Auctions A Roman Marble Bust Heading to Auction Could Have Ties to Disgraced Dealer Robin Symes, an Antiquities Expert Says Hindman Auctions said there is no proof of a link between the dealer and the Roman head. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, May 24, 2022
Museums At 90, Gerhard Richter Comes Out of Retirement With a Show of New Paintings and Photographs in Switzerland—See Them Here The German artist hasn't been able to stop painting. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, May 19, 2022
Archaeology Want to Smell Like Cleopatra? Researchers Are Combining Ancient and Ultra-Modern Techniques to Recreate Historical Scents Old pots, ancient trash pits, and even human teeth are treasure troves of evidence. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, May 19, 2022
Archaeology Archaeologists Have Discovered the 4,000-Year-Old Tomb of an Egyptian Dignitary Who Guarded Royal Documents The unfinished decoration suggests he died before the tomb was completed. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, May 19, 2022
Museums Newfields, the Indiana Museum and Entertainment Complex, Names a New Leader After Its Last CEO’s Turbulent Ouster Its new head has more than two decades experience working in higher education. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, May 18, 2022
Auctions A Michelangelo Drawing Just Sold at Christie’s for $21 Million, the Highest Price Ever Paid for a Work by the Old Master at Auction The drawing was rediscovered in 2019. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, May 18, 2022
Artnet News Pro Looking to Get an Artwork Into the Met? Here’s How 7 of the World’s Top Museums Decide What to Acquire for Their Collections We got the inside scoop on how museums like the LACMA and the Centre Pompidou decide to acquire artworks for their collections. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, May 18, 2022
Crime An Artist Who Attacked an Asger Jorn Painting in a Denmark Museum Apologizes for Accidentally Using Such a Strong Glue The perpetrator has claimed the act raises questions about artistic ownership, but many believe it was a right-wing stunt. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, May 17, 2022
Museums The Albers Foundation Is Opening a Museum in Senegal to Show African Art and Facilitate the Repatriation of Objects From the West The museum will open near Kaolack in 2025. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, May 12, 2022
Museums Minimalist Artist Lee Ufan Opens His Own Art Center in Arles—His Third After Solo Spaces in Japan and Korea The new location is in a 17th-century mansion in the city’s historic quarter, converted by the artist's friend and architect of choice, Tadao Ando. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, May 12, 2022
Shows & Exhibitions David Hockney Has Created His Largest Painting Ever—a 314-Foot Frieze Inspired by His Year in Lockdown The frieze, recording a year in Normandy, was inspired by the region's historic Bayeux Tapestry. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, May 11, 2022
Art World Ascendant Art Star Michael Armitage Will Design the U.K.’s New £1 Coin, Set to Debut in 2023 The redesign by a Kenyan-born artist is intended to symbolize modern Britain. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, May 11, 2022
Pop Culture Airbnb Will Give a Handful of Very Lucky Tourists the Chance to Spend the Night in the Historic Moulin Rouge in Paris Guests will get to stay in a room that has never before been opened to the public. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, May 11, 2022
Museums An Elderly American Tourist Fell Into—and Ripped—a 17th-Century Religious Painting by Guido Reni at Rome’s Galleria Borghese Other visitors have also tripped over the painting's raised platform. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, May 6, 2022
Law Canadian Police Seized 1,000 Works From a Dealer Suspected of Selling Art on Behalf of Clients and Then Ghosting Them Works by Emily Carr and David Blackwood are at the heart of the charges against the art dealer. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, May 6, 2022
