Auctions A Royal Portrait by Diego Velázquez Heads to Auction for the First Time in Half a Century The work is expected to fetch $35 million when it hits the block at Sotheby's New York. By Adam Schrader, Nov 30, 2023
Art World Archives Mellon Foundation Raises Funding for Its Monuments Project to Half a Billion Dollars The foundation has already spent more than $170 million to fund at least 80 public art projects. By Adam Schrader, Nov 29, 2023
Art World Archives Banksy’s Big Brexit Mural, Painted on a Crumbling Building in Dover, Is Demolished The building has been flattened to make way for redevelopment. By Adam Schrader, Nov 29, 2023
Art & Exhibitions Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz Will Showcase Their Landmark Art Collection at the Brooklyn Museum An exhibition will bring together the couple's vast collection of works by African American artists. By Adam Schrader, Nov 28, 2023
Art World Archives Meet the Collectors Who Just Acquired the Copyrights to M.C. Escher’s Work Salvatore Iaquinta and Federico Giudiceandrea are also the new owners of the M.C. Escher Company. By Adam Schrader, Nov 28, 2023
Law & Politics A Lawsuit Aimed at Halting the Brauer Museum’s Controversial Deaccessioning Plan Is Dismissed An Indiana judge ruled that Richard Brauer, the museum’s founding director, lacked standing to file the lawsuit. By Adam Schrader, Nov 27, 2023
Galleries A Painting Stolen From a New York Gallery 60 Years Ago Was Recovered in the U.K. The Edouard-Leon Cortés work was one of more than 3,000 paintings stolen from the Herbert Arnot Gallery. By Adam Schrader, Nov 22, 2023
Museums & Institutions Climate Activists Staged ‘Speak-Out’ Protests at Two New York Museums 13 protestors were arrested after actions at the American Museum of Natural History and Guggenheim Museum. By Adam Schrader, Nov 21, 2023
Museums & Institutions Guggenheim Museum Names the First Woman to Serve as Its Director and CEO Mariët Westermann was tapped to replace Richard Armstrong, after an 'extensive' six-month search. By Adam Schrader, Nov 20, 2023
Crime The Art Institute of Chicago’s Ex-Payroll Manager Is Sentenced for Embezzling $2 Million Michael Maurello has also been ordered to pay restitution to the museum. By Adam Schrader, Nov 20, 2023
Museums & Institutions Brooklyn Museum Adds Hundreds of Artworks by Black and Asian-American Artists to Its Collection The museum has acquired its first artwork by an Asian American woman, Hisako Hibi. By Adam Schrader, Nov 20, 2023
On View A New Exhibition Explores How a Medieval Printmaker Transformed the Artist’s Copyright The show at the Chazen Museum of Art charts the influence of Israhel van Meckenem. By Adam Schrader, Nov 18, 2023
Law & Politics San Francisco’s City College Battles SFMOMA Over Costs to Move a Diego Rivera Mural The mural has been the subject of discussion regarding its permanent home ever since it was painted. By Adam Schrader, Nov 17, 2023
Art World Archives Venice’s Plan to Restore a Water-Damaged Banksy Mural Rankles Local Artists The mural is located on the Grand Canal and exposed to waves from passing motorboats. By Adam Schrader, Nov 16, 2023
Archaeology & History Excavation in Turkey Leads to the Discovery of Ancient Indo-European Language From Kalašma An excavation conducted at Boğazköy-Hattusha, a UNESCO heritage site in north-central Turkey around present-day Bolu or Gerede, unearthed the cuneiform writing. By Adam Schrader, Nov 15, 2023