Opinion The Perplexingly Popular Conspiracy Theory That ‘Salvator Mundi’ Is Connected to #Russiagate, Explained Trump, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Christie's, a new shadowy world order... it all adds up! By Ben Davis, Jan 9, 2019
People ‘She Changed My Life for the Better’: Read the Letters Ai Weiwei and Other Art Figures Wrote to Advocate Leniency for Mary Boone Prominent members of the art world have written letters testifying to the art dealer's character after she pleaded guilty to tax fraud last year. By Sarah Cascone, Jan 9, 2019
Art & Exhibitions More Than 30 Works by Edvard Munch Are Missing From Oslo. Did University Students Steal Them? Works by the famed painter and five other artists disappeared after a loan scheme to a student housing complex. By Javier Pes, Jan 8, 2019
People After Pleading Guilty to Tax Fraud, Mary Boone’s Lawyers Cite Childhood Trauma and Mental Instability in a Bid to Avert Jail Time Industry heavyweights including Jerry Saltz, Ai Weiwei, and Julian Schnabel have also written letters supporting Boone. By Sarah Cascone, Jan 8, 2019
Art World The Ivory Coast Drafts a Long List of the Colonial-Era Works It Wants Back From France As support for repatriation grows, the Ivory Coast is asking France to return 148 works. By Sarah Cascone, Dec 20, 2018
People Artist Subodh Gupta Steps Down as Co-Curator of the Goa Arts Festival Amid Allegations of Sexual Harassment The accusations are the latest from an anonymous Instagram account targeting prominent figures in the Indian art world. By Sarah Cascone, Dec 19, 2018
People A Danish Photographer Shot Himself Having Sex With a Model Atop Egypt’s Great Pyramid. Here’s Why He Did It The photo was "the dumbest idea I could get on," explains Danish daredevil Andreas Hvid. By Sarah Cascone, Dec 11, 2018
Art World A Belgian Court Has Seized 58 Banksy Artworks Worth Over $15 Million From an ‘Illegal’ Brussels Exhibition The court determined the uninsured works, belonging to Steve Lazarides, were being held without the owner's permission. By Henri Neuendorf, Nov 26, 2018
Art World A Picasso Stolen in a Major Heist Six Years Ago Was Found Buried in a Romanian Forest. But It Was All Part of a Prank It turns out the recently discovered Picasso is a fake. By Kate Brown, Nov 19, 2018
Law & Politics Jeff Koons Is Found Guilty of Plagiarism in Paris and Ordered to Pay $168,000 to the Creator of an Ad He Appropriated A French adman claims victory in his legal battle with the US artist over a surreal campaign featuring a rescue pig and freezing model. By Naomi Rea, Nov 9, 2018
Law & Politics Collector Who Sold a Fake Old Master Through Sotheby’s Must Repay the Auction House $1.2 Million, Court Rules It's the latest legal development in an ongoing forgery scandal. By Sarah Cascone, Nov 8, 2018
Crime Did the Truth About the Fabled Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Heist Just Die Forever With Crime Boss Whitey Bulger? Tales of Bulger's involvement in the heist abound, but the museum says he had nothing to do with it. By Eileen Kinsella, Oct 30, 2018
Art World A Chinese Company Is Staging Fake Kusama and Murakami Exhibitions, and the Artists Are Extremely Unhappy About It It is unclear who is behind the alleged scam or how widespread it is. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 25, 2018
Law & Politics The Museum of the Bible Removes Five of Its Dead Sea Scrolls From View After Researchers Prove They’re Fake Scientific analysis of the scroll fragments found "characteristics inconsistent with ancient origin." By Eileen Kinsella, Oct 22, 2018
People Luc Tuymans, Giuseppe Penone, and Other Art-World Figures Defend Museum Director After Russian Forgery Scandal Catherine de Zegher is fighting to keep her job after mounting a show of alleged Russian avant-garde forgeries. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 11, 2018
