Archaeology & History First Vesuvius, Now This? An Australian Tourist Just Got Caught Going on a Moped Joyride Through Pompeii’s Vulnerable Ruins This is the third incident of a tourist wreaking havoc on Italy's cultural heritage in recent history By Sarah Cascone, Aug 12, 2022
Artnet News Pro Why Are Art Investors Suddenly Ravenous for Dinosaurs? A Q&A With Nicolai Frahm, a Collector With Scientists on Speed Dial The advisor shares what he has learned from a decade of collecting in the field. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 11, 2022
Crime A Woman Allegedly Paid a Psychic to Convince Her Mother Her Art Collection Was Cursed—and Then Stole Over $137 Million in Art Police recovered a $59 million Tarsila do Amaral canvas in a raid connected to the arrests. By Sarah Cascone, Aug 11, 2022
Auctions Andy Warhol Made Some Very Unusual Paintings When He Was in Art School. Now His Family May Be Trying to Bring Them to Auction Warhol made the works while studying at the Carnegie Institute in the 1940s. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 11, 2022
Law & Politics For Years, Art Dealer Georges Lotfi Helped Investigators Root Out Antiquities Traffickers. Now Prosecutors Are Hunting for Him Investigators say the tipster became too assured of his own self-importance. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 9, 2022
NFTs OpenSea Just Gave $100,000 to the Buzzy DAO Friends With Benefits to Take Over Its Homepage With ‘Phygital’ Art Commissions The hip DAO is also set to make a splash in the phygital realm this week with the inaugural FWB Fest. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 9, 2022
Auctions Auction Veteran Simon de Pury Explains the Bold Business Model for His Latest Auction, Designed to Benefit Artists Above All The auction presents works exclusively by women artists made in the past three years. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 9, 2022
Studio Visit ‘I’m Constantly Looking at Toys’: See Inside Artist Trenton Doyle Hancock’s Studio, Jam-Packed With Action Figures From Star Wars and Beyond The artist's massive 1970s and '80s toy collection is close to his heart. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 8, 2022
Museums & Institutions Could a Perfect 3-D Copy Solve the Quandary Over Who Gets the Parthenon Marbles? An Oxford University Scholar Thinks So Roger Michel says the British Museum should display replicas and return the originals to Greece. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 8, 2022
Museums & Institutions Arts Council England Has Issued New ‘Proactive’ Restitution Advice for Museums, Replacing Outdated, Two-Decade-Old Guidance The previous report was issued all the way back in 2000. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 8, 2022
Museums & Institutions In a Major Promotion, the Metropolitan Museum of Art Has Added CEO to Director Max Hollein’s Title Hollein takes the mantle from current CEO Dan Weiss, who is stepping down next summer. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 4, 2022
Analysis In 2020, Blue-Chip Art Businesses Flocked to the Hamptons. Are They in It for the Long Haul? "It's a thing," said one veteran dealer of the newly energized Hamptons art scene. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 2, 2022
Law & Politics Henry Darger’s Heirs Open Up a New Front in Their Legal Battle to Control His Lucrative Market A group of 50 distant relatives are trying to wrest control from the late artist's former landlords. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 2, 2022
Art World See the Incredible, Recently Rediscovered Photographs a Young Woman Took During a Trip to Postwar South Korea: ‘These Places Are Gone’ The rare color images are a valuable snapshot of South Korea's modernization. By Sarah Cascone, Aug 2, 2022
Books What Were the Women in Egon Schiele’s Steamy Portraits Thinking? Novelist Sophie Haydock on How She Brought the Artist’s Muses to Life The women in Schiele's paintings have rich interior lives in Sophie Haydock's compelling debut novel. By Sarah Cascone, Jul 27, 2022
