Auctions Here Are the 10 Most Expensive Lots Sold at Auction in March 2024 London sales of blue-chip stars accounted for every single entry By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 24, 2024
Museums & Institutions The Getty Museum Returns an Ancient Bronze Head to Turkey The museum said it had received new information from the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office indicating it had been illegally excavated. By Adam Schrader, Apr 24, 2024
Art World Art Bites: The ‘Exorcist’ House Was Modeled After a Magritte Painting The supernatural horror film’s set and poster drew on a spooky painting by the Belgian Surrealist. By Brian Boucher, Apr 23, 2024
Art World Art Bites: Millais’s Muse Fell Ill After Posing for ‘Ophelia’ Elizabeth Siddal posed for the painting in a bathtub that was poorly warmed. By Vittoria Benzine, Apr 22, 2024
Art World Art Bites: Rosa Bonheur Had to Go Incognito to Paint ‘The Horse Fair’ The painting has been a highlight of the Met's collection since being donated in 1887. By Richard Whiddington, Apr 21, 2024
Art World Art Bites: You Can Watch a 24/7 Livestream of Andy Warhol’s Grave Andy Warhol's final resting place in Pittsburgh has been livestreamed since 2013. By Tim Brinkhof, Apr 19, 2024
Art World Art Bites: Van Gogh’s Meagre Diet While Painting a Portrait of His Mother In 1888, Van Gogh wrote his brother asking for money. He hadn't had a proper meal in a week. By Richard Whiddington, Apr 18, 2024
Art World Art Bites: Why Marcel Broodthaers Turned His Apartment Into a Museum The artist's "Musée d’Art Modern" would grow to 12 sections over its four-year run. By Vittoria Benzine, Apr 17, 2024
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
