Art & Exhibitions Lavinia Fontana Was the First Professional Female Artist. Now a Prado Show Will (Finally) Celebrate the Renaissance Pioneer The Madrid museum will mark its bicentenary with a show of her work together with that of fellow female Renaissance artist Sofonisba Anguissola. By Javier Pes, Sep 3, 2018
Auctions The Francophile Connoisseur Elizabeth ‘Mimi’ Stafford’s Art Collection Will Go on Sale at Christie’s This Fall Monet, Pissarro, and Lorrain paintings are among the highlights. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 27, 2018
Law & Politics The Frick Touted Its Purchase of a Prized François Gérard Painting as Its ‘Most Significant’ in 30 Years—Then, Italy Asked for It Back Italy claims it didn't realize the portrait's subject was an Italian prince. By Sarah Cascone, Aug 23, 2018
Art World This Microscopic E. Coli ‘Painting’ Just Might Make You Sick of the Mona Lisa—Literally The researchers hope the project could also have useful applications for controlling large populations of bacteria. By Sarah Cascone, Aug 21, 2018
Law & Politics The Battle Over the Norton Simon Museum’s Nazi-Looted Cranach Paintings Isn’t Over as Lawyers File for a Rehearing Despite the latest ruling in favor of the museum, the paintings' ultimate fate is still unknown. By Sarah Cascone, Aug 14, 2018
Art & Exhibitions A New London Show Will Reveal the Painter Jusepe de Ribera as a Master of Violence. Was He Also a Murderer? Rumors have long swirled around the Baroque artist and the mysterious death of his rival, Domenichino. By Javier Pes, Aug 9, 2018
Art World Who Really Painted ‘Salvator Mundi’? An Oxford Art Historian Says It Was Leonardo’s Assistant Scholar Matthew Landrus estimates that Leonardo painted only a small fraction of the canvas. By Henri Neuendorf, Aug 7, 2018
Law & Politics A UK Judge Rules That a $13 Million Giotto Cannot Be Exported Anywhere—Except Home to Italy The painting was originally thought to be a 19th-century copy, but the reattribution has seen its worth skyrocket. By Sarah Cascone, Jul 26, 2018
Art & Exhibitions A New National Portrait Project Will Send 50 UK Artworks to the Cities and Towns That Gave Them Life The initiative will let people all over the country enjoy works from the NPG collection. By Sarah Cascone, Jul 25, 2018
Auctions The $835 Million Rockefeller Auctions Fueled a Record Half Year for Christie’s The Rockefeller results combined with regular spring sales to give the auction house its best six months ever. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 23, 2018
Market London’s National Gallery (Finally) Buys a Painting by Artemisia Gentileschi, Pioneering Female Artist of the Italian Renaissance The museum now owns 21 works by women—out of more than 2,000. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 6, 2018
Auctions Victoria Beckham’s Favorite Rubens Painting Fetches $7 Million at Sotheby’s Very Posh Old Masters Sale The sale delivered a solid $56.3 million total. By Henri Neuendorf, Jul 5, 2018
Law & Politics Russian Billionaire Rybolovlev Wins Access to a Trove of Confidential Documents in His Ongoing Crusade Against Yves Bouvier The Russian billionaire's international legal battle soldiers on—and ensnares Sotheby's along the way. By Eileen Kinsella, Jun 21, 2018
On View A Massachusetts Museum Is Taking a New Approach to Wall Text: Revealing Early American Portrait Sitters With Ties to Slavery In early America, those wealthy enough to have their portrait painted were often the beneficiaries of the slave trade. By Sarah Cascone, Jun 19, 2018
People ‘I May Need to Lie Down’: The Art World Goes Nuts Over Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s Louvre Takeover on Social Media The megastar couple took over the Louvre to shoot the music video for their new joint album's lead single. By Sarah Cascone, Jun 19, 2018
