NewsArt market
In the Trade, July/August 2015
NewsAuctions
Surfacing on the market: Leaf out of a book (of hours)
Heritage Auctions, Dallas, Rare Books Signature Collection
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Experts identify top six scandals amid boom in art crime
As new challenges emerge, tighter regulation is needed, they tell New York conference
NewsFunding
Volkswagen’s extended sponsorship deal to include Greater New York survey at MoMA PS1
MoMA is ‘das museum’, German carmaker says, as it expands support to cover digital education, exhibitions and events for the next two years
NewsPublic art
Bloomberg Philanthropies gives four US cities up to $1m for public art
The former New York mayor’s charity is funding projects across the country
NewsAppointments & departures
UBS names art writer and advisor to oversee corporate art collection
UBS names art writer and advisor to oversee corporate art collection
NewsAuctions
Surfacing on the market: the other Fabergé
Doyle, New York, Belle Epoque: 19th- and 20th-century Decorative Arts, 3 June
NewsArt market
Art world celebrates as Cuban artist turns 100
NewsAntiquities & Archaeology
Chinese police arrest feng shui master and 174 others for looting antiquities
NewsHeritage
Palace replica opens at Chinese movie studios, despite official complaints
Authorities at the Old Summer Palace in Beijing tried to block the copy from being built
NewsLaw
Russian art dealer fights extradition from the US
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Massive tomb complex discovered in Beijing suburb
Burial site spans 11 centuries and includes rare frescoes
NewsArt market
Chinese official fired over art-career bribes
NewsAuctions
Surfacing on the market: Champion of the common man
Leslie Hindman, Chicago, Property from the Collection of Carol and Richard Levin, 20 May
NewsHeritage
Officials threaten to sue Chinese movie studios over replica of looted heritage site
Due to open to tourists in May, a recreation of the Old Summer Palace is seen by many as a reminder of a humiliating chapter in the country’s history
NewsHeritage
Archaeologists redraw the path of the Great Wall
Ruins found in the far north of China are believed to be a section of the ancient fortification
NewsCollectors
Chinese billionaire’s buying spree continues unabated
Liu Yiqian bought a Song Dynasty <i>guan</i> vase for $14.7m at Sotheby’s Hong Kong this week