The Appraisal To Art History, Matisse Is a Master. To the Market, It’s a More Complicated Story The artist's most famous works are in museums, and his collectors can be fickle. Recently, his late work has been reassessed. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 10, 2024
Art World Art Bites: What’s Up With This Museum’s Cabinet of Noses? An eccentric museum display inspired an equally quirky new artwork. By Vittoria Benzine, Jul 9, 2024
Art & Exhibitions The Story Behind a Rare 19th-Century Portrait of a Person of Color Emerges The painting is a promised gift to the Baltimore Museum of Art. By Sarah Cascone, Jul 9, 2024
Art World Art Bites: Why Conservation of Velázquez’s ‘Las Meninas’ Caused a Nationwide Uproar Spaniards argued that only a native could truly understand the pinnacle of Spanish art. By Adnan Qiblawi, Jul 8, 2024
Market A Cache of Drawings by a 14-Year-Old Queen Victoria Heads to Auction The Queen was instructed by some of the foremost painters of her day. By Adnan Qiblawi, Jul 8, 2024
Artists ‘The More Repellent You Are, the More Attractive You Become’: George Condo on Contemporary Mythmaking The artist opens up about his minimalist turn at the Deste Foundation, and distancing himself from Kanye West. By Naomi Rea, Jul 8, 2024
Art World Art Bites: How the Art World Rediscovered Judith Leyster Works by the supremely talented Dutch master have often been wrongly attributed to men. By Vittoria Benzine, Jul 7, 2024
Art World Art Bites: Gentileschi and Galileo Were Pen Pals The artist's relationship with the scientist may have informed her depiction of blood. By Verity Babbs, Jul 3, 2024
Art World Art Bites: Who Was Degas’s ‘Little Dancer’? Meet the young ballerina who posed for Degas's controversial sculpture. By Vittoria Benzine, Jul 2, 2024
Art & Exhibitions 20 Years After Michel Majerus’s Tragic Death, the Pioneering Artist’s Laptop Has Been Restored. Surprises Abound 'It’s a true virtual studio,' said Cory Arcangel, who's exploring its hard drive in a YouTube series. By Andrew Russeth, Jul 1, 2024
Studio Visit Kate Pincus-Whitney Traverses L.A.’s Food Scene in Her Maximalist Paintings The artist says the 'alchemy' of food helps us learn who we are and what stories we want to tell. By Eileen Kinsella, Jun 29, 2024
Crime U.S. Recovers Monet and Warhol Linked to Fugitive Financier Jho Low The Malaysian businessman still faces federal charges from the alleged 1MDB fraud. He's believed to be in China. By Eileen Kinsella, Jun 26, 2024
Pop Culture Who Are the ‘Hot Rodent Men’ of Art History? Would you swoon over these high art hamsters? By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Jun 26, 2024
On View After Languishing in Obscurity, Cubist Maria Blanchard Finally Gets Her Due Acclaimed Cubist painter Maria Blanchard is the subject of a major new retrospective at the Picasso Museum in Málaga. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Jun 26, 2024
Art World Art Bites: Why Did Leonardo Use Mirror Writing? ⸮ɘƨɿɘvɘɿ ni ɘɈiɿw ɿɘɈƨɒm ɘɔnɒƨƨiɒnɘЯ ɘʜɈ bib γʜW By Verity Babbs, Jun 25, 2024