Rijksmuseum Unveils Rare Vanitas Still-Life
Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum has recently unveiled one of its latest acquisitions: a masterpiece by one of the most important female painters of the Dutch Golden Age, Maria van Oosterwijck. On Tuesday, March 4th, the Rijksmuseum put Vanitas Still Life by Maria … More…
Stolen Brueghel Recovered
A painting by Pieter Brueghel the Younger, one of Poland’s most wanted stolen paintings, has been recovered in the Netherlands after nearly fifty years. Arthur Brand, a specialist in stolen art (who I have mentioned before in relation to a … More…
Sotheby’s New York Contemporary Curated
On Wednesday, February 26th, Christie’s and Sotheby’s began three straight days of twentieth-century and contemporary art. While things have been going well thus far, the Contemporary Curated sale at Sotheby’s York Avenue location in New York was the one auction … More…
Elizabeth Street Garden Clings On With A New Lawsuit
The nonprofit organization that maintains the Elizabeth Street Garden in Manhattan has filed a lawsuit against New York City to prevent its land from being used for an apartment building. The continuing story of the Elizabeth Street Garden has been … More…
British Museum Makeover
Part of the British Museum will be completely redesigned, with the museum administration choosing architect Lina Ghotmeh’s designs this weekend. The building that houses the British Museum dates back to the early to mid-nineteenth century. It was designed by Sir … More…
Lost Claudel Sculpture Sold In Paris For €3.1 Million
A bronze sculpture by Camille Claudel thought to have been lost for over a century sold in Paris for €3.1 million. Recently, I feel like the art world has been reanalyzing the work of great female artists, especially those who, … More…
Cleveland Museum Agrees To Repatriate
The Cleveland Museum of Art is sending a Roman bronze statue back to Turkey after finally acknowledging the work was likely looted. In September 2023, I first wrote about how the Cleveland Museum of Art became the target of the … More…
Friedrich’s Soul Of Nature At The Met
On Saturday, February 8th, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York opened a new exhibition focusing on the German Romantic artist Caspar David Friedrich. Despite Friedrich’s importance and widespread popularity, the exhibition, entitled The Soul of Nature, is the … More…
Institutions Lean Into AI, Despite Artists’ Objections
The Getty Museum has acquired its very first AI-generated photograph for its collection. This comes despite both ethical and legal concerns about the production and curation of AI-generated works of art. Cristian en el Amor de Calle is an AI-generated … More…