A painting by Marc Chagall stolen 30 years ago from a New York couple’s apartment has been recovered and is being returned to the family’s estate, the FBI said Thursday. The 1911 painting, “Othello and Desdemona,” was stolen in 1988 along with other works of art — by Renoir, Picasso and Hopper — from the Manhattan home of Ernest and Rose Heller, the FBI said in a statement. The oil painting, which shows Othello gazing at a sleeping Desdemona, was recovered last year after a man in the eastern state of Maryland contacted the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The FBI said the Maryland man got in touch with law enforcement after a failed effort to consign the painting to an art gallery in Washington. The gallery owner was “suspicious about the lack of paperwork supporting the painting’s authenticity and provenance,” the FBI said. The Maryland man obtained the painting in the late 1980s or early 1990s from the man who stole it from the Heller’s apartment, the FBI said.

The Dallas Art Fair opens the tenth edition of the Fair taking place from April 12 through April 15, 2018 at the Fashion Industry Gallery (f.i.g.). For its tenth anniversary, the Fair will see the addition of almost 30 new galleries, including Valley House Gallery & Sculpture Garden, James Cohan Gallery, Van Doren Waxter, Casey Kaplan, Paul Kasmin Gallery, Rachel Uffner Gallery, Green Art Gallery,, The Hole, Luhring Augustine and Praz-Delavallade, among others. The galleries join nearly 100 participants, from close to 30 different cities. “To be entering our tenth year is an incredible milestone, and indicative of the tremendous growth and success we’ve enjoyed,” says Fair Chairman John Sughrue. “With a new generation of leadership, an internationally renowned roster of galleries, and an expanding collector base, we are very much looking forward to what t

The Metropolitan Museum of Art announced today that Max Hollein has been elected its next Director. Mr. Hollein currently leads the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. After beginning his career at the Guggenheim Museum, New York, he was Director and CEO of three of Germany’s most prestigious art institutions, including the Städel Museum, Frankfurt. An accomplished curator and museum leader, Mr. Hollein has demonstrated exceptional skill at building collections, diversifying audiences, and broadening institutional development. He was elected at a meeting of the Board of Trustees today and will assume the directorship of The Metropolitan Museum of Art in the summer of 2018. “The Board of Trustees is delighted to announce the appointment of Max Hollein as the tenth Director of The Metropolitan Museum of Art,” said Daniel Brodsky, Chairman of the Board of Trustees. “He is an innovative and inspiring museum leader and has a proven reco