The Best Booths at Felix LA, from Denim Sculptures to Minimalist Assemblages
On Wednesday morning, the Felix Art Fair opened the doors to its 2025 edition at the iconic Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. Though there was still a line for the elevators to get to the hotel’s 11th and...
View ArticleArt Forgery Workshop Making Fake Picassos Busted by Police in Rome
A workshop outside Rome containing 71 fake paintings falsely attributed to famous artists including Rembrandt van Rijn, Pablo Picasso, and Andy Warhol has been raided by Italy’s art crime squad, local...
View ArticleControversy Rages Anew over Whether Munich Museums Hold Nazi-Looted Art
An ongoing controversy over the holdings of the Bavarian State Painting Collections, the organization that oversees masterworks shown by Munich museums such as the Alte Pinakothek and the Museum...
View ArticleCivil Liberty Organizations Demand that Police Return Controversial Sally...
Three civil liberty organizations are demanding the return of photographs by artist Sally Mann after they were confiscated from an exhibition at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth in Texas by local...
View ArticleKhaled Sabsabi Will Not Be Reinstated as Australia’s Venice Biennale...
Artist Khaled Sabsabi will not be reinstated as the Australian representative at the 2026 Venice Biennale. He was dropped as the country’s representative earlier this month alongside curator Michael...
View ArticleThe Best Booths at Frieze LA, from Projects Dedicated to Fire Recovery to...
The sun was out and shining all day Thursday in Los Angeles. It seems a fortuitous sign for the 2025 edition of Frieze Los Angeles, which opened to VIPs in the morning. From 10am onward, the...
View ArticleChristie’s is Selling a Fresh-to-Market Auerbach Painting Once Owned by...
Christie’s is selling a fresh-to-market Frank Auerbach painting that was once owned by a British aristocrat who worked for the highly secret Y-Service during World War II.Titled Nude on Bed III and...
View ArticleBarnes & Noble Founder’s Widow to Auction $250 M. Art Collection at...
On Thursday, Christie’s announced that it will sell dozens of works by artists including Pablo Picasso, René Magritte, Giacometti, and Piet Mondrian from the collection of the late Barnes & Noble...
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Why the Roman City of Pompeii in Italy Still Haunts and Fascinates Us
In 79 C.E., Pompeii, some 14 miles southeast of Naples, was a luxurious resort city. By then it was part of the Roman Empire, though the area had been first settled by the Osci, a central Italian...
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Relief Spreads Through Frieze LA as Dealers Report Sold-Out Booths and Five...
In 1897, amid rumors that Mark Twain was seriously ill, the famed author told a reporter, “The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated.” That statement might as well have described Thursday at...
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From MoMA to Hidden Gems, Fashion Designers Pick their Favorite Museums
The Louvre’s first fashion exhibition — titled “Louvre Couture: Art and Fashion — Statement Pieces” and on display through July 21 — highlights the fact that museums make marvelous mood boards, and...
View ArticleNorth America’s First and Only Leonardo da Vinci Museum is Slated to Open in...
North America’s first and only Leonardo da Vinci Museum is opening in Pueblo, Colorado later this fall. The museum will feature interactive exhibitions and life-sized replicas based on da Vinci’s...
View ArticleThe Netherlands Will Return 113 Benin Bronzes to Nigeria
The Netherlands will return 113 Benin Bronzes from the Dutch State Collection to Nigeria. A press statement from the Dutch government on February 19 said the decision was made by Eppo Bruins, Minister...
View ArticleBirkenstocks Aren’t Art, German Federal Court Says
A German federal court recently decided that Birkenstocks cannot be considered art, since they are just comfortable, popular footwear made of cork. After years of litigation, Germany’s Federal Court...
View ArticleAfter Halted London Fair Suffers Profit Loss, CEO Departs as Owner MCH Group...
Lucie Kitchener, the CEO of stalled design fair Masterpiece London, which shows works by antique dealers and designers, stepped down from the role in December, a representative for the fair’s parent...
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Post-Fair Is a Small But Mighty Addition to LA Art Week
Among the more difficult things to navigate when visiting Los Angeles is the traffic. The fact that Post-Fair is in Santa Monica, a (relatively) short car ride away from this week’s main event, Frieze...
View ArticleA Guide to the 2026 Venice Biennale National Pavilions
The central attraction at the Venice Biennale is its main exhibition, a curated show meant to pinpoint a dominant theme in art as it stands right now. But all around it are pavilions staged by...
View ArticleThree Men Charged with Stealing Maurizio Cattelan’s Golden Toilet from...
Three men have been charged with stealing a golden throne by Maurizio Cattelan from Blenheim Palace in England in 2019, a prosecuting lawyer said earlier this week. One man involved with the crime had...
View ArticleStudio Museum in Harlem Names Second Cohort of Its Museum Professional...
The Studio Museum in Harlem has named the second cohort of its Arts Leadership Praxis, a professional development program for mid-career museum professionals of color. The participants, who have about...
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Petra: A Guide to Jordan’s ‘Rose City’ in the Desert
At the end of the Siq—a narrow, winding gorge through ruby-red sandstone in southwestern Jordan—lies one of the most jaw-dropping sights in archaeology: an open plaza dominated by Al-Khazneh, an...
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