An Artist Traveled Across the U.S. to Ask 1,000 Strangers for Advice on Life. He Shared the Photos of His Epic Road Trip With Us

Art World

An Artist Traveled Across the U.S. to Ask 1,000 Strangers for Advice on Life. He Shared the Photos of His Epic Road Trip With Us

The Chicago-based photographer Imran Nuri hopes to turn the ambitious project into a book.

By Sarah Cascone, Dec 20, 2022

Market

Is This an Early Rembrandt? A Collector and Art Sleuth Believes He Has Found a Lost Work by the Dutch Master

Cliff Schorer, a co-owner of Agnews gallery, determined that an art historian had smuggled the painting out of Europe ahead of the Nazi invasion of the Netherlands.

By Sarah Cascone, Dec 20, 2022

Auctions

Christie’s Generated $8.4 Billion in Global Art Sales for 2022, Marking Its Best Year Yet

The Paul Allen collection added a whopping $1.6 billion to its bottom line.

By Eileen Kinsella, Dec 19, 2022

Law & Politics

The Heirs of a Jewish Art Collector Are Suing the Met Museum for Selling a Van Gogh Painting They Say Was Plundered by Nazis

The Met sold the painting in a hush-hush 1972 transaction. Why the secrecy?

By Sarah Cascone, Dec 19, 2022

NFTs

Donald Trump’s Surreal Line of NFT Portraits Sold Out Within a Day—and Are Now Trading for as Much as $44,000

The former president sold the NFT portraits, designed by artist Clark Mitchell, for $99 each.

By Sarah Cascone, Dec 19, 2022

Art World

Amid Reports of Turbulence and Tension, Marc Glimcher and Laurene Powell Jobs Stepped Back From Experiential-Art Emporium Superblue

The immersive large-scale art platform Superblue was supposed to transform the art economy. So far, its failed to deliver.

By Eileen Kinsella, Dec 19, 2022

Politics

As Many as 800 Tourists Left Stranded at Machu Picchu After Demonstrators Block the Only Route Out of the UNESCO Heritage Site

Political upheaval in Peru is leaving tourists to its famed historic sites in the lurch.

By Sarah Cascone, Dec 16, 2022

Archaeology & History

Japanese Archaeologists Spot More Than 150 New Nazca Lines in Peru Using Aerial Footage Taken by Drones

The team from Yamagata University has identified a total of 358 geoglyphs so far.

By Sarah Cascone, Dec 16, 2022

Art World

A Former Museum President Tracked Down a Stolen Painting Using an Image Printed on a Decorative Throw Pillow

Hendrick Avercamp's 'Winter Landscape' in 1978 was taken from a Worcester couple's home in 1978. It could soon return to Massachusetts.

By Sarah Cascone, Dec 15, 2022

Auctions

Sotheby’s Has Brokered $6.4 Billion in Sales So Far in 2022, Down 7 Percent on Last Year’s Total

Stellar single-owner collections and luxury goods help boost the bottom line.

By Eileen Kinsella, Dec 14, 2022

Galleries

Hauser and Wirth’s Foray Into Auction Territory Exceeds Expectations, Raising More Than $4 Million for Charity

All of the proceeds will benefit the UN's refugee relief programs.

By Eileen Kinsella, Dec 14, 2022

Art World

Van Gogh, the One-Eared Dog With a Penchant for Painting Internet-Viral Canvases, Has Finally Been Adopted

The rescue pooch creates abstract canvases, including his own version of "Starry Night".

By Sarah Cascone, Dec 13, 2022

Art & Exhibitions

‘It’s My Damaged Rembrandt’: New Book Asserts a Downgraded Portrait of the Dutch Master Is the Real Deal

Expert Gary Schwartz hopes the book convinces scholars that "Rembrandt in a Red Beret," now on view in The Hague, is a self-portrait and not a work by a pupil.

By Sarah Cascone, Dec 13, 2022

Law & Politics

A Sheikh From Qatar’s Ruling Family Has Won a $5 Million Legal Battle Against a London Art Dealer

The judge ruled that art dealer John Eskenazi acted in good faith, but that seven "ancient" sculptures he sold to the sheikh were actually contemporary forgeries.

By Sarah Cascone, Dec 13, 2022

Archaeology & History

Please Don’t Let TikTok Convince You Otherwise—Ancient Rome Definitely Existed

The baseless theory is "ancient aliens" level ridiculous.

By Sarah Cascone, Dec 11, 2022