Heist at the Louvre
On Sunday, October 19th, a group of men executed a heist at the Louvre Museum in Paris, stealing a collection of jewelry estimated to be worth €88 million (or $102 million). While the popular imagination makes it seem like heists … More…
Painting Of The Week: James Buttersworth’s Yachts Racing Off Southampton
With summer growing more and more distant, memories of warmer weather may help some of us through the winter. While beach scenes might come to mind, paintings with sailing and boating subjects may also do the trick. This is where … More…
Leonardo’s Lost Words
Through several art installations, a new project in Milan will focus on Leonardo da Vinci, his interest in words, and his impact on the Italian language. Sabrina D’Alessandro is not a typical artist. Most of her work involves language, specifically … More…
New Taylor Swift Video Merges Pop Music With 19th Century Painting
Taylor Swift recently released the music video for “The Fate of Ophelia”, her new single from the album The Life of a Showgirl. Many eagle-eyed viewers have also picked up on the art historical references in the video. The lyrics … More…
Vienna Exhibition Shines Light On Forgotten Female Artist
Michaelina Wautier, a previously overlooked female painter from the Flemish Baroque period, is now getting a moment in the spotlight with her own exhibition at the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna. Very little is known about Wautier’s life. She was born … More…
Rembrandt Restoration at the Städel Museum
Rembrandt’s Blinding of Samson, one of the artist’s most prominent religious works, is set to receive an extensive makeover. The Blinding of Samson dates to 1636, in the early stages of Rembrandt’s peak. He mainly produced portraits at the time, … More…
Picasso Museum Announces Expansion
The Picasso Museum in Paris has recently announced a $50 million expansion project, which will include an outdoor space for a public sculpture garden. It has been eleven years since the last renovations at the Picasso Museum. The museum is … More…
Trump NEA Policy Ruled Unlawful
A federal court has prohibited the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) from implementing President Donald Trump’s executive order barring grants to organizations promoting “gender ideology”. Since Donald Trump reassumed the presidency in January 2025, his administration has been exerting … More…
Sotheby’s Karpidas Collection Evening Sale
Last week, the first significant sale of the autumn auction season took place at Sotheby’s London with the collection of Pauline Karpidas. Since the 1970s, Karpidas has been a collector of modern and contemporary art. She is a prominent donor … More…
Bonhams British & European Art
The fine art market took a bit of a break in August, with many of the main auction houses using that time to focus on sales of luxury goods such as cars, sports memorabilia, watches, jewelry, and other items. However, … More…
Met Museum Commission Highlights Indigenous Art
Last Friday, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York revealed a new addition to its façade: a series of bronze sculptures by Jeffrey Gibson. Since 2019, the Metropolitan Museum has commissioned sculptures occupying the niches on the front of … More…
Pennsylvania Art Fraudster Sentenced
Last Friday, the US Attorney’s office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania announced that Carter Reese, an art and antiques dealer in Reading, Pennsylvania, was sentenced for knowingly selling forged artworks allegedly by twentieth-century masters. Reese was well known in … More…
Painting Of The Week: John Stobart’s Independence, Wayne City Landing, 1842
John Stobart was one of the greatest maritime painters of the twentieth century, specializing in painting historical sailing ships and harbor scenes as they would have appeared decades or centuries ago. But while clipper ships on the Atlantic or views … More…
Rubens Rediscovered in Paris
A French auctioneer has rediscovered a lost masterpiece by the Baroque Flemish painter Peter Paul Rubens. Christ on the Cross has allegedly been missing since shortly after its creation in the second decade of the seventeenth century. And now, Jean-Pierre … More…
Christie’s Closes Digital Department
Christie’s has closed its digital art department, potentially marking the beginning of the mainstream art world’s breakup with the medium. Nicole Sales Giles worked at Christie’s as the vice president of digital art. However, she recently told Now Media that … More…
Modernités at Sotheby’s Paris
On Friday, October 24th, Sotheby’s Paris hosted its Modernités sale, featuring mostly twentieth-century works by European and North American artists, including Jean Dubuffet, Roy Lichtenstein, and Jean Fautrier. The main draw, however, was a pair of portraits by the Italian … More…