In the last days, it has been reported that the Russian government has been accused of having censuring conducts towards art. The case was raised after the repeated accusations made against the editor of the Andrei Sakharov Museum, who may even risk going to prison due to his exhibition “Forbidden Art 2006”.
On May 14th , the association Human Rights Watch denounced what is defined “an action of persecution” towards Yuri Samodurov, director of the Andrei Sakharov Museum. The cause of the Russian government’s fierceness against the museum director would be determined by the exhibition planned by the latter, a production called “Forbidden Art 2006”, which opened its doors in Moscow in March 2007.

New York auctions have given us some exciting news. In particular, two very important new records: Francis Bacon has realized the highest price ever paid for a work of contemporary art and Lucian Freud has become the most paid living artist in the world. However, after the adrenalin stirred up by the important results, the time for questioning arrives. Who might be the mysterious buyer of the fantastic paintings sold in New York? What will become of them? Public exhibition or private viewing?
Some of these questions may have found an answer. Indeed, within the circle there are rumours about a few names, and it seems that the buyer of the two masterpieces of contemporary art sold in the last days has been identified.