Acquisitions
Leonardo da Vinciarchive
National Galleries of Scotland buy a Leonardo and Picasso on a purchase grant of just £1.65 million p.a.
They are also improving their Surrealism holdings
Amedeo Modiglianiarchive
Alain Delon collection auction: Delon sells a Modigliani “to buy a super Modigliani”
Japanese buyers come away with large proportion of lots
Publishingarchive
High tech whizz kids beat Rizzoli to purchase Phaidon
Mark Futter and Richard Schlagman are the new owners of Phaidon Press, the jewel in the crown of Musterlin, which collapsed in October.