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On View

Artist Simon Fujiwara Created a Miniature ‘Salvator Mundi’ Inside a Miniature Museum—and You Can See It Here

The project goes on view this week at Whitechapel Gallery.

By Javier Pes, Feb 12, 2019

Events and Parties

The Met Museum Envisions a Future Where Artificial Intelligence Helps You Find #Art Posts for Your Instagram

The New York institution teamed up with Microsoft and MIT to create prototypes that imagine how AI can help museums engage audiences.

By Eileen Kinsella, Feb 5, 2019

Auctions

Are Female Old Masters an Untapped Market or a Marketing Ploy? Experts Are Divided, But Buyers Don’t Seem to Care

Rarely traded work by female artists helped Sotheby's Masters Week generate $99.8 million, an eight-year high.

By Judd Tully, Feb 5, 2019

Exhibitions

The UK Was Desperate to Keep This American Billionaire’s Pontormo. Now You Can See It at the Getty

Collector Tom Hill defied British convention when he refused to sell the painting at a loss to London's National Gallery.

By Sarah Cascone, Feb 5, 2019

People

The Curator of the Met’s Celebrated Michelangelo Show Just Won the First $100,000 Vilcek Prize to Support Immigrant Achievement

Carmen C. Bambach is a curator of Italian and Spanish drawings at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art.

By Sarah Cascone, Feb 4, 2019

Auctions

Experts Have Discovered a Previously Unknown Painting by Baroque Master Artemisia Gentileschi—and Now It’s for Sale at Sotheby’s

With its new attribution, the painting could fetch more than 10 times what it sold for just five years ago.

By Sarah Cascone, Jan 30, 2019

People

See the Strange, Haunting Final Paintings of 11 Famous Artists, From Michelangelo to Toulouse-Lautrec

A new book by Bernard Chambaz explores the meaning behind an artist's last work.

By Eileen Kinsella & Caroline Goldstein, Jan 29, 2019

Auctions

‘People Didn’t See It Coming’: Victoria Beckham on How She Became an Unlikely Celebrity Spokesperson for Female Old Masters

The fashion designer is helping Sotheby's New York promote "The Female Triumphant," a rare grouping of women artists in its upcoming Old Masters sale.

By Sarah Cascone, Jan 25, 2019

Exhibitions

Four Fragile and Rarely Shown Drawings by Leonardo da Vinci Are Going on View at the Met This Month

The quartet is being shown together for the first time in more than 15 years.

By Sarah Cascone, Jan 24, 2019

Art World

Construction Workers Uncovered an ‘Exceptional’ 17th-Century Painting While Renovating a Designer Boutique in Paris

It’s a mystery how the remarkable work ended up hidden in the historic home of a French noble family.

By Naomi Rea, Jan 23, 2019

Art and Law

I’m Just Here for the Art: Three Accused Spies Claim They’re Actually Just Culture-Loving Tourists

Cultural tourism is a common defense for suspected spies.

By Eileen Kinsella, Jan 23, 2019

Art World

A Painting Stolen From a Belgian Church Last Week Might Have Been by Michelangelo

An authenticator was set to examine the work the day after it disappeared.

By Sarah Cascone, Jan 15, 2019

Politics

The Louvre’s da Vinci Blockbuster Could Be a Casualty of Political Tensions Between Italy and France

Italy’s culture ministry is backtracking on important loans intended to mark the 500th anniversary of the master’s death.

By Naomi Rea, Jan 11, 2019

Art Guides

22 Unmissable Museum Shows to See in the Americas, From a Mapplethrope Extravaganza to Joan Miró in New York

Here's what museums have on offer this winter across the Western hemisphere.

By Sarah Cascone & Caroline Goldstein, Jan 7, 2019

Auctions

Legendary Old Master Dealer Richard Feigen Is Selling His Own Collection at Auction to Fund His Retirement

After more than six decades in the art world, the 88-year-old dealer is selling a select group of his treasures at Christie's.

By Henri Neuendorf, Jan 4, 2019

Artist Simon Fujiwara Created a Miniature ‘Salvator Mundi’ Inside a Miniature Museum—and You Can See It Here

The Met Museum Envisions a Future Where Artificial Intelligence Helps You Find #Art Posts for Your Instagram

Are Female Old Masters an Untapped Market or a Marketing Ploy? Experts Are Divided, But Buyers Don’t Seem to Care

The UK Was Desperate to Keep This American Billionaire’s Pontormo. Now You Can See It at the Getty

The Curator of the Met’s Celebrated Michelangelo Show Just Won the First $100,000 Vilcek Prize to Support Immigrant Achievement

Experts Have Discovered a Previously Unknown Painting by Baroque Master Artemisia Gentileschi—and Now It’s for Sale at Sotheby’s

See the Strange, Haunting Final Paintings of 11 Famous Artists, From Michelangelo to Toulouse-Lautrec

‘People Didn’t See It Coming’: Victoria Beckham on How She Became an Unlikely Celebrity Spokesperson for Female Old Masters

Four Fragile and Rarely Shown Drawings by Leonardo da Vinci Are Going on View at the Met This Month

Construction Workers Uncovered an ‘Exceptional’ 17th-Century Painting While Renovating a Designer Boutique in Paris

I’m Just Here for the Art: Three Accused Spies Claim They’re Actually Just Culture-Loving Tourists

A Painting Stolen From a Belgian Church Last Week Might Have Been by Michelangelo

The Louvre’s da Vinci Blockbuster Could Be a Casualty of Political Tensions Between Italy and France

22 Unmissable Museum Shows to See in the Americas, From a Mapplethrope Extravaganza to Joan Miró in New York

Legendary Old Master Dealer Richard Feigen Is Selling His Own Collection at Auction to Fund His Retirement

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