin Hood, hadn’t, CNN Fischer, Picasso, —, aren’t, Leonardo da Vinci’s, Salvador Mundi, Andy Warhol, Vincent van Gogh Organizations: CNN, New York Times, Der, Art, CBS, Scheidegger Locations: Halle, Germany, Hitler’s Germany, Switzerland, France, Cologne, ”, Stalingrad

☆ Un desen al lui Da Vinci care reprezintă un cap de urs ar putea fi vândut pentru suma-record de 14.000.000 de euro
▼ + stars: | 2021-07-08 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

Un mic desen al capului unui urs realizat de Leonardo da Vinci s-ar putea vinde cu până la circa 14.000.000 de euro, la o licitaţie care va avea loc joi, 8 iulie, la Londra, informează postul BBC. Licitația e programată la ora 22.00, ora României. Potrivit casei de licitaţii Christie’s, organizatoarea vânzării, „Capul unui urs” este unul dintre puţinele desene ale pictorului renascentist italian aflate încă în proprietate privată. Schiţa a aparţinut anterior pictorului şi colecţionarului britanic Sir Thomas Lawrence, înainte de a fi vândută la Christie’s în 1860 pentru 2,50 lire. Vânzarea ar putea depăşi recordul anterior pentru un desen de Da Vinci, stabilit de „Cal şi călăreţ” în 2001,, o lucrare pe hârtie, vândută pentru 11,4 milioane de dolari.

Persons: Leonardo da Vinci, Schiţa, Sir Thomas Lawrence, Da, apodopera Organizations: BBC Locations: Londra, României

☆ Top 10 cele mai scumpe tablouri din lume care au fost vândute. Vezi care sunt acestea
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-16 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +1 min

Top 10 cele mai scumpe tablouri din lume care au fost vândute. Vezi care sunt acesteaPictura reprezintă o formă de artă extrem de complexă, în care oamenii au dreptul să vadă lucrurile diferit. Există picturi pe care le putem considera reușite și valoroase, dar sunt și picturi complexe, catalogate opere de artă, pe care mulți din noi nu le putem înțelege. Mai jos puteți vedea un top 10 al celor mai scumpe tablouri vândute până acum. Portretele lui Maerten Soolmans și Oopjen CoppitArtist: RembrandtPreț de vânzare: 180 de milioane de dolari#7.

Persons: Amedeo Modigliani, Pablo Picasso, Maerten, Gustav Klimt, Jackson, Nafea, Paul Gauguin, Willem, Salvator, Leonardo Locations: Alger

☆ NYT: Лувр ещё в 2018 году знал, что картина "Спаситель мира" ценой $450 млн написана Леонардо да Винчи. Но скрывал от владельца
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-13 | by ( Super User | ) mybusiness.md time to read: +4 min

Лувр осмотрел картину «Salvator Mundi» ("Спаситель мира") и подтвердил, что это работа Леонардо да Винчи. Затем картина несколько лет находилась на реставрации, после чего в 2011-м году была явлена миру как работа кисти Леонардо да Винчи. Однако аукционный дом провел беспрецедентную работу по предварительной рекламе, в результате чего «Спаситель мира» достался новому владельцу с Ближнего Востока (тогда еще анонимному) за $450 млн. При этом разговоры о том, что «Спаситель мира» написан не Леонардо или настолько испорчен последующими дорисовками, что от кисти да Винчи там осталось немногое, никуда не делись. Однако после экспертизы, по версии Виткина, Лувр предложил Саудовской Аравии, чтобы «Спаситель мира» был выставлен с табличкой «Мастерская Леонардо да Винчи».

Persons: Mundi, Леонардо да Винчи, Антуан Виткин, Роберт Саймон, Ив Бувье, Дмитрий Рыболовлев, Рыболовлев, Бувье, Леонардо, да Винчи, Эммануэль Макрон, Мохаммед Бен Салман, Виткин, Дразнящая Organizations: New York Times, The New York Times, Джокондой, Лувр, Министерство культуры Locations: Лувр, Ближний Восток, Франция, Саудовская Аравия

☆ Во Франции выходит фильм о самой дорогой картине Леонардо да Винчи
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-08 | by ( Mld Media Srl | ) noi.md time to read: +4 min

Авторы нового французского полнометражного документального фильма о картине Леонардо да Винчи Спаситель мира (Salvator Mundi) обещают пролить свет на политические махинации, связанные с самой противоречивой (и самой дорогой) картиной мира. Работа была продана как подлинный шедевр Леонардо да Винчи, и его окрестили «мужская Мона Лиза». Мохаммед бин Салман поставил очень четкие условия — показать Спасителя мира рядом с Мона Лизой без каких-либо других объяснений, представить его как 100% Леонардо да Винчи», — рассказывает Жан. В предисловии говорится: «Результаты исторического и научного исследования, представленные в этой публикации, позволяют нам подтвердить атрибуцию работы Леонардо да Винчи». В фильме также приводятся слова эксперта по Леонардо Мартина Кемпа — одного из самых выдающихся адвокатов того, что Спасителя мира создал Леонардо да Винчи: «То, что было опубликовано в каталоге Christie’s, было абсолютно точным.

Persons: Salvator Mundi, —, Леонардо да Винчи, Антуан Виткин, Эммануэль Макрон, Жак, Лувр, Мохаммед бин Салман, Пьер, Леонардо, Винсент Делевен, Мона Лиза, Жан, Макрон, да Винчи, Леонардо Мартин Кемпа Organizations: Art, Лувр Locations: —, Франция, Саудовская Аравия, Лувр, Париж

☆ Când Isus nu e Hristos. Evanghelia după Liiceanu
▼ + stars: | 2020-05-26 | by ( Mihail Neamtu | ) adevarul.ro time to read: +9 min

De aici şi tristeţea noastră, ba chiar dezamăgirea şi gustul amar: deşi scrisă îngrijit, ultima carte a lui Gabriel Liiceanu e mai puţin o meditaţie despre Salvator Mundi, cât o răfuială cu scăderile, neputinţele sau erorile creştinismului instituţional. Nici la acest volum Gabriel Liiceanu nu simte nevoia să facă vreo referinţă. Dincolo însă de pedanteria obiecţiilor academice, îi reproşăm autorului altceva: faptul că n-a înţeles că, vrei, nu vrei, atunci când vorbeşti despre Iisus faci teologie. Gabriel Liiceanu accesează un Isus altfel — un personaj special, dezvăluit filozofului prin mecanisme hermeneutice străine „habotnicilor”, „pocăiţilor” sau „pupătorilor de moaşte” (cum e la modă să fie numiţi creştinii în lumea bună). De ce tocmai Iisus a afirmat: „Înainte de Avraam, «Eu sunt... »” – iată un enunţ de-o greutate ontologică lipsită de răspuns din partea filozofului.

Persons: Constantin Noica, Emil Cioran, Alexandru Paleologu, Nicolae Steinhardt, Monica Lovinescu, Virgil Ierunca, Liiceanu, Alvin Plantinga, Anthony Flew, Iisus, Noica, Andrei Pleşu, . Patapievici, Hristos, îşi, Confesorul, Rabbi Yeshoua, Gabriel, Rainer Maria Rilke, Paul Claudel, Iosif, Toma, Andrei, Petru, Lazăr, Zaheu, creştinătate, Dumnezeu, Gabriel Liiceanu, Salvator Mundi, Platon, Heidegger, Giordano Bruno, Galileo Galilei, Socrate, Ioan, Pavel, Iacov, Loyola, Kant, Paul Ricœur, Jean - Luc Marion, Epictet, Edward Gibbon, Arie, Eusebiu al, Atanasie al Alexandriei, Alois Grillmeier, R.P . Hanson, Henry Chadwick, Rowan Williams, R.P ., John Behr, Ioan Ică Jr, Isus, Avraam, Moise Organizations: Universitatea din, R.P . Vaggione Locations: Învecinarea, României, Galileea, Persiei, scăderile, Universitatea din Bucureşti, Niceea

Lucrarea a fost atribuită lui Leonardo da Vinci de mai mulţi experţi britanici, vândută apoi unui oligarh rus, care a decis în cele din urmă să o vândă. Tabloul a fost pus în vânzare în noiembrie 2017 la o licitaţie de artă contemporană, fiind prezentat în catalogul acesteia drept o lucrare în întregime pictată de Leonardo da Vinci. Expertiza ar fi demonstrat, conform aceleiaşi surse, că „Leonardo da Vinci doar a contribuit la acest tablou”. Mohammed bin Salman voia să împrumute acest tablou Muzeului Luvru pentru marea expoziţie dedicată lui Leonardo da Vinci la sfârşitul anului 2019. „La sfârşitul lui septembrie, Macron a tranşat: a decis să nu dea curs cererii lui Mohammed bin Salman”.

Persons: Leonardo da Vinci, Agerpres, Antoine Vitkine, Mohammed, Mohammed bin Salman, prinţul saudit, Hristos, Prinţul moştenitor Mohammed bin Salman, saudite, -, saudit, prinţul Mohammed bin Salman, Emmanuel Macron, Salvator, Saudiții, Salvator Mundi, Leonardo, Vinci, saudiţi, Mona, Jean - Yves Le Drian, Frank Riester, . Organizations: Luvru, francez Locations: Paris, Statele Unite, Arabia Saudită, Franţa, franceză, Franței, Luvru, Macron

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