Art History Is There a UFO in That Renaissance Painting? See 7 Historical Artworks That (Possibly) Depict Close Encounters With the Third Kind Do you want to believe? By Artnet News, Oct 13, 2023
Politics Documenta Condemns Members of the Art Collective ruangrupa—Who Curated Last Year’s Show—for ‘Liking’ Pro-Palestine Social Media Posts Two members of the Indonesian art collective said they "liked" a video of a pro-Palestine demonstration in Berlin by mistake. By Taylor Dafoe, Oct 10, 2023
Art Criticism TikTok Star Devon Rodriguez Is Now the Most Famous Artist in the World. But What About His Work? "Underground," Rodriguez's show at UTA Artist Space, is a chance to observe the rise of Influencer Art. By Ben Davis, Oct 6, 2023
Crime An American Tourist Who Went on a Sculpture-Smashing Rampage at Jerusalem’s Israel Museum Has Been Arrested The suspect's lawyer blames Jerusalem syndrome. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 6, 2023
Crime A String of Burglaries Targeting Security Vulnerabilities Have Stripped a Cologne Museum of Objects Worth Millions Most recently, thieves entered through a poorly repaired window to take nine pieces of valuable Chinese porcelain. By Adam Schrader, Oct 4, 2023
Crime A Rogue Curator at the Palace of Versailles Was Found Guilty of Conducting Private Tours of the Estate That Earned Him $26,000 The curator was suspended, until a regional court recently overturned the palace's disciplinary action. By Richard Whiddington, Oct 3, 2023
Crime The Great Wall of China Has Suffered ‘Irreversible’ Damage After Two Workers Excavated a Shortcut Through the Cultural Relic The pair have been detained and charged with destroying a cultural relic. By Adam Schrader, Sep 28, 2023
Crime A German Museum Employee Has Been Caught ‘Shamelessly’ Swapping Original Paintings for Fakes to Fund His Lavish Lifestyle The man is said to have spent the money on a new apartment, wristwatches, and a Rolls-Royce. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Sep 25, 2023
Art History The U.K.’s Royal Collection Has Discovered a Long-Lost Artemisia Gentileschi Painting That Was Left to Collect Dust in Storage for a Century The painting had once hung over the Queen's private fireplace. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Sep 23, 2023
Art History A Group of Researchers Claims to Have Discovered a Long-Lost Raphael Painting. Critics Say It’s Just a Cheap Replica The artwork, a 1504 portrait of Mary Magdalene, was revealed to mixed reviews during a conference in Italy this week. By Artnet News, Sep 22, 2023
Crime Disgraced Dealer Inigo Philbrick’s Co-Conspirator, Robert Newland, Sentenced to 20 Months in Prison Newland, who helped Philbrick execute and perpetuate the massive fraud, will serve just over one and a half years in jail. By Eileen Kinsella, Sep 20, 2023
Politics The State Hermitage Museum Teams Up With a Tehran Cultural Heritage Organization as Russia Bolsters Ties With Iran Western museums have largely cut ties with the St. Petersburg institution. By Sarah Cascone, Sep 20, 2023
Art History A Fanciful History of Fairies in Art, From Renaissance Depictions to Romantic Shakespearean Visions We trace these magical, miniature beings through centuries of art and culture. By Katie White, Sep 19, 2023
Opinion Kenny Schachter Surveys the Start of the Fall Art Season, Unearthing Feuds, Farces, and Secret Identities Galore Oh, and our columnist also has some thoughts on his former friend Inigo Philbrick's rapidly nearing release date. By Kenny Schachter, Sep 19, 2023
Crime A New Documentary Revisits a Knotty, Unresolved Forgery Scandal that Rocked Australia’s Art World The two-part program investigates the suspected forgery of artworks attributed to Brett Whiteley and the ripple effects that followed. By Artnet News, Sep 19, 2023
