Crime A Dealer Who Fled the U.S. After Being Convicted of Selling Fake Art by Franz Kline and Milton Avery Has Just Been Extradited Angela Catherine Hamblin was convicted of selling $400,000 of fake paintings in 2009. By Taylor Dafoe, Apr 25, 2023
Art World Art Industry News: A Monumental Louise Bourgeois ‘Spider’ Could Rake in $40 Million at Sotheby’s + Other Stories Plus, the National Portrait Gallery raises enough money to jointly buy a rare portrait with the Getty and a T-Rex will go on view in Antwerp. By Artnet News, Apr 25, 2023
Crime 55 Hindu Relics Stolen From Temples Across India Have Been Located in the Home of an Art Collector The Chennai-based collector was also found to possess illegally smuggled antiquities last year. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Apr 25, 2023
Pop Culture Artist Hodges Soileau Painted Nearly Every Cover of ‘The Baby-Sitters Club’ Book Series. Meet the Real-Life Models Behind the One-of-a-Kind Works "I remember thinking, 'am I holding this flashlight right?'" said one of the models who posed for Soileau. By Jennifer Chen, Apr 25, 2023
Shows & Exhibitions See the Outfits Worn by Tina Turner, Marilyn Monroe, and Other Legendary ‘Divas’ Going on View in a Splashy Costume Show at the V&A Marilyn Monroe’s 'Some Like it Hot' dress is among the outfits on view. By Artnet News, Apr 25, 2023
Pop Culture Skateboarding Legend Ed Templeton Offers an Inside Look at the Subculture With a New Book and Show of His ‘Cantankerous’ Photography 'Wires Crossed' pulls from the photographer's archive of skateboarding images from 1995 to 2012. By Min Chen, Apr 25, 2023
Shows & Exhibitions ‘Her Authenticity Is an Inspiration’: Why Alice Neel’s Soulful Portraits Have Found New Resonance With Artists and Audiences Today The Barbican is showing Neel’s largest U.K. retrospective to date. By Precious Adesina, Apr 25, 2023
Law Yuga Labs Has Won Its Lawsuit Against Artist Ryder Ripps for His Copycat Versions of Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs The court found that Ripps and his collaborator had infringed on the company's trademark. By Richard Whiddington, Apr 24, 2023
Archaeology Archaeologists Have Discovered Medieval Paintings ‘Unique for Christian Art’ on the Walls of an Ancient Chamber in Sudan The paintings include depictions Christ, Archangel Michael, and the Mother of God. By Richard Whiddington, Apr 24, 2023
Museums Pop Artist Roy Lichtenstein Is Getting a Retrospective at the Whitney—and a Stamp of Approval From the USPS, Too The USPS is unveiling five new postage stamp designs celebrating the artist. By Sarah Cascone, Apr 24, 2023
Museums The Smithsonian Is Investigating Claims That Its New Women’s History Museum Director Turned a Blind Eye to Harassment at Her Previous Job Nancy Yao is slated to start at the Smithsonian on June 5. By Sarah Cascone, Apr 24, 2023
Art World Billionaire Publisher Peter Brant, a Major Collector of Andy Warhol, Has Listed His Art-Filled Florida Retreat for $28 Million In May, the Brant Foundation will exhibit an expansive Andy Warhol survey in New York. By Lee Carter, Apr 24, 2023
Law Düsseldorf Has Finally Restituted a Wilhelm von Schadow Painting to a Jewish Dealer’s Heirs After a Long Legal Battle The painting was surrendered in 1937 by the Jewish art dealer Max Stern. By Taylor Dafoe, Apr 24, 2023
People Actor Matt Dillon and Artist Jesper Just on How They Collaborated on a New Video Work Shot Almost Entirely Inside an MRI Machine "The doctors called Matt's one of the top 20 best brains they had ever seen," Jesper Just said. By Osman Can Yerebakan, Apr 24, 2023
Art World Art Industry News: Taiwanese Sculptor Ju Ming, Known for His Masterful Works in Bronze and Steel, Has Died Aged 85 + Other Stories Plus, Ronald Perelman has donated $25 million to Brown and the Nelson-Atkins displays a painting won in a Super Bowl bet. By Artnet News, Apr 24, 2023
