On View The Asia Society Walks Back Its Decision to Blur Depictions of the Prophet Muhammad in an Online Exhibition Following Accusations of Censorship The artworks are included in the current show, 'Comparative Hell: Arts of Asian Underworlds.' By Sarah Cascone, Apr 17, 2023
Crime Spanish Police Have Seized Five Fake Goya and Velázquez Paintings Supposedly Worth a Collective $84 Million The works will go on view in an exhibition of seized forgeries curated in conjunction with Spanish police. By Sarah Cascone, Apr 14, 2023
Art Fairs 5 Standout Artists at Expo Chicago 2023, From Patrick Eugène’s Stirring Portraits of Immigrants to Annie Lapin’s Otherworldly Landscapes Here are our top picks to watch out for in Chicago this weekend. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 13, 2023
Up Next ‘It Allows Me to Be a Little Bit Wild’: Cj Hendry on What Inspired Her to Build a Colossal Adult Indoor Playground in Brooklyn With her hyperrealistic drawings and elaborate installations, the artist remains committed to pushing the boundaries of art. By Sarah Cascone, Apr 13, 2023
Auctions A 19th-Century William B. T. Trego Painting Was Long Thought Lost Until a Public Library Put It Up for Auction. It Fetched More Than $14,000 The painting sold for 190 percent of its high estimate. By Sarah Cascone, Apr 12, 2023
Crime A Man Tried to Climb One of Canada’s Most Famous Public Artworks and Got Trapped Inside It Until Rescuers Found Him It took the fire department an hour and a half to free the man. By Sarah Cascone, Apr 12, 2023
Crime An Auctioneer Has Confessed to Playing a Major Role in Producing Fake Basquiats Displayed at the Orlando Museum of Art Los Angeles auctioneer Michael Barzman pled guilty to lying to the FBI about creating the works. By Sarah Cascone, Apr 12, 2023
People A Rolls-Royce Driver Plowed Over a $3 Million Damien Hirst Sculpture on the Palm Beach Lawn of a Prominent Collector Couple The sculpture is from Hirst's 2017 Venice blockbuster, 'Treasures From the Wreck of the Unbelievable.' By Sarah Cascone, Apr 11, 2023
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 ‘It’s Heartbreaking Work’: How Kehinde Wiley Recreated the Light of Renaissance Art to Reflect on America’s Dark Legacy of Racism "Kehinde Wiley: Archaeology of Silence" is on view now at the de Young Museum in San Francisco By Sarah Cascone, Apr 10, 2023
On View See Highlights From the Smithsonian’s Epic ‘Afrofuturism’ Show—From Octavia Butler’s Typewriter to Parliament-Funkadelic Costumes The exhibition celebrates generations of Black expression across music, literature, film, and fashion. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 10, 2023
On View See Inside a New Exhibition That Ties Bollywood Musicals to the Long Tradition of Depicting Dance in Southeast Asian Art "The big idea for this exhibition is dance is power," said one of its curators. By Sarah Cascone, Apr 10, 2023
Politics This Very Strange Painting Immortalizes Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’s Freebie Luxury Vacations With a Republican Donor The billionaire also lent Thomas his private jet to attend the dedication of the statue of a nun at a New Jersey cemetery. By Sarah Cascone, Apr 7, 2023
Archaeology & History Art Collector and Real Estate Developer Jorge Perez Accidentally Broke Ground on a Prehistoric Archaeology Site. He’s Building Skyscrapers There Anyway The Tequesta Civilization settlement contains artifacts dating back 7,000 years. By Sarah Cascone, Apr 7, 2023
Books The First-Ever Bob Dylan Monograph Surveys 60 Years of the Songwriter’s ‘Exploratory’ Paintings and Sculptures 'Retrospectrum' brings together more than 100 artworks that Dylan has created over the past six decades. By Min Chen, Apr 7, 2023
