A major museum is vying for a “long lost,” $16.4 million Gustav Klimt painting shown at TEFAF.
A long-lost Gustav Klimt portrait of Ghanaian Prince William Nii Nortey Dowuona resurfaced at TEFAF Maastricht, drawing significant attention before the fair’s close. Priced at $16.4 million, the early work’s photorealistic style and floral background mark a pivotal moment in Klimt’s stylistic evolution. Now the subject of ongoing negotiations with a major museum, the painting emerged from private hands after a provenance settlement between the heirs of its former Jewish owners—who lost the work when forced to flee Nazi Germany—and its current holders.
Google has expanded its Cloud division with a $32 billion cybersecurity acquisition.
Google’s $32 billion acquisition of cybersecurity firm Wiz marks its largest deal to date, surpassing its $12.5 billion Motorola purchase in 2012. The fast-growing startup, which had been preparing for an IPO, bolsters Google Cloud’s security offerings. Crucially, Wiz will remain available on competitor platforms like AWS and Azure as Google faces antitrust litigation. The deal is still pending regulatory approval.
To celebrate the heritage of its silk scarves, Gucci has tapped nine artists and an Assouline collaboration.
Gucci is honoring its silk craftsmanship legacy with the “90×90” Project. The initiative coincides with the upcoming release of Gucci: The Art of Silk, an Assouline-published book exploring the brand’s history through the lens of its silk scarves. The release will be accompanied by a capsule of silk scarves created by nine artists to reinterpret the house’s archival motifs like flora, fauna, and the GG Monogram.
Four photographers have won the V&A’s Parasol Foundation Prize for Women in Photography.
The 2025 V&A Parasol Foundation Prize for Women in Photography has been granted to four artists whose work explores the theme of unity through visual narratives. The winners include Morgan Levy, who documents women in construction; Spandita Malik, who collaborates with women in rural India to create embroidered self-portraits; Tshepiso Moropa, who reconstructs African identity through large-scale collages; and Tanya Traboulsi, who examines memory and belonging in Beirut. With the prize, each artist has won a cash award of about $2,600 and their work will be exhibited in a group show at London’s Copeland Gallery in May.
A new Tiffany & Co. flagship has opened in Mexico City and, with it, the first Blue Box Café in Latin America.
Tiffany & Co. has opened a flagship store in Mexico City’s Masaryk district, bringing its New York retail concept to Latin America along with the region’s first Blue Box Café. Spanning 9,500 square feet, the boutique features handcrafted ceramics by Mauricio Paniagua and Tony Moxham, and bespoke lighting by Perla Valtierra. The store showcases the brand’s jewelry collections, timepieces, and features a café menu curated by chef Edo López of Sushi Iwashi and Tokyo Music Bar.
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