Saturday 23 January, 2021
Seven masterpieces were stolen during the 2012 raid on the Kunsthal Museum in Rotterdam.
Olga Khokhlova was Picasso’s first muse. They were together for 18 years between 1917 and 1935.
The painting, Women of Algiers, sold for $160 million this week.
It took eleven minutes before a winner emerged.
The Nazis massively plundered artworks in Germany and across Europe before and during World War II, confiscating many from Jews or forcing them to sell their works at a low price.
Next week sees the opening of a trial in Romania which features the curious case of a major art theft and the alleged burning of priceless paintings in a home stove.
Picasso’s 1929 painting Woman in Red Armchair now features a stencil of a bullfighter.
The inclusion of a Picasso image in the Titanic 3D re-release has angered the Picasso estate, which says James Cameron had no permission to include it.
Picasso’s “Guernica” – one of the world’s most iconic paintings – is getting a full health check as it marks its 75th anniversary.
It was the second major museum heist in the past two months.
The 1932 painting of Picasso’s young muse is due to go under the hammer at Sotheby’s in London next week.
A retired French electrician has revealed 271 previously unknown works by Pablo Picasso – saying that the artist gave them to him as gifts.
