Crime A Suspect in the Infamous Isabella Stewart Gardner Heist Has Been Released From Prison After 21 Years Daniel Turner was sentenced to time served following his conviction in a separate case. By Sarah Cascone, Nov 14, 2019
Art World Paintings by Van Dyck and Delacroix Are Among a Trove of Almost 400 Works Heading to the Met From a Late Trustee “The Met would not be what it is today without Jayne and Charles Wrightsman," said the museum's director, Max Hollein. By Brian Boucher, Nov 13, 2019
People Finally, Strokes Drummer Fabrizio Moretti and Art Dealer Fabrizio Moretti Are Teaming Up—on an Old Masters Show at Sotheby’s The two Morettis partnered to stage a show of 20 Old Master works. By Taylor Dafoe, Nov 6, 2019
Auctions Christie’s Is Selling a $50 Million Collection Featuring Georgia O’Keeffe and Frida Kahlo Flower Paintings and a Moody Magritte The collection will be sold across a series of sales through March. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 31, 2019
Art World Did Leonardo da Vinci Paint This Portrait of Machiavelli Found in a French Chateau? A 150-Year-Old Letter May Offer Some Insight Experts are split on the attribution. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 30, 2019
Art World A New Tour Gives You the Chance to See the Sistine Chapel at Night, Free From Crowds, for Just $76 See the Vatican by moonlight, without the crowds. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 29, 2019
Market A Lost Cimabue Masterpiece Found Hanging in an Elderly French Woman’s Kitchen Sold for a Stunning $26.8 Million The Medieval painting was spotted above the stove where it had been hanging for years. By Naomi Rea, Oct 28, 2019
Art & Exhibitions The Prado’s Second Exhibition Dedicated to Female Artists—Ever—Tells the Story of Two Old Masters Who Were Famous and Then Forgotten Feminist art historians paved the way for the exhibition, which looks at Lavinia Fontana and Sofonisba Anguissola. By Javier Pes, Oct 27, 2019
Art World Want to Look More Attractive in Photos? Take a Cue From the Renaissance and Stand Contrapposto, a New Study Says Artists intuited this a long time ago, the scientist behind the study explains. By Taylor Dafoe, Oct 25, 2019
Art World Researchers Tested a 500-Year-Old Bridge Concept by Leonardo to See If His Revolutionary Design Would Work. It Did Had it been built, the Renaissance master’s design would have been the longest bridge in the world ten times over. By Taylor Dafoe, Oct 22, 2019
Law & Politics An Italian Court Rules Once and for All to Allow Leonardo da Vinci’s ‘Vitruvian Man’ to Travel to the Louvre, Ending Years of Legal Wrangling The upcoming Louvre retrospective marks the 500th anniversary of the artist's death. By Eileen Kinsella, Oct 17, 2019
Art & Exhibitions After Her Trip to Another Gallery Sowed Chaos, Mona Lisa Is Back in Her Home at the Louvre—Only It’s Gotten a Complete Makeover Leonardo's famous masterwork will now be backdropped by midnight blue walls. By Sarah Cascone & Naomi Rea, Oct 7, 2019
On View A Marvelous New Exhibition Argues That Verrocchio, Leonardo da Vinci’s Mentor, Deserves Far More Credit Than He Gets The show makes a splendid case for the overlooked master. By Taylor Dafoe, Sep 30, 2019
Art World The MFA Houston Just Bought a Long-Lost Delacroix Painting That Popped Up in a Paris Apartment Th Romantic painter made three versions of his the famed scene. By Sarah Cascone, Sep 26, 2019
Art World Want the Sistine Chapel All to Yourself? A Travel Company Is Pricing Private Tours at $5,558 Per Person Here's your chance to see Michelangelo's famed fresco without every tourist in Rome breathing down your neck. By Sarah Cascone, Sep 26, 2019