Museums Did Leonardo Paint a Second ‘Salvator Mundi’? An Art Historian Found Evidence Suggesting His Studio Made Two Versions The clue lies in the drapery of Christ's sleeve. By Sarah Cascone, Nov 17, 2022
Law Swiss Prosecutors Are Now Investigating Russian Billionaire Rybolovlev at the Request of His Nemesis Yves Bouvier Startling new allegations from Bouvier include that the Rybolovlev wanted to "seize" his lucrative art business for the Kremlin. By Eileen Kinsella, Nov 9, 2022
Crime An Early American Portrait Stolen From a Staten Island Museum Was Recovered When an Eagle-Eyed Collector Spotted It at Auction When the painting turned up at a Bay Area auction, and an eagle-eyed folk art collector had a gut feeling he'd seen it before. By Sarah Cascone, Nov 7, 2022
Art Collectors What I Buy and Why: Design Collector and Fair Director Jill Bokor on the Danger of Buying a Chair That You Can’t Actually Sit in Bokor, who now oversees the prestigious fair Salon Art + Design, has worn many art-world hats. By Eileen Kinsella, Nov 7, 2022
Shows & Exhibitions A New York Exhibition on the Salem Witch Trials Explores the Legacy of the Dark Historical Chapter on the Descendants of the Accused "The Salem Witch Trials: Reckoning and Reclaiming" is on view at the New-York Historical Society. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 31, 2022
Museums A Painting Nearly Destroyed in the Beirut Blast of 2020 Has Been Identified as a Long-Lost Artemisia Gentileschi—and Is Now Undergoing Restoration The painting is now being restored at the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 28, 2022
Politics A Climate Activist Just Superglued His Head to Vermeer’s ‘Girl With a Pearl Earring’ The painting, which is displayed behind glass, is the jewel of the Mauritshuis collection in the Hague. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 27, 2022
Auctions A Rubens Masterpiece Could Fetch $35 Million at the Auction of Divorcing Couple Mark Fisch and Rachel Davidson’s $177 Million Baroque Art Collection A rediscovered Rubens is the star of the Fisch Davidson Collection auction at Sotheby’s. By Richard Whiddington, Oct 26, 2022
Auctions Museums and Private Collectors Jousted for Treasures From the Getty Family Collection in a $79 Million White-Glove Auction at Christie’s A new record was set for Mary Cassatt and a museum swooped in to seal a major pre-auction deal. By Eileen Kinsella, Oct 21, 2022
Museums Is Saudi Arabia Building a Special Museum Just for ‘Salvator Mundi’? A Renowned da Vinci Scholar Says It’s Already in the Works The painting disappeared from public view after its record $450 million sale in November 2017. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 17, 2022
Art Fairs At a Famous Florence Old Masters Fair, Italy’s Impending Elections Have Dealers Fretting About the Future of Its Art Market At BIAF, dealers expressed both hope and fear over an expected right-wing win. By Naomi Rea, Sep 23, 2022
Auctions Christie’s Has Revealed 15 Masterpieces for Sale From Paul Allen’s Collection, Including Three Works Estimated at $100 Million Each See what the most expensive art collection ever on offer has in store for trophy hunters. By Eileen Kinsella, Sep 22, 2022
Market Swiss Art Dealer Yves Bouvier Has Sold His Singapore Freeport to a Chinese Crypto Magnate for a Major Loss The Singapore complex, built 12 years ago for $70 million, sold for less than half that sum. By Eileen Kinsella, Sep 20, 2022
Archaeology In a 17th-Century Polish Grave, Archaeologists Have Discovered the Shackled Bones of a Woman Once Believed to Be a Vampire The woman had a pointy front tooth. By Sarah Cascone, Sep 7, 2022
Politics Can the Climate Protesters Gluing Themselves to Frames of Masterpieces Damage Irreplaceable Art? We Asked the Experts While some art professionals fear damage to artworks, the American Institute of Conservation is sympathetic to climate organizers. By Sarah Cascone, Aug 29, 2022
