On View Two of European Art History’s Most Dramatic Figures, Bernini and Caravaggio, Go Head to Head in a New Show—See Images Here A new exhibition at the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna gathers together works by leading Italian Baroque artists. By Kate Brown, Oct 24, 2019
Law The FBI Has Seized Suspected Nazi-Looted Art From a Little-Known Upstate New York Museum The painting had been in the collection of prominent German patron Rudolf Mosse. By Kate Brown, Oct 24, 2019
Art World How Can Museums Become More Green? One Art Institution in Vienna Is Leading the Charge by Taking These Simple Steps Greening an institution is a big overhaul, but it is not as daunting as one might think. By Kate Brown, Oct 24, 2019
Art Fairs Despite Simmering Political Unrest, Art Basel Hong Kong Releases a Hefty Exhibitor List With New Names—and a Few Absences The exhibitor list for Art Basel Hong Kong's 2020 edition is out, complete with 242 participating galleries. By Kate Brown, Oct 22, 2019
People ‘He Was an Immense Artist’: The Chinese Artist Huang Yong Ping, Who Fused the Spirit of Duchamp with Zen Buddhism, Has Died The France-based Chinese artist fell foul of the censors in China and animal rights activists in North America. By Kate Brown, Oct 21, 2019
On View After 450 Years in Storage, a Female Renaissance Master’s ‘Last Supper’ Is Finally Unveiled in Florence Plautilla Nelli's painting is going on view after a four-year restoration. By Kate Brown, Oct 17, 2019
Politics More Than 100 Academics Have Signed a Letter Demanding That Germany Immediately Open Its Colonial-Era Collections to Researchers The petition puts increased pressure on the German state to act swiftly. By Kate Brown, Oct 17, 2019
Auctions A Recently Discovered Portrait by Nigerian Star Ben Enwonwu Sold for Nearly Eight Times Its Estimate at Sotheby’s London Some see the sale as a bellwether for the market for modern and contemporary art from Africa. By Kate Brown, Oct 16, 2019
People The Van Gogh Museum Has Tapped the Longtime Director of the Mauritshuis to Lead the Venerated Amsterdam Institution The American academic joins the museum after 12 years at the Mauritshuis. By Kate Brown, Oct 16, 2019
Market As Protests Continue to Rock the City, a Hong Kong Art Fair Show Has Cancelled Its Spring 2020 Edition Attendance at the Asia Contemporary Art Show fell by 40 percent at the fair's most recent show. By Kate Brown, Oct 15, 2019
On View Tiepolo, the ‘Best Painter in Venice,’ Goes on View in Germany in a Blockbuster Show The major exhibition spans all corners of his creative oeuvre, right down to some peculiar caricature doodles. By Kate Brown, Oct 15, 2019
Shows & Exhibitions On Top of a Leonardo Headache, the Prado Turned Down the Louvre’s Request to Borrow Three El Grecos The Paris museum opens a major survey of the Old Master, which is due to travel to Chicago in the spring. By Kate Brown, Oct 10, 2019
Art World Virtuous Online Commenters Have Discovered an Authentic Work by Anthony van Dyck, Britain’s First Art Star, Hiding in Plain Sight The charity-run internet forum is proud to evidence just how productive online chatting can be. By Kate Brown, Oct 9, 2019
Art World Paris’s Musée Rodin Signs a Major Partnership Deal With China to Open an Outpost in Its Technology Capital The French museum is selling 50 bronze editions of Rodin's work and loaning another 50 as part of the partnership. By Kate Brown, Oct 8, 2019
People ‘The Colonial Effect on Us Is Huge’: Why Congolese Collector Sindika Dokolo Sees Restitution as a Way to Remake African Identity The Congolese mega-collector is on a quest to help return illegally looted art to Africa. By Kate Brown, Oct 8, 2019