Art World Art Bites: The World’s First Museum, Complete with Wall Labels Europeans with their "cabinets of curiosity" were late on the scene compared to the Neo-Babylonians. By Richard Whiddington, May 15, 2024
Auctions Monet Leads Sotheby’s $235 Million Modern Art Sale—But Carrington Steals the Show The 10-minute bidding war for Carrington's surreal masterpiece injected much-needed excitement into an anxious auction season. By Katya Kazakina, May 15, 2024
Art World Is the Art World Finally Ready to Embrace Craft? The Loewe Foundation Craft Prize was awarded this week. The exhibition asks big questions. By Naomi Rea, May 15, 2024
Auctions Hack-Hit Christie’s Sells $114.7 Million of Contemporary Art, Withdraws Major Marden New artist records were set at its New York headquarters for Martin Wong, Ana Mendieta, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, and more. By Eileen Kinsella, May 15, 2024
Art & Exhibitions A First-of-Its-Kind Show Decodes the Mythical Motifs of the Chinese Bronze Age San Francisco’s Asian Art Museum is showcasing artifacts adorned with phoenixes, raptors, and dragons. By Tim Brinkhof, May 15, 2024
Art World A Geologist-Art Historian Says She Knows Where the Mona Lisa was Painted Could her twin areas of expertise have enabled her to solve this longstanding riddle? By Brian Boucher, May 14, 2024
Art World Art Bites: Why Frida Kahlo Hated the French Surrealists Was Frida Kahlo a Surrealist? She didn’t think so. And she hated them. By Verity Babbs, May 13, 2024
Auctions Amid Market Unease, Sotheby’s Hosts ‘Respectable’ $267.3 Million Contemporary Sales A much-touted Francis Bacon sold for a below-estimate $27.7 million, and there was one big withdrawal, but there were also bright spots. By Eileen Kinsella, May 13, 2024
Auctions Here Are the Top Lots at the $1.4 Billion New York Evening Sales This Week A Jean-Michel Basquiat could sell for as much as $60 million during the bellwether auctions of modern and contemporary art. By Eileen Kinsella, May 13, 2024
Art World 10 Times Artists Hid Themselves in Their Paintings For centuries, artists have peered out at us from the very canvases they painted. By Artnet News, May 11, 2024
Art & Exhibitions Impressionism at 150: Here Are 9 Shows Advancing the Historic Movement New takes on the movement as it celebrates its anniversary, including skating rinks, David Hockney, and VR. By Devorah Lauter, May 11, 2024
Art World Art Bites: The Painter Who Sued His Biggest Critic—and Won James Whistler didn't like John Ruskin's review of his painting, so he took the critic to court. By Tim Brinkhof, May 11, 2024
Art World Art Bites: Salvador Dalí’s Nuclear Mysticism Phase The theory was a reaction to the devastation wrought on Japan during World War II. By Verity Babbs, May 10, 2024
Reviews ‘A Plaything for Rich People and Fancy Museums’? Reevaluating Impressionism at 150 A number of exhibitions find new ways to look at this much-studied movement. By Devorah Lauter, May 10, 2024
Art Fairs Rediscovered Gems and Famous Showstoppers Shine at TEFAF New York The art fair has alighted once again at the Park Avenue Armory, and we've rounded up a few not-to-be-missed art moments. By Annikka Olsen, May 10, 2024
