Art World Researchers Uncover the Final Piece of a Missing Magritte, Solving an 85-Year-Old Mystery The artist once cut apart a critically acclaimed work and painted over the pieces. Now, the final piece has been recovered. By Brian Boucher, Nov 22, 2017
On View Katy Perry and Urs Fischer Made a Sculpture Together—and It Was ‘Bliss’ It’s a… roaring success. By Brian Boucher, Nov 22, 2017
Auctions So You Just Bought a $450 Million Leonardo da Vinci Painting. Now What? From decoy trucks (yes, really) to tax wizardry, here's what happens after you win the most expensive painting in auction history. By Brian Boucher & Eileen Kinsella, Nov 22, 2017
Auctions Even a Prize-Winning Ferrari Couldn’t Add Much Zip to Sotheby’s Lethargic $310 Million Contemporary Sale A painting by Laura Owens provided rare sizzle, torching her previous auction high. By Brian Boucher, Nov 16, 2017
Art World The Art World Reacts: Watch Important People Freak Out About the $450 Million da Vinci on Social Media The Internet went a little bonkers. What else did you expect? By Brian Boucher, Nov 16, 2017
Art World This Artist Hates the Aviation Industry—So She Started Her Own Airline for the Art World Qinmin Liu's private airline doubles as artwork, and its maiden voyage will be to Art Basel Miami Beach in December. By Brian Boucher, Nov 16, 2017
Art World Agnes Gund’s Art for Justice Fund Just Awarded $22 Million in Grants to Fight Mass Incarceration Mural Arts Philadelphia was among a small group of arts-based organizations to make the freshman class of grantees. By Brian Boucher, Nov 16, 2017
Auctions Sotheby’s Pulls Off a Sleepy But Solid $269.7 Million Impressionist Sale, Powered by Asian and Russian Bidders The atmosphere was far from electric, but the sale had some highs—including a record Chagall. By Brian Boucher, Nov 14, 2017
People Olga Viso to Step Down as Director of the Walker Art Center After a Major Renovation—and a Major Controversy Her tenure saw a major fundraising campaign and renovation as well as staff defections. By Brian Boucher, Nov 14, 2017
On View How One Artist Turned a Wrongful Conviction and a Prison Sentence Into Powerful Performance Art The "Jumpsuit Project" involves a prison-issue outfit and a simulated jail cell. By Brian Boucher, Nov 13, 2017
Politics New Yorkers, Here’s Your Chance to Tell City Officials Which Public Monuments Should Come Down—Face to Face Tell culture czar Tom Finkelpearl and Ford Foundation's Darren Walker what you think about monuments that "promote hate." By Brian Boucher, Nov 10, 2017
Art World ‘The Art World Is Hard to Satirize’: Ruben Östlund on Sending Up Curators in His Award-Winning Film ‘The Square’ The film follows a contemporary art curator who makes a series of cringe-inducing bad decisions. By Brian Boucher, Nov 9, 2017
Art World Can an Art-Fashion Collaboration Really Help the People of Flint, Michigan? Artist Mel Chin Is Betting on It The artist has enlisted fashion designer Tracy Reese for a multifaceted project designed to help city residents. By Brian Boucher, Nov 7, 2017
Art World No, Marina Abramović Is Not Giving Back the Money She Raised for Her Scuttled Performance Center Backers gave $661,452 on Kickstarter, but it still wasn't enough to build the planned facility in New York. By Brian Boucher, Nov 7, 2017
Art and Law How Pricey Is Warhol? A Dealer Now Wants $250,000 for One of the Pop Artist’s Cardboard Boxes Art dealer Heather Sacre says that a cardboard box that housed a set of Warhol Marilyns is worth a quarter-million dollars. By Brian Boucher, Nov 6, 2017
