We often overlook gaps in provenance, or disagreement between experts, simply because we want to believe in fairytales

A scientific analysis and conservation effort unveiled signature brush strokes and other marks of the master

This weighty tome looks at the life and work of the Italian sculptor Giambologna but focuses on the contested bronze

French expert Marc Restellini claims substantial modifications to Italian painter's 1915 portrait of Beatrice Hastings were not mentioned by Christie's when the picture was sold—twice

A recent examination of the wood panel reveals that it is from the same Baltic oak tree as the panel of an authenticated work by the Dutch artist

Restored work—with “Artemisia” signature—will be shown by conservation studio during major National Gallery exhibition

Plus, Canadian First Nations artist Kent Monkman on his Met paintings and the art of food at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge

The newly attributed work is quite unlike Van Gogh’s other 35 self-portraits and reveals an intriguing insight into his mutilated ear

We look back at the stories that have overturned the art world order this year

The still life in Switzerland’s Reinhart collection was dismissed as a forgery

The Madonna and Child at National Museum Cardiff was believed to be a copy

Rediscovered painting, found in a French house clearance, is the first work by the 13th century Florentine artist to be sold at auction in living memory

We can also reveal that the $450m painting is described in the latest insurance documents as “attributed to” Leonardo rather than as a definitive autograph work

Painting of Lucretia has been in a private collection in Lyon for the past 40 years and is estimated to sell for over €600,000

Painting will be exhibited at Frieze Masters next month, after a "style of Botticelli" sleeper sold for over £6m at Zurich auction in June

Part of the Wellington Collection in London, the picture was originally believed to be by a minor north Italian artist

The painting, long the subject of an attribution dispute, is now at the centre of a legal conflict over ownership

Scientific evidence points to St Olaf College’s Portrait of Eva Mudocci being the real deal, but scholars of the artist’s work are reserving judgement

The Virgin and Laughing Child was recently re-attributed as the artist's “only surviving sculpture”

The painting, thought to be the second version of the Baroque artist’s Judith Beheading Holofernes will be auctioned this June with an estimate of £86m-£129m

Painting, which hung on the wall of a Suffolk church, will be sold at Tefaf this year

Marie-Paule Quix says work is by Giorgio Ceragioli not the symbolist Belgian painter

Italian scholar says terracotta statuette, currently attributed to Antonio Rossellino, is actually by the 15th-century master

Now the export ban has been lifted, the work may go on the market after restoration

The process of art attribution has come under attack, with forgery scandals rampant

After conservation effort, Museum of Fine Arts decides its hunch was correct

The work was one of 18 to have been placed under a court order following a financial dispute unrelated to the auction

Rediscovered portraits are due to travel to Louvre Abu Dhabi in early 2019

The Accademia Carrara in Bergamo has re-attributed the 15th-century work Resurrection of Christ