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Friday, 25 September 2026

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  1. Trees beside a mill pool reflected in pale water, with a narrow reddish bank, distant fields and a clouded sky.
    John Nash, Boxted Mill Pool, 1950s (catalogue dating). Oil on canvas, 66 × 84.5 cm. Collection of Humphrey Boyle.Image: Tennants Auctioneers. Source.

    · Art market

    John Nash’s Boxted landscape heads to auction in Yorkshire

    A mill-pool painting from Humphrey Boyle’s collection brings a Royal Academy exhibition history to Tennants, with an estimate of £30,000-£50,000.

  2. Three painted panels in a gilt frame show the Flagellation, Christ as the Man of Sorrows between angels, and the Resurrection.
    Attributed to the Master of the Gréau Triptych, The Gréau Triptych, first quarter of the 16th century. Oil on oak, 83.5 × 193 cm. Musée de la Renaissance en Champagne, Troyes.Image published by Musées de Troyes. Source.

    · Acquisitions

    Troyes secures the Gréau triptych after it failed to sell at auction

    The reported €150,000 agreement brings the work into the city’s Renaissance museum, with its artist and original church still unresolved.

  3. An elongated standing female figure in dark bronze, shown against a grey background.
    Alberto Giacometti, Figure, demie grandeur (no. 2), conceived about 1949; cast 1949. Bronze with dark brown patina, 119.4 × 21.1 × 28.8 cm. Herbert Lust collection.CHRISTIE’S IMAGES LTD. 2025. © Succession Alberto Giacometti / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York, 2026. Source.

    · Art market

    An early Giacometti leads Herbert Lust’s collection at Christie’s

    The US$20m-30m bronze anchors November’s sale. New reporting separates Lust’s friendship with the artist from this particular work’s ownership history.

  4. A Franciscan saint extends his arms beneath a radiant monstrance; a skull lies beside the steps at his feet.
    Attributed to Francisco de Goya, The miracle of the appearance of the Eucharist to Saint Paschal Baylón, about 1780 (proposed). Oil on canvas, 51.5 × 38.5 cm. Private collection.Courtesy of Artur Ramon Art. Image published by The Art Newspaper. Source.

    · Discoveries

    Proposed Goya heads for Prado study, with attribution still open

    Bought as a Bayeu in Madrid, the religious painting has attracted institutional interest and expert reservations. Its auction history remains incomplete.

  5. A colf player prepares a stroke on the ice beside two dark-clad spectators, with skaters and buildings across a distant winter landscape.
    Hendrick Avercamp, Colf Players on the Ice, about 1625. Oil on panel, 28.5 × 51.2 cm. Jointly acquired by the Rijksmuseum and the Mauritshuis.Photo: Rijksmuseum. Image published by Artnet News. Source.

    · Acquisitions

    Rijksmuseum and Mauritshuis buy Avercamp from a British private collection

    The former Speelman painting will return from its Houston loan for a Dutch museum tour. Artnet reports €11.4 million, while the vendor and intermediary remain unidentified.

  6. Two lovers embrace on a bed amid pale blue and white sheets and warm brown drapery.
    Jean-Honoré Fragonard, L’Instant désiré ou Les Amants heureux, 18th century. Oil on canvas, 49.5 × 60.5 cm. Graziella Patiño de Ortiz Linares collection; sold at Christie’s Paris, 23 September 2026, lot 12.Image: Christie’s. Source.

    · Art market

    Fragonard makes €10.6 million in Paris, but its destination remains unknown

    Fragonard and Watteau accounted for more than half of the Patiño evening sale. The results leave open the public-access question raised before the auction.

  7. A man in a bowler hat faces a cloudy landscape, while a baguette and a glass appear to float behind his back.
    René Magritte, L’Ami Intime (The Intimate Friend), 1958. Oil on canvas, 72.6 × 64.9 cm. Reuben Collection.© 2026 ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London. Image published by the Courtauld. Source.

    · Exhibitions

    Courtauld loans bring a £33.66m Magritte back into public view

    Man Ray and Picasso join the Reuben Collection display. Auction records clarify the history of Magritte’s L’ami intime, while its route into the lending collection remains unconfirmed.

  8. A wall-mounted assemblage of weathered red and yellow corrugated metal, with a hanging grid of chains.
    Robert Rauschenberg, Rasputin’s Revenge Early Winter Glut, 1987. On display at Tate Modern.© Robert Rauschenberg Foundation. Photo: Ron Amstutz. Source.

    · Exhibitions

    Rauschenberg’s donated Gluts bring scrap metal and dance to Tate

    Three Foundation gifts anchor the ARTIST ROOMS display. One appeared in a dealer’s priced preview last year, leaving its route from commercial offer to donation unexplained.

  9. Bust-length portrait of the Count-Duke of Olivares, turned towards the viewer, wearing dark armour with gold bands and a red sash.
    Diego Velázquez, Portrait of the Count-Duke of Olivares, about 1626. Oil on canvas, 60 × 48 cm. J. Paul Getty Museum.Image: Getty Museum. © 2026 J. Paul Getty Trust. All rights reserved. Source.

    · Acquisitions

    Getty acquires rediscovered Olivares portrait after Velázquez attribution

    A painting once considered a workshop product is heading to Los Angeles. The case for Velázquez brings together technical examination, a diplomatic exchange and a telling difference from a familiar print.