Law & Politics Russian Billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev’s Secret Backing of Some of Hollywood’s Biggest Movies Has Been Revealed in a High-Stakes Lawsuit A firm Rybolovlev silently backed is behind blockbusters such as 'Top Gun: Maverick' and 'Mission: Impossible 7.' By Eileen Kinsella, Jan 5, 2023
The Art Detective The High-Flying Basquiat Market Fell Off a Cliff Last Year. Why? The artist's auction market plummeted 50 percent in 2022, a dizzying fall from its much-ballyhooed peak of a year prior. By Katya Kazakina, Jan 5, 2023
Crime The Man Who Allegedly Stabbed Two MoMA Staffers Has Been Extradited to New York and Charged With Assault Police arrested Gary Cabana three days after the shocking attack. By Sarah Cascone, Jan 4, 2023
Archaeology & History Archaeologists Discover 60 High-Ranking Renegade Mummies in a Tomb of an Ancient Egyptian Opposition Figure in Luxor Important Egyptians chose to be interred in Amenhotep-Huy's burial place because he opposed Akhenaten's controversial move to monotheism. By Sarah Cascone, Jan 4, 2023
Museums & Institutions London’s National Portrait Gallery Has Acquired a $3.6 Million Public Toilet. (They Must Have Been Feeling Flush) Flush with cash, the museum will convert the Victorian-era restroom into an annex. By Sarah Cascone, Jan 4, 2023
Archaeology & History Ancient Stone Tools Once Thought to be Made by Humans Were Actually Crafted by Monkeys, Say Archaeologists If monkeys made the tools, it's a major blow to experts seeking to disprove the long-held "Clovis First" theory. By Sarah Cascone, Jan 3, 2023
Crime The Man Accused of Attempting to Steal a Banksy Mural in Ukraine Could Face Up to 12 Years in Prison The accused thief claims he was planning to sell the street artist's work to benefit the Ukrainian Army. By Sarah Cascone, Jan 3, 2023
Art Collectors What I Buy and Why: How Collector and Art Advisor Jeanne Masel Has Learned to Know What She Wants When She Sees It We caught up with the collector at her home in Brooklyn. By Sarah Cascone, Jan 1, 2023
Museums & Institutions 12 Must-See U.S. Museum Exhibitions in 2023, From LACMA’s Look at the Dawn of Computer Art to a Georgia O’Keeffe Revelation at MoMA A few of the U.S. museum shows we're most looking forward to in 2023. By Artnet News, Jan 1, 2023
Auctions Here Are the 10 Most Expensive Works Sold at Auction in 2022—and Why They Fetched the Prices They Did From a $195 million Warhol to an $80 million Magritte, the 10 top lots sold at auction this year totaled more than $1.1 billion. By Eileen Kinsella, Dec 28, 2022
Pop Culture In Pictures: See Original Animations and New Works Inspired by the Fantasy Film ‘The Last Unicorn’ in a Show Marking Its 40th Anniversary The exhibition is at Corey Helford Gallery in Los Angeles. By Sarah Cascone, Dec 27, 2022
Art World Here Are the 9 Biggest Art-World Controversies of 2022, From Climate Activists Attacking Masterworks to A.I. Replacing Artists So much outrage. By Eileen Kinsella & Taylor Dafoe, Dec 26, 2022
Art World Venice Successfully Deployed a Very Low-Tech Measure to Protect Saint Mark’s Basilica From High Tide: Glass Barriers Saint Mark’s Basilica stayed nice and drying during flooding earlier this month. By Sarah Cascone, Dec 22, 2022
Crime Vandals Have Destroyed 30,000-Year-Old Australian Cave Art by Carving Spooky Graffiti Into the Rock The cave's indigenous owners had been pushing for increased security at the site. By Sarah Cascone, Dec 21, 2022
Archaeology & History Here Are 2022’s 12 Most Mind-Blowing Archaeological Discoveries, From Ancient Lice Combs to the World’s Oldest Mummies Revisit our best stories on the tombs, shipwrecks, and coin hoards unearthed this year. By Sarah Cascone, Dec 20, 2022
