Art World Construction Workers Uncovered an ‘Exceptional’ 17th-Century Painting While Renovating a Designer Boutique in Paris It’s a mystery how the remarkable work ended up hidden in the historic home of a French noble family. By Naomi Rea, Jan 23, 2019
Law & Politics I’m Just Here for the Art: Three Accused Spies Claim They’re Actually Just Culture-Loving Tourists Cultural tourism is a common defense for suspected spies. By Eileen Kinsella, Jan 23, 2019
Art World A Painting Stolen From a Belgian Church Last Week Might Have Been by Michelangelo An authenticator was set to examine the work the day after it disappeared. By Sarah Cascone, Jan 15, 2019
Politics The Louvre’s da Vinci Blockbuster Could Be a Casualty of Political Tensions Between Italy and France Italy’s culture ministry is backtracking on important loans intended to mark the 500th anniversary of the master’s death. By Naomi Rea, Jan 10, 2019
Art Guides 22 Unmissable Museum Shows to See in the Americas, From a Mapplethrope Extravaganza to Joan Miró in New York Here's what museums have on offer this winter across the Western hemisphere. By Sarah Cascone & Caroline Goldstein, Jan 6, 2019
Auctions Legendary Old Master Dealer Richard Feigen Is Selling His Own Collection at Auction to Fund His Retirement After more than six decades in the art world, the 88-year-old dealer is selling a select group of his treasures at Christie's. By Henri Neuendorf, Jan 4, 2019
Art World See Inside the All-Female Conservation Studio Dedicated to Saving Renaissance Treasures From the Ravages of Time This Italian team has restored three Caravaggio masterpieces. Now you can visit their lab and watch them at work. By Sarah Cascone, Jan 3, 2019
Art World These Are The 12 Biggest Controversies That Rocked the Art World in 2018 From resistance to the Met's new admission policy to outrage over museum funding, these were the biggest debates of 2018. By Javier Pes & Eileen Kinsella, Dec 27, 2018
Art World How’s That for a Holiday Gift? Anonymous Donor Gives Virginia Museum of Fine Arts an Asher Durand Painting Worth $40 Million The painting is part of a trove of 250 new acquisitions. By Eileen Kinsella, Dec 13, 2018
On View The National Gallery’s New Artemisia Gentileschi Should Be a Triumph—But Clouds Are Forming Over Its Ownership During WWII The self-portrait by the female Old Master discovered in France is listed among the paintings that could have been looted during the Nazi era By Javier Pes, Dec 12, 2018
On View A Haunting Virtuoso of the Renaissance, Tintoretto’s Personal Side Has Remained a Mystery. Now the Met Wants to Change That On his 500th birthday, museums across the world are reexamining Tintoretto's still-underappreciated greatness. By Sarah Cascone, Nov 18, 2018
Art & Exhibitions The Renaissance’s Love Affair With the Nude Gets a Provocative Show at the Getty. See the Highlights Here 'The Renaissance Nude' explores the development of a genre. By Henri Neuendorf, Nov 14, 2018
Art & Exhibitions Which of These Two Caravaggios Is the Real Thing? Shown Together in Paris, Twin ‘Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy’ Paintings Perplex In displaying the two versions side by side, a Paris museum is letting the viewer decide. By Henri Neuendorf, Nov 14, 2018
Law & Politics Russian Billionaire Art Collector Dmitry Rybolovlev Is Officially Charged in the Sprawling Monaco Corruption Probe A new twist in a years-long art dispute has now focused scrutiny on the Russian buyer himself By Eileen Kinsella, Nov 13, 2018
Auctions Hoping for a ‘Salvator Mundi’ Bump, a Paris Auction House Is Testing the Market for Leonardo’s Drawings A Leonardo drawing could sell for as much as $68 million, smashing the previous auction record for the artist's works on paper. By Sarah Cascone, Nov 12, 2018
