Art World Stanley Whitney Doesn’t Like to Look Back, Even on the Eve of His First-Ever Retrospective The 77-year-old abstractionist is the subject of a major career spanning survey that just opened at the Buffalo AKG Art Museum. By Taylor Dafoe, Feb 18, 2024
Crime U.S. Returns Paintings Purloined From Peru, After Journalist Spots Them at Auction The works were stolen more than a decade ago; both turned up at a New York auction house. By Eileen Kinsella, Feb 16, 2024
Crime Rijksmuseum Chief Calls for Return of Thrice-Stolen Frans Hals Ahead of Major Show The location of the painting has been unknown since its theft in August 2020. By Eileen Kinsella, Feb 13, 2024
Art World A Lost Constable Painting Bought for $37 Has Been Authenticated on Live TV The tiny landscape could be worth $315,000. By Sofia Hallström, Feb 12, 2024
Artnet Auctions Artnet Auctions’s Martina Batovic on the Dynamism of Post-War Art and Her Highlights From the Current Sale Batovic recently joined Artnet Auctions as the Co-Head of Post-War and Contemporary Art. By Artnet Auctions, Feb 12, 2024
Auctions A $14,000 Renaissance Anatomy Book Fetches $2.2 Million at Auction This copy of the second edition of the classic Vesalius text bears his annotations toward a never-realized third edition. By Artnet News, Feb 9, 2024
Market Work of the Week: ‘Trio’ by Joan Snyder The artist's exuberant abstractions, on view at Canada gallery in New York, are in high demand. By Katya Kazakina, Jan 31, 2024
Artnet News Pro Details of Da Vinci and Modigliani Transactions Emerge as Rybolovlev Trial Continues Witnesses recounted a dinner in Paris, a lunch in St. Barts, and code names like "cottonmouth," in testimony outlining how sales of trophy artworks took place. By Eileen Kinsella, Jan 24, 2024
Market Work of the Week: ‘Le domaine d’Arnheim’ by René Magritte The work is among the blue-chip pieces Dmitry Rybolovlev alleges he was overcharged for—and new details about by just how much emerged in court last week. By Vivienne Chow, Jan 23, 2024
Law & Politics Sotheby’s Exec Paints an Ugly Picture of Yves Bouvier’s Deceptions in Ongoing Rybolovlev Trial Sotheby's attorneys are shining a spotlight on the Swiss dealer's role in the alleged fraud. By Eileen Kinsella, Jan 19, 2024
Art Fairs Despite Diminished Gallery Participation, Art SG’s Second Edition Draws Healthy Attention From Collectors While a slew of galleries chose not to return to the Singapore fair, those that did saw lively sales on opening day. By Frederik Balfour, Jan 18, 2024
Law & Politics A Key Sotheby’s Executive Took the Witness Stand, as Epic Rybolovlev Fraud Trial Lumbers Forward All eyes are on Sotheby's executive Sam Valette this week as he testifies about multi-million dollar private deals. By Eileen Kinsella, Jan 17, 2024
Market Russian Billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev Testifies in Contentious Sotheby’s Trial Rybolovlev took the stand for the first time in his ongoing case against the auction house. By Eileen Kinsella & Guelda Voien, Jan 11, 2024
Law & Politics Russian Billionaire Rybolovlev’s Case Against Sotheby’s Kicks Off With a Fiery First Day in a New York Court The case is likely to expose information about secretive negotiations over the sale of multimillion-dollar trophy artworks—and the nature of the art trade. By Eileen Kinsella, Jan 8, 2024
Pop Culture How the Provocative ‘Saltburn’ Is Renewing Interest in a 400-Year-Old French Ceramicist The new film sees Bernard Palissy, the 16th-century Huguenot, play a subtle yet significant role. By Eileen Kinsella, Jan 4, 2024
