Archaeology Conservationists Will Repair Stonehenge’s Cracked and Toppled Stones in Its First Restoration in Decades Scaffolding went up at the iconic site yesterday. By Eileen Kinsella, Sep 15, 2021
Auctions Restituted Meissen Porcelains Shatter Estimates at Sotheby’s—and One of the Big Buyers Was the Museum That Returned Them The auction of Meissen objects restituted by the Rijksmuseum brought in $15 million, seven times the presale estimate. By Eileen Kinsella, Sep 14, 2021
Art World The Philadelphia Museum of Art Will Return an Ancient ‘Pageant Shield’ Looted by Nazis to the Czech Republic Czech ambassador calls the case a prime example of "best practices" in restitution. By Eileen Kinsella, Sep 14, 2021
Auctions More Than 50 Works From the Collection of Late, Keen-Eyed Old Master Dealer Richard Feigen Could Fetch $17 Million at Auction An eclectic mix of works assembled by the dealer is going to Sotheby's. By Eileen Kinsella, Sep 13, 2021
Artnet News Pro Georges Mathieu Was a Star of Postwar Art—and Then Disappeared. Here’s Why Top Galleries Are Investing Big to Revive His Market The French painter is now the subject of shows at Perrotin and Nahmad Contemporary in New York. By Eileen Kinsella, Sep 13, 2021
Art Fairs The Armory Show Makes a Triumphant Return to New York With Far-Flung Dealers, Six-Figure Sales, and a Can-Do Attitude Doubts about whether it was too early for fairs to return were assuaged by strong sales and attendance. By Eileen Kinsella, Sep 9, 2021
Analysis High Net Worth Millennial Women Are Powering a Gallery Recovery and 7 Other Takeaways From Art Basel’s Latest Market Report Dealers emphasized the importance of maintaining relationships with collectors and attending art fairs By Eileen Kinsella, Sep 9, 2021
Law A Hedge Fund Titan Triumphs Over the Nation of Turkey in the Legal Fight Over a Multimillion-Dollar Ancient ‘Stargazer’ Idol The judge determined that financier Michael Steinhardt is the idol's rightful owner. By Eileen Kinsella, Sep 8, 2021
Art World A Virginia Court Has Ruled That the State Can Finally Remove a Confederate Monument to Robert E. Lee The ruling came in response to two lawsuits that sought to block the removal. By Eileen Kinsella, Sep 3, 2021
Auctions Banksy’s Infamous Shredded Painting Is Out of the Bin and Back at Auction—for Nearly Four Times Its Previous Price Sotheby's will sell the painting in October with a current low estimate set at $5.5 million. By Eileen Kinsella, Sep 3, 2021
Artnet News Pro As Health and Administrative Hurdles Mount, Some Participants Worry That This Year’s Art Basel Could Become a Very Costly Flop New travel and vaccine guidelines have thrown a curveball at the Swiss fair's plans. By Naomi Rea & Eileen Kinsella, Sep 3, 2021
Art World New Orleans Museums and Cultural Organizations Largely Escaped Ida’s Wrath. But Lingering Power Outages Still Pose a Threat The storm forced arts organizations in New Orleans to cancel events, resort to emergency measures, and re-evaluate future plans. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 31, 2021
Art World A Work in the Tate’s Collection, Thought to be by Paul Gauguin, May Actually Have Been Done by Another Artist, Some Scholars Say The unfinished work on paper 'Tahitians' was rejected from the recently published catalogue raisonné. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 31, 2021
Art World Amsterdam Will Return a Long-Disputed Wassily Kandinsky Painting at the Stedelijk to the Heirs of Its Original Owners Amsterdam mayor Femke Halsema cited the importance of "correcting wrongs of the past." By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 30, 2021
Artnet News Pro ‘What’s the Rush?’: Art-Industry Pros Are Ambivalent About Returning to the Art-Fair Traveling Circus This Fall Collectors and advisors are largely avoiding international travel, even as art fairs return in force. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 30, 2021
