Auctions King Charles’s Childhood Drawings of ‘Mummy,’ ‘Papa,’ and the Easter Bunny Are Hitting the Auction Block in England Included are crayon portraits of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip. By Taylor Dafoe, Jun 15, 2023
Law & Politics A Kandinsky Painting Sold During World War II Should Be Returned to the Heirs of Its Jewish Owners, an Advisory Panel Ruled Once owned by a Dutch couple, the painting was auctioned just months after the Nazis occupied the Netherlands. By Taylor Dafoe, Jun 14, 2023
Politics London’s Natural History Museum Has Apologized for Renting Its Space to a Conservative Group for a ‘Hateful’ Private Event The museum said its employees are planning how to use the proceeds from the event. By Taylor Dafoe, Jun 7, 2023
On View Nicolas Party Honors Rosalba Carriera, the Rococo Queen of Pastels, in a New Installation at the Frick The show came about after the artist discovered an image hidden behind a Rosalba painting he had purchased. By Taylor Dafoe, Jun 7, 2023
Art & Exhibitions Photoville Returns to New York With More Than 80 Exhibitions—Many Displayed in the Event’s Signature Shipping Containers New York’s annual open-air photography show is gearing up for its 12th edition. By Taylor Dafoe, Jun 2, 2023
Law & Politics Japan Has Repatriated a Nazi-Looted Baroque Painting to Poland After Authorities Yanked It From a Tokyo Auction Block The artwork, attributed to Alessandro Turchi, was on a list of the most valuable pieces taken from Poland during World War II. By Taylor Dafoe, Jun 2, 2023
Law & Politics A Florence Museum Won Its Lawsuit Against a Publisher That Used a ‘Mortifying and Humiliating’ Image of Michelangelo’s ‘David’ Italian law allows public institutions to request fees for reproductions of important artworks, regardless of their copyright status. By Taylor Dafoe, Jun 1, 2023
Art Fairs TEFAF’s Global Managing Director Bart Drenth Has Resigned Following an Artnet News Report on His Provocative Anti-Woke Tweets Drenth has stepped down less than six months after being appointed to the position. By Taylor Dafoe, May 31, 2023
Crime A Michigan Dealer Charged With Conning Collectors Out of More Than $1.6 Million Is Expected to Strike a Plea Deal The dealer, Wendy Beard, faked life-threatening health scares and invented fake employees to dodge payments to clients. By Taylor Dafoe, May 30, 2023
Art World Artist Jesse Krimes Is Heading Up a New Nonprofit to Help Formerly Incarcerated Artists Find Creative Careers The organization was founded with a major gift from Agnes Gund’s Art for Justice Fund. By Taylor Dafoe, May 26, 2023
On View Artist Trevor Paglen Sounds the Alarm on Our New Era of ‘Psy-Ops Capitalism’ in a Reality-Testing Show at Pace Gallery We're moving from “surveillance capitalism” to an even more manipulative era, the artist said. By Taylor Dafoe, May 23, 2023
Law & Politics A Washington-Based Artist Who Falsely Claimed Native Heritage to Sell His Work Has Been Hit With an 18-Month Sentence The man, Jerry Chris Van Dyke, sold more than $1,000 worth of carved pendants based on Aleut masks in Seattle’s Pike Place Market. By Taylor Dafoe, May 23, 2023
Art Fairs An Alternative to Frieze? 21 New York Galleries Have Banded Together for a Group Show of Works From the 1970s Bortolami, Karma, and Kasmin are among the galleries participating in 'That ‘70s Show,' organized by dealer Eric Firestone. By Taylor Dafoe, May 17, 2023
Art World Australia Is Investigating Claims That Workers at an Aboriginal Arts Center Altered Works by Indigenous Artists Tjala Arts said that the staff members were 'art assistants' working under the direction of the local artists. By Taylor Dafoe, May 16, 2023
Art History Did Michelangelo Have a God Complex? An Expert Has Suggested That He Painted Himself Into ‘The Creation of Adam’ In a recent paper, the scholar Adriano Marinazzo posited that the artist based his depiction of God on his own likeness. By Taylor Dafoe, May 15, 2023