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
Art World Art Bites: Donald Judd’s Obsession With Bagpipes Odes to the Scottish instrument filled the artist’s home and appeared in his work. By Vittoria Benzine, May 9, 2024
The Art Angle Andrew Bolton, The Reanimator: Life, Death, and Sleeping Beauties at the Met "Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion" opens to the public on Friday, May 10. By Artnet News, May 9, 2024
Art & Exhibitions Gallerist John Kasmin Unveils His Trove of Never-Before-Seen Artist Photos His images capture artists including David Hockney, Helen Frankenthaler, Barnett Newman, and Howard Hodgkin in the '60s and '70s. By Verity Babbs, May 9, 2024
Studio Visit Enrique Martínez Celaya’s Studio Is a Monastic Laboratory Where Art, History, and Science Percolate The artist's stunning new show at the Hispanic Society in New York mines his lifelong interest in Diego Velasquez. By Eileen Kinsella, May 8, 2024
Art & Exhibitions What Lies Beneath? A New Show at Louvre-Lens Maps ‘Subterranean Worlds’ "Subterranean Worlds: 20,000 Leagues Under The Earth" explores life, death, and myth beneath the ground’s surface. By Verity Babbs, May 8, 2024