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Analysis

An Estimated 85 Percent of Artists Represented in US Museum Collections Are White, a New Study Claims

A new study examined thousands of artists across 18 museums.

By Eileen Kinsella, Feb 19, 2019

Art and Law

A Collector Is Suing a Gallery for Allegedly Withholding Auction Records Before a Sale. The Dealer Says the Data Was Easily Available

Gary Klesch says dealer Richard Green never disclosed the auction histories of two paintings the collector bought at Tefaf.

By Eileen Kinsella, Feb 13, 2019

On View

Artist Simon Fujiwara Created a Miniature ‘Salvator Mundi’ Inside a Miniature Museum—and You Can See It Here

The project goes on view this week at Whitechapel Gallery.

By Javier Pes, Feb 12, 2019

Events and Parties

The Met Museum Envisions a Future Where Artificial Intelligence Helps You Find #Art Posts for Your Instagram

The New York institution teamed up with Microsoft and MIT to create prototypes that imagine how AI can help museums engage audiences.

By Eileen Kinsella, Feb 5, 2019

Auctions

Are Female Old Masters an Untapped Market or a Marketing Ploy? Experts Are Divided, But Buyers Don’t Seem to Care

Rarely traded work by female artists helped Sotheby's Masters Week generate $99.8 million, an eight-year high.

By Judd Tully, Feb 5, 2019

Exhibitions

The UK Was Desperate to Keep This American Billionaire’s Pontormo. Now You Can See It at the Getty

Collector Tom Hill defied British convention when he refused to sell the painting at a loss to London's National Gallery.

By Sarah Cascone, Feb 5, 2019

People

The Curator of the Met’s Celebrated Michelangelo Show Just Won the First $100,000 Vilcek Prize to Support Immigrant Achievement

Carmen C. Bambach is a curator of Italian and Spanish drawings at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art.

By Sarah Cascone, Feb 4, 2019

Auctions

Experts Have Discovered a Previously Unknown Painting by Baroque Master Artemisia Gentileschi—and Now It’s for Sale at Sotheby’s

With its new attribution, the painting could fetch more than 10 times what it sold for just five years ago.

By Sarah Cascone, Jan 30, 2019

People

See the Strange, Haunting Final Paintings of 11 Famous Artists, From Michelangelo to Toulouse-Lautrec

A new book by Bernard Chambaz explores the meaning behind an artist's last work.

By Eileen Kinsella & Caroline Goldstein, Jan 29, 2019

Auctions

‘People Didn’t See It Coming’: Victoria Beckham on How She Became an Unlikely Celebrity Spokesperson for Female Old Masters

The fashion designer is helping Sotheby's New York promote "The Female Triumphant," a rare grouping of women artists in its upcoming Old Masters sale.

By Sarah Cascone, Jan 25, 2019

Analysis

An Estimated 85 Percent of Artists Represented in US Museum Collections Are White, a New Study Claims

Art and Law

A Collector Is Suing a Gallery for Allegedly Withholding Auction Records Before a Sale. The Dealer Says the Data Was Easily Available

On View

Artist Simon Fujiwara Created a Miniature ‘Salvator Mundi’ Inside a Miniature Museum—and You Can See It Here

Events and Parties

The Met Museum Envisions a Future Where Artificial Intelligence Helps You Find #Art Posts for Your Instagram

Auctions

Are Female Old Masters an Untapped Market or a Marketing Ploy? Experts Are Divided, But Buyers Don’t Seem to Care

Exhibitions

The UK Was Desperate to Keep This American Billionaire’s Pontormo. Now You Can See It at the Getty

People

The Curator of the Met’s Celebrated Michelangelo Show Just Won the First $100,000 Vilcek Prize to Support Immigrant Achievement

Auctions

Experts Have Discovered a Previously Unknown Painting by Baroque Master Artemisia Gentileschi—and Now It’s for Sale at Sotheby’s

People

See the Strange, Haunting Final Paintings of 11 Famous Artists, From Michelangelo to Toulouse-Lautrec

Auctions

‘People Didn’t See It Coming’: Victoria Beckham on How She Became an Unlikely Celebrity Spokesperson for Female Old Masters

Exhibitions

Four Fragile and Rarely Shown Drawings by Leonardo da Vinci Are Going on View at the Met This Month

Art World

Construction Workers Uncovered an ‘Exceptional’ 17th-Century Painting While Renovating a Designer Boutique in Paris

Art and Law

I’m Just Here for the Art: Three Accused Spies Claim They’re Actually Just Culture-Loving Tourists

Art World

A Painting Stolen From a Belgian Church Last Week Might Have Been by Michelangelo

Politics

The Louvre’s da Vinci Blockbuster Could Be a Casualty of Political Tensions Between Italy and France

An Estimated 85 Percent of Artists Represented in US Museum Collections Are White, a New Study Claims

A Collector Is Suing a Gallery for Allegedly Withholding Auction Records Before a Sale. The Dealer Says the Data Was Easily Available

Artist Simon Fujiwara Created a Miniature ‘Salvator Mundi’ Inside a Miniature Museum—and You Can See It Here

The Met Museum Envisions a Future Where Artificial Intelligence Helps You Find #Art Posts for Your Instagram

Are Female Old Masters an Untapped Market or a Marketing Ploy? Experts Are Divided, But Buyers Don’t Seem to Care

The UK Was Desperate to Keep This American Billionaire’s Pontormo. Now You Can See It at the Getty

The Curator of the Met’s Celebrated Michelangelo Show Just Won the First $100,000 Vilcek Prize to Support Immigrant Achievement

Experts Have Discovered a Previously Unknown Painting by Baroque Master Artemisia Gentileschi—and Now It’s for Sale at Sotheby’s

See the Strange, Haunting Final Paintings of 11 Famous Artists, From Michelangelo to Toulouse-Lautrec

‘People Didn’t See It Coming’: Victoria Beckham on How She Became an Unlikely Celebrity Spokesperson for Female Old Masters

Four Fragile and Rarely Shown Drawings by Leonardo da Vinci Are Going on View at the Met This Month

Construction Workers Uncovered an ‘Exceptional’ 17th-Century Painting While Renovating a Designer Boutique in Paris

I’m Just Here for the Art: Three Accused Spies Claim They’re Actually Just Culture-Loving Tourists

A Painting Stolen From a Belgian Church Last Week Might Have Been by Michelangelo

The Louvre’s da Vinci Blockbuster Could Be a Casualty of Political Tensions Between Italy and France

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