In 2003, writing in Artforum, David Rimanelli dismissed one of the founding claims of John Currin's early reputation as a "red herring": the notion that his brushwork constitutes a genuine revival of Old Master technique, arguing that technical finesse develops in step with the artist's content rather than existing for its own sake.
A Korean court has ruled that the ownership of Nam June Paik's artworks, 'My Faust: Economics' and 'My Faust: Spiritual,' belongs to the wife of the late Daewoo Group Chairman Kim Woo-choong.
The National Gallery of Art announced that it has received a major gift of nearly 50 works from the Berezdivin Collection, a major private collection of contemporary art.
The shirt worn by Brazil football icon Pele when he scored two goals to bring his team to victory in the World Cup final of 1958 has sold for $4.9m.
On July 14, Representatives Dina Titus (D-NV) and Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) introduced the Protecting Resources and Ensuring Stewardship of Enduring Records of Visual Expression (PRESERVE) Act that would establish a procedure to ensure that publicly commissioned art is protected and preserved during the federal building disposal process.
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg, Jr., announced the return of three antiquities collectively valued at more than $160,000 to Mexico.
Christie’s reported total revenue of $4.5 billion for the first half of 2026, describing its strongest opening six months in five years as renewed competition for major collections, museum-quality works and luxury objects helped drive auction sales sharply higher across every region.
One of the most influential artists of our time will now be awarded the 2026 European Culture Prize . At the world-famous Royal Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the European Cultural Forum will honor a sculptor whose work has set standards for decades and inspired generations of artists.
The auction house said first-half consolidated sales reached $4.4 billion, a 58 percent increase from the same period last year, with gains across auctions, private sales, and its expanding luxury businesses.
Michaël Borremans paints at the moment when the image remains persuasive while its authority becomes uncertain.
The Smithsonian’s Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden and the Art Bridges Foundation have chosen the 51 institutions that will participate in “50 for 50,” a national collection-sharing initiative coinciding with America’s 250th anniversary.
Around 1503 a Florentine silk merchant named Francesco del Giocondo paid Leonardo da Vinci to paint his wife, Lisa. An ordinary job. The painter takes the fee, paints the wife, delivers the panel, and it hangs in the client's house.