Art World A 25-Year-Old PhD Student Just Convinced Lego to Mass-Produce Van Gogh’s ‘Starry Night’ as an Official Toy Kit Truman Cheng submitted the idea to the company, which invites fans to share their ideas for future Lego sets. By Sarah Cascone, Feb 11, 2021
Art World As Museums Desperately Try to Diversify Their Collections, They Now Face Another Problem: How to Pay for It in a Financial Crisis Some initiatives implemented prior to the pandemic have proved surprisingly resilient, while others are under major stress. By Naomi Rea & Eileen Kinsella, Feb 10, 2021
Art World ‘Shameful and Misguided’: Former Met Staff and Others Say the Museum Would Set a Dangerous Precedent by Selling Art to Cover Costs Despite relaxed official guidelines, critics had harsh words for the revered museum. By Eileen Kinsella, Feb 8, 2021
Art & Exhibitions A New Show of Leo Steinberg’s Print Collection Reveals the Critic’s Deep Appreciation for the Medium’s ‘Circulating Lifeblood of Ideas’ “After Michelangelo, Past Picasso: Leo Steinberg’s Library of Prints” is on view now at the Blanton Museum of Art in Austin. By Taylor Dafoe, Feb 8, 2021
People Art Luminaries Pay Tribute to Richard Feigen, the ‘Collector in Dealer’s Clothes’ Revered for Championing Old and New Masters Alike The late dealer placed masterpieces in more than 100 museums around the world By Eileen Kinsella, Feb 1, 2021
Crime An Art Dealer in Milan Has Been Convicted of Trying to Sell a Forged Josef Albers Painting The director of the Josef Albers Foundation deemed the painting a fake in 2016. By Taylor Dafoe, Jan 20, 2021
Auctions Top Auction Houses Saw Total Sales Drop in 2020—But Sotheby’s Outpaced Rival Christie’s With $5 Billion in Revenue Private sales, online sales, and demand from Asia are driving growth. By Eileen Kinsella, Dec 18, 2020
Auctions Here Are the 10 Most Expensive Works of Art Sold at Auction in 2020—and Why They Fetched the Prices They Did Plus, who bought and sold them (when we could figure it out). By Eileen Kinsella, Dec 14, 2020
Two French Galleries Are Honoring the Late Post-Impressionist Jacques Martin-Ferrières With a Sprawling Retrospective By Artnet Gallery Network, Dec 11, 2020
Crime A $1 Million Marsden Hartley That Was Stolen 30 Years Ago and Replaced With a Forgery Is Finally Returning to Its Original Owner The case took some wild twists and turns on its year-long journey through the courts. By Eileen Kinsella, Dec 11, 2020
Auctions Buoyed by Demand for Young Stars, Christie’s Hybrid New York and Hong Kong Auction Fetched a Healthy $119 Million New records were set for Amoako Boafo, Shara Hughes, and Dana Schutz, among others. By Eileen Kinsella, Dec 2, 2020
Art & Exhibitions Two Landmark US Museum Shows Will Spotlight the Long Overlooked History of Modern and Avant-Garde Korean Art The Guggenheim and LACMA have ambitious surveys of 20th-century Korean art planned for 2022. By Artnet News, Nov 10, 2020
Art World Van Gogh May Have Cut Off His Ear During a Bout of Delirium Triggered by Alcohol Withdrawal, a New Study Says Many experts have worked to diagnose Van Gogh's mental health issues. By Sarah Cascone, Nov 3, 2020
Law & Politics A Dispute Over a Pissarro Painting Looted by Nazis Was Settled Four Years Ago. Now, It’s Going Back to Court An agreement reached in 2016 is now again up for legal wrangling. By Sarah Cascone, Nov 2, 2020
Art World Indianapolis’s Biggest Art Museum Is Replacing Its Contemporary Galleries With an Immersive Van Gogh-Themed Light Show The project launches next summer. By Eileen Kinsella, Oct 29, 2020
