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• 11-Year Restitution Dispute Over Prized Modigliani Ends With Loss for Nahmad Family

  A New York judge ruled this week that Seated Man With a Cane (1918) rightfully belongs to the estate of Oscar Stettiner.

• Gisela Colón on Puerto Rico, Bad Bunny, and the Power Beneath the Island

  Puerto Rico, she says, sits on the edge of something larger, the visible tip of a much bigger formation beneath the surface. A place where energy builds.

• Record-Breaking $110.5 M. Basquiat Painting, Now Owned by Ken Griffin, to Go on View in Miami This Summer

  “Basquiat: Figures, Signs, Symbols” will open at the Pérez Art Museum Miami in June.

• Human Rights Foundation Petitions UN on Behalf of Jailed Chinese Dissident Artist Gao Zhen

  The human rights group is seeking to have the artist's prolonged detention found arbitrary under international law.

• Local Resort Reportedly Pays $45 M. for Rauschenberg’s Famed Captiva Island Property

  The property suffered varying degrees of damage from Hurricane Ian in 2022.

• Raja Ravi Varma Painting Sells for $17.9 M., New Auction Record for Indian Art

  The result comfortably eclipses Varma’s prior record of $4.5 million, set in 2023, and overtakes the previous overall high for an Indian painting.

• Uffizi Museum in Florence Denies Severity of Security Breaches Resulting From February Cyber Attack

  The report, in "Corriere della Sera," claims that the hackers infiltrated the museum's IT network and sent a random note to the Uffizi director.

• Max Levai Bets on Scale—and Himself—with New Chelsea Gallery

  “The timing… is risky in terms of the market,” he said. "But In some ways, it would be risky for me not to take this opportunity.”

• Bic Family Heirs File Lawsuit for Return of Fra Angelico Painting ‘Stolen’ by Chauffeur

  The painting was allegedly sold at Christie's for $5.4 million.

• German Provocateur Artist Sentenced to 8.5 Years in Prison in Russia After Mocking Putin

  The 62-year-old artist has been designing and building floats for Düsseldorf’s Carnival parade for nearly 40 years.