Long-Lost Painting From the New York World’s Fair Is Now Up for Grabs

The 1939 World Fair's theme was "The World of Tomorrow." The long-lost Rockwell Kent oil painting will be at the Salon Art + Design fair in New York.

By Sarah Cascone, Nov 7, 2024

An Art Critic’s Picks: 10 New York Artworks to Lift Your Spirits

In a time of grief and uncertainty, here's the art that I go to in search of comfort and perspective.

By Blake Gopnik, Nov 6, 2024

Readers Weigh In on Which Artworks Give Them Chills

Old Master painting, postwar abstraction, and contemporary video art all can be literally spine-tingling.

By Ben Davis, Nov 5, 2024

Here Are the 10 Most Expensive Lots Sold at Auction in September 2024

The top lots of September mostly featured offerings from Impressionist masters.

By Eileen Kinsella, Oct 31, 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

The Greenhouse Effect: Art Basel Paris Gets a Warm Welcome at the Grand Palais

There was an air of renewed optimism and reinvigoration at the opening VIP day as Paris Art Basel settles into its new Grand Palais base.

By Kate Brown, 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

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 & Exhibitions

An Expansive New Surrealism Show Celebrates 100 Years Of Artistic Revolution

Featuring more than 500 objects, the Centre Pompidou's "Surrealism" show explores the global reach and diversity of the artistic movement.

By Sofia Hallström, Oct 4, 2024

Auctions

Here Are the 10 Most Expensive Lots Sold at Auction in August 2024

It was a big month Down Under, with an Australian house accounting for more than half the entries.

By Eileen Kinsella, Oct 1, 2024

Art & Exhibitions

Seoul Diary: Two Art Fairs, Dozens of Shows, and One Metropolis in 52 Photos

Sleeper hits, feminist blockbusters, and a 'night of 100 chickens': South Korea's capital was alight during Frieze

By Andrew Russeth, Sep 30, 2024

Art World

Missouri Woman Says She’s Found a Trove of Lost Ansel Adams Photos

Kelly Robinson believes Ansel Adams took the photos as part of his commercial work for the Santa Fe Railway.

By Sarah Cascone, Sep 25, 2024

Reviews

How Elizabeth Catlett Went From Exile to Artist for Our Times

The story behind “Elizabeth Catlett: A Black Revolutionary Artist and All That It Implies” at the Brooklyn Museum.

By Melissa Smith, Sep 23, 2024

Art & Exhibitions

In a New Van Gogh Exhibition, Seminal Artworks Offer Fresh Insights Into the Artist’s Worldview

This landmark exhibition at the National Gallery in London offers stories behind the friends and scenery that surrounded the artist.

By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Sep 23, 2024

Art History

Art Bites: Could Monet See Into the Ultraviolet Spectrum?

At the twilight of his career, Monet was going blind. Surgery restored his eyesight. But did it give him the uncanny vision of an insect?

By Adnan Qiblawi, Sep 18, 2024

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