Auctions A Long-Lost Religious Panel Set a $4 Million Auction Record for Northern Renaissance Artist Bernhard Strigel The work was part of an altarpiece in Memmingen and has a companion in the Louvre Abu Dhabi. By Naomi Rea, Feb 7, 2022
Science & Tech Can You Recognize These Celebrities Through a Renaissance Filter? This Website Uses A.I. to Leonardo da Vinci-fy Any Photo Take our quiz to see if you can identify the celebrities with 'Da Vinci face.' By Sarah Cascone, Feb 7, 2022
Auctions The Great-Grandaughter of a Jewish Art Patron Spent Years Tracking Down His Collection. She Just Sold the First Restituted Work A German state art collection restituted the painting to the heirs of Jules Strauss. By Sarah Cascone, Feb 2, 2022
Market A Dürer Drawing Picked Up at an Estate Sale for $30—Now Worth More Than $10 Million—Is Making Its Public Debut in New York The drawing has no comparables on the art market, dealers say. By Sarah Cascone, Jan 28, 2022
Artnet News Pro ‘It Felt Like Olden Times’: The Old Masters Market Roars Back to Life at Sotheby’s New York With an Impressive $91 Million Sale Competition was surprisingly intense even on lots that were already pre-sold. By Eileen Kinsella, Jan 27, 2022
Museums More Than 60 Dutch Cultural Institutions Reopened as Nail Salons and Gyms for a Day to Protest Unequal Covid Restrictions The Mauritshuis, the Van Gogh Museum, and others forged ahead despite warnings from local mayors. By Sarah Cascone, Jan 20, 2022
Art Collectors The Late Billionaire Sheldon Solow’s Secretive New York Art Museum Will Finally Open to the Public After a Major Expansion For years, Solow's masterpieces have been locked away on the ground floor of 9 West 57th Street in Manhattan. By Sarah Cascone, Jan 19, 2022
Museums Look Out, Van Gogh! ‘Mona Lisa’ Is Getting Her Own Immersive Experience—and It’s Been Engineered by the Louvre Itself The museum is partnering with the Grand Palais, which is also planning a permanent space dedicated to immersive digital art as part of a new renovation. By Sarah Cascone, Jan 12, 2022
Art History An Art Historian Bought a Van Dyck ‘Copy’ for Just $90 in 1976. Experts Now Say It’s Probably the Real Deal The work had been hanging in the Christopher Wright's home for 50 years. By Sarah Cascone, Jan 10, 2022
Auctions Here Are the 10 Most Expensive Works of Art Sold at Auction in 2021—and Why They Fetched the Prices They Did Plus, who bought and sold them (when we could figure it out). By Artnet News, Dec 30, 2021
Auctions Born Without Arms or Legs, the Victorian Artist Sarah Biffin Painted Beautifully With Her Teeth. Now, She’s Become a Market Star Two years ago, Biffin's auction record was about $3,400. Now it's exploding. By Sarah Cascone, Dec 20, 2021
Art Fairs Art Dealers Are Steaming Mad That TEFAF Will Hold Onto $8,500 in Fees, Even If the Fair Is Cancelled "It's pure and simple swindling," a trade organization said. By Sarah Cascone, Dec 14, 2021
Politics After a Long Political Battle, a Statue of Thomas Jefferson Housed at New York’s City Hall Will Move to a History Museum The work will now be housed at the New-York Historical Society. By Sarah Cascone, Nov 16, 2021
Art History A Dutch Painting, Once Stolen in an Infamous Art Heist, May Actually Be a Previously Unknown Rembrandt Viewers can decide for themselves in an exhibition currently on view in Gotha, Germany. By Taylor Dafoe, Nov 3, 2021
Market The Only Ceiling Mural Caravaggio Ever Painted Could Fetch More Than Half a Billion Dollars at Auction—and It Comes With a House The Roman manse has belonged to the same family since 1621. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 26, 2021
