Paul Cézanne
Photo: Unknown; Cézanne was born in 1839 and died in 1906, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons, cropped)
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- Oct 22
Monet's 'Iris' sells for 50 million euros in Paris, a French auction record
Sotheby's sold Claude Monet's 'Iris' in Paris on Thursday, 22 October, for 50 million euros including fees, more than double its low estimate. The price is the highest ever paid at auction in France, surpassing a 2010 Modigliani sculpture.
- Oct 13
Hundreds queue in Hong Kong to see long-unseen Van Gogh before $180 million sale
Hundreds of people queued in Hong Kong on Tuesday to see Chestnut Trees in Blossom, a Van Gogh painting not shown publicly in more than six decades, before its 18 November sale in New York.
- Oct 1
Switzerland opens independent commission to resolve Nazi-looted art and colonial claims
The Swiss Commission on Problematic Cultural Heritage has adopted its procedural rules in Bern, enabling claimants and institutions to seek non-binding recommendations on contested cultural property.
- Sep 30
Sotheby's to auction $450 million Blaquier art collection featuring Van Gogh and Cezanne
A private collection of 12 Impressionist and post-Impressionist paintings will go on sale at Sotheby's in New York on 18 November 2026, led by works from Vincent van Gogh and Paul Cezanne.
- Aug 16
Police examine security response after Antonello da Messina paintings stolen in Sicily
Messina police are reviewing surveillance footage and assessing security conduct after two helmeted thieves broke into the regional museum on 15 August, taking six Renaissance paintings and leaving two on a pavement.
- Aug 14
Italian police recover stolen Cézanne, Renoir and Matisse paintings worth over €9 million
Italian Carabinieri recovered three paintings by Cézanne, Renoir and Matisse stolen in March from the Magnani Rocca Foundation near Parma, detaining five Moldovan suspects.