Auctions Here Are the 10 Most Expensive Works of Art Sold at Auction in 2021—and Why They Fetched the Prices They Did Plus, who bought and sold them (when we could figure it out). By Artnet News, Dec 29, 2021
Auctions Boosted by Private Sales and NFTs, Christie’s Brought in a Total of $7.1 Billion in 2021—Its Best Results in Five Years Christie's came in second behind Sotheby's in overall results, but private sales surged. By Eileen Kinsella, Dec 20, 2021
Law & Politics The U.S. Supreme Court Will Offer the Final Word in a Two-Decade Battle Over a Nazi-Looted Pissarro Painting No one denies that the artwork was stolen, but two lower courts have ruled against restitution of the painting. By Sarah Cascone, Dec 19, 2021
Books ‘Van Gogh’s Life Was Made for a Novelist’: Author Martin Bailey on the Artist’s Mysterious Last Days—and How He Really Died Bailey is the author of the new book 'Van Gogh's Finale: Auvers and the Artist's Rise to Fame.' By Sarah Cascone, Nov 17, 2021
Auctions A Singular Trove of Impressionist Masterworks Powered Christie’s Evening Sale to a Stunning $751.9 Million, One of Its Best Results Ever The Cox Collection generated an expectation-busting $332 million, led by a Caillebotte nabbed by the Getty and three pricey Van Goghs. By Eileen Kinsella, Nov 11, 2021
Auctions Everything You Need to Know About New York’s $1.4 Billion Fall Auction Season, From the Trophy-Filled Macklowe Trove to Underrated Gems Here is your guide to the fall auctions in New York at Christie's, Sotheby's, and Phillips. By Eileen Kinsella, Nov 8, 2021
Art History Why Does George Bellows Matter Today? A New Research Center Argues the Artist Embodies All of America’s Contradictions The new George Bellows Center will support scholarship to bring complexity to his legacy. By Taylor Dafoe, Nov 4, 2021
Auctions Former Casino Boss Steve Wynn’s Picasso Collection Fetched $109 Million in a Special Sotheby’s Event in Las Vegas Sotheby's staged an action-packed event in Las Vegas for the occasion. By Eileen Kinsella, Oct 25, 2021
Museums & Institutions After More Than a Decade of Controversy and Delays, a Massive New Museum for Edvard Munch Has Opened at Last in Norway At 13 stories and 283,000 square feet, it's one of the largest single-artist museums in the world. By Taylor Dafoe, Oct 22, 2021
Galleries During Routine Maintenance, Conservators Discovered an Unknown Arshile Gorky Painting Hidden Behind a Work on Paper The newly discovered work will go on view at Hauser and Wirth in New York next month. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 21, 2021
Art & Exhibitions A Trove of Recently Rediscovered Watercolors by Hilma af Klint Are Being Sold by David Zwirner, But Only an Institution Can Buy Them The artist made a second set of her famous "Tree of Knowledge" series for her friend Rudolf Steiner, founder of the spiritual and philosophical movement Anthroposophy. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 21, 2021
Art & Exhibitions An Exhibition of Never-Before-Seen Sketches Reveals That Van Gogh Planned a Sequel to His Famous Painting ‘The Potato Eaters’ Plus, the Van Gogh Museum stages a life-size 'The Potato Eaters' photo op. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 7, 2021
Art History Munch Created a Chaste Version of His Infamous ‘Madonna’ Painting Hidden Beneath the Racy One He’s Famous For The artist’s erotic depiction of the Virgin Mary was more conventional at first, it turns out. By Taylor Dafoe, Oct 4, 2021
Law & Politics A Judge Paves the Way for Scholar Marc Restellini’s Lawsuit Over Ownership of Valuable Modigliani Research to Move Forward The court dismissed the Wildenstein-Plattner Institute's counterclaims against Restellini of copyright infringement. By Eileen Kinsella, Oct 4, 2021
Museums & Institutions Bug Infestations at Museums Surged During Lockdown. Here’s How They Are Fighting Back to Defend Their Art From Pesky Critters Institutions are reaching for innovative solutions to combat pests. Among them: micro-wasps. By Naomi Rea & Eileen Kinsella, Sep 30, 2021
