Auctions Sotheby’s Launches Artist’s Choice, a New Venture That Enables Artists to Consign Work Directly to Auction The initiative is the brainchild of former art-fair executive Noah Horowitz. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Sep 8, 2022
Art History An English Couple Nearly Painted Over a Mysterious Artwork on Their Bedroom Wall—Until They Discovered It Could Be Worth $115,000 The painting is now heading to auction By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Sep 7, 2022
Archaeology & History A Photographer Has Revealed Mysterious Carvings on an Ancient Stone Monument in Ireland Using a Special Technique He Invented The Grange Stone Circle was likely used for rituals in prehistoric times. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Sep 7, 2022
Auctions You Can Bid for a Chance to Play Chess With Andrea Bocelli as Part of a Charity Auction for the Italian Maestro’s Foundation The unusual sale offers art and opportunities to meet the Italian tenor. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Sep 6, 2022
Art History A Historian Believes a Sketch Found in the Margins of a 15th-Century Book Could Show Michelangelo at Work on His Colossal David Sculpture The drawing was found in a copy of Dante's "Divine Comedy." By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Sep 6, 2022
Museums & Institutions Two Years Ago, Museums Across the U.S. Promised to Address Diversity and Equity. Here’s Exactly What They Have Done So Far We surveyed museums from New York to Detroit to Los Angeles to get a sense of where equity initiatives stand. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Sep 5, 2022
Art & Tech Scientists Are Training A.I. to Reconstruct Long-Lost Underpaintings by Artists Including Van Gogh and Leonardo da Vinci The team has also started using DALL-E to reconstruct lost masterpieces known only through textual descriptions. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Sep 1, 2022
Archaeology & History Archaeologists in Israel Uncover an Exceptionally Well-Preserved Eight-Foot Mammoth Tusk That Could Be Half a Million Years Old The field archaeologist who headed the dig calls it “the largest fossil tusk ever found at a prehistoric site in Israel or the Near East.” By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Sep 1, 2022
Archaeology & History See How Experts Restored 1,000-Year-Old Nubian Wall Paintings, Recently Discovered in Sudan, to Their Original Religious Glory The imagery includes the Virgin and Christ as well as two archangels in ornate ceremonial costume. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Aug 30, 2022
Museums & Institutions The Vatican Is Defending Itself After Criticism of Celebrities Receiving Special Treatment in the Sistine Chapel Went Viral on Social Media Russell Crowe and Jason Momoa were among those at the center of the controversy. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Aug 5, 2022
Art & Tech Apple Has Teamed Up With the Getty to Unleash Augmented-Reality Demons Inspired by William Blake at Its New London Store The work is the by tech-art duo Tin&Ed, with a soundtrack by Just Blaze. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Jul 28, 2022
People Art School Is Too Airless, Inaccessible, and Out of Touch. Here’s How the Artist Mark Leckey Is Trying to Change That The course focuses on creative technical skills rather than theory or critique. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Jul 27, 2022
Art & Tech ‘A.I. Is Being Trained on the Collective Works of Humanity’: How Artists Are Using Image Generators to Usher in the New ‘Recombinant Art’ Movement The ability to remix historical movements and styles without context raises questions about the future of art. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Jul 14, 2022
Law & Politics Vandals Who Target Public Monuments in the U.K. Now Face Drastically Harsher Fines and Prison Sentences Under a New Law Experts believe this new provision in the law could pose a threat to the freedom to protest. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Jul 13, 2022
Artnet News Pro Nervous About Buying Art Online? You Can Rent It Instead. Here’s What It Costs and How It Works The rise in art-rental services have offered more flexible options to art collectors and a new revenue stream for independent artists. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Jul 11, 2022