Reviews The Endless Encore: A Sprawling 14-Hour Documentary Captures Documenta’s Twilight Era 'Exergue' reads as both swan song for the entire machinery behind the global mega exhibition and a testament to the art world’s capacity for eternal return. By Kristian Vistrup Madsen, Mar 26, 2024
Art History 3 Things You Should Know About ‘Island of the Dead,’ a Once Wildly Famous Now Obscure Painting Full of Mystery Created by Swiss painter Arnold Böcklin, the haunting work still has some secrets. By Annikka Olsen, Dec 29, 2023
The Back Room The Back Room: Legal Lessons A look back at Inigo Philbrick's swindle as his accomplice is sentenced, how Gagosian poaches artists, and much more. By Artnet News, Sep 22, 2023
Art & Tech Did Monet Owe His Hazy, Impressionistic Style to the Early Effects of Climate Change? A New Scientific Study Suggests So The artist painted at the height of the Industrial Revolution. By Taylor Dafoe, Mar 28, 2023
Artnet News Pro Who Won Auction Week? Here Are 16 Key Takeaways From New York’s $3.2 Billion Fall Sales From the priciest work to the biggest flop (and more), here are our parting observations from New York's marquee auctions this November. By Artnet News, Nov 21, 2022
Auctions Sotheby’s $391 Million Modern Art Double-Header Signals Enduring Strength in the Art Market, Despite Fears of a Recession The auction house sold works from the David M. Solinger collection, followed by its Modern art evening sale. By Annie Armstrong, Nov 14, 2022
Art World Art Industry News: A Man Repatriated 19 Artifacts He Inherited From His Grandma After Reading Up on Restitution + Other Stories Plus, Sotheby's is under scrutiny for selling Schieles with patchy provenance, and an Iran demonstration comes to LACMA. By Artnet News, Nov 14, 2022
Art World Here Are the 11 Biggest Controversies That Roiled the Art World in 2021—and the Questions They Raise About the Future From political meddlers interested in Hunter Biden’s art to Hong Kong’s uncertain future, here’s what we couldn’t stop talking about in 2021. By Artnet News, Dec 29, 2021
The Back Room The Back Room: A Year That Went Boom This week: art-market acceleration hits a new gear, Sotheby's outsells itself, European gavels get loud too, and much more. By Tim Schneider, Dec 17, 2021
Politics The Kunstmuseum Bern Will Give Up Dozens of Works With Murky Provenance From the Collection of the Late Cornelius Gurlitt The works include two watercolors by Otto Dix that will go directly to the heirs of the rightful owners. By Vivienne Chow, Dec 13, 2021
Art World Art Industry News: Wait, Did the U.K. Government Just Change Its Tune on the Parthenon Marbles? + Other Stories Plus, a bitter donor battle is dividing a Hamptons sculpture garden and the peerless collection of Samsung's late chairman gets a national tour. By Artnet News, Nov 16, 2021
Law & Politics A Drawing Believed to Be the Final Nazi-Looted Artwork in the Gurlitt Collection Has Been Returned to Its Rightful Owners The provenance of some 1,000 artworks from the notorious collection still remain unknown. By Sarah Cascone, Jan 13, 2021
People In Memoriam: Remembering Those the Art World Has Lost in the Coronavirus Pandemic [UPDATED] We take a look at the lives of some of those lost. By Artnet News, Jul 8, 2020
Art World A Years-Long Research Project Into the Gurlitt Trove Has Ended Without Being Able to Resolve ‘a Very Large Gray Area’ Around 1,000 Works “Whatever research was possible, we have exhausted it," says the project's director. By Sarah Cascone, May 26, 2020
Law & Politics In a Dramatic About-Face, the Kunstmuseum Basel Will Compensate the Heirs of a Jewish Collector for Disputed Works in Its Collection The museum had first ruled out restitution in 2008. By Sarah Cascone, Mar 27, 2020