Previously Unknown Chopin Waltz Identified at New York’s Morgan Library
A 200-year-old musical score believed to be composed by Frédéric Chopin has been discovered in the vault of New York’s Morgan Library and Museum. While...
Paul Morrissey, Andy Warhol Collaborator Behind Cult Classic Films, Dies at 86
Paul Morrissey, the director of several Andy Warhol film collaborations that earned the scorn of critics and the admiration of audiences around the world, died...
Collectors Howard Rachofsky and Thomas Hartland-Mackie Launch The Warehouse Dallas Art Foundation
Dallas-based mega-collector Howard Rachofsky, a former hedge fund manager and fixture of ARTnews’s Top 200 Collectors list, is teaming up with a collector some 40...
2,000-Year-Old Nabataean Temple Found off the Coast of Italy
A Nabataean temple was discovered off the coast of Pozzuoli, Italy, according to a study published in the journal Antiquity in September. The find is considered unusual, as most...
France’s Culture Minister Proposes Charging Notre-Dame Visitors Five-Euro Entry Fee
Rachida Dati, France’s culture minister, has suggested charging an entry fee for visitors to Notre-Dame de Paris when the cathedral reopens in December following its...
Clark Art Institute Gets $45 M. Trustee Gift to Establish New Gallery and 331 Works for Collection
The Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, Massachusetts, has received a significant posthumous donation from the foundation of one of its former trustees, Bulgarian-American software developer...
TEFAF Returns to Maastricht Next Year with 26 Newcomers Among 266 Exhibitors
The European Fine Art Foundation announced Monday that TEFAF Maastricht will return to the Maastricht Exhibition & Conference Centre (MECC) from March 15-20, 2025. The 2025 edition...
Yacht Owners Are Commissioning Copies of Original Art to Bring to Sea
Superyachts have always been risky homes for art collections, and not just because of the damp salt air and constant motion. “Crew ignorance is the biggest danger...
Newsmakers: After Opening in Paris, Gurr Johns CEO Harry Smith Says Everything Hinges on the US
Editor’s Note: This story is part of Newsmakers, a new ARTnews series where we interview the movers and shakers who are making change in the art world. Over the...
Christie’s Will Sell Monet Painting From Chicago’s Union League Club At 20th Century Evening Sale
Christie’s has been consigned to sell Claude Monet‘s Pommiers en fleurs (1872) by the Union League Club of Chicago to help fund a $10 million renovation...
Egon Schiele’s Death Mask Surpasses Expectations at Sloane Street Auctions Sale
An “exceedingly rare” bronze cast of Egon Schiele’s death mask sold for $24,600—more than ten times its estimated price—this week at London’s Sloane Street Auctions sale of...
3 Takeaways from the Art Basel & UBS Global Collecting Survey
Few years have been as tumultuous in the art market as 2023. Of course, 2008 and 2016 were bad (and not to mention 1990), but...
School of the Art Institute of Chicago Students Hold Walkout to Protest War in Gaza
Students at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago organized a walkout on Thursday to protest Israel’s war in Gaza. The walkout, which happened...
Ancient House with Erotic Frescoes Discovered at Pompeii
Age-old paintings of satyrs bedding nymphs and mythological figures fornicating have been newly unearthed at a small house at Pompeii. In its announcement of the...