A Painting Newly Attributed to Raphael by A.I. Facial Recognition Goes on View for the First Time | Artnet News
A painting of the Madonna and child is on view in the U.K. city of Bradford, in West Yorkshire, with…
Who Was Edward Brezinski? Nobody Really Knows. But a New Documentary About the ’80s Artist’s Failure to Find Fame Could Change That | Artnet News
The downtown ‘80s art scene in New York launched the careers of artists like Jean-Michel Basquiat and Keith Haring to…
Scientists Have Developed the Whitest White Paint Ever Made—So Reflective It Can Cool Surfaces | Artnet News
In 2020, scientists at Purdue University developed a new super-white acrylic paint that reflects 95.5 percent of sunlight. Since then,…
Artist Sterling Wells Built a Floating Studio in Order to Paint the View From L.A.’s Ballona Creek. Then the City Demolished It | Artnet News
For years, artist Sterling Wells has made the urban waterways of Los Angeles an extension of his studio, drawn to…
British Museum Staff Plan Another Weeklong Strike, Calling the Institution’s Rebuff of Its Demands ‘Deeply Insulting’
For the second time this year, workers at the British Museum in London are planning to go on a multi-day…
Italian Police Have Arrested Suspected Forger Pasquele ‘Lino’ Frongia for Allegedly Faking Paintings by Franz Hals, El Greco, and Others
Once again, Italian authorities have arrested Pasquale “Lino” Frongia, the artist suspected of forging a string of Old Master paintings…
Klimt’s ‘Lady With a Fan’ Sets a New Auction Record in Europe, Making $108.4 Million at Sotheby’s Mini-Marathon of London Sales
Setting a new record for the most expensive work of art ever auctioned in Europe—Gustav Klimt’s final portrait Dame mit…
A German Museum Came Up With an Insanely Low-Tech Solution to Protect Its Rembrandt Canvas From a Leaky Ceiling
Torrential rain in Germany has caused the ceiling of the Gemäldegalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, to leak. Photos from one…
Market Star Painter Flora Yukhnovich, Known for Her Contemporary Take on French Rococo, Joins Mega Gallery Hauser and Wirth
In-demand British painter Flora Yukhnovich, known for her florid canvases that draw equally on the traditions of French Rococo, Italian…
A Collector Clinched a Rare 17th-Century Terracotta Sculpture for a Record $2.85 Million at a French Auction. Now, the Louvre Is Snatching It
Imagine going to an auction house, determined to take home an art historical treasure. The piece you want sparks a…
A Writer Is Calling Out the British Museum for Using Her Translations of Chinese Poetry in an Exhibition Without Permission
London’s British Museum has removed two poems by the early-20th-century feminist revolutionary and poet Qiu Jin from view after Vancouver…
This Adriaen van Ostade Painting, Once Coveted by Hitler, Has Found a New Home at MFA Boston
A Nazi-looted Adriaen van Ostade painting once destined for Adolf Hitler’s Führermuseum will now make its home at the Museum…
Artist Françoise Gilot, Who Chronicled Her Turbulent Decade-Long Relationship With Picasso, Is Dead at 101
Artist and memoirist Françoise Gilot, known for her tumultuous relationship with Pablo Picasso, has died at age 101 following heart…
After Five Years of Renovations—and Months of Labor Negotiations With Staff—New York’s Hispanic Society Finally Reopens
For over five-and-a-half years, the galleries at New York’s Hispanic Society Museum and Library have been closed for renovations, its…