Politics The Director of Moscow’s Pushkin Museum Is the Latest Institutional Head to Step Down Amid Russia’s Escalating Crackdown on Culture An opposition media site claims that the new director has previous ties to the Kremlin. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Mar 22, 2023
Art History Did Vermeer Have a Daughter Who Painted Some of His Most Famous Portraits? This Art Historian Thinks So The theory has ruffled feathers among the art establishment. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Mar 21, 2023
Art World We Spoke to the ‘Anguished’ Barcelona Residents Fighting to Prevent the Completion of Gaudí’s Famed Sagrada Familia The locals' bag of tricks includes an alternative architectural plan for the entrance to the famous basilica. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Mar 14, 2023
Art World Ruinart Champagne Has Tapped French Artist Eva Jospin to Create Her Signature Baroque Cardboard Sculptures The luxury spirits brand gave the artist carte blanche for its annual art commission. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Mar 10, 2023
Shows & Exhibitions Fashion Designer Paul Smith Juxtaposes Contemporary Art With Picasso Classics for a New Museum Show in Paris At the Picasso Museum in Paris, the revered designer has guest curated a fun, colorful reinterpretation of the artist's legacy. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Mar 10, 2023
Art World A New Private Arts Club Has Arrived in London’s East End, Recreating the ‘Curiosity of an Avid Art Collector’s Home’ Opening March 7, Shoreditch Arts Club boasts an exhibition program, meeting rooms, a cinema, and a restaurant. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Feb 28, 2023
Auctions Bought in a Thrift Store for $700, a Rare Giacometti Chandelier Just Sold at Auction for Almost $3 Million The final hammer price is just shy of the lot's high estimate, but far exceeds the original $700 paid for the chandelier. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Feb 28, 2023
Archaeology Archaeologists on Easter Island Have Discovered a Previously Unknown Moai Statue Buried in a Dried-Out Lake Bed More of the iconic head statues could turn up, researchers say. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Feb 27, 2023
Law The Joan Mitchell Foundation Claims Louis Vuitton Infringed the American Artist’s Copyright by Including Her Paintings in Advertisements The late Abstract Expressionist's work is currently on view at the luxury brand's foundation in Paris. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Feb 22, 2023
Crime A Spanish Collector Has Been Sentenced to Four Years in Prison for Attempting to Sell Forgeries of Works by Munch, Lichtenstein, and Others The man was caught out by another collector who had accidentally bought fake works from him in the past. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Feb 22, 2023
Art History Marginalia Uncovered in Leonardo’s Famous Codex Arundel Suggests the Renaissance Polymath Theorized Gravity Before Galileo The finding was hiding in plain sight for centuries until the manuscript was studied by physicists. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Feb 20, 2023
Crime Spanish Police Have Recovered a Trove of Stolen Works by Dalí and Miró That Were Burgled From Collectors’ Homes in Barcelona The same authorities have also shut down a forgery workshop producing fake prints by Dalí and Picasso. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Feb 20, 2023
On View In Pictures: A Once-In-a-Lifetime Donatello Exhibition Surveys the Renaissance Master’s Revolutionary Sculptural Practice The show brings together drawings, reliefs and statues from museums across Europe and America. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Feb 20, 2023
Auctions An Ornament of a Baby, Purchased for $2 by a Bargain Hunter, Turns Out to be a Rare Porcelain. It Could Earn $36,000 at Auction The treasure dates back to the very earliest days of porcelain production in England. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Feb 17, 2023
On View In Pictures: Curator Roger Gastman Brings His Hit New York Street Art Show to London’s Saatchi Gallery The historical survey is updated to include artworks that bring the influence of street art into the digital age. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Feb 17, 2023
