18 December 2007.. Hanapepe, Kauai, HI, USA…In Business4Good Enterprises, a NY/SF/HI based development company, is pleased to announce an 88 day online auction event, commencing 8 April 2008 through 8 July 2008, and featuring 88 talented Artists4Peace from a global community representing 12 regions. Each Artist4Peace has pledged that a substantial amount of the proceeds [...]

Thieves in Brazil have stolen two paintings said to be worth $100m (£50m) in a dawn raid on Latin America’s most renowned museum.
Pablo Picasso’s Portrait of Suzanne Bloch, and The Coffee Worker by Brazil’s Candido Portinari, were taken from the Museum of Art of Sao Paulo.
The theft lasted about three minutes and was caught on [...]

Croatian Artist Championed by Samson Fox - Internationally Renowned Yorkshireman and Forebear to Fox Acting Dynasty
An oil painting, entitled “Scandal”, by Croatian artist Vlaho Bukovac (1855-1922), made £42,000- over double its estimate- in Bonhams 19th Century European Paintings sale in New Bond Street on Tuesday 13 November 2007. Buckovac’s patron was the philanthropist and industrial [...]

Russian authorities have halted a major London exhibition of French and Russian art over claims Britain has failed to guarantee the paintings’ return.
Russia’s culture agency said the show could not go ahead unless the British government took further steps to ensure legal protection for the paintings.
British Culture Secretary James Purnell told BBC Radio 4 he [...]

Economic turmoil fueled by sub prime mortgage issues had financiers and collectors alike speculating whether the 2007 art auction season would signal a downturn in the art market. There were some highly publicized, surprising results which may have collectors wondering about the strength of the art market.
Theresa Lawless, director of fine art and collectibles at [...]