Art History Conservation Work on a 16th-Century Portrait Reveals Hans Holbein’s Cheek-Chiseling Procedure The portrait featuring a sculpted jawline is on show in Buckingham Palace. By Verity Babbs, Dec 7, 2023
Crime A New Podcast Lifts the Lid on the Notorious Theft of a Caravaggio From an Italian Church The series aims to locate the painting, which has been missing since 1969. By Adam Schrader, Nov 30, 2023
Museums & Institutions Revealed: Who Bought This Long-Lost Anne Vallayer-Coster Masterpiece? The acquisition is part of efforts to collect more works by women, including Liza Lou and Simone Leigh. By Sarah Cascone, Nov 21, 2023
On View A Once-in-a-Lifetime Loan Brings Zen Buddhist Masterpieces to the U.S. The famed ink paintings by Muqi have never left Japan before. Now, they are headed to San Francisco. By Sarah Cascone, Nov 15, 2023
Art History A Secret Room in a 16th-Century Italian Chapel, Where Michelangelo Hid—and Drew—for Months, Opens to the Public Michelangelo is believed to have made the rarely seen drawings while in hiding after the pope sentenced him to death. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 31, 2023
Art World A Painting That Hung for Generations in a Family’s Living Room in Spain Has Been Identified as a Van Dyck Masterpiece The work could be worth millions. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 23, 2023
Museums & Institutions 400 Years Ago a Prudish Aristocrat Censored This Artemisia Gentileschi Nude. Using Tech, an Italian Museum Has Revealed the Stunning Original Work A relative of Michelangelo tapped Baroque artist Il Volterrano to censor the original work. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 20, 2023
Crime After 80 Years, a Long-Lost Painting Looted by U.S. Soldiers During World War II Has Been Returned to Germany An anonymous tipster called Art Recovery International to admit their uncle had stolen the painting from a German museum. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 20, 2023
Museums & Institutions The Newly Renovated National Museum of Women in the Arts in D.C. Is Ready to Shake Up the Canon Even for a correspondent with a keen interest in feminist art history, the NMWA's inaugural shows are a revelation. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 19, 2023
Museums & Institutions A Frick Curator Has Just Identified Rosalba Carriera as the Artist Behind an Unknown Portrait Languishing in Storage For Decades A Roman Catholic prayer card slipped between the portrait and its frame offered proof that this was an original Carriera. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 16, 2023
Politics The State Hermitage Museum Teams Up With a Tehran Cultural Heritage Organization as Russia Bolsters Ties With Iran Western museums have largely cut ties with the St. Petersburg institution. By Sarah Cascone, Sep 20, 2023
Art History Albrecht Dürer Painted Himself Into a 16th-Century Altarpiece to Spite a Patron Who Paid Him Poorly, New Research Suggests "I am losing time and money and earning your ingratitude,” the German painter wrote his patron. By Adam Schrader, Sep 18, 2023
Art & Tech Animations, and 3-D Models, and 3,000 Drawings: Inside Google’s Massive Machine-Learning Masterclass on Leonardo da Vinci Thanks to machine learning, Leonardo's expansive codices have been broken down into different themes. By Sarah Cascone, Jul 27, 2023
Art Fairs Art-Fair Welfare? Berlin Galleries Can Now Tap Government Subsidies to Attend Two Fairs Per Year A pilot program in Germany will give galleries as much as $13,000 annually to participate in fairs in Germany and abroad. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 25, 2023
Auctions France’s Oldest Auction Business, Drouot, Has Sold a 30 Percent Stake to Two Investment Companies The group said the investment will open up liquidity options for shareholders and help bolster the auction business. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 14, 2023
