Pop Culture Paul McCartney’s Lost Bass Guitar Is Tracked Down By Fans The prized instrument, stolen in 1972, has now been returned to the Beatle. By Brian Boucher, Feb 19, 2024
Pop Culture As Seen on ‘The Thomas Crown Affair’: A Monet Canvas That Reveals Layers of Fakery The painting doesn’t appear in the museum’s collection, and the museum isn’t the museum. By Brian Boucher, Feb 19, 2024
Art World Art Bites: Manet Made a Delightful Artistic Joke With a Single Asparagus Spear The Impressionist responded to a collector’s generous gesture with one of his own. By Brian Boucher, Feb 18, 2024
Pop Culture As Seen on ‘Blade Runner 2049’: A Turner Canvas Reflecting Technological Dystopia A painting that may have fretted over technological advances appears in a key scene. By Brian Boucher, Feb 17, 2024
Pop Culture As Seen on ‘The Big Lebowski’: A Photographic Ode to Bowling The huge photograph is seen over the Dude’s bar as he mixes himself a drink. By Brian Boucher, Feb 16, 2024
Pop Culture As Seen on ‘The Grand Budapest Hotel’: A Heist-Worthy Renaissance Painting The canvas was at the center of an elaborate plot characteristic of filmmaker Wes Anderson. By Brian Boucher, Feb 15, 2024
Art World Witness Unseen Photos From the Day Spike Jonze Met Björk The famed director was about to shoot the video for the Icelandic superstar’s smash hit “It’s Oh So Quiet.” By Brian Boucher, Feb 15, 2024
Art World Art Bites: The Only Known Painting Van Gogh Sold During His Lifetime The work went on view two years after it was painted, and now resides in Moscow. By Brian Boucher, Feb 14, 2024
Art & Exhibitions Testing the Market for a Controversial Artist, Pace Will Exhibit Chuck Close’s Last Works Close apologized for inappropriate behavior. Will collectors look past the accusations? By Brian Boucher, Feb 13, 2024
Art World Art Bites: Surrealist Painter René Magritte Was a Master Forger, Too Not only did he create fakes of artists such as Titian and Picasso, he also forged 100-franc bills. By Brian Boucher, Feb 13, 2024
Art History Art Bites: The Mystery Object in a Famous Dürer Print What might the truncated polyhedron represent? By Brian Boucher, Feb 12, 2024
Art World Lack of Funding Forces Front Triennial to Fold Artworks were to be presented at venues throughout northeast Ohio. By Brian Boucher, Feb 12, 2024
Archaeology & History Evidence of a Vast Ancient City Is Discovered Deep in the Ecuadorian Amazon The complex, which one archaeologist likens to ancient Rome, was inhabited for centuries. By Brian Boucher, Feb 11, 2024
Art World This Old Lemon Made Lemonade at Auction Yes, we are talking about a piece of fruit. By Brian Boucher, Feb 8, 2024
On View New York’s Corporate Lobbies Are Filled With Famous Art Commissions. Here Are the Coolest and Most Eye-Rolling Choices From obvious choices like a Jeff Koons balloon animal to an inspired James Turrell installation, see our picks of the best and worst lobby artworks. By Brian Boucher, Dec 22, 2023