A Stolen 16th Century Madonna Painting Is at the Center of Dispute Between...
A 16th-century painting stolen from an Italian museum more than half a century ago has resurfaced—not in a grand gallery or a private collection, but at the center of a bitter dispute between an...
View ArticleA New Proposal to Improve Penn Station Means Demolishing Madison Square Garden
A new proposal for the renovation of Pennsylvania Station is officially on the table, and it includes returning to the train station to its pre-demolition Beaux Arts style and relocating the Madison...
View ArticleIn Maastricht, Danielle Mckinney’s Figures Come Out of the Dark
At the opening of TEFAF Maastricht on Thursday morning, there were a few galleries that had traveled to the remote Dutch university town for the first time. While the fair is best known for Old...
View ArticleChair of National Endowment for the Humanities Departs at Trump’s ‘Direction’
The chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities, Shelly Lowe, has left her position “at the direction of President Trump”. Agency chairs are appointed for four-year terms. However, the New York...
View ArticleHilma af Klint Descendant Seeks to Make Her Paintings Accessible Only via...
The plot has thickened in a power struggle over Hilma af Klint’s legacy, with her great-grandnephew, the chair of the late artist’s eponymous foundation, now seeking to keep her paintings in a private...
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Who Was Mary Reynolds? A Two-Person Exhibition at the Art Institute of...
The business cards that Mary Reynolds had made were in all capital letters and simply read: MARY REYNOLDS / RELIURE / 24 R. HALLÉ / PARIS XIV. It’s unclear why she wanted them, since her reliure...
View Article9 Iconic Artists Discuss What Women’s History Month Means to Them in 2025
In a landmark 1971 essay published by ARTnews, the art historian Linda Nochlin pointedly asked, “Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?” Her piece was “an encouragement, an announcement of an...
View ArticleGetty Acquires Raymond Pettibon Archive, Google Gives $1.5 M. to Ruth Asawa...
Good Morning! The Tate has cut 7 percent of staff via voluntary departures and a hiring freeze, due to a post-pandemic deficit. Raymond Pettibon has gifted his archive to the Getty museum in Los...
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Mickalene Thomas Brings Trompe L’oeil Sculptures, Collages, and Silkscreens...
The International Fine Print Dealers Association (IFPDA) Print Fair returns this spring to the Park Avenue Armory in New York from March 27–30, bringing together more than 70 international galleries...
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Hilma af Klint’s Art Should Be for Everybody—Even If Her Descendants Don’t...
It’s tough to remember there was a time when museums didn’t show Hilma af Klint’s work widely, when she wasn’t the subject of retrospectives and biopics and merchandise. And it remains tougher still...
View ArticleTate to Cut 40 Roles, or 7 Percent of Staff, in Response to Lingering Covid...
The Tate museum network will dramatically slim its workforce as institutions and galleries worldwide seek to reduce costs amid forecasts of a far-reaching financial recession. The Financial Times...
View ArticleArtist Jo Messer Involved in 2021 Theft of Beloved Elvis Sculpture in New York
There are thefts of paintings worth millions, and then there are thefts of objects of lesser monetary value whose worth cannot be entirely quantified. The mysterious taking of a sculpture of Elvis...
View ArticleVice President JD Vance Booed at a Kennedy Center Concert in D.C.
Vice President JD Vance was booed while attending a concert at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. on Thursday evening, the New York Times reported. It was Vance’s...
View ArticleChristie’s Names New Regional President of the Americas
Julien Pradels has been named the new regional president of the Americas at Christie’s. Pradels has held leadership positions across Christie’s global operation over 14 years, with tenures Europe,...
View ArticleSotheby’s and Pace Gallery In Talks For Significant Partnership: ‘A New Model’
Sotheby’s and Pace Gallery are currently negotiating over a deal that would see the auction house make a significant investment in the mega-gallery. While nothing has been inked yet, and the details...
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Exiled Sudanese Artists Reflect on Their Country’s Art Scene, Devastated by...
Rashid Diab, one of Sudan’s most prolific painters and art historians, sits next to his son, Yafil Mubarak, an artist, curator, and his father’s studio manager, for a video call from their current...
View ArticleTrump Moves to Axe 7 Federal Agencies, Including Key Library and Media Funds
President Trump signed an executive order Friday to dismantle seven federal agencies, including the one overseeing Voice of America (VOA) and other government-funded media outlets. The order demands...
View ArticleDonald L. Bryant Jr., Vineyard Owner Who Amassed a Treasure Trove of Art,...
Donald L. Bryant Jr., a vineyard owner who built up a star-studded art collection filled with key works by Americans and Germans, died on March 1 at 82. His passing was announced by his vineyard, the...
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A New ASCO Documentary Can’t Nail Down This Slippery Artist Group—and That’s...
In the early 1970s, four artists from East Los Angeles got together for an exhibition with a provocative concept: to display their worst works. The resulting show gave them “asco” (the Spanish word...
View ArticleHarmony Korine’s Video Game–Inspired Film ‘Baby Invasion’ Gets a Trailer
Artist, filmmaker, and former enfant terrible Harmony Korine is closing in on the New York premiere of his latest film, Baby Invasion. Naturally, it’s time for a trailer. On March 21, Baby Invasion...
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