Archaeology Machu Picchu Is Even Older Than Previously Thought, New Radiocarbon Dating Shows The colonial records kept by the Spanish appear to have been wrong. By Sarah Cascone, Aug 5, 2021
Analysis Houston Built Big in 2020—But Shenzhen Is the Future: 7 Takeaways From a New Report on Global Cultural Trends AEA Consulting's Cultural Infrastructure Index aims to give a snapshot of the present and future of museum building. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 28, 2021
Art World Try These 10 Tasty Cocktail Recipes That Frick Collection Curators Mixed for the Museum’s Hit Lockdown Video Series The series finale of "Cocktails With a Curator," featuring a Black Manhattan, aired last Friday. By Sarah Cascone, Jul 23, 2021
Art History While Restoring a Mysterious 16th-Century Painting, Experts Found That Someone Turned Its Subject’s Frown Literally Upside Down From the department of "Don't Tell Women to Smile." By Artnet News, Jul 16, 2021
Artnet News Pro Christie’s Came Out of the Pandemic to Have Its Most Lucrative First Half in Years. Here, Execs at the Auction House Explain How They Did It The sales thus far have amounted to $3.5 billion. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 13, 2021
Art World The Victoria and Albert Museum Says It Has Spotted Michelangelo’s Thumbprint, Preserved in Wax, on One of His Sculptures The long-hidden mark likely appeared on the delicate wax sculpture due to changes in temperature or humidity. By Sarah Cascone, Jul 13, 2021
Science & Tech Scientists Tracing Leonardo da Vinci’s Family Tree Have Tracked Down 14 Living Relatives—Including a 62-Year-Old Artist The descendants include farmers, office workers, and an upholsterer. By Sarah Cascone, Jul 7, 2021
Art World You Can Now Spend the Night Inside the Palace Versailles For a Kingly $2,000 a Night The historic site is now a hotel. By Sarah Cascone, Jul 5, 2021
Art World A Painting Fell Off the Wall and Went in for Conservation. Turns Out It’s a Long-Lost Rembrandt Worth Up to $240 Million The discovery was announced at a symposium held at Villa Medici, the French Academy in Rome. By Sarah Cascone, Jun 25, 2021
Shows & Exhibitions Damien Hirst’s Fake Antiquities From an Imaginary Shipwreck Are on View Alongside the Real Thing at the Galleria Borghese—See It Here Italy's culture minister hopes the show will mark "a new renaissance for Italy" and its tourism. By Sarah Cascone, Jun 14, 2021
On View A Marble Skull Displayed for Centuries at a German Castle Turns Out to Be the Work of Bernini, Researchers Have Discovered The skull, made for Pope Alexander VII, is included in the new Dresden show “Bernini, the Pope and Death." By Taylor Dafoe, May 28, 2021
Art World Would You Like to Adopt a Gargoyle? Notre Dame Is Raising Funds to Restore Individual Artworks Damaged in the 2019 Fire As the square around the cathedral closes due to lead pollution, Friends of Notre Dame takes a new fundraising tack. By Sarah Cascone, May 19, 2021
Museums The Uffizi Gallery Just Sold a Michelangelo NFT for $170,000, and Now Is Quickly Minting More Masterpieces From Its Collection The Florence museum has Botticelli and Titian NFTs in the works. By Artnet News, May 14, 2021
Auctions Collectors Who Buy Paintings at Christie’s ‘Trailblazers’ Sale Today Will Get Free NFTs Inspired by the Women of Abstract Expressionism The Rewind Collective offered unique NFTs at today's postwar and contemporary art day sale. By Sarah Cascone, May 14, 2021
Art History A Bacchanalian Painting Once Thought to Be a Copy of a Poussin Has Been Reattributed to the French Master Poussin’s "The Triumph of Silenus" will go on view at the National Gallery in London this fall. By Taylor Dafoe, Apr 29, 2021
