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…
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…
Symbol Of Venice. Made In China?
The famous Lion of Venice, a bronze sculpture used for centuries as a symbol of the Italian city, most likely came from China, according to recent scientific studies. The Lion of Venice is a bronze sculpture that sits atop a … More…
Which Is The Real Vermeer?
A new exhibition in London seeks to reopen the debate regarding two nearly identical paintings, one by Johannes Vermeer and the other allegedly a copy. But some claim that the alleged copy is, in fact, an original Vermeer. London’s Kenwood … More…
Van Gogh Museum Threatens To Close
The Vincent van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam states that it may be forced to close if it does not receive additional funding from the Dutch government. The Van Gogh Museum receives approximately 1.8 million visitors per year, and is said … More…
Painting Of The Week: Le Réveil de Vénus by Louis Courtat
Louis Courtat’s painting Le Réveil de Vénus (The Awakening of Venus) is a nineteenth-century rendition of a classical subject, incorporating stylistic motifs from eighteenth-century Rococo and Neoclassical painting. Much of Courtat’s work is a continuation of the artistic lineage established … More…
Collector Sues Christie’s Over Tainted Provenance
A collector is suing Christie’s for allegedly failing to disclose that a cocaine kingpin may have previously owned a Picasso painting they agreed to buy. Sasan Ghandehari is the son of the Kazakh-born Iranian billionaire Hourieh Peramam, who made her … More…
Bayeux Tapestry Loan Receives Opposition
The plan to loan the Bayeux Tapestry to the British Museum has received pushback in the form of a petition that currently has over 50,000 signatures. In July, the British and French governments announced a cultural exchange agreement where a … 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…