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FREUDIAN FEUD<\/strong>. The late artist\u00a0Lucian Freud<\/strong>\u00a0long maintained he never made the striking portrait titled\u00a0Man in a Black Scarf<\/em>, despite much speculation to the contrary. But now, scientific evidence has ruled otherwise,\u00a0reports<\/strong>\u00a0the\u00a0Guardian<\/em>. According to authentication experts, Freud was indeed the author of the painting of his friend\u00a0John Jameson<\/strong>, made in 1939 while he was a student at the\u00a0East Anglian School of Painting and Drawing<\/strong>\u00a0in Suffolk. One red-hot clue: art students from the school recorded observations of Freud working on a painting of Jameson at that time. Why deny a work showing the promise of a great talent? Apparently, Freud\u2019s reasons may have been motivated by a rift between the former owners of the work, old schoolmates Denis Wirth-Miller and Richard Chopping. The latter allegedly wrote a list dubbed \u201c13 Reasons to Hate Lucian,\u201d according to\u00a0Jon Lys Turner<\/strong>, who was gifted the disputed painting by the list-writing Freud-haters on the condition that Turner authenticate and sell it \u201cto infuriate Lucian.\u201d Freud \u201cwas the golden boy, he was a star even then, and there was jealousy,\u201d explained Lys Turner. Old grudges aside, the painting will be shown for the first time at the\u00a0Garden Museum<\/strong>\u00a0in London, along with other works that Freud did acknowledge painting around the same time, bearing a recognizably similar style.<\/p>\n KOENIGS CONUNDRUM<\/strong>. The\u00a0Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen<\/strong>\u00a0in Rotterdam has responded to an\u00a0article<\/strong>\u00a0by the Dutch media\u00a0NRC<\/em>\u00a0alleging the institution has blocked independent provenance research into the\u00a0Koenigs collection<\/strong>\u00a0in its holdings. \u201cThe portrayal that the museum is obstructing research or refusing to cooperate is incorrect,\u201d the institution\u00a0stated<\/strong>\u00a0on Saturday. The\u00a0Franz Koenigs<\/strong>\u00a0collection, including works by\u00a0Peter Paul Rubens, Rembrandt, Vincent van Gogh<\/strong>, and others, has been the subject of\u00a0multiple claims<\/strong>\u00a0over the years that it was sold under duress due to Nazi persecution. Yet the museum asserted it has always taken such claims \u201cvery seriously,\u201d and did its own research into the matter that \u201cpresents a different picture,\u201d indicating no harm was done. Still, the institution added, \u201cit is fully cooperating with the ongoing investigation by the Restitution Expertise Centre.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tFeminist, self-taught, and belatedly recognized French artist\u00a0Raymonde Arcier<\/strong>\u00a0has died at 86. [Le Quotidien de l\u2019Art<\/strong>]<\/p>\n \n\tThe estate of revered art dealer\u00a0Barbara Gladstone<\/strong>, who died in 2024, is heading to\u00a0Sotheby\u2019s<\/strong>\u00a0with 140 lots, including art and design. [ARTnews<\/strong>]<\/p>\n \n\tA new study offers groundbreaking evidence that the thousands of mysterious, ancient, massive stone urns across Laos were in fact ossuaries, which scientists are calling \u201cdeath jars.\u201d [New York Times<\/strong>]<\/p>\n \n\tAn international team of archaeologists has discovered the first shipwrecks linked to the real-life pirates of the Caribbean, based in the Bahamas\u2019 Nassau harbor, which they say are just \u201cthe tip of the iceberg.\u201d [The Guardian<\/strong>]<\/p>\n \n\tA long-disputed transaction involving a portrait of\u00a0Claude Monet<\/strong>\u2019s father, filed in a complaint by the Impressionist artist\u2019s heirs against the New York-based\u00a0Wildenstein & Co<\/strong>. gallery, will proceed in a Normandy court.\u00a0[France Info]<\/strong><\/p>\n \n\tA memorial installation in Kassel, Germany, to murdered victims of right-wing extremists, made by artist\u00a0Natascha Sadr Haghighian<\/strong>, was awarded the first\u00a0LVM Insurance Art Prize for Public Art<\/strong>. [Monopol Magazine<\/strong>]<\/p>\n KLINGON PRISON?\u00a0<\/strong>As the\u00a0Obama Presidential Center\u00a0<\/strong>prepares to open on Chicago\u2019s South Side on June 19,\u00a0reporters\u00a0<\/strong>are being given early previews of all the museum has to offer, including commissioned works by 25 artists. Yet the presidential library is already falling short of some hopes. Comparisons of the towering, \u201cnear-windowless\u201d \u201cObamalisk<\/strong>\u201d to a \u201cKlingon prison\u201d have been coming in strong for some time, the\u00a0Guardian<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0reminds us, but now, as the $850 million project nears completion, a clearer assessment is in order. \u201cThis controversial monolith feels like a menacing sci-fi HQ. Is it a monument\u2014or a mausoleum?\u201d asks the\u00a0Guardian<\/em>\u2018s Oliver Wainwright. From the tower\u2019s Sky Room at its summit, views of how the center fits into the surrounding Jackson Park make apparent why the choice of this location on public parkland sparked\u00a0legal disputes<\/strong>, \u201cwhen there are so many vacant lots nearby,\u201d Wainwright observes. Yet the center is also adding to the area everything from ball fields and playgrounds to a \u201cteaching kitchen\u201d with a vegetable garden. There are also recording studios, an auditorium, and meeting rooms for the public, to name just a few new resources, much of it free. While the Obama Foundation declined to enter into agreements with local communities to address concerns over gentrification, the center \u201chas delivered on other commitments it made to improve Jackson Park and bring perks to the neighborhood,\u201d\u00a0notes<\/strong>\u00a0the\u00a0Times<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n [analyse_source url=”https:\/\/www.artnews.com\/art-news\/news\/obama-presidential-center-unveiled-morning-links-june-2-2026-1234788099\/”]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https:\/\/www.artnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2276471822-e1780409151635.jpg?w=1024″] Good Morning! Experts say a painting Lucian Freud long denied ever making was, in fact, an early painting by the artist. The Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam denies obstructing provenance investigations of the Koenigs collection in its holdings. Feminist, self-taught French artist Raymonde Arcier has died at 86. 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