The Met Reexamines Krasner & Pollock
In recent years, museum curators and the general public have become increasingly aware that the partners of celebrated artists were often accomplished artists in their own right. Most notably, Pablo Picasso’s partner Françoise Gilot has experienced a museum and art … More…
The David Hockney Sale at Phillips London
Every September since 2022, Phillips London has hosted a small sale dedicated exclusively to the works of British artist David Hockney. They have consistently been among the auction house’s most successful sales, given the artist’s enduring popularity over the decades. … More…
Rublev’s Trinity Damaged After Storage Malfunction
Andrei Rublev’s Trinity icon, one of the most important works of Russian art, has been severely damaged after climate control systems failed at the church where it is kept. The Trinity icon was created sometime in the early fifteenth century … More…
Getting a Microscopic Look at Rembrandt’s Night Watch
An Amsterdam museum will soon be looking at one of Rembrandt’s most famous paintings incredibly closely. The Micropia is a science museum in Amsterdam dedicated to educating people about microbes and microorganisms, the only one of its kind in the … More…
Robbery at the Renoir Museum
In the predawn hours of Tuesday, September 8th, two burglars stole two paintings from the Musée Renoir. The Musée Renoir is located in the town of Cagnes-sur-Mer, on the French Riviera between Nice and Cannes. The two thieves broke into … More…
The Hidden Painting Under Chagall’s Opera Ceiling
Old requests have resurfaced to remove Marc Chagall’s paintings from the ceiling of the Palais Garnier, Paris’s main opera house. The Friends of Lenepveu Society is an organization dedicated to preserving and promoting the work of the academic artist Jules-Eugène … More…
Haring Deemed Authentic After Lawsuit
A Keith Haring drawing deemed unsellable by its owner has been declared authentic by a judge. But auction houses still won’t touch it. In 2018, Adam Hartung, a management consultant from Nevada, bought a Haring drawing from Martin Lawrence Galleries’ … More…
Just Vincent: Scholars Study Van Gogh’s Signature
Art historian Julia Engelmayer recently published an article on what we can learn about Van Gogh from his signature alone. Published by the Van Gogh Museum, Julia Engelmayer’s article “Simply ‘Vincent’” identifies a gap in the art historical literature on Van … More…
The Lichtenstein Collection at Sotheby’s
On Sunday, October 11, the Whitney Museum of American Art opened its long-awaited retrospective of American Pop artist Roy Lichtenstein. The previous week, Sotheby’s offered the public an early glimpse into the artist’s legacy through a sale of works from … More…