Auctions A Titian Masterpiece, Stolen by Napoleon and Once Found at a Bus Stop, Heads to Auction The painting has seen its share of adventures and will no doubt exceed the Renaissance master’s auction high. By Brian Boucher, Jun 14, 2024
Museums & Institutions Planned Kehinde Wiley Exhibitions Canceled and Delayed in Wake of Assault Allegations Wiley has denied the accusations, but museums in Omaha, Minneapolis, and Miami are postponing or shelving planned shows. By Brian Boucher, Jun 13, 2024
Art World Art Bites: Was Leonardo a Vegetarian Before It Was Trendy? The evidence isn’t conclusive, but the man had definite opinions on how animals should be treated. By Brian Boucher, Jun 13, 2024
Art & Exhibitions Dozens of Precious Artists’ Books Come Together in a Blowout Summer Show Not exactly beach reads, these volumes are more on the quirky side. By Brian Boucher, Jun 13, 2024
Art World ‘Our Medium Is American Democracy’: A New Book Compiles More than 550 Artist Billboards The project features seven years worth of billboards commissioned by the artist collective and activist group For Freedoms. By Brian Boucher, Jun 7, 2024
Law & Politics Judge Dismisses Lawsuit by Jewish Collector’s Heirs Over Van Gogh ‘Sunflowers’ The court has no jurisdiction over the painting's Japanese owners, wrote the federal judge. By Brian Boucher, Jun 6, 2024
Law & Politics A Berlin Museum Settles With Jewish Heirs to Keep a Contested Kirchner Painting Victor Wallerstein was forced to sell the painting after both Nazi persecution and discrimination in Italy. By Brian Boucher, Jun 5, 2024
Law & Politics Hackers Are Now Offering Christie’s Client Data for Auction The offer comes after Christie's revealed the data that was compromised in the hack. By Brian Boucher, May 31, 2024
Art & Exhibitions Wu-Tang Clan’s One-of-a-Kind, $4 Million Album Gets Its First Museum Outing “Pharma bro” Martin Shkreli bought the record, which the U.S. government later sold to PleasrDAO. By Brian Boucher, May 28, 2024
Art World Art Bites: Monet Had an Appetite for Destruction (of His Own Paintings) The Impressionist may have wrecked up to 500 "unsatisfactory" canvases. By Brian Boucher, May 27, 2024
Law & Politics Ransomware Gang Threatens to Leak Data on Christie’s Clients After Major Hack It’s the same group that has hacked other major companies. By Brian Boucher, May 27, 2024
Law & Politics ‘The Scams Keep Proliferating’: Christie’s Historic Outage Reveals the Art World’s Digital Vulnerabilities The bad guys’ tools range from good, old-fashioned fraudulent checks to the most advanced technologies. By Brian Boucher, May 24, 2024
Art World Art Bites: Why Joseph Beuys Spent Three Days Locked Up With a Coyote The small animal plays an outsize role in various Native American cosmologies. By Brian Boucher, May 23, 2024
Art World ‘That’s Not Catherine’: A New Portrait of Kate Middleton Meets With Online Furor Zambian-British artist Hannah Uzor's painting has come in for tough criticism. By Brian Boucher, May 23, 2024
Museums & Institutions The Frida Kahlo Museum Says No, It Did Not Let Madonna Wear the Artist’s Clothes She wasn’t even at the museum, said the institution. By Brian Boucher, May 22, 2024