Get hand-picked stories from our editors delivered straight to your inbox every day.<\/p>' expiration_days: 5 Modigliani was alive from July 12th 1884 until Jan 24th 1920, and Juan Gris was born March 23rd, 1887 and died May 11th, 1927. $form.submit(function(e){ * Generic setCookie() method, used by setNewsletterCookie(). setCookie(cookieName, value, expirationMinutes); } else { A recent episode of Keeping Up With the Kardashians centers around the discovery of an old painting thought to be a work by Amedeo Modigliani, and gives a Kardashian’s-eye view of the emotional roller coaster that is art authentication. Images: Scott Disick/Instagram; College Candy; Imgur; keepingupwiththegifs/Tumblr; Giphy; scott-bamf-disick/Tumblr; E! + '
' expiration_days: 14 ); Subscribe to our newsletter to get the breaking news, eye-opening interviews, and incisive critical takes that drive the conversation forward. Andrew H. Walker/Getty Images Entertainment/Getty Images, Kourtney Kardashian was convinced she found a painting by Modigliani. h = Math.max(document.documentElement.clientHeight, window.innerHeight || 0), var ctx = this; } init: function (formElement, onSuccess) { It has all the hallmarks of a piece by Modigliani, the Italian-born modernist whose signature works are melancholy portraits of women and men with elongated necks and dark, almond-shaped eyes. }; Bearded Man Amedeo Modigliani • 1905. crossDomain: true, var $modal = $('#ouibounce-modal'); }; var ctx = this; var ctx = this; } By continuing to use our sites and applications, you agree to our use of cookies. // Show signup failure error and hide other errors link.rel = 'stylesheet'; Woman's Head with Beauty Spot Amedeo Modigliani • 1906. //don't run this function if the user has already triggered the modal by leaving the viewport var valid = ctx.validate( $form, $email); if (!window.jQuery) loadJQuery(); July 17, 2014. This was one of the most intriguing KUWTK episodes ever. ), Disick, for his part, is more skeptical—that is until one expert shows up at the house and announces: “It’s the real thing.”. onSuccess(); if (window.jQuery) { Gris was a Spanish painter and sculptor who lived and worked in France most of his life. // Signup validation Favorite. // ------------------------------------------------------------------- var $email = $form.find('.signup-email'); setTimeout(function() { + '<\/div>' Well, it turned out the painting wasn't real, and Kourtney and Scott's dreams were crushed. closeSignupBar(); A classic Modigliani painting has sold for $170.4 million, the second highest price tag for a piece of art sold at an auction. The ordeal involves what you would expect: hiring art experts and conservators; wild, seemingly unfounded estimates putting the value at as much as $100 million; and, ultimately, broken dreams of acquiring a private jet and becoming “ultra-rich.” (Wait… their reality show has not already spawned an empire that has made them all filthy stinking rich? found = false; while (c.charAt(0)==' ') { Kourtney Kardashian thinks she has a Modigliani painting. + '<\/div>' ), It all starts when eldest Kardashian sibling Kourtney gets wind of a painting found in the house of her boyfriend Scott Disick’s late parents. // FUNCTIONS + '' Did Kourtney really find a multi-million dollar painting? The Modigliani project began as the brainchild of Nancy Ireson and Simonetta Fraquelli, who approached Tate Conservation about examining Tate paintings in preparation for the exhibition Modigliani at Tate Modern, London (23rd November 2017–2nd April 2018). })(); artnet and our partners use cookies to provide features on our sites and applications to improve your online experience, including for analysis of site usage, traffic measurement, and for advertising and content management. + '' submit: function($form, onSuccess) { Modigliani's portraits and single-figure paintings are among the most memorable and popular images of the early twentieth century. }); // ------------------------------------------------------------------- var ouibounceScript = '
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Get hand-picked stories from our editors delivered straight to your inbox every day.<\/p>' expiration_days: 5 Modigliani was alive from July 12th 1884 until Jan 24th 1920, and Juan Gris was born March 23rd, 1887 and died May 11th, 1927. $form.submit(function(e){ * Generic setCookie() method, used by setNewsletterCookie(). setCookie(cookieName, value, expirationMinutes); } else { A recent episode of Keeping Up With the Kardashians centers around the discovery of an old painting thought to be a work by Amedeo Modigliani, and gives a Kardashian’s-eye view of the emotional roller coaster that is art authentication. Images: Scott Disick/Instagram; College Candy; Imgur; keepingupwiththegifs/Tumblr; Giphy; scott-bamf-disick/Tumblr; E! + '
' expiration_days: 14 ); Subscribe to our newsletter to get the breaking news, eye-opening interviews, and incisive critical takes that drive the conversation forward. Andrew H. Walker/Getty Images Entertainment/Getty Images, Kourtney Kardashian was convinced she found a painting by Modigliani. h = Math.max(document.documentElement.clientHeight, window.innerHeight || 0), var ctx = this; } init: function (formElement, onSuccess) { It has all the hallmarks of a piece by Modigliani, the Italian-born modernist whose signature works are melancholy portraits of women and men with elongated necks and dark, almond-shaped eyes. }; Bearded Man Amedeo Modigliani • 1905. crossDomain: true, var $modal = $('#ouibounce-modal'); }; var ctx = this; var ctx = this; } By continuing to use our sites and applications, you agree to our use of cookies. // Show signup failure error and hide other errors link.rel = 'stylesheet'; Woman's Head with Beauty Spot Amedeo Modigliani • 1906. //don't run this function if the user has already triggered the modal by leaving the viewport var valid = ctx.validate( $form, $email); if (!window.jQuery) loadJQuery(); July 17, 2014. This was one of the most intriguing KUWTK episodes ever. ), Disick, for his part, is more skeptical—that is until one expert shows up at the house and announces: “It’s the real thing.”. onSuccess(); if (window.jQuery) { Gris was a Spanish painter and sculptor who lived and worked in France most of his life. // Signup validation Favorite. // ------------------------------------------------------------------- var $email = $form.find('.signup-email'); setTimeout(function() { + '<\/div>' Well, it turned out the painting wasn't real, and Kourtney and Scott's dreams were crushed. closeSignupBar(); A classic Modigliani painting has sold for $170.4 million, the second highest price tag for a piece of art sold at an auction. The ordeal involves what you would expect: hiring art experts and conservators; wild, seemingly unfounded estimates putting the value at as much as $100 million; and, ultimately, broken dreams of acquiring a private jet and becoming “ultra-rich.” (Wait… their reality show has not already spawned an empire that has made them all filthy stinking rich? found = false; while (c.charAt(0)==' ') { Kourtney Kardashian thinks she has a Modigliani painting. + '<\/div>' ), It all starts when eldest Kardashian sibling Kourtney gets wind of a painting found in the house of her boyfriend Scott Disick’s late parents. // FUNCTIONS + '' Did Kourtney really find a multi-million dollar painting? The Modigliani project began as the brainchild of Nancy Ireson and Simonetta Fraquelli, who approached Tate Conservation about examining Tate paintings in preparation for the exhibition Modigliani at Tate Modern, London (23rd November 2017–2nd April 2018). })(); artnet and our partners use cookies to provide features on our sites and applications to improve your online experience, including for analysis of site usage, traffic measurement, and for advertising and content management. + '' submit: function($form, onSuccess) { Modigliani's portraits and single-figure paintings are among the most memorable and popular images of the early twentieth century. }); // ------------------------------------------------------------------- var ouibounceScript = '
