Law & Politics Stolen Francis Bacon Painting Worth $5.4 million Recovered by Spanish Police The portrait depicts banker José Capelo, a man Bacon was 'infatuated' with. By Adam Schrader, May 24, 2024
Law & Politics ‘The Scams Keep Proliferating’: Christie’s Historic Outage Reveals the Art World’s Digital Vulnerabilities The bad guys’ tools range from good, old-fashioned fraudulent checks to the most advanced technologies. By Brian Boucher, May 24, 2024
Law & Politics Sale of Elvis Presley’s Graceland Mansion Blocked by Lawsuit Presley's heir Riley Keough is claiming fraud on the part of a loan company. By Adam Schrader, May 23, 2024
Museums & Institutions British Museum Recovers Nearly Half of Its 1,500 Missing Objects A piece of Roman jewelry, worth $60,000, was found listed for $48 on eBay. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, May 20, 2024
Market Paint Drippings: Everything You Missed in the Art Industry Last Week From the top lots of New York's auction week to a new museum dedicated to Sufi art in Paris. By Annie Armstrong, May 20, 2024
Law & Politics Turkey Clears Natural History Museum Curator Accused of Smuggling Spiders and Scorpions Police confiscated about 1,500 samples from the curator. By Adam Schrader, May 14, 2024
Museums & Institutions Musée d’Orsay Files Police Complaint Following Graffiti Incident Its famous Courbet was on loan to the Pompidou-Metz, where it was attacked by performance activists. By Holly Black, May 14, 2024
The Back Room Paint Drippings: Everything You Missed in the Art Industry Last Week From an ill-timed website hack at Christie's to the A-listers spotted at TEFAF New York. By Annie Armstrong, May 13, 2024
Art World Christie’s Website Hacked Ahead of Marquee Sales It was not yet clear if any sensitive information had been accessed. By Adam Schrader, May 10, 2024
Museums & Institutions Activists Arrested After Targeting the Louvre’s Delacroix The same group had staged an action at Versailles days ago. By Adam Schrader, May 9, 2024
Art & Tech A.I. Flags Renoir and Monet Works As Fakes The works are among 40 supposed counterfeits flagged by Art Recognition software. By Holly Black, May 8, 2024
Law & Politics Did This Notorious Couple Who Stole a de Kooning Painting Also Hit a New Mexico Museum? The de Kooning work was stolen several months after the 1985 heist in Arizona. By Adam Schrader, May 7, 2024
Art World Controversial Courbet Tagged With ‘Me Too’ Graffiti As Part of an Artist’s Performance Artist Deborah de Robertis claims the action was a feminist performance and denounced the predatory behavior of men in the art world. By Holly Black, May 7, 2024
The Back Room Paint Drippings: Everything You Missed in the Art Industry Last Week From what sold at Frieze New York to a mysterious heir claiming a Klimt in Vienna. By Artnet News, May 6, 2024
The Back Room Paint Drippings: Everything You Missed in the Art Industry Last Week From a $30 million Monet at Sotheby's to this year's Turner Prize nominees. By Annie Armstrong, Apr 29, 2024
