Auctions Sotheby’s Hong Kong Evening Sale Brings In a Respectable $85.5 Million, Fueled by a Strong Demand for Ultra-Contemporary Art Artist records were set for Matthew Wong, Pang Jiun, Loie Hollowell, among others. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 5, 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
Market Want to Dip a Toe Into the Blazing Market for Picasso? We Polled the Experts About Where the Smart Buys Are Demand has seldom been higher, but there are plenty of hidden gems to be scooped up at lower price points. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 5, 2023
Crime The Oddball Sideshow for Trump’s Arraignment? The Case of a Movie Producer Who Allegedly Waltzed Into a West Village Townhouse to Steal 9 Paintings Raymond Bouderau appeared in the same courthouse as the former president to face charges of burglary. By Sarah Cascone, Apr 4, 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
Crime A Drunken Party Guest Has Pled Guilty to Stealing the Thumb of a $4.5 Million Terracotta Warrior at a Philadelphia Museum He faces a maximum sentence of two years in jail and a fine of $20,000. 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
Crime The Met Museum Returns More Looted Art to Greece and Turkey, Including 15 Antiquities Seized From Disgraced Dealer Subhash Kapoor The D.A.'s office has confiscated a total of 17 artifacts from the Met this year to date. By Sarah Cascone, Apr 3, 2023
Artnet News Pro Peter Doig’s Latest Work Is ‘the Most Talked About Show in London.’ But What’s Really Going on Behind the Scenes of His Art Market? From a notorious speculator to the possible involvement of a Russian consortium, the artist's market history is full of twists and turns. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 2, 2023
Law & Politics Germany’s Culture Minister Is Calling on a Munich Museum to Resolve a Years-Long Restitution Dispute Over a Prized Picasso Painting The Bavarian State Painting Collections has declined to allow German's lost art commission hear the case. By Sarah Cascone, Mar 31, 2023
Archaeology & History Archaeologists in Armenia Just Unearthed an Ancient ‘Golden Tomb’ Filled With Jewelry and Artifacts—See the Treasures Here It's the latest find from a joint Polish and Armenian excavation effort begun in 2013. By Sarah Cascone, Mar 31, 2023
Politics Russia Has Added Pussy Riot’s Nadya Tolokonnikova to Its Most-Wanted List, Claiming Her NFT Art Is ‘Obscene’ The government wants to press criminal charges based on Tolokonnikova's 2021 digital artwork. By Sarah Cascone, Mar 30, 2023
Law & Politics The Producers of Art-World Satire ‘The Square’ Apologize to Artist Lola Arias for Using Her Name in the Film Without Her Consent The movie said Lola Arias made the titular artwork. She demanded the production company set the record straight. By Sarah Cascone, Mar 29, 2023
Art & Tech Children Who Are Exposed to Awe-Inspiring Art Are More Likely to Become Generous, Empathic Adults, a New Study Says The study found that children who viewed inspiring videos were more likely to help refugees. By Sarah Cascone, Mar 29, 2023
Museums & Institutions The Vatican’s Parthenon Marble Fragments Have Officially Entered the Collection of the Acropolis Museum in Athens The objects are back in Greece after a repatriation ceremony on March 24. By Sarah Cascone, Mar 27, 2023
