Must Reads! Is China Going Rogue to Reclaim Its Looted Art? Courtesy of Diego Voci!
Watch: $20K Reward for a stolen painting https://youtu.be/EA5aZ88bCM4
The Chinese Museum at the Château de Fontainebleau outside of Paris. Photo courtesy of the Château de Fontainebleau.
Update from post on September 19, 2015
https://diegovociproject.wordpress.com/2015/09/18/nine-figures-to-buy-one-nude-figure-by-modigliani/
Straight from the #NYTimes
In an overheated art market where anything seems possible, a painting of an outstretched nude woman by the early-20th-century artist Amedeo Modigliani sold on Monday night for $170.4 million with fees to Liu Yiqian, a former taxi driver turned billionaire art collector, in a packed sales room at Christie’s. It was the second-highest price paid for an artwork at auction.
The painting became the 10th work of art to reach nine figures under the hammer. The bidding was palpably tense, with six people vying for the lot, and it took nine minutes to sell, with the winning bid coming from the phone. Mr. Liu, who with his wife Wang Wei is among China’s most visible art collectors, confirmed on Tuesday that he is the buyer. He said he planned to bring the work back to Shanghai, where he and his wife have two private museums.
Modigliani nudes are regarded as among the ultimate trophy paintings of the 20th century.
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