A seventeenth century painting by El Greco has recently been bought by the foundation created by wish of Greek magnate Aristotle Onassis and last Wednesday it was displayed for the first time at the National Art Gallery in Athens.
The painting “Coronation of the Virgin” was bought last summer, for an unstated amount, by the Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation, as confirmed by its chairman Antonio Papadimitriou.

In Paris an exceptional foursome is preparing to celebrate the talent and genius of the great Pablo Picasso (1881-1973). Four famous museums of the beautiful French capital will host, from the 8th October, an exhibition, “Picasso and masters”, dedicated to the Spanish artist and his creative dialogue with masterpieces seen and appreciated by him.   The main theme of the exhibition will be the confrontation between Picassan works and masterpieces by great artists such as Courbet, David, El Greco, Goya, Rembrandt, Velàzquez, Delacroix, Ingres, Cézanne, Matisse, Manet and others from whom he drew inspiration.

Article translated by Amritee Mahabir

By now it is widely known that the exhibits organised by Marco Goldin manage to achieve a huge capital. We only have to think of the “Gauguin and Van Gogh” show organised in 2006 in Brescia, that had a total economic impact equal to 75,746,760 euros in comparison to an investment of 7-8 million euros.