Auctions A Newly Rediscovered Artemisia Gentileschi Painting Comes to Auction—Along With Work by Three Other Women Old Masters The auction also includes works by Fede Galizia, Orsola Maddalena Caccia, and Diana De Rosa. By Sarah Cascone, Apr 11, 2023
Museums & Institutions An Art Expert Has Made a Startling Claim: The Philadelphia Museum of Art’s Vermeer Copy May Actually Be the Real Thing The version of the work at London's Kenwood House has long been accepted as the original. By Sarah Cascone, Apr 5, 2023
Art History The President of Hamline University, Which Fired a Professor for Showing Students Paintings of the Prophet Muhammad, Has Resigned The controversial incident is now the subject of a lawsuit against the school. By Sarah Cascone, Apr 4, 2023
Analysis The Latest UBS Art Basel Report Puts the Global Art Market at $67.8 Billion, Indicating Modest Growth Amid Economic Uncertainty The art market, while still top-heavy, defied much of the ongoing global and economic volatility in 2022. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 3, 2023
Museums & Institutions See Inside the Reopened Rembrandt House Museum, Which Now Displays Nearly a Third More of the Dutch Golden Age Master’s Stuff The new displays include artifacts dug up from a cesspit outside the building. By Sarah Cascone, Mar 24, 2023
Politics A Florida School Focused on Classical Western Civilization Fired a Principal Over a Lesson Showing Michelangelo’s ‘David’ One parent called the iconic nude "pornographic." By Sarah Cascone, Mar 24, 2023
Museums & Institutions Workers at the Hispanic Society Museum Have Voted to Strike Following Stalled Negotiations for a Union Contract The museum's staff first filed their intention to unionize in May 2021. By Sarah Cascone, Mar 23, 2023
Art History A Young Couple in York Renovated Their Kitchen Cabinets and Found 17th-Century Frescoes Painted Underneath The historic artworks actually predate the home. By Sarah Cascone, Mar 21, 2023
Art Fairs Here Are 9 Treasures That Caught Our Eye at TEFAF Maastricht—From Antique Playing Cards to a Rediscovered Ambrosi Sculpture Our selections from 7,000 years of art. By Sarah Cascone, Mar 17, 2023
Art & Exhibitions Notre Dame’s Reopening Is Delayed, But a New Show About the Reconstruction Has Opened in a Space Beneath the Cathedral The free exhibition features charred timbers from the cathedral's fallen roof, as well as artworks from inside the church. By Sarah Cascone, Mar 7, 2023
Law & Politics A U.S. Judge Dealt a Partial Victory to Sotheby’s in a Long-Running Fraud Case Brought by Russian Billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev The judge urged both sides to avoid an 'expensive, risky, and potentially embarrassing' trial. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 3, 2023
Pop Culture The Dutch Are Going Wild for a Reality TV Show Where Artists Compete to Paint Vermeer’s Lost Masterpieces The show coincides with the Rijksmuseum's blockbuster Vermeer exhibition. By Sarah Cascone, Feb 27, 2023
Pop Culture ‘The Bachelor’ Sent a Couple on a Romantic Sleepover at a Natural History Museum, Where They Had a Candlelit Dinner Under Dinosaur Bones Afterwards, they ran through the galleries in matching pajamas. By Sarah Cascone, Feb 8, 2023
Auctions Anne Vallayer-Coster Was a Painter for Marie Antoinette—Here are 3 Things to Know About the 18th-Century Artist Smashing Expectations at Auction The renowned flower painter was the second woman elected to France's Royal Academy. By Sarah Cascone, Feb 8, 2023
Law & Politics A French Court Has Ordered Christie’s to Restitute an Adriaen Van Der Werff Painting That Was Stolen During World War II Parisian collector Lionel Hauser reported the work's theft in 1945. By Sarah Cascone, Feb 1, 2023
