Pop Culture ‘The Exhibit’ Recap: The Contestants Answer a Futuristic Commission With Artworks Attempting ‘A View Toward Tomorrow’ This week, the artists were asked to revisit and evolve one of their previous works. By Min Chen, Apr 3, 2023
The Art Detective ‘It’s Sick But It’s True’: Why Art Addicts Go on Shopping Sprees and Then Don’t Pick Up Their New Artworks… for Years Unclaimed art purchases are a widespread phenomenon. Sometimes there's a good reason, but often there just isn't. By Katya Kazakina, Mar 31, 2023
Pop Culture ‘The Exhibit’ Recap: In the Reality Show’s Fourth Episode Judges Clash Over Beauty and Justice This week, the hunt for the next great artist leads with a justice-themed commission. By Min Chen, Mar 27, 2023
The Back Room The Back Room: Answering Hong Kong’s Riddle This week: the intrigue around ABHK’s return, a new art-world power couple emerges, the rise of single-owner auction action, and much more. By Artnet News, Mar 24, 2023
Wet Paint Hark! A New Art World Power Couple Emerges, the Adderall Shortage Keeps Artists and Dealers on Their Toes, and More Juicy Art World Gossip Plus, a new game with a prize of a free Wet Paint hat, and which millionaire NFT artist is moving to Marfa, Texas? By Annie Armstrong, Mar 23, 2023
Art & Exhibitions New Analysis Reveals That the Famed ‘Ugly Duchess’ Renaissance Painting May Not Depict a Woman After All As is so often the case with 16th-century works, the answer lies with Leonardo da Vinci. By Artnet News, Mar 22, 2023
Art World Art Industry News: Elizabeth Peyton Painted Lucas Zwirner’s Portrait for Her Debut Outing With His Dad’s Gallery + Other Stories Plus, the Gardner museum closed in fear of climate protests and Thaddaeus Ropac now represents Zadie Xa. By Artnet News, Mar 21, 2023
Pop Culture ‘The Exhibit’ Recap: Emotions Run Hot as Challengers Take on a Timely Art Commission, But the Spirit of Competition Is Tepid This week, a pandemic-themed commission produces the 'feels.' By Min Chen, Mar 20, 2023
What I Buy and Why Photography Collector and Dealer Anna Walker Skillman Is Raising Strong Daughters on Images of Confident Women Skillman owns and directs Jackson Fine Art in Atlanta, the gallery that launched Elton John's photography collection. By Lee Carter, Mar 20, 2023
Law & Politics A Series of Norman Rockwell Illustrations That Once Hung in the White House Is at the Center of a Legal Battle Between Family Members Rockwell gifted the artworks to FDR’s press secretary in 1943. But who officially owned them after that is the subject of debate. By Taylor Dafoe, Mar 17, 2023
On View How Can You Make an English Manor Filled With Old Masters Feel Contemporary? At Chatsworth House, the Answer Is Cutting-Edge Design Glenn Adamson has created a dialogue between old and new at the Chatsworth House, opening March 18. By Adrian Madlener, Mar 17, 2023
The Back Room The Back Room: Silicon Valley Split This week: the art-market lesson in Silicon Valley Bank’s demise, Canadian art crime runs rampant, big auction losses follow big auction publicity, and much more. By Artnet News, Mar 17, 2023
Archaeology & History Archaeologists in Japan Have Unearthed a Gigantic 4th-Century ‘Dakō’ Sword That Dwarfs Any Blade Ever Found in the Country The sword is far too large to have been used for self defense, researchers say. By Caroline Goldstein, Mar 17, 2023
Art World A Drab Landscape on ‘Antiques Roadshow’ Turns Out to be an Early David Hockney Worth up to $36,000 The scene was likely completed by the iconic British painter when he was a student in the late 1950s, the show’s art expert explained. By Taylor Dafoe, Mar 16, 2023
Art History Who Was Leonardo da Vinci’s Mom, Actually? A Provocative New Book Suggests She Was a Slave From the Caucasus of Central Asia The book is based on a newly uncovered document that was supposedly written by da Vinci’s father in 1452. By Artnet News, Mar 15, 2023