1 - Julian Schnabel, Thelma Golden, Anna Weyant and Dasha Zhukova were among the guests at Sotheby's first-ever Creators and Collectors dinner party.
Works by Damien Hirst and lots from the collection of Anne Schlumberger were on show for the crowd at the party in the firm's New York Breuer Building HQ on Tuesday.
2 - London's Royal Academy of Music, which includes composer Michael Nyman and Elton John among its alumni, has been given $40 million by Norwegian philanthropist Aud Jebsen.
Some of the money will be spent updating its museum which is home to violins made by Stradivari and scores from the collection of Yehudi Menuhin.
3 - The French Court of Audit has criticized the Society of the Friends of the Louvre over the way it runs its loyalty program in another blow to the troubled Paris institution.
The society, with more than 67,000 members, was set up in 1897 and has helped the museum, led by Laurence des Cars, acquire nearly 900 works.
4 - Critic Cosmin Costinas and art historian Inti Guerrero have been named joint artistic directors of the Ninth Yokohama Triennale.
The event takes place from April 23 to September 12, 2027, at a series of venues across the Japanese city.
5 - A raffle organized by a French Alzheimer's charity is offering the chance to own a Picasso valued at $1.2 million.
A total of 120,000 tickets are on sale for $115 each from its website here and the draw will take place at Christie's in Paris on April 14.
6 - Another day, another break-in at a museum. This time it was the Bristol Museum in the west of England left counting the cost after more than 600 artifacts were stolen on September 25.
The haul was taken from its British Empire and Commonwealth collection and includes silver and ivory as well as household belongings, souvenirs, photographs and papers of Britons who lived and worked abroad.
