Opinion Pedro Orrente: Hardly Velázquez, But Can’t We Love Him for a Single Moment of Brilliance? THE DAILY PIC: At the Walters Art Museum, one great detail from an Orrente painting made him out to be Velázquez's ancestor. By Blake Gopnik, Feb 2, 2017
Law & Politics Antiques Dealer Sent to Jail for Stealing the Cathedral Painting He Fell in Love With Police found his DNA on the easel. By Sarah Cascone, Feb 1, 2017
Auctions Sold-Out Alexander Hamilton Sale Boosts Sotheby’s $19.4 Million Americana Week Americana is alive and well. By Sarah Cascone, Jan 30, 2017
Auctions Newly Discovered Rubens Painting Sells for $5.1 Million During Sotheby’s Masters Week It was the top lot in Sotheby's $31.8 million sale. By Sarah Cascone, Jan 30, 2017
Art World The Best and Worst of the Art World This Week in One Minute See what you missed. By Brian Boucher, Jan 28, 2017
Events and Parties The Week in Art: The Met’s Winter Party and the Women’s March on Washington See what you missed this week. By Sarah Cascone, Jan 27, 2017
Art World 10 Things That Will Surprise You About Renaissance Master Sandro Botticelli Botticelli is said to have burned some of his pagan work at the infamous Bonfire of the Vanities. By Sarah Cascone, Jan 27, 2017
Art World Van Dyck Portrait Returned to Jewish Dealer’s Heir The painting was once acquired by Hermann Göring. By Henri Neuendorf, Jan 25, 2017
Art World Ackland Art Museum Announces $25 Million Gift of Old Master Drawings The gift includes seven drawings by Rembrandt van Rijn. By Sarah Cascone, Jan 25, 2017
Art & Exhibitions Botticelli’s Venus to Go on View in the United States for the First Time It is part of a touring exhibition featuring sixteen paintings. By Amah-Rose Abrams, Jan 24, 2017
Art & Exhibitions Saatchi Gallery Puts the Selfie Front and Center in New Exhibition The medium has transformed how the world takes and considers photographs. By Sarah Cascone, Jan 23, 2017
Art Fairs See Highlights From the 2017 Winter Antiques Show New exhibitors and initiatives invigorate the richly varied 63rd edition. By Eileen Kinsella, Jan 19, 2017
Art World Cold Wave in Milan Damages Masterpieces at Pinacoteca di Brera The museum's director, James Bradburne, is facing backlash from Italian experts. By Lorena Muñoz-Alonso, Jan 19, 2017
Art Fairs Your Go-To Guide to New York’s Winter Antiques Week 2017 The first fair week of the year is here. By Sarah Cascone, Jan 18, 2017
Auctions Five Great Auctions to Watch in January 2017 Pick up works by Hockney, Haring, and Twombly. By Artnet Price Database Team, Jan 17, 2017