Wassily Kandinsky

Statement from Prince Castro Ben Leon Khatib: Bailiffs recover Russian Avantgarde paintings worth hundreds of millions in raids following Frankfurt and Paris court orders

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Tuesday, April 2, 2024
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The raid led to the discovery of a large number of paintings belonging to a collection of works of Russian Avantgarde stolen from the Khatib family.

Key Points: 
  • The raid led to the discovery of a large number of paintings belonging to a collection of works of Russian Avantgarde stolen from the Khatib family.
  • The Khatib family are avid art collectors and proud owners of many world-class artworks from a variety of periods.
  • Their collection of Russian Avantgarde paintings is one of the largest of its kind and contains works by famous artists such as Wassily Kandinsky and Kazimir Malevich.
  • The seizures are part of a long-running legal case following the theft of 1,800 Russian Avantgarde paintings from Wiesbaden, Germany in 2019.

Statement from Prince Castro Ben Leon Khatib: Bailiffs recover Russian Avantgarde paintings worth hundreds of millions in raids following Frankfurt and Paris court orders

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Tuesday, April 2, 2024
Seizure, Painting, Theft, Avant-garde, Collection, Wassily Kandinsky, Police

The raid led to the discovery of a large number of paintings belonging to a collection of works of Russian Avantgarde stolen from the Khatib family.

Key Points: 
  • The raid led to the discovery of a large number of paintings belonging to a collection of works of Russian Avantgarde stolen from the Khatib family.
  • The Khatib family are avid art collectors and proud owners of many world-class artworks from a variety of periods.
  • Their collection of Russian Avantgarde paintings is one of the largest of its kind and contains works by famous artists such as Wassily Kandinsky and Kazimir Malevich.
  • The seizures are part of a long-running legal case following the theft of 1,800 Russian Avantgarde paintings from Wiesbaden, Germany in 2019.

Kandinsky at the Art Gallery of New South Wales: a precious gem of a show celebrating the transformative power of art

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His work and theories on art profoundly influenced the School of Paris, the American Abstract Expressionists, as well as the expressionist painters working in Australia.

Key Points: 
  • His work and theories on art profoundly influenced the School of Paris, the American Abstract Expressionists, as well as the expressionist painters working in Australia.
  • This is a precious gem of a show that celebrates the transformative power of art – its ability to transcend the material realm and to nourish us spiritually.

Russian imagery, spiritual realm and colour auras

  • He expressed a profound belief in Russian Orthodoxy as the sole true faith.
  • Building on the heritage of spiritualism inherent in Russian Orthodox icons and the inventive whimsical narratives in Russian folk art, Kandinsky also explored the spiritual realm and colour auras integral to theosophy.
  • He wrote the single most influential essay in 20th-century art, On the spiritual in art, in 1911.

Speaking directly to the soul

  • Kandinsky invites the viewer to take a walk in the painting and explore an enchanted landscape.
  • A mistrust of science was linked to a mistrust of the physical world observed through the senses and the desire to explore a spiritual reality that bypasses empirical observation and speaks directly to the soul.
  • The eye is the hammer, while the soul is a piano of many strings […] [harmony rests] on the principle of innermost necessity.
  • The eye is the hammer, while the soul is a piano of many strings […] [harmony rests] on the principle of innermost necessity.
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    Three questions not to ask about art – and four to ask instead


Sasha Grishin does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.

Artmarket.com: Can Frieze 2021 revive London's weakened position on the international Contemporary art market? (see latest Artprice Report)

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Tuesday, October 12, 2021
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PARIS, Oct. 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- As the Hong Kong art market develops at a phenomenal pace, London is relatively less attractive than it was ten years ago.

Key Points: 
  • PARIS, Oct. 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- As the Hong Kong art market develops at a phenomenal pace, London is relatively less attractive than it was ten years ago.
  • Artprice looks more closely at this phenomenon in its latest Contemporary art market report.
  • I expect to see London make a concerted effort to retain its hold on this segment of the market".
  • Together, the three paintings generated over $100 million, a third of the artist's total auction turnover so far this year.

Artmarket.com: Can Frieze 2021 revive London's weakened position on the international Contemporary art market? (see latest Artprice Report)

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Tuesday, October 12, 2021
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PARIS, Oct. 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- As the Hong Kong art market develops at a phenomenal pace, London is relatively less attractive than it was ten years ago.

Key Points: 
  • PARIS, Oct. 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- As the Hong Kong art market develops at a phenomenal pace, London is relatively less attractive than it was ten years ago.
  • Artprice looks more closely at this phenomenon in its latest Contemporary art market report.
  • I expect to see London make a concerted effort to retain its hold on this segment of the market".
  • Together, the three paintings generated over $100 million, a third of the artist's total auction turnover so far this year.

TransMedia Group to Paint a Swath of Publicity On Its Widest PR Canvass For Dazzling New Client, Prolific Post-Impressionist Artist DUAIV

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Monday, October 22, 2018
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BOCA RATON, Fla., Oct. 22, 2018 /PRNewswire/ --Prolific PR firm TransMedia Group has a prolific new client, the post-impressionist artist DUAIV.

Key Points: 
  • BOCA RATON, Fla., Oct. 22, 2018 /PRNewswire/ --Prolific PR firm TransMedia Group has a prolific new client, the post-impressionist artist DUAIV.
  • "Already a world-renowned artist who wields his palette knives with razor-like genius, we intend to bring his prodigious talent to even more art lovers and venues worldwide," said TransMedia CEO Tom Madden.
  • DUAIV's art extends to complete abstraction like the young Kandinsky, who saw Monet's "Haystacks" as a port of abstraction.
  • "To say DUAIV is prolific is an understatement," said TransMedia President Adrienne Mazzone.