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Europe’s Top 8 Must-See Shows, From Forgotten Masters to Living Legends

Fra Angelico, Gerhard Richter, Nan Goldin, and Jacques Louis-David all star in European museum shows this fall.

by Jo Lawson-Tancred & Margaret Carrigan

A woman in black blouse, blond hair, selling paintings at Sotheby's. She stands in the middle of two paintings hung on a coral wall.

Paris Auction Houses Post a $212 Million Haul, Up 30 Percent From 2024

Christie’s and Sotheby’s Paris auctions brought in $212 million, marking a 30 percent increase from 2024 as the city's market profile rises.

by Vivienne Chow

Parker Gallery, Exterior view. Courtesy Parker Gallery, photography by Paul Salveson.

L.A. Galleries Face Big Challenges. These Dealers Are Making It Work

It's been a tough time for the art industry and Los Angeles galleries in particular. But certain strategies are working.

Art & Exhibitions

An installation view of Ruth Asawa’s hanging wire sculptures, their layered, bulbous forms suspended at varying heights, with a woven wall piece and framed drawings visible in the background.

Ruth Asawa’s ‘Radically Broad and Diverse’ Practice Shines at MoMA

A stunning Ruth Asawa retrospective at New York's Museum of Modern Art is so much more than her famous looped wire sculptures.

by Sarah Cascone

An image of a Fedele Fischetti painting featuring a tangle of dramatically-lit figures

Long-Lost Baroque Painting Revealed as Rare Alchemical Masterpiece

by Vittoria Benzine

A man in painted denim stands in front of a geometric painting

Price Check! Here’s What Sold—and For How Much—at Frieze London, Frieze Masters, and Art Basel Paris

by Mechelle Abing

The Sydney Opera House illuminated at night with vivid projections, featuring a large green eye surrounded by colorful mosaic patterns during a light festival.

After Fierce Outcry From Arts Groups, Australia Changes Course on A.I.

Museums & Institutions

A photo of a spacious modern gallery with smooth white walls featuring a large black hanging mobile with circular elements and a towering red steel sculpture with curved arches, as two visitors stand observing the artworks.

Inside Calder Gardens, Philadelphia’s Lush New Space for the Master of the Mobile

by Sarah Cascone

Art World

Museums & Institutions

A photo of a spacious modern gallery with smooth white walls featuring a large black hanging mobile with circular elements and a towering red steel sculpture with curved arches, as two visitors stand observing the artworks.

Inside Calder Gardens, Philadelphia’s Lush New Space for the Master of the Mobile

by Sarah Cascone

an image of a van Gogh painting showing women picking olives

Heirs of Jewish Family Sue the Met, Greek Foundation, Over Looted Vincent van Gogh Painting

by Eileen Kinsella

Torn, stained Titanic passenger list shows names in faded type, including “Mr. Frederick Sutton.”

Sole Surviving Titanic First-Class Passenger List Expected to Sell for Over $100,000

Museums & Institutions

A large and colorful painting shows enslaved African people rising up against their white enslavers on board a ship on the ocean

An Alabama College Sells Its Famed Hale Woodruff Murals—While Preserving Public Access

by Brian Boucher

Museums & Institutions

Sunset illuminates sculptural museum and reflects on water, with distant skyscrapers silhouetted in golden haze.

Dubai Reveals Plans for Art Museum Designed by Star Architect Tadao Ando

Market

a painting of a venice seascape Canaletto

Canaletto Fever Continues as a $30 Million Venetian Scene Heads to Christie’s

by Richard Whiddington

A stunning classical Indian painting of a family of cheetahs, in earth colours, hanging out in a forest of green trees.

Classical Indian Painting Sells for $13.6 Million, Smashing Estimate and Setting Record

by Vivienne Chow

Francis Ford Coppola in a tuxedo at a red carpet event

Francis Ford Coppola Is Selling His $1 Million Watch to Recover ‘Megalopolis’ Outlay

by Richard Whiddington

A surrealist necklace in gold and shades of blue and green

Salvador Dalí’s Stunning Surrealist Necklace Smashes Estimates at Sotheby’s Paris

by Katya Kazakina

Podcast

Art Market Minute

Paris Pulls Market Rank

by Sonia Manalili & Margaret Carrigan

Hands reaching toward playing cards on a reflective surface, mirrored multiple times

The Magician Who Became an Artist

by Sonia Manalili & Ben Davis

Photo of bronze Figure of Justice statue in a courthouse

Art World Infamy: Inigo Philbrick – Nowhere to Run (Ep. 4)

by Sonia Manalili & Eileen Kinsella

Art Market Minute

London’s Sales Succeed

by Sonia Manalili & Margaret Carrigan

Latest Articles

an image of a van Gogh painting showing women picking olives

Heirs of Jewish Family Sue the Met, Greek Foundation, Over Looted Vincent van Gogh Painting

by Eileen Kinsella

a painting of a venice seascape Canaletto

Canaletto Fever Continues as a $30 Million Venetian Scene Heads to Christie’s

by Richard Whiddington

Torn, stained Titanic passenger list shows names in faded type, including “Mr. Frederick Sutton.”

Sole Surviving Titanic First-Class Passenger List Expected to Sell for Over $100,000

A stunning classical Indian painting of a family of cheetahs, in earth colours, hanging out in a forest of green trees.

Classical Indian Painting Sells for $13.6 Million, Smashing Estimate and Setting Record

by Vivienne Chow

Museums & Institutions

A large and colorful painting shows enslaved African people rising up against their white enslavers on board a ship on the ocean

An Alabama College Sells Its Famed Hale Woodruff Murals—While Preserving Public Access

by Brian Boucher

Museums & Institutions

Sunset illuminates sculptural museum and reflects on water, with distant skyscrapers silhouetted in golden haze.

Dubai Reveals Plans for Art Museum Designed by Star Architect Tadao Ando

a sleek, modern interior public space, clearly an airport from clues like queues and desks

JFK’s New Terminal Set to Be Stacked With Installations by Contemporary Art Stars

by Jo Lawson-Tancred

Archaeology & History

A tiny ancient gold coin resting on the gloved fingertip of a person's hand

Metal Detectorist Unearths Saxony’s Oldest Known Coin, Dating Back 2,200 Years

Portrait of a woman with shoulder-length ombré hair wearing a black blazer and necklace, standing against a minimalist gray background.

Documenta 16 Curator Xiaoyu Weng on How to Grow Asia’s Art Ecosystem

Museums & Institutions

Iconic spiraling white Guggenheim Museum with passing yellow taxis on Manhattan street corner.

Museum Workers Struggle With Low Pay, But Satisfaction Is Rising, Report Finds

A photo of a partially demolished building with exposed concrete, hanging wires, and debris, set against a red-brick building and a large American flag waving in the background.

Trump Fires Fine Arts Commission Overseeing Building Projects

by Margaret Carrigan & Sarah Cascone

Francis Ford Coppola in a tuxedo at a red carpet event

Francis Ford Coppola Is Selling His $1 Million Watch to Recover ‘Megalopolis’ Outlay

by Richard Whiddington

Museums & Institutions

a photo shows protesters in the street. A woman at center holds a bullhorn that has been modified with a sculpture of a hand that covers her mouth

Pepperdine University Museum Director Resigns After Censorship Scandal

by Brian Boucher

A photo of a middle-aged white man in a navy suit and white gloves standing with his hand resting on a large framed Baroque-style painting of two women and a child, with another framed artwork visible beside him in front of a Bavarian police banner.

German Police Bust Forgery Ring Accused of Selling Fake Picassos and Rembrandts

by Sarah Cascone

Archaeology & History

Three Giza pyramids rise from desert sands as camel riders traverse the foreground under clear sky.

Did Ancient Egyptians Build the Great Pyramid With a Hidden Pulley System?

by Vittoria Benzine

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