The Appraisal Willem de Kooning’s Late Works Were Once Undervalued. Not Anymore. A major survey of the Abstract Expressionist just opened in Venice. Here's a look at his market profile. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 17, 2024
Art World Art Bites: How Snails Made Purple a Royal Color It took 250,000 sea snails to produce a single ounce of Tyrian purple. By Richard Whiddington, Apr 16, 2024
Art World Art Bites: Did Pollock Pee in Peggy Guggenheim’s Fireplace? Considering all that Guggenheim had been through, what's a little urine between friends? By Vittoria Benzine, Apr 15, 2024
Art World Art Bites: The Movement to Remove Renoir From Museums The movement joins a long line of Renoir haters. By Richard Whiddington, Apr 14, 2024
Art World Art Bites: Breugel, Brahms, and Brontë Are All Names of Mercury’s Craters Are your art historical favourites up there? By Verity Babbs, Apr 12, 2024
Art World Frieze-Owned Expo Chicago Opens With Fresh Layout—and a Surprise From Chance the Rapper The 11th edition of the fair is 'the first under the imprimatur of a great company,' its founder, Tony Karman, says. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 12, 2024
Art World Art Bites: Just How Did Caravaggio Die? Disease? Infection? Murder? Rumors and theories abound. By Brian Boucher, Apr 10, 2024
Art World Art Bites: Gustav Klimt Was a Cat Daddy Gustav Klimt really loved cats. Known as the "crazy cat lady" of the art world, he let them roam his studio freely, despite the chaos and damage they wrought. But did he use cat pee as a fixing agent? By Adnan Qiblawi, Apr 9, 2024
Art World Art Bites: The Lost Colors of Ancient Greek Sculptures Ancient sculptors were liberal in their use of hues. By Vittoria Benzine, Apr 8, 2024
Art World Art Bites: Why Picasso Carried a Revolver Picasso inherited a revolver from a famous playwright, loaded it with blanks, and used it on his admirers. By Vittoria Benzine, Apr 7, 2024
Art World Art Bites: Alice Neel Painted Her First Self-Portrait at 80 You’re never too old to change things up. By Verity Babbs, Apr 6, 2024
Art World Art Bites: Just What Is the U.K. Speed Camera Illustration Supposed to Be? The question sparked a fiery online debate. By Verity Babbs, Apr 5, 2024
Art World Art Bites: Who Was Marcel Duchamp’s Female Alter-Ego? The daddy of Dada had a feminine side. By Jamie Valentino, Apr 4, 2024
Art World Art Bites: Does MoMA Have a Can of Poop in Its Collection? In 1961, artists Piero Manzoni canned his crap—or did he? By Richard Whiddington, Apr 3, 2024
Art World Art Bites: Augusta Savage’s Lost Masterpiece The sculptor created the most buzzed-about work at the 1939 New York World's Fair. Then it was destroyed. By Vittoria Benzine, Apr 2, 2024
