The Wildenstein Mansion is Back on the Market
The Wildenstein family—the art dealing dynasty that is currently embroiled in a tax evasion case in France—has relisted its Upper East Side townhouse after a deal with the Qatari government fell through. Designed by Horace Trumbauer, the Gilded Age treasure spans over 21,000 square feet and carries a $100 million price tag. This is the first time that the limestone-clad structure has been on the market since 1932. Click here to continue reading. (via Bloomberg)

Furniture and Jewelry Owned by Nancy and Ronald Reagan Head to Auction
On September 21, Christie’s New York will offer a collection of furniture, decorative objects, and jewelry owned by Nancy and Ronald Reagan. The sale, which is expected to fetch over $2 million, includes Hollywood Regency furniture by Billy Haines as well as jewelry by Van Cleef & Arpels and Bulgari. Proceeds from the auction will benefit the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute—a nonprofit organization that, according to its website, is “dedicated to the promotion of individual liberty, economic opportunity, global democracy, and national pride.” Click here to continue reading. (via WWD)

The High Museum of Art Will Mount a Major Regionalism Exhibition This Winter
The High Museum of Art in Atlanta announced that it will mount a major exhibition dedicated to Regionalism—an American art movement that rose to prominence in the 1930s—this winter. Acting in response to the rapid industrialization of the United States, Regionalist artists created scenes that focused on rural life. Cross Country: The Power of Place in American Art, 1915-1950, opening February 12, will include works by some of the movement’s most notable figures, including Thomas Hart Benton and Grant Wood. Click here to continue reading. (via The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston is Publically Conserving an Ancient Japanese Scroll
The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston has partnered with the Smithsonian's Freer Gallery of Art to restore an ancient Japanese hanging scroll from its collection. The conservation will take place in the museum’s Asian Paintings gallery, allowing visitors to observe the project’s progress first-hand. The scroll, which was painted in 1713 by Hanabusa Itchō,  will return to Japan after the five-month restoration, where it will be part of a touring exhibition. Click here to continue reading. (via Hyperallergic)

Luxury Real Estate: An Elegant Modern Retreat by Theodore Pletsch & A 1920s Estate with Interiors by Parish-Hadley
1. This home by Theodore Pletsch tempers modern design with classical elements—There’s something incredibly unique about this retreat in Pasadena, California. While decidedly modern, with its geometric facade, beamed ceilings, and walls of glass, the residence also features more classical elements, such as grand white columns, a formal garden, and a Greco-Roman swimming pool, which was originally part of a sprawling Orange Grove estate designed by the storied architecture firm, Bennett & Haskell. Click here to continue reading. (via InCollect)

The Broad Foundation Appoints a New President
The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation—an organization founded by philanthropists and mega-collectors, Eli and Edythe Broad, to advance entrepreneurship for the public good in education, science, and the arts—has named Gerun Riley as its President. Riley, who has worked with the Broads for the past thirteen years, played a pivotal role in managing the architectural competition for The Broad—the Diller Scofidio + Renfro-designed contemporary art museum that opened in downtown Los Angeles in September 2015. Click here to continue reading. (via Artnet News)

San Diego’s Museum of Contemporary Art Cuts Jobs Ahead of Expansion
The Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego has eliminated eight full-time positions and twenty part-time positions as it readies for a major expansion that will quadruple the exhibition space at its La Jolla campus. The museum will close briefly in January to prepare for the project, which is being helmed by the New York-based architect, Annabelle Selldorf. The institution also includes three buildings in downtown San Diego. Click here to reading. (via Voice of San Diego)

A Major Zaha Hadid Exhibition Will Open in London in December
On December 8, the Serpentine Sackler Gallery in London will unveil an exhibition of rarely seen paintings, drawings, and digital works by the late British-Iraqi architect, Zaha Hadid. Hadid, who is known for her geometric and decidedly futuristic structures, designed the Serpentine Sackler Gallery in 2013. Hadid passed away suddenly in April after suffering a heart attack. She is currently the subject of an exhibition at the Palazzo Franchetti in Venice. Click here to continue reading. (via The Art Newspaper)

The Webb-Deane-Stevens Museum Honors Preservationist Wallace Nutting
The Webb-Deane-Stevens Museum in Wethersfield, Connecticut, is currently hosting the exhibition, Wallace Nutting: Preservation Pioneer. The event celebrates the life and work of Wallace Nutting, a popular artist and photographer who also manufactured high-quality reproduction furniture that helped spur the Colonial Revival movement. The show explores Nutting’s role as a respected collector of American antiques, lecturer, author, and restorer of historic buildings, including the Joseph Webb House, which is owned by the Webb-Deane-Stevens Museum. Click here to continue reading. (via The New York Times)

New Discoveries at Historic New England’s Quincy House
During the last three years Historic New England has transformed the Quincy House, in Quincy, Massachusetts, to reflect the period around 1880, when three elderly sisters resided in the historic house. They were the last family members to live at the property before their heirs sold the house and divided up the estate for development. We chose to return the house to that period because one of the sisters, Eliza Susan Quincy, documented the furnishings in a memorandum written in 1879 and had the first floor photographed. Click here to continue reading. (via InCollect)

Wildfires Force Hearst Castle to Close
Hearst Castle—the historic estate of newspaper magnate, William Randolph Hearst, in San Simeon, California—will remain shuttered as wildfires continue to burn about two miles to the east of the landmark structure. All tours of the Castle have been cancelled through Sunday, August 28. Built in 1919, the 165-room estate was designed by the architect Julia Morgan and housed Heart’s monumental art collection. Click here to continue reading. (via The Los Angeles Times)

An Early Willem de Kooning Painting Turns Up Online
An early canvas by the Abstract Expressionist, Willem de Kooning, has been discovered online. The work, which depicts a young boy in a red coat, was acquired for a little over $500 by a Belgian couple who were browsing classified listings. The painting, which was created in the 1920s, is estimated to be worth around $113,000. The buyers recently had the work authenticated on the popular BBC television program, Fake or Fortune? Click here to continue reading. (via Artnet News)

Tate Liverpool to Mount Major Yves Klein Exhibition
Tate Liverpool will mount the first solo exhibition dedicated to the French artist, Yves Klein, in more than two decades. The show will bring together around thirty major works—many of which have never been displayed in the UK. Klein, who died of a heart attack at the age of thirty-four, is best known for his vibrant, monochromatic paintings, often executed in his signature blue hue. The post-war artist also experimented with sculpture, performance, film, and architecture. Click here to continue reading. (via Artlyst)

Italy’s Assisi Basilica is Safe After an Earthquake Rattles Its Surroundings
On Wednesday, August 24, Italian officials announced that the Basilica of San Francesco in Assisi was unharmed by a 6.2-magnitude earthquake that shook the country’s Lazio and Marche regions. The thirteenth-century structure, which is decorated with frescoes by Cimabue, Giotto, Pietro Lorenzetti, and Simone Martini, was severely damaged by an earthquake in 1997. Click here to continue reading. (via The Art Newspaper)

This Week's Major Events: Outsider Art in Texas, Boston’s Institute of Contemporary Art Celebrates A Decade of Collecting & More
As Essential as Dreams: Self-Taught Art from the Collection of Stephanie and John Smither, Menil Collection, Houston, TX, On view through October 16, 2016—As Essential as Dreams showcases works from a monumental promised gift of Outsider Art to the Menil Collection. The bequest, which includes fifty works by such luminaries as Thornton Dial, Sister Gertrude Morgan, Solange Knopf, and Martín Ramírez, comes from the late, Houston-based arts patron and collector, Stephanie Smither, and her husband, John, who died in 2002. Click here to continue reading. (via InCollect)

The McNay Art Museum Receives a $1 Million Gift
The McNay Art Museum in San Antonio, Texas, has received a $1 million gift from the G.A.C. Halff Foundation—a local nonprofit whose trustee, Marie Halff, is also an emeritus trustee at the museum. The bequest will be used to establish an endowment for the acquisition of American art. The McNay, which specializes in modern art, currently owns works by such luminaries as Marsden Hartley, William Zorach, Max Weber, Elie Nadelman, and John Marin. Click here to continue reading. (via My San Antonio)

The Wadsworth Atheneum is Offering Free Admission to Hartford Residents
The Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford, Connecticut, has begun offering free admission to local residents. The move, which went into effect on August 24, is intended to make the institution more accessible to the Hartford community. The Wadsworth, which is the oldest public art museum in the Unites States, will evaluate the initiative's success in 2017. General admission to the museum is currently $15 for adult, non-Hartford residents. Click here to continue reading. (via The Hartford Courant) 

Sotheby’s to Offer David Bowie’s Beloved Jack Butler Yeats Painting
On November 10, Sotheby’s London will offer a painting by the celebrated Irish painter, Jack Butler Yeats, from David Bowie’s illustrious art collection. The late singer acquired the 1955 work, titled Sleep Sound, at Sotheby’s in 1993. The canvas, which is included in a three-part sale of Bowie’s collection, is expected to fetch between $158,000 and $237,000. The auction will also include works by Frank Auerbach, Damien Hirst, Henry Moore. Click here to continue reading. (via Artnet News)

The Met Extends Hours as Costume Institute Exhibit Comes to a Close
As the Costume Institute’s latest exhibition, Manus x Machina, comes to a close, the Metropolitan Museum of Art has decided to extend its hours for the show’s final weekend. The institution will remain open until midnight on September 2 and 3—three hours past the museum’s usual closing time. The exhibition, which explores the intersection between fashion and technology, was originally slated to end on August 14, but high attendance led the Met to extend its run. Click here to continue reading. (via The New York Times)

Shawn Henderson Infuses a Modern Apartment with Vintage Style
For Shawn Henderson, there’s one thing that’s non-negotiable for each of his projects: No matter how sleek and contemporary the envelope, the decor must contain vintage. “Adding vintage pieces is always a part of my process and it's a conversation I have with the client before I even take the project on,” says Henderson, a celeb favorite designer who has worked on the homes of Will Ferrell and Glenn Close. He stuck by this rule while designing a newly-built apartment in for a young family in Manhattan’s NoHo neighborhood. Click here to continue reading. (via InCollect)

Tehran Museum to Digitize Its Celebrated Modern Art Collection
The Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art has announced plans to digitize its illustrious modern art collection. Widely considered one of the finest collections of Western art outside of Europe and the United States, the institution owns landmark works by such luminaries as Pablo Picasso, Mark Rothko, Jackson Pollock, and Andy Warhol. Since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, much of the museum’s collection has remained in storage. Click here to continue reading. (via AI Monitor)

Italian Museums Donate to Earthquake Relief
On Wednesday, August 24, a 6.2-magnitude earthquake rattled central Italy, claiming 267 lives and severely damaging the affected area. In the wake of the devastating disaster, the country’s Minister of Culture, Dario Franceschini, announced that state museums and archaeological sites across Italy will donate the proceeds of all ticket sales on Sunday, August 28, to help rescue efforts. A number of landmark historic sites, including the fifteenth century Church of St. Augustine, are believed to have been damaged. Click here to continue reading. (via Artnet News)

The Clark Acquires Emile Bernard Painting
The Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, Massachusetts, has acquired a work by the French post-Impressionist painter, Emile Bernard. The 1891 canvas, Portrait of Madame Lemasson, is the first work by Bernard to enter the Clark’s collection. The painting was once owned by Samuel Josefowitz—an important collector who was a noted proponent of Paul Gauguin. The work is currently on view at the Clark. Click here to continue reading. (via iberkshires.com)

A Play by Picasso Opens in London
Londoners have a rare chance to see a play written by Pablo Picasso in 1941. Desire Caught by the Tail—produced by LUXE—will be staged at the Nunnery Gallery in East London. Written in Nazi-occupied Paris, the Surrealist play is absurd and humorous, yet reflective of the dismal time in which it was created. The play was most recently performed at the Guggenheim in New York in 2012. A 1984 staging at the museum featured Louise Bourgeois and David Hockney. Click here to continue reading. (via Artlyst)

Top Interior Design Projects of the Week: A Home Made for Entertaining, A Carnegie Hill Townhouse & A Mountain Modern Retreat
1. Chicago Residence by Amy Lau Design—For this 3,000-square-foot townhouse, designer Amy Lau was tasked with creating a space that was livable, while also primed for entertaining. She carefully selected striking yet inviting furniture that would allow for larger and more intimate gatherings. A collection of conversation-worthy art, including a monumental sculpture by postwar abstractionist, Claire Falkenstein, adds to the home’s dynamic aesthetic. Click here to continue reading. (via InCollect)