Politics ‘Artists Can Be Guides in This Troubled Epoch’: Thaddaeus Ropac Backs a Pro-European Exhibition and Benefit Auction On the eve of crucial European elections, works by leading artists including Elmgreen & Dragset and Marina Abramovic will celebrate a united Europe. By Kate Brown, May 9, 2019
Art World A Long-Lost Cupid Is Revealed Under the Surface of One of Vermeer’s Greatest Paintings A remarkable restoration project confirms that the Dutch Old Master painted a young woman reading a love letter. By Kate Brown, May 8, 2019
On View Peer Inside the Prison of the Belgian Pavilion at the Venice Biennale and See a Disturbing World of Mannequins and Old White People Belgian duo Jos de Gruyter and Harald Thys are sending the Europe's idealized archetypes to jail. By Kate Brown, May 7, 2019
On View The Remains of a Shipwreck That Killed Hundreds of Migrants Will Be Shown at the Venice Biennale The damaged boat, shown by artist Christoph Büchel, will stand a powerful testament to the hundreds migrants who have died crossing the Mediterranean Sea. By Kate Brown, May 6, 2019
Art World Scholars Say They Have Discovered the Second Known Portrait of Leonardo da Vinci, Made Just Before His Death The figure's beard—a rare fashion at the time—was a major tip-off. By Kate Brown, May 2, 2019
Politics More Than Half of the Artists Included in the Whitney Biennial Are Calling for Trustee Warren Kanders to Resign Forty-six of the artists included in the upcoming Whitney Biennial have signed on. By Kate Brown, Apr 30, 2019
People Artist Guido van der Werve Pushes His Body to the Limit. Then a Life-Changing Accident Almost Ended It All No task seems too difficult for triathlete, composer, and visual artist. By Kate Brown, Apr 25, 2019
Law A Stolen Painting by Signac, Worth More Than $1 Million, Is Recovered in Ukraine Officials are investigating whether the same gang suspected of stealing the painting by Paul Signac could been involved in further art crimes. By Kate Brown, Apr 24, 2019
Art World ‘It’s All About Life’: Ethiopia’s Newest Art Museum Doubles as an Experiment in Environmental Sustainability The Zoma Museum, an alternative arts and ecological institution in Addis Ababa, opened in March. By Kate Brown, Apr 22, 2019
People ‘You Don’t Have to Be Rich’: How One Young German Entrepreneur Is Busting the Myth of the ‘Typical’ Art Collector Christian Kaspar Schwarm wants to create a new paradigm for art collectors. By Kate Brown, Apr 18, 2019
Shows & Exhibitions A Little Bit of Texas Is Coming to Venice as the Dallas Museum of Art Plans Its First Pop-Up During the Biennale The late German artist Günther Förg's bold artworks will be installed in a resplendent setting on the Grand Canal. By Kate Brown, Apr 16, 2019
Market The National Gallery Declared ‘Salvator Mundi’ to Be a ‘Signature’ da Vinci. The Experts It Consulted Weren’t So Sure, a New Book Reveals The author of a new book claims the art museum downplayed the doubts of three experts. By Kate Brown, Apr 15, 2019
Art Fairs The Mood Is Bright at Art Cologne, But Small Galleries Are Still Struggling to Find Sustainability Dealers at the fair debated the virtues of new business models and collaborative ventures. By Kate Brown, Apr 12, 2019
Galleries In the Shadow of Europe’s Rising Far-Right, Warsaw Gallerists Are Trying to Find a Way Forward—by Drawing on Their Socialist Past The second edition of Poland’s international gallery share Friend of a Friend comes at a crucial moment. By Kate Brown, Apr 12, 2019
Auctions Meet ‘Skinny,’ the 155 Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Greeting Visitors at Heathrow Airport The dinosaur skeleton has been installed at Heathrow airport's terminal 5 before it hits the auction block in June. By Kate Brown, Apr 5, 2019
