Art World An Amateur Treasure Hunter May Get a Huge Payout After Uncovering an Iron Age Chariot That Has Floored Experts The unprecedented find has been dated to AD 25-75. By Kate Brown, Feb 12, 2019
Politics Nan Goldin’s Activist Group Escalates Its War Against the Sacklers With an Open Call to Action at the Met The artist's direct-action group has made a public appeal for anyone to join them at a protest at the museum tomorrow, February 9. By Kate Brown, Feb 8, 2019
People Laure Prouvost, the Artist Representing France in the Venice Biennale, Wants You to Know She’s a Big-Time Liar Her largest exhibition yet opens today at the Museum of Contemporary Art. By Kate Brown, Feb 7, 2019
Politics The German Government Is Putting More Than $2 Million Behind Restitution Research Into Objects From Colonial Contexts The money will fund the research of colonial-era objects in German institutional collections. By Kate Brown, Feb 5, 2019
Exhibitions Cai Guo-Qiang Will Blow Up a Volcanic Work of Art in the Heart of Ancient Pompeii The Chinese artist's spectacular work in the ancient Roman city is part of an international tour that heads next to Paris. By Kate Brown, Feb 5, 2019
Auctions A Painting by Élisabeth-Louise Vigée Le Brun Sold for $7.2 Million at Sotheby’s, a New Record for a Female Artist From Before the Modern Era The artist's work led Sotheby's Master Paintings evening sale in New York, with a little pre-sale help from Victoria Beckham. By Kate Brown, Jan 31, 2019
Art and Law A Banksy Mural Dedicated to Victims of the Paris Terrorist Attacks Was Stolen From the Bataclan Theater The image of a veiled figure appeared on the theater's exit door last June. By Kate Brown, Jan 28, 2019
Art and Law Police Seize Cliché Mountain Paintings by ‘A. Hitler’ From a Berlin Auction House, Saying They’re Fakes Authorities say the watercolors may be forgeries. By Kate Brown, Jan 25, 2019
Politics ‘The Idea Is Not to Empty Museums’: Authors of France’s Blockbuster Restitution Report Say Their Work Has Been Misrepresented Felwine Sarr and Bénédicte Savoy say the media misunderstood their argument and oversimplified their ideas. By Kate Brown, Jan 24, 2019
Art Fairs Elite International Galleries Sign Up for Milan’s Art Fair for the First Time Despite Rising Nationalist Sentiment The 2019 edition of miart welcomes heavyweight galleries Hauser & Wirth, Marian Goodman Gallery, and Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac for the first time. By Kate Brown, Jan 23, 2019
On View The Bauhaus Did Ballet? See the Surreal Costumes From the German Design School’s Little-Known Performance Germany's riotous 100th birthday celebration for the Bauhaus begins with the restating of a 1922 ballet. By Kate Brown, Jan 22, 2019
Art World A Polish Billionaire Carved Out a Mountain in Switzerland to Build a New Museum Grażyna Kulczyk has opened her ambitious new institution in a small town of around 200 villagers. By Kate Brown, Jan 21, 2019
Exhibitions ‘I Knew People Would Hate This Exhibition’: A Museum Show About Kanye West in Zurich Stirs the Pot Photographer He-Ji Shin says her latest show is about taking a stand against politically correct culture. By Kate Brown, Jan 18, 2019
Market Art Stage Singapore Is Canceled One Week Before Opening, Leaving Exhibitors Wondering Why In an email to exhibitors, the fair’s president blamed “given circumstances,” which have yet to be revealed to exhibitors or the fair’s director. By Kate Brown, Jan 16, 2019
People Meet Kris Lemsalu, the Eccentrically Costumed Artist Who Will ‘Give Birth to a World of Shamanic Force’ at the Venice Biennale Lemsalu will team up with friends, including the artist Sarah Lucas, to create her own world on a Venetian island. By Kate Brown, Jan 16, 2019
