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People

‘I May Need to Lie Down’: The Art World Goes Nuts Over Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s Louvre Takeover on Social Media

The megastar couple took over the Louvre to shoot the music video for their new joint album's lead single.

By Sarah Cascone, Jun 19, 2018

Art World

From the Met and Christie’s to Cheim & Read: How the Art World Guest Stars in ‘Ocean’s 8’

The industry makes more than just a cameo in the summer blockbuster.

By Sarah Cascone, Jun 8, 2018

People

Is Loïc Gouzer the Federer of the Art Market? A Q&A With the Irrepressible Christie’s Maverick Who Sold ‘Salvator Mundi’

We speak to the man behind the record-shattering $450 million sale about his unique approach to the auction game.

By Andrew Goldstein, Jun 6, 2018

Analysis

Asia Has Officially Fallen for Contemporary Art: Postwar Sales Have Doubled as Collectors Chase the Hottest Names in Hong Kong

Bidders' preference for postwar art reached an all-time high in 2018.

By Tim Schneider, Jun 5, 2018

Art World

The Man Who Slashed the ‘Russian Mona Lisa’ Says Nationalist Ideology Fueled His Attack

The vandal recanted an earlier claim that he attacked the painting because he drank too much vodka.

By Henri Neuendorf, May 30, 2018

Exhibitions

Max Hollein, Newly Minted Boss of the Met Museum, Is Leaving San Francisco With a Parting Gift: A Giant Rubens Show

The exhibition, co-organized with the Art Gallery of Ontario, will be the largest Rubens show to take place in the US in over a decade.

By Taylor Dafoe, May 30, 2018

On View

A Rare Image of One of the Earliest Known Same-Sex Unions Goes on View at the Smithsonian

The cut-out images of Sylvia Drake and Charity Bryant features in "Black Out: Silhouettes Then and Now."

By Sarah Cascone, May 30, 2018

Art and Law

US Prosecutors Drop Investigation Into Yves Bouvier After Collector Who Cried Foul Turned Massive Profit on ‘Salvator Mundi’

US investigators opened a fraud probe into the Swiss dealer, but dropped the case when his so-called victim reaped a $270 million reward.

By Eileen Kinsella, May 29, 2018

Art World

A Drunken Museumgoer Attacked the Gruesome, Traumatic Painting Considered to Be Russia’s ‘Mona Lisa’

In what appeared to be a nationalist outburst, the man nearly destroyed Ilya Repin's 1885 painting of Ivan the Terrible.

By Henri Neuendorf, May 29, 2018

On View

Conservators Just Discovered Hidden Details in a Tiepolo Masterpiece—and They’re Golden

Restoring the centuries-old work required years of work from the NGA's conservation team.

By Sarah Cascone, May 29, 2018

Art and Law

Museum Directors’ Association to Impose Sanctions on the Berkshire Museum and La Salle University Art Museum

The Berkshire Museum and La Salle University face sanction from the Association of Art Museum Directors.

By Eileen Kinsella, May 25, 2018

Auctions

Amid Protests, Berkshire Museum’s Deaccession Sales at Sotheby’s Fall Short of Expectations

Norman Rockwell hits its mark, but a $5 million Frederic Church fails to sell.

By Caroline Goldstein & Eileen Kinsella, May 23, 2018

Art World

An Art Dealer Claims He’s Discovered a Previously Unknown Rembrandt. Where’d He Find It? At Christie’s

Bought for $172,000, the portrait could be worth millions of dollars.

By Naomi Rea, May 16, 2018

Art and Law

US Art Dealers May Soon Be Subject to Government Financial Regulation

The art world has been put on high alert with news of new government oversight.

By Eileen Kinsella, May 2, 2018

Galleries

Blocks From the Met Breuer, a New Gallery Show Also Aims to to Steer Younger Viewers to the Old Masters

Colnaghi has joined with Ben Brown Fine Arts to present the historic works side by side with Modern masters during Frieze and TEFAF New York

By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 26, 2018

‘I May Need to Lie Down’: The Art World Goes Nuts Over Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s Louvre Takeover on Social Media

From the Met and Christie’s to Cheim & Read: How the Art World Guest Stars in ‘Ocean’s 8’

Is Loïc Gouzer the Federer of the Art Market? A Q&A With the Irrepressible Christie’s Maverick Who Sold ‘Salvator Mundi’

Asia Has Officially Fallen for Contemporary Art: Postwar Sales Have Doubled as Collectors Chase the Hottest Names in Hong Kong

The Man Who Slashed the ‘Russian Mona Lisa’ Says Nationalist Ideology Fueled His Attack

Max Hollein, Newly Minted Boss of the Met Museum, Is Leaving San Francisco With a Parting Gift: A Giant Rubens Show

A Rare Image of One of the Earliest Known Same-Sex Unions Goes on View at the Smithsonian

US Prosecutors Drop Investigation Into Yves Bouvier After Collector Who Cried Foul Turned Massive Profit on ‘Salvator Mundi’

A Drunken Museumgoer Attacked the Gruesome, Traumatic Painting Considered to Be Russia’s ‘Mona Lisa’

Conservators Just Discovered Hidden Details in a Tiepolo Masterpiece—and They’re Golden

Museum Directors’ Association to Impose Sanctions on the Berkshire Museum and La Salle University Art Museum

Amid Protests, Berkshire Museum’s Deaccession Sales at Sotheby’s Fall Short of Expectations

An Art Dealer Claims He’s Discovered a Previously Unknown Rembrandt. Where’d He Find It? At Christie’s

US Art Dealers May Soon Be Subject to Government Financial Regulation

Blocks From the Met Breuer, a New Gallery Show Also Aims to to Steer Younger Viewers to the Old Masters

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