NewsLaw
US Supreme Court declines to review a challenge to the National Gallery's ownership of a Matisse
Grandchildren of muse depicted in 1908 painting exhaust their US appeals
NewsConservation
Stolen in 1985, a recovered de Kooning will undergo conservation treatment
University of Arizona Museum of Art will send its painting, damaged by the thief, to the Getty
InterviewCollector's Eye
Collector's Eye: an interview with Candace Carmel Barasch
The New York real estate heiress tells us what she's bought and why she loves it
FeatureExhibitions
Making Miró: MoMA show explores turning point in artist’s career
An exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art focuses on The Birth of the World, a 1925 painting that marks a definitive turning point for Joan Miró
NewsConservation
Rothko Chapel to be restored, and gain auxiliary buildings
Artist's son says the project will "do right by my father’s vision for the space"
NewsRembrandt
Paper trail: how watermarks illuminate Rembrandt's creative process
By analysing and categorising watermarks, a new online tool will allow researchers to connect prints to specific batches of paper
NewsConservation
New app helps researchers diagnose ‘acne’ afflicting Georgia O'Keeffe's paintings
Bumps caused by chemical reactions can now be mapped by waving a hand-held device that one professor likens to a Star Trek “tricorder”
AnalysisRembrandt
Trimmed, splashed and slashed: the anatomy of Rembrandt's The Night Watch
As the Rijksmuseum prepares to restore the Dutch master’s most-celebrated painting in full view of the public, we look at its chequered conservation history
NewsRestitution
Met hands over an Egyptian coffin that it says was looted
Describing itself as a victim of fraud, museum says it cooperated with district attorney's investigation
NewsMuseums
SFMoMA to sell a Rothko estimated at $35m to $50m
Proceeds would go toward acquisitions that “address art historical gaps’’
NewsMuseums
Morgan Library & Museum plans $12.5m restoration of its library's exterior
New York institution plans to shore up its Neo-Classical façade and create outdoor spaces for the public
NewsAcquisitions
Whitney acquires Abstract Expressionist painting by Norman Lewis
The museum will show the underrecognised African American artist's work alongside pieces by his contemporaries
NewsAfrican art
Brooklyn Museum's detective work reveals original owners of African mask
Family elders give blessing to new exhibition of Yorùbá masquerade costume, stolen from Nigerian shrine room 70 years ago
NewsMuseums
Met unveils its AI experiment with Microsoft and MIT
Teams produce five digital prototypes for acquainting people with images of museum objects online
NewsMuseums
New York's MoMA to close for four months for renovation
Rethinking the Modernist canon, New York museum is changing the presentation of its permanent collection
NewsMuseums & Heritage
New York architect Annabelle Selldorf to lead design of visitors centre in Beijing’s Forbidden City
When restoration is complete, the public will have access to Qianlong Garden complex for the first time
NewsMuseums
Museo del Barrio cancels exhibition over an artist’s remarks about rape
Show was to focus on career of the film-maker Alejandro Jodorowsky
NewsMuseums
New Museum employees vote to unionise
Staff members overwhelmingly support joining a local that represents MoMA employees
NewsConservation
Getty wraps up conservation effort at King Tutankhamen's tomb
Decade-long effort with Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities results in a ventilation and filtration system
PreviewExhibitions
Lucio Fontana survey shows how sculpture sowed seeds for artist's slashing series
Exhibition at the Met Breuer argues that the Italian-Argentinian's early sculptures and decorative pieces inspired his works to come
NewsThree to see
Three exhibitions to see in New York this weekend
From the many sides of Bruce Nauman to the many subjects of Eugene Richards
NewsLand art
James Turrell's Roden Crater project gets $40m funding boost—with a little help from Kanye West
The artist will work with Arizona State University and a foundation toward the Land Art project's completion
NewsHeritage
Lush historic gardens bloom once more in Agra, India
The World Monuments Fund announces the completion of a four-year conservation effort
NewsThree to see
Three exhibitions to see in New York this weekend
From cross-cultural pollination in Armenia's Christian art to a pagan awakening
NewsBritish Museum
British Museum realises 'vase' is in fact an ancient mace-head displayed upside down
Curators discovered old mistake during research for No Man's Land exhibition
NewsConservation
Cai Guo-Qiang’s explosive art, preserved for the ages
Getty scientists explore the artist’s use of gunpowder and other materials for a definitive new book
NewsConservation
Restoration for early Renaissance pulpit will get the big-screen treatment
The 1301 carved pulpit will undergo a two-year intensive monitoring programme
PreviewExhibitions
The slow and meticulous work of Vija Celmins zooms into view at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Artist’s retrospective encourages viewers to take their time when looking in the modern age
NewsMuseums
Protesters stream into Whitney, calling for removal of board vice chairman
They assailed the trustee's business ties to the tear gas fired by US border agents
NewsMuseums
Italian court says Getty Museum must surrender prized bronze Statue of a Victorious Youth
The Los Angeles institution counters that it will keep on fighting to maintain the linchpin of its collection
NewsArtists
We have lift-off: Museum officials keep their fingers crossed as two sculptures hurtle into space
Fulfilling artists’ quests, a diamond-shaped balloon and a gold bust are expected to orbit the Earth
AnalysisAuctions
The highs and lows of New York ‘gigaweek’
Hockney made the headlines, but other artists made waves—or flopped—at November’s auctions
NewsThree to see
Three exhibitions to see in New York this weekend
Celebrate Thanksgiving with Luigi Valadier’s luxurious tableware, James Rosenquist’s Americana and a family-friendly show on Corduroy the bear
NewsBuilding projects
Couple donates $40m for MoMA's renovation and expansion
Acknowledging gift, museum names a film center after Debra and Leon Black
NewsPublic art
Public art grant goes to US city affected by school shooting
Bloomberg Philanthropies directs $1 million to a Florida community for “collective healing” through art
NewsConservation
Back from the brink: Jean Tinguely’s beloved music machine
Sculptor’s Méta-Harmonie II is ready for action after a year-long conservation effort in Basel
NewsArt market
Top lots go unsold at New York's Impressionist and Modern sales, proving a discerning but 'not doomsday' market
Monet carries Christie's evening sale while a Magritte shines at Sotheby's, marking an auction record for the Surrealist painter
NewsThree to see
Three exhibitions to see in New York this weekend
From Marc and Macke's friendship to the mother of abstraction
NewsMuseums & Heritage
In a Met protest, an artist posts her own labels next to a Picasso and Gauguin
She calls on museum to incorporate misogyny into the art historical narrative
PreviewExhibitions
Andy Warhol for the Instagram age: huge retrospective opens at the Whitney in New York
Exhibition spanning four decades looks to introduce the king of Pop art to the social media generation
NewsConservation
Modernism award honours preservation of a French school dating from 1933
Prize goes to firm for restoration of a monument to ‘civic Communism’
PreviewAndy Warhol
Is Warhol to blame for Trump? Pop pioneer's work touches on many issues facing America today
“It’s a very potent time to raise many of these issues,” says curator of the Warhol survey opening at the Whitney Museum of American Art
Podcast
Don’t call me a woman artist: overlooked Surrealists. Plus, Klimt/Schiele
We talk to Alyce Mahon, the curator of the Dorothea Tanning exhibition in Madrid, and adviser for the Leonor Fini show in New York about the art and life of the two surrealist artists. Plus, as a spate of shows open in Europe and the US, we discuss how Klimt and Schiele compare. Produced in association with Bonhams, auctioneers since 1793.
NewsAppointments
Director swap: former Met chief Thomas Campbell succeeds Max Hollein at Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
Hollein took Campbell's old job as director of the Met
NewsContemporary art
What's next for the Met after its 2020 Breuer exit?
Sheena Wagstaff says the move is part of a “positive, forward-thinking” new regime under Max Hollein’s directorship
NewsConservation
Alaskan dancer helps the Met solve riddle of the Yup’ik mask
Conservator calls in master storyteller to decipher shamanic object
Podcast
Bruce Nauman’s New York takeover. Plus, the British Museum dusts down its Islamic art galleries
We talk to the curator Kathy Halbreich about the giant two-part Bruce Nauman retrospective at MoMA and MoMA PS1. Plus, the specialist in Islamic studies Jane Jakeman reviews the new Islamic displays at London’s British Museum. Produced in association with Bonhams, auctioneers since 1793.
NewsMuseums
Electrical fire damages Mary Corse work at Dia:Beacon
Work was wired to an element that overheated, museum says, and institution quickly reopened
NewsExhibitions
New Museum hosts artists' proposed monuments to Stonewall uprising
In a range of models for Christopher Park, creators celebrate activists who they feel have been overlooked
NewsFakes & copies
Museum of the Bible says that five of its Dead Sea Scroll fragments are apparently fakes
Tests by German institute show "characteristics inconsistent with ancient origin"
NewsConservation
Soane Museum starts crowdfunding campaign to restore valued frame of a Reynolds painting
Institution hopes to raise £15,000 to clean and conserve wooden structure surrounding The Snake in the Grass
NewsThree to see
Three exhibitions to see in New York this weekend
From Yasumasa Morimura’s play on Western paintings at Japan Society to Leonor Fini’s freedom at the Museum of Sex
PreviewExhibitions
Hilma af Klint, the ‘mother of abstraction’, gets first major US show
More than 100 years after a spirit commanded her to break with naturalism, the vision of the Swedish artist is realised at the Guggenheim
NewsRestitution
Guggenheim to return Kirchner painting to heirs of Jewish dealer
Owner fled Nazis in 1933 after a stream of anti-Semitic attacks
NewsPodcast
'Tragic with great rays of sunshine': New York's Metropolitan Museum brings Armenia to the fore
In this week's podcast, curator Helen C. Evans tells a story of cross-pollination across 14 centuries
NewsAcquisitions
Getty acquires archive of Betye Saar
Purchase is part of a new programme known as the African American Art History Initiative
NewsConservation
Chicago resurrects its master craftsman
Edgar Miller finally gets his due as the city prepares to celebrate the overlooked designer’s eclectic work
NewsMuseums
Met plans to leave Breuer building, making way for the Frick
The Brutalist structure will house Frick’s historic collection during expansion of its 70th Street home
Podcast
Courtauld’s Impressionists. Plus, Armenian treasures at the Met
How Samuel Courtauld’s collection ignited Britain’s passion for Impressionists. Plus, New York’s Metropolitan Museum looks at Armenia, the first country to convert to Christianity. Produced in association with Bonhams, auctioneers since 1793.
NewsAuctions
A work by Hopper, promised as gift, heads to the auction block instead
Christie's to sell $70m painting once pledged to the Seattle Art Museum
NewsThree to see
Three exhibitions to see in New York this weekend
From long-hidden sculptures to a Land Art pioneer’s early cogitations
PreviewExhibitions
Dia turns the spotlight on female Land Art pioneer Nancy Holt
New York show recreates 1970s installations that inspired her best known work
NewsLaw
Court rejects claim to Matisse owned by National Gallery
Rebuffing heirs, an appeals panel in New York says the court lacks jurisdiction
NewsThree to see
Three exhibitions to see in New York this weekend
From righteous indignation to interactive play
NewsMuseums
Culture Pass has New Yorkers reaching for their library cards—but demand is exceeding supply
New scheme offering free tickets to some of the city’s most popular museums had thousands of responses
NewsMuseums
Italy revokes export licence for the Frick Collection’s princely portrait by Gérard
Italian government claims licence application did not state portrait was of Prince Camillo Borghese