Crime Italian Authorities Blocked the Sale of an Artemisia Gentileschi Painting in Austria, Saying Its Owners Lied to Export It A criminal investigation into the owners is underway now—and will likely determine the fate of the $2 million artwork. By Taylor Dafoe, Jul 20, 2022
Crime Officials in Ibiza Seized a $460,000 Picasso Sketch That a Passenger Tried to Pass Off as a Second-Rate Print The suspect had a fake receipt that stated the work was worth a little over $1,500. By Dorian Batycka, Jul 19, 2022
Op-Ed America Must Ensure That Russia Does Not Evade Sanctions. Here’s How the Art Market Can Help Legal and regulatory loopholes threaten not only our global security and economic integrity, but legitimate collectors, dealers, and auction houses, too. By Deborah Lehr, Jul 18, 2022
Op-Ed Museums Need to Be Braver. Here’s How College and University Art Galleries Can Offer the Sector at Large a Roadmap for Reinvention Here are five ways campus museums model a more courageous future. By Christina Olsen, Jul 17, 2022
Crime Florida Man Faces 20 Years in Prison for Allegedly Selling Cheap Prints as Multimillion-Dollar Artworks by Basquiat and Other Stars Why is it always a Florida man? By Sarah Cascone, Jul 14, 2022
Crime Thieves Stole an Ancient Copper Relic Said to Contain the Blood of Jesus. Then It Turned Up on the Doorstep of a Dutch Art Detective The “Indiana Jones of the art world” has made headlines once again. By Vittoria Benzine, Jul 14, 2022
Politics After One of Its Members Was Attacked in Kassel, Art Collective Party Office Cancels Its Documenta Event: ‘We Don’t Feel Safe’ The news is the latest blow to Documenta 15's dwindling reputation. By Vivienne Chow, Jul 13, 2022
Politics ‘It Felt Like an Overwhelming Collapse’: Artist Lisa Anne Auerbach on Why the Overturning of ‘Roe v. Wade’ Made Her Unraveling ‘Rights’ Work Go Viral Knitting becomes a powerful metaphor in the artist's work. By Sarah Cascone, Jul 12, 2022
Politics A Mysterious Georgia Rock Art Sculpture—Considered by Some the ‘American Stonehenge’ and by Others the Work of Satan—Has Been Bombed A conservative politician recently made a campaign promise to demolish the artwork, which she believes is satanic in nature. By Sarah Cascone, Jul 7, 2022
Politics Philadelphia Is Installing Its First Monument to Abolitionist Hero Harriet Tubman—But Black Artists Say They Weren’t Given the Opportunity to Contribute Wesley Wofford's touring Harriet Tubman statue struck a chord, but should it automatically be selected as a permanent addition by the city? By Sarah Cascone, Jul 6, 2022
Crime Seven People, Including a Man and His 74-Year-Old Mother, Are Found Guilty of Involvement in a $2 Million Paris Art Theft A group of men entered the apartment of a pensioner in July 2020 and made off with work by Pierre Soulages, Gerhard Richter, and others. By Anna Sansom, Jul 6, 2022
Crime In Pictures: Do Those Confiscated Paintings at the Orlando Museum of Art Actually Look Like Basquiats? Judge for Yourself The museum has already scrubbed all mention of the show, titled "Heroes and Monsters," from its website. By Vittoria Benzine, Jul 1, 2022
Crime The Culprits in a Brazen Jewelry Heist at TEFAF Maastricht Remain at Large After Dutch Police Release Two Suspects Without Charges Nobody else has yet been arrested in connection to the heist, but the investigation continues. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Jun 30, 2022
Politics Climate Protestors Glued Themselves to a Van Gogh Painting at the Courtauld, Demanding That Museums Join Their ‘Civil Resistance’ The incident comes just one day after demonstrators from the same group attached themselves to a Horatio McCulloch artwork in Glasgow. By Taylor Dafoe, Jun 30, 2022
Crime Armed Suspects Smashed a Jewelry Display at TEFAF Using a Mallet Before Jetting Off in Broad Daylight in a Getaway Car Local police says that two suspects have been apprehended. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Jun 28, 2022
