Photowire, art news review, September 04, 2011 Automatic translate

Some recent news in brief. Not all of them relate to painting, but they will certainly be interesting to art lovers.

A California Sheriff’s department employee holds Rembrandt’s “Sentence” stolen last month. The pen and ink drawing was supposed to be auctioned at the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Marina del Rey and disappeared from there on August 13th. Two days later, he was found in the office of a priest in Encino. The motivation for such strange robber behavior remains a mystery to the police. According to experts, the offender got rid of the stolen work of Rembrandt after he realized that it would be extremely difficult to do anything with the trophy. By the way, investigators have so far refused to return the find to the auction, citing unresolved questions about the authenticity and ownership of a work of art. Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times

The executive director of the Deutscher and Hackett auction, Damian Hackett, is preparing to sell Denis Bebua’s artwork called “Currency”, the work was subsequently sold for $ 21,350 (hereinafter referred to as amounts in Australian dollars). The artwork was two bundles of $ 20,000 banknotes, the auction was held in Melbourne (Australia). The final price for this lot was $ 17,500, and after calculating the buyer’s premium - $ 21,350. An anonymous buyer explained his motivation by the fact that in a certain company, art is valued higher than money. The Sydney artist received the $ 20,000 in grants from the Australian Council of the Arts. Sam Mooy / The Australian

German artist Daniel Richter carries one of his works through the hall at the Kestnergesellschaft in Hanover. The exhibition "10,000 and one night", reflecting the Arab world through the eyes of the West after September 11, consisting of the latest works of the 48-year-old artist, opens on September 3 and runs until November 6, 2011. EPA / HOLGER HOLLEMANN

Four women posing for a photo, trying to recreate the cover of the Beatles’ album “Abbey Road”, at the Hayward Gallery in London, September 1, 2011. As a background - three voluminous artwork by 3D artists Joe and Max, as part of the VisitBritain promotion campaign (Visit Britain). REUTERS / Luke MacGregor

A woman examines the exposition of the Geometry of the Moment exhibition, which presents the work of photographer Henry Cartier-Bresson at the Wolfsburg Museum of Art in Germany, August 31, 2011. The exhibition of the works of the French photographer in Wolfsburg opened on September 3 and runs until May 13, 2012. EPA / JULIAN STRATENSCHULTE

Francois Pinault (pictured right), head of the French transnational holding company PPR, and American artist Jeff Koons pose for a photo during a press conference in Seoul, South Korea. Pino brought to Seoul his collection of works for an exhibition of world famous artists. PPR specializes in retailing luxury brands such as Gucci. The 23 best works from the Francois Pinault collection will take part in the Agony and Ecstasy exhibition at SongEun ArtSpace in Seoul, covering the art of four contemporary artists Damian Hirst, Jeff Koons, Takashi Murakami and Cindy Sherman. EPA / YONHAP

To preserve soil moisture, a man sprinkles a burial found in the excavations of the eastern Zhou Dynasty (770 BC-221 BC) in the city of Luoyang, Henan Province in central China. The remains of 12 horses and 5 chariots belonged, most likely, to one of the ministers of that time. EPA / ZHANG XIAOLI

News sources: latimes.com, theaustralian.com.au, artdaily.com.