Auctions Christie’s Will Offer Ann and Gordon Getty’s Sterling Collection of Impressionists and Old Masters, Raising a Potential $180 Million Proceeds from the sale will go to the couple's charitable foundation. By Eileen Kinsella, May 3, 2022
Politics Finland Seized $46 Million Worth of Art en Route to Russian Museums, Including a Titian and a Picasso, Enforcing E.U. Sanctions The sanctions prevent the transport of luxury goods, including art. By Sarah Cascone, Apr 6, 2022
Museums The Getty Trust, the Country’s Richest Arts Organization, Has Named Academic Katherine Fleming as Its New Director Fleming comes to the Getty from NYU, where she served as provost for the past six years. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 5, 2022
Art Fairs The Winter Show Has Taken Over the Window Displays at the Old Barneys New York Department Store to Show 5,000 Years of Art The fair is also reviving the store's beloved restaurant, Fred's. By Sarah Cascone, Apr 5, 2022
Market U.K. Officials Hope to Keep $14 Million Bellotto Masterpiece From Leaving the Country With a Temporary Export Ban The painting was first sold at Christie's more than 250 years ago, in 1771. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 5, 2022
Auctions An Unassuming Chardin Strawberry Painting Fetches a Record-Shattering $26.8 Million at Auction, Shocking Market-Watchers The luminous 18th-century still life is the only known instance in which he painted strawberries. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 25, 2022
Museums A Masterwork by the First Female History Painter to Show at a Paris Salon Is Headed to the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco 'Psyche Bidding Her Family Farewell' was the first history painting shown at the Paris salon by a woman artist. By Sarah Cascone, Mar 23, 2022
Archaeology Workers Rebuilding Notre Dame Have Discovered Previously Unknown Tombs and a Mysterious Sarcophagus Beneath the Cathedral Using a camera, scientists have glimpsed a figure on a pillow of leaves within the sarcophagus. By Sarah Cascone, Mar 16, 2022
Auctions Bonhams Buys Boston-Based Skinner Auction House, Accelerating Consolidation of Midlevel Auctions The acquisition 'brings the world to New England,' and creates an entity known as Bonhams Skinner. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 16, 2022
Museums After Years of Painstaking Research, the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna Says Its ‘Salvator Mundi’ May Be a Genuine Titian The museum is crowdfunding to restore the painting. By Sarah Cascone, Mar 1, 2022
People Billionaire Art Collector Xavier Niel Bought a $226 Million Paris Hotel Rumored to Be the Future Home of His Cultural Foundation The sale is one of the largest real-estate deals in Paris history. By Sarah Cascone, Feb 24, 2022
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
