Restoration Reveals Famous 18th Century Master’s Hidden Self-Portrait

The mysterious painting features a shadowy figure that looks suspiciously like the artist.

By Tim Brinkhof, Oct 22, 2024

A California Museum’s Prized Gauguin Goes on View—But How Real Is It?

The painting was excluded from the artist's recent catalogue raisonné, casting doubt on its authenticity.

By Min Chen, Oct 21, 2024

Friends, Lovers, Partners: An Exhibition Exploring Sophie Taeuber-Arp and Jean Arp’s Unbreakable Bond

Bozar in Brussels is celebrating the Dada power couple.

By Verity Babbs, Oct 20, 2024

The Woman Who Made Van Gogh Famous

In this edition of "Art Bites," we explore how Jo van Gogh realized that Vincent's personal story was as compelling as his paintings.

By Richard Whiddington, Oct 19, 2024

Jean-Michel Basquiat Meets a Roman Venus at Gagosian Paris

Basquiat "reminds us of the common chords and resonances of beauty and identity throughout art history," said Larry Gagosian.

By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Oct 16, 2024

In Montreal, An Exhibition Serves Up the Splendors, Sins, and Silliness of Flemish Art

On view at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, “Saints, Sinners, Lovers and Fools: Three Hundred Years of Flemish Masterworks" is a sweeping journey of art from 1400 to 1700.

By Katie White, Oct 16, 2024

With a New Show at Musée d’Orsay, Elmgreen and Dragset Are Writing Fragile Masculinities Back Into Art History

A cast of soft and solitary characters permeates the august hall of the French museum.

By Kate Brown, Oct 16, 2024

The Louvre’s New Exhibition Takes a Serious Look at the Jesters of Yore

The joker is a 'figurative representation of questions troubling society,' that continues to resonate with contemporary viewers.

By Devorah Lauter, Oct 13, 2024

Art Bites: The Met’s Record-Setting Price for a Very Small Painting

"All our greatest pictures," said a curator, "are small pictures."

By Emily Steer, Oct 12, 2024

Dalí’s Rare Watercolors Resurface in an Immersive Show—Save for One Long-Lost Piece

Five watercolors were created for a notorious opera, but one never made it to the museum where the others reside.

By Verity Babbs, Oct 12, 2024

A Montana Wheat Field—Planted as Conceptual Art—Becomes Community Sustenance

Unlike any other wheat field in the state, a new work by Agnes Denes transforms the crop into an ephemeral installation artwork that invites community engagement.

By Annikka Olsen, Oct 11, 2024

James McNeill Whistler’s ‘The Peacock Room’ Is a Glittering Masterpiece With a Dark History

The Peacock Room, now in the collection of the National Museum of Asian Art, has a surprisingly fractious history. A new exhibition "Ruffled Feathers" in D.C. delves into the interior's complex genesis.

By Katie White, Oct 10, 2024

Art World

An Astronomer Has Identified the Village Road in This Van Gogh Painting

Donald Olson used scientific methods and historical sleuthing to pinpoint where Van Gogh painted these poplars.

By Anni Irish, Oct 8, 2024

Art & Exhibitions

An Artist Invents a ‘Rediscovered’ Woman Painter. Is It a Bold Critique of the Art World or Just Another Gimmick?

Gabriel Sierra’s fictional creation, Lucy Otter, raises provocative questions about privilege, gender, and the art world’s fixation on identity.

By Katie Tobin, Oct 8, 2024

Auctions

Fashion Designer Kim Jones Curates a Show of Bloomsbury Group Treasures

A recently rediscovered painting by Vanessa Bell sheds new light on Virginia Woolf's Mrs Dalloway.

By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Oct 7, 2024

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