Crime Convicted British Art Fraudster Angela Hamblin Has Been Arrested in Germany After Living on the Lam for More Than a Decade Neighbors of the 'eccentric' 73-year-old, who was hiding in northern Scotland, were not surprised she involved in selling fakes. By Amah-Rose Abrams, Jun 17, 2022
Shows & Exhibitions A Surprising Exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Will Present Ancient Greek and Roman Sculptures in All Their Original Technicolor Glory A number of scientific recreations will be displayed alongside pieces from the Met's collection. By Amah-Rose Abrams, Jun 17, 2022
Museums Italy Opens the Museum of Rescued Art, Dedicated to Cultural Heritage the Country Reclaimed From Abroad The museum will mount rotating exhibitions of repatriated art. By Amah-Rose Abrams, Jun 16, 2022
Auctions In Pictures: See the Eclectic Personal Collection of Designer Hubert de Givenchy, Sold For a Whopping $86 Million at Christie’s France The works come from the couturier's Paris residence, Hôtel d'Orrouer, and his chateau in the Loire Valley, Manoir du Jonchet—where Diego Giacometti designed the front door knocker. By Amah-Rose Abrams, Jun 16, 2022
Archaeology New A.I. Technology Helped Researchers Locate What Could Be One the World’s Oldest Cooking Fires The research may have revealed one of the world's oldest cook sites. By Amah-Rose Abrams, Jun 16, 2022
Archaeology Archaeologists Have Uncovered 13,000 Shang Dynasty Relics in China, Many of Them Used in Sacrificial Rites UNESCO is considering making Sanxingdui a world heritage site. By Amah-Rose Abrams, Jun 15, 2022
Art World A Nazi-Looted Dutch Golden Age Painting Has Been Returned to Its 101-Year-Old Heiress: ‘We All Missed This Painting Very Much’ The Caspar Netscher painting was recovered after being lost for 75 years and will go on sale at Sotheby's London. By Amah-Rose Abrams, Jun 14, 2022
Art World Two Brothers Have Discovered the ‘Gloucester’ Shipwreck, Which Carried a Former King of England, After 340 Years A descendent of George Washington was also on board. By Amah-Rose Abrams, Jun 14, 2022
On View Never-Before-Seen Sketchbooks of Drawings Picasso Made With His Daughter Maya Go on View in Paris Picasso used to make Maya puppets, toys, and even a paper theater. By Amah-Rose Abrams, Jun 14, 2022
Museums Kate Fowle, the Well-Liked Director of MoMA PS1, Resigns Suddenly After Just Three Years in the Post The unexplained departure has left many in the New York art world looking for answers. By Amah-Rose Abrams, Jun 13, 2022
NFTs ‘Scooby-Doo’ Star Seth Green Just Bought Back His Stolen Bored Ape NFT for $100,000 More Than He Originally Paid for It Green said last month that he had spent 18 years studying law and would wield his powers if necessary to get his ape back. By Amah-Rose Abrams, Jun 10, 2022
On View In Pictures: See Inside Artist and Poet Penny Goring’s Moving, Funny, and Confrontational World in a New Show at ICA London The exhibition is the artist's first U.K. retrospective. By Amah-Rose Abrams, Jun 10, 2022
NFTs Jim Carrey Has Moved on From Making Political Paintings to Minting Wellness NFTs—His First Is a ‘Celebration of Our Communal Light’ A portion of the proceeds from the NFT sale will benefit a food insecurity nonprofit. By Amah-Rose Abrams, Jun 9, 2022
Law Billionaire Bill Gross Won His Farcical Dispute With a Neighbor Who Complained About His Dale Chihuly Sculpture The neighbors also complained that the Grosses blasted the 'Gilligan's Island' theme song on repeat. By Amah-Rose Abrams, Jun 8, 2022
Auctions A Fireproof Copy of ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ That Even Margaret Atwood Tried (and Failed) to Torch Sells for $130,000 at Sotheby’s The book was sold off to benefit PEN America, the free speech nonprofit. By Amah-Rose Abrams, Jun 8, 2022