Crime The Founder of Netscape Has Returned $35 Million Worth of Looted Cambodian Antiquities James H. Clark bought the works between 2003 and 2008. By Sarah Cascone, Jan 13, 2022
Pop Culture Wes Anderson Is Adapting a Roald Dahl Book About Buried Treasure That Ended Up in the British Museum for Netflix The film, based on Dahl's "Henry Sugar" story collection, stars Benedict Cumberbatch. By Sarah Cascone, Jan 13, 2022
Law & Politics A Bombshell Lawsuit Between Two Collectors Exposes How Far Some Will Go to Get Access to the Art They Want Collectors Michael Xufu Huang and Federico Castro Debernardi have settled their lawsuit, but not before revealing the market's inner workings. By Eileen Kinsella, Jan 12, 2022
Museums & Institutions Look Out, Van Gogh! ‘Mona Lisa’ Is Getting Her Own Immersive Experience—and It’s Been Engineered by the Louvre Itself The museum is partnering with the Grand Palais, which is also planning a permanent space dedicated to immersive digital art as part of a new renovation. By Sarah Cascone, Jan 12, 2022
Auctions An Iconic René Magritte Landscape Could Fetch $60 Million at Sotheby’s in the Latest Sign That the Trophy Market Continues to Rage The work has never before been sold. By Eileen Kinsella, Jan 11, 2022
Archaeology & History A Hungry Badger Dug Up a Stash of Ancient Roman Coins From a Cave in Spain and Archaeologists Are Amazed (the Badger Less So) A historic blizzard also played a role in the find. By Sarah Cascone, Jan 11, 2022
Artnet News Pro A Buyer’s Guide to the Breakout Stars of the New Museum Triennial: Who They Are and Where to Find Them Here are six stars who made a splash in the closely watched show. By Artnet News, Jan 10, 2022
Art History An Art Historian Bought a Van Dyck ‘Copy’ for Just $90 in 1976. Experts Now Say It’s Probably the Real Deal The work had been hanging in the Christopher Wright's home for 50 years. By Sarah Cascone, Jan 10, 2022
Auctions Actor Michael Caine Is Auctioning Off His Marc Chagall Painting, an ‘Alfie’ Poster, and Other Art and Movie Memorabilia Bonhams will sell the collection in March. By Eileen Kinsella, Jan 10, 2022
Politics WhatsApp Messages Show Boris Johnson Offering to Support a New Cultural Expo in Exchange for Fancy Home Renovations An ethics advisor found that Johnson acted "unwisely." By Sarah Cascone, Jan 7, 2022
Art World Ireland Will Soon Pay Arts and Culture Workers a Basic Income to Help the Sector Bounce Back From the Pandemic Details are still being hammered out ahead of a January 27 deadline. By Eileen Kinsella, Jan 7, 2022
Politics Before the Smoke Cleared From the Capitol Riots, Curators Were Out Looking for Artifacts. What Should They Do With Them Now? The Smithsonian hopes its collection of the highly loaded objects will help preserve the history of that dark day. By Sarah Cascone, Jan 7, 2022
Archaeology & History Archaeologists Claim They’ve Uncovered an Ancient Temple to Hercules Visited by Julius Caesar. Skeptics Aren’t So Sure Some say the long-lost site is probably miles away. By Sarah Cascone, Jan 6, 2022
Politics Andres Serrano’s Shocking New Film Delves Into the Chaos of the U.S. Capitol Riot. He Thinks Trump Will Love It The artist's first-ever film takes an unflinching look at American history. By Eileen Kinsella, Jan 6, 2022
NFTs ‘All My Apes Gone’: An Art Dealer’s Despondent Tweet About the Theft of His NFTs Went Viral… and Has Now Become an NFT The stolen trove was worth an estimated $2.2 million. The NFT of the tweet is going for a lot less. By Eileen Kinsella, Jan 5, 2022
