Picasso painting stolen from Greece’s National Gallery is found hidden in a ravine nine years later

A Picasso painting stolen from Greece’s National Gallery has been found hidden in a ravine nearly nine years after it vanished, officials announced on Tuesday.  The painting – which was personally donated by the Spanish master to the Greek people – was stolen alongside two other artworks in an audacious heist in 2012. Until now, … Read more

Art dealer ‘likely forged email from Microsoft’s Paul Allen offering £10m for a Picasso’ judge finds

An art dealer likely did forge an email from late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen offering $10million for a Picasso painting, a judge found. Siblings Sean, Lauren and David Carpenter claim Astrid-Caroline Cole falsified an email exchange with billionaire businessman Paul Allen, in which he allegedly offered to buy the Spanish artist’s work Le Sauvetage for $10million … Read more

Paint-splattered palette used by Pablo Picasso is expected to fetch up to £6,000 at auction

Paint-splattered palette used by Pablo Picasso is expected to fetch up to £6,000 at auction The relic is one of more than 60 lots in a Sotheby’s online auction from June 8-18 Experts say the colours relate to Picasso’s 1961 work Le dejeuner sur l’herbe  A rare woodcut print of a chick Picasso gave to … Read more

Picasso in Grandma’s shoe box and the story of one family’s love and loss

BIOGRAPHY HOUSE OF GLASS By Hadley Freeman (4th Estate £16.99, 464pp)  Sara Glass is young, beautiful and in love, living life to the full in 1930s Paris, when suddenly, in the face of growing anti-Semitism and the imminent threat of war, the best decision — and the one her family pushes her to make — … Read more