Last updated August 15, 2026
Arrest of the "Parma gang" that stole famous artworks by Renoir, Cézanne and Matisse in three minutes
Story at New York Times
The video showed two masked figures slipping into the museum in the early hours of March 23 after breaking the glass panel of the front door, flashlights fixed to their heads. It then showed them moving through the museum atrium, entering the room where the three works hung and easily lifting them from the walls. Then the video cut back to the front hall, where one intruder passed two artworks through the front door to a waiting accomplice, before the second approached the door, carrying the third work...."
"The Piano" by Thomas Wilmer Dewing, 1891. Oil on wood panel. The design of the frame is by Stanford White (1853-1906). Freer Art Gallery, Washington DC.
Thirty artworks commissioned for the Obama Library in Chicago
June 16, 2026: Story at UK Guardian
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Framed portrait by John Singer Sargent of Albert de Beleroche, 1882.
"Record-Breaking Gustav Klimt Auction"
June 16, 2026: Story at Rob Report [Greek]
48 works from the Lewis Collection: Picasso, Magritte and Klimt, goes to auction
June 11, 2026: Story at Yahoo
Detail image - Atlantic City Beach, 1931, art by Reginald Marsh – Delaware Museum of Fine Art
Indian Warrior on Horseback - bronze cast of sculpture by Alexander Phimister Proctor, 1898 - at the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC
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