On View A Marble Skull Displayed for Centuries at a German Castle Turns Out to Be the Work of Bernini, Researchers Have Discovered The skull, made for Pope Alexander VII, is included in the new Dresden show “Bernini, the Pope and Death." By Taylor Dafoe, May 28, 2021
Art World Would You Like to Adopt a Gargoyle? Notre Dame Is Raising Funds to Restore Individual Artworks Damaged in the 2019 Fire As the square around the cathedral closes due to lead pollution, Friends of Notre Dame takes a new fundraising tack. By Sarah Cascone, May 19, 2021
Museums The Uffizi Gallery Just Sold a Michelangelo NFT for $170,000, and Now Is Quickly Minting More Masterpieces From Its Collection The Florence museum has Botticelli and Titian NFTs in the works. By Artnet News, May 14, 2021
Auctions Collectors Who Buy Paintings at Christie’s ‘Trailblazers’ Sale Today Will Get Free NFTs Inspired by the Women of Abstract Expressionism The Rewind Collective offered unique NFTs at today's postwar and contemporary art day sale. By Sarah Cascone, May 14, 2021
Art History A Bacchanalian Painting Once Thought to Be a Copy of a Poussin Has Been Reattributed to the French Master Poussin’s "The Triumph of Silenus" will go on view at the National Gallery in London this fall. By Taylor Dafoe, Apr 29, 2021
Pop Culture The Fictional Tale of Leonardo da Vinci’s Role in a Murder Scandal Is the Plot of a New Amazon Prime Series The show comes out today in the UK and Ireland, but the US release date is still pending. By Sarah Cascone, Apr 16, 2021
Shows & Exhibitions Saudi Arabia Refused to Lend the ‘Salvator Mundi’ to the Louvre Because They Wouldn’t Show It Next to the ‘Mona Lisa,’ a Report Says The report contradicts a claim put forward in a new documentary. By Sarah Cascone, Apr 12, 2021
Law This Painting Was About to Hit the Auction Block in Spain for Just $1,780. Then Experts Discovered It Might Be a Caravaggio Worth Millions Spain's culture ministry implemented an export ban on the painting to halt the sale. By Taylor Dafoe, Apr 8, 2021
Crime Spanish Police Seized Forged Paintings Attributed to El Greco, Goya, and Modigliani After a Dealer Tried to Sell Them for €12.5 Million Buyers had already lined up for the fake paintings. By Artnet News, Mar 30, 2021
Art World The Ghent Altarpiece, Which Has Been Stolen a Dozen Times, Is Now Protected in a $35 Million Bulletproof Display The painting now hangs in a state-of-the-art, climate-controlled case with bullet-proof glass. By Taylor Dafoe, Mar 25, 2021
Crime A Netflix True Crime Series Will Investigate the Brazen Robbery of $500 Million in Artworks From the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum The docuseries debuts in April. By Sarah Cascone, Mar 12, 2021
Market After a Year of Being Forced to Sell Art Online, Gallerists Have Learned 5 Surprising Lessons—and It’s Clear There’s No Going Back We spoke with more than a dozen gallerists to learn their biggest takeaways, both positive and negative, from online viewing rooms. By Eileen Kinsella & Kate Brown, Mar 2, 2021
Art World The Uffizi Gallery’s Decision to Acquire Piece of Street Art Starring a Seminude Mark Wahlberg Has Observers Scratching Their Heads British street artist Endless has joined the likes of Botticelli and Raphael in the famed museum's collection. By Sarah Cascone, Feb 9, 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
Shows & 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
