AI Art: The New NFTs?
Trends come and go in the art world, and it can be somewhat difficult to predict which ones will stay around and which will fizzle out. Because of that, I’ve found it useful to have skepticism as my first initial … More…
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…
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…
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…
Sotheby’s NY Master Works On Paper
The results of Classic Week at the New York auction houses have been somewhat mixed. While the main Old Master and nineteenth-century paintings sales at both Christie’s and Sotheby’s were somewhat disappointing, the same cannot be said for the Sotheby’s … More…
Christie’s NY Old Master & British Drawings
The Old Master and British Drawings sale at Christie’s kicked off the Classic Week of nineteenth-century and Old Master sales being held at the New York auction houses starting on February 4th. This sale was highly anticipated mostly because of … More…
Coming Soon: A Brand New Louvre
French President Emmanuel Macron announced that the Louvre will undergo extensive renovations, including placing the Mona Lisa in its own gallery, for which visitors will be charged extra. The Louvre is home to roughly half a million works of art … More…
Forgotten American Mural Unveiled In Mexico
A 1934 mural by Philip Guston and Reuben Kadish at a regional museum in Mexico has been fully restored. The Struggle Against Terrorism is a 1000-square-foot mural the two young artists created for the museum. Both the mural itself and … More…
Rick Hendrick And The First 2025 Corvette ZR1 Set A New Record
Rick Hendrick, a man whose name is synonymous with automotive racing, owns Hendrick Motorsports, an American professional car racing organization founded in 1984. He has built a dynasty in NASCAR, with over 250 wins and 14 Cup Series championships to … More…
Christie’s London Art Of The Surreal
Every year, around the beginning of March, Christie’s hosts an Art of the Surreal sale at its London location. For as long as I’ve been covering these auctions, they have always been some of the greatest successes Christie’s experiences for … More…