A climate activist attached an adhesive poster to a Monet painting at the Musée d’Orsay on June 1. The woman, who claimed her action was meant to raise climate change awareness, was arrested. The act was performed by a member of Riposte
Sotheby’s announced that a Monet masterpiece fetched nearly $35 million at auction on the evening of May 15, marking a robust beginning to New York’s spring art sales. Sotheby’s and Christie’s kicked off their spring season on Monday. Despite a softening global
The FBI has found a small pastel drawing by Claude Monet, which was confiscated by Nazis during World War II. The FBI will return the painting to the owners, as reported by Times-Picayune last week. Monet’s “Bord de Mer” is currently in
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City is to sell Claude Monet’s painting Christie’s this May; the artwork could fetch as much as $25 million. Co-owned by the heirs of Ethel B. Atha, the painting has garnered an estimated value of
Protestors threw soup at a painting by Monet at The Musee des Beaux-Arts Lyon. This was the most recent action taken by the same campaign organization that staged a similar prank with the Mona Lisa last month. The 1872 picture was shielded
A painting of water lilies by French impressionist Claude Monet has sold for $74 million, as part of a lively fall art auction season. “Le bassin aux nympheas” topped the projected sale price of $65 million when it went under the hammer
