Botticelli and the Search for the Divine – One of only two of Botticelli’s paintings of an isolated Venus will be on view for the first time in the U.S., together with other Botticelli mythologies and portraits, in the exhibit … More…

Another story from the Dark Side of the Art (Antiques) world. According to Raphael Minder’s NYT article, The European police have arrested 75 people and recovered about 3,500 stolen archaeological artifacts and other artworks as part of the dismantling of an … More…

Social media is now a must for many art galleries today.  People seem to be obsessed with their phones and more of them are using sites like Instagram, as well as Facebook and Twitter, to not only follow their favorite dealers … More…

Everyone wants a piece of the online auction pie and there are just too many players … failures are bound to happen.  As for Auctionata, I am sure this did not help them: struggles may at least partially originate from an investigation … More…

A short recap of some of the year’s bigger stories from the Dark Side of the Art World by Katya Kazakina and Hugo Miller.  From Bouvier to Mary Boone to Jho Low to Gagosian … what an interesting year it … More…

According to Vincent Noce’s article: Another “Old Master” linked to Giuliano Ruffini, the Frenchman at the center of an investigation into a series of suspected forgeries, has been declared a fake by Sotheby’s. This time, the auction house has had … More…

Another lawsuit hits the art world.  This time Phoenix Art, of Geneva and New York, claims that the Getty tried to cut them out of a deal for a collection of Roman statues … so they are suing for $77 … More…