That’s just a little Picasso in my bag, sir
GenevaLunch News Zurich, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – It’s not every day that customs officials pull someone over and find several Pablo Picasso sketches in a bag. A “traveller” whose details are not...
View ArticlePicasso sketches stolen in Paris: $11 million loss
GenevaLunch News Thirty-three sketches and drawings made by Pablo Picasso from 1917-1924 were stolen from a first-floor unlocked case at the Picasso Museum in Paris, police announced Tuesday 9 June....
View ArticleGiacometti sculpture sells for CHF109,5 million at Sotheby’s
GenevaLunch News Update 20:40 Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – A sculpture by Swiss artist Alberto Giacometti has been sold for £65 million to an anonymous bidder by telephone at London’s Sotheby’s...
View ArticlePicasso and Matisse works stolen in Paris
GenevaLunch News A lone masked thief in Paris stole five paintings including works by Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse worth between 100 and 500 million euros. The theft took place overnight, while...
View ArticleFour days left: don’t miss Picasso, the first 3 decades
GenevaLunch News Zurich Kunsthaus star centenary show closes 30 January Review: Picasso, the younger version Zurich, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The Zurich Kunthaus exhibition of Pablo Picasso’s works,...
View ArticleChristie’s to sell extraordinary Beyeler private collection
GenevaLunch News Basel, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - Christies Europe will auction off an extraordinary art collection 21 and 22 June, the last of the artworks owned by Ernst Beyeler and his wife Hildy,...
View ArticlePicassos stolen from Zurich museum found in Serbia
GenevaLunch News ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – Two stolen Picasso paintings, Tête de cheval (Head of horse), 1962, and Verre et pichet (Glass and pitcher), painted in 1944, have been recovered in Serbia, Swiss...
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