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Michaelina Wautier, The Triumph of Bacchus, ca. 1655–59. Courtesy Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna The 17th-century painter Michaelina Wautier was nearly forgotten by art historians until 1993, when one of her paintings was discovered in the storage area of the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna. The monumental painting in question, Triumph of Bacchus, caught Belgian art history professor …

Long-Awaited Exhibition for Rediscovered Old Master Michaelina Wautier Opens in Vienna Read More »

Rachel Whiteread won the Whitechapel Gallery Art Icon Award in January 2019. Dave Benett/Getty Images for Whitechapel Gallery, London English artist Rachel Whiteread—or rather, Dame Rachel Whiteread—is collaborating with Puiforcat, a French silversmith company, on a new silverware collection. Whiteread won the prestigious Turner Prize in 1993; she was the first female winner, and, at …

Rachel Whiteread’s Collaboration with French Silversmith Company Inspired by Corrugated Cardboard Read More »

Billy Name at the opening of the exhibition “The Warhol Look: Glamour, Style, Fashion,” 1997,” at the Whitney Museum of American Art. Photo Catherine McGann/Getty Images At a courthouse in Kingston, New York, a jury trial is underway to determine who will control the estate of Billy Name, an artist who lived with Andy Warhol …

Control of Warhol Photographer Billy Name’s Estate Is Under Dispute in New York Court Read More »

Yoshitomo Nara, Haze Days, 1998. ©2025 CHRISTIE’S IMAGES LTD. Christie’s will offer Yoshitomo Nara’s Haze Days (1998) at its 20th/21st century evening sale in London on October 15, with an estimate of £6.5 million–£8.5 million ($8.7 million–$11.4 million). The large-scale painting comes to auction just weeks after the close of the artist’s retrospective at London’s Hayward Gallery, his …

Christie’s to Offer Major Yoshitomo Nara Canvas in London After Recent Market Test Read More »

Staff are seen at the reception of The Henderson, a new skyscraper designed by Zaha Hadid Architects, where Christie’s new auction house is headquartered. AFP via Getty Images Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared in On Balance, the ARTnews newsletter about the art market and beyond. Sign up here to receive it every Wednesday. Happy Wednesday! A round-up of who’s moving …

A Picasso at Christie’s Hong Kong, Turkish Pavilion Artist and Curator Announced and More: Industry Moves for September 17, 2025 Read More »

A banner on Narva Castle in Estonia on Russian Victory Day in 2025. AFP via Getty Images Maria Smorzhevskikh-Smirnova, the director of the Narva Museum in Estonia, was sentenced to 10 years in prison in absentia on charges related to hanging banners that label Russian president Vladimir Putin a “war criminal.” One banner fuses Putin’s …

Estonian Museum Director Sentenced to Russian Prison for Anti-Putin Banners Read More »

The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. Good Morning! It has become harder for families to track down Nazi-looted art, according to a new report, which found major gaps in provenance data posted by US museums online. The Central State …

US Museums Under-Report WWII Era Provenance Online, Taiwanese Exhibition Canceled: Morning Links for September 26, 2025 Read More »

Installation view of “In Tribute to Jack Tilton: A Selection from 35 Years,” 2018, at Tilton Gallery, New York. Courtesy Tilton Gallery, New York Tilton Gallery in New York announced that its upcoming exhibition will be its last. That exhibition for late abstract painter Ruth Vollmer will run September 30 to November 15, after which …

New York’s Storied Tilton Gallery to Close, Eight Years After Founder’s Death Read More »

Drone photograph of Finlaggan. Courtesy Open Virtual Worlds at University of St Andrews A new book published by the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland has revealed the existence of a previously unknown castle on the Scottish isle of Islay, dating to the 12th or 13th century CE. The book, The Archaeology of Finlaggan, Islay, is …

30 Years of Research Has Revealed a ‘Forgotten’ Castle on Scottish Isle Read More »

Lisa Phillips. Photo Paul Bruinooge/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images Lisa Phillips, director of New York’s New Museum, will retire after more than 25 years in the post, the New York Times reported Thursday. The museum is currently undergoing a 62,000-square-foot expansion that had been expected to open this fall, though no inauguration date has been …

Lisa Phillips, Longtime Director of New York’s New Museum, to Retire Read More »