Jan 16th, 2026 - Gagosian will bring the Ghanaian artist to Venice's Palazzo Grimani in May The Ghanaian artist Amoako Boafo will present new and recent works at the Museo di Palazzo Grimani in Venice this spring in his first solo show in Italy. The show will be co-organised by Gagosian Gallery which represents the artist, and coincide with the 61st Venice Biennale (9 May-22 November). A museum statement says: "Drawing inspiration from the Renaissance atmosphere of Palazzo Grimani, Boafo turns his gaze to the ...

Jan 16th, 2026 - One of the most important Latin American artists of the 20th century, she influenced the direction of post-war painting and helped shape Colombia's museums as a curator, educator and mentor "I don't want to be Botero or only a lady who paints," Beatriz González said in the early 1960s, a statement she would later revisit. It captures the path forged by the Colombian artist, writer, curator, educator and intellectual—known as la maestra —who died in Bogotá on January 9 ...

Jan 15th, 2026 - Picture: Compton Verney Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz: Compton Verney in Warwickshire will be opening their latest exhibition entitled Bruegel to Rembrandt: Drawing Life, Sketching Wonder in March 2026. According to their website: Explore the wonders of Dutch and Flemish drawing with over 60 works from the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, many never before seen in the UK.  This exhibition showcases artists across the 16th and 17th centuries, including Bruegel, Rembrandt, Rubens, and ...

Jan 15th, 2026 - A new show will explore the Mexican artist's complex personality and her rise to fame over the past 50 years The Mexican painter Frida Kahlo (1907-54) is one of the most recognisable artists in the world. But how did she become so famous? A large-scale exhibition opening at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston this month will trace Kahlo's journey from a little-known artist in her husband Diego Rivera's shadow to a world-famous figure and brand, influencing artists and pop culture alike. "For over ...

Jan 12th, 2026 - Picture: Rijksmuseum Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz: The Rembrandthuis in Amsterdam have shared news on Instagram that they will be borrowing Rembrandt's preparatory oil study for  Joseph relating his dreams to his parents and brothers from the nearby Rijksmuseum. The painting will be on display for their latest exhibition Rembrandt's Masterclass which opens at the end of this month. According to their post: The great sadness of the Rembrandt House Museum is that it has never managed to ...

Jan 12th, 2026 - Piet Mondrian found fame, fortune and glory with his grid-like paintings lit with basic colours. But did many of his ideas come from Marlow Moss? Our writer celebrates an extraordinary British talent who died in obscurity n 1972, the mighty Kunstmuseum in the Hague bought three paintings by a little known British artist called Marlow Moss. The prestigious art gallery was keen to show the enormous influence of Piet Mondrian – the famous Dutch painter acclaimed for his black grids lit with ...

Jan 9th, 2026 - It is one of the most tantalising – and entertaining – puzzles in art, stretching from the Louvre to the Loire via, well, Norfolk. And our critic thinks he has just worked it out ncreased security after the recent heist has made the queues at the Louvre even slower, yet on this rainswept, very wintry morning, no one grumbles. After all, the Mona Lisa is waiting inside for all these tourists who have come from the world over. Leonardo da Vinci's woman – swathed in dark cloth ...

Nov 20th, 2025 - A self-portrait by legendary Mexican artist Frida Kahlo sold for $54.66 million in New York on Thursday, setting a new record for the price of a painting by a woman, the auction house Sotheby's said. The sale of Kahlo's 1940 artwork, titled "El sueno (la cama)" — which translates to "The dream (The bed)" — breaks the previous record in this category, set by American artist Georgia O'Keeffe, whose 1932 painting "Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1," sold for $44.4 million in 2014. Kahlo's ...

Nov 13th, 2025 - From the Mona Lisa to the American Gothic, these famous paintings don't just grace museum walls; they offer a glimpse into the past and define entire generations. Although most of these masterpieces are centuries old, they continue to fascinate art buffs and collectors alike, with each piece telling a captivating story. Whether they're on display for the whole world to see or hidden behind closed doors, these paintings prove that art has the power to create and sometimes, even change history. ...

Oct 27th, 2025 - The momentum in Paris generated last week by Art Basel—and the strong sales and dynamic activity across all the fairs—culminated in the Paris evening auctions, where results exceeded estimates and expectations at both Christie's and Sotheby's. Buyers who seemed hesitant in the days leading up to the art weeks regained confidence after seeing the positive results in London. "They called back, asking for guarantees or pre-auction bids," Alessandro Diotallevi told Observer ahead of the ...

Oct 18th, 2025 - Morgan Library & Museum, New York Famed impressionist painter's lesser-seen drawings are the focus of a major new exhibition that invites us into the stages of his artistic process is luminous colours and sensual brushwork adorn countless mugs, posters and tote bags as well as blockbuster exhibitions . But the commodification of Pierre-Auguste Renoir and his fellow impressionist painters has been missing something. Renoir was an accomplished draftsman who produced a distinguished but largely ...

Sep 16th, 2025 - With Sotheby's landing the $400 million Leonard A. Lauder Collection and the Pritzkers' modern masterpieces, and Christie's securing the Weis and Wynn estates, November's sales may yet rescue the slumping auction market. It has become clearer in these past few years that the real battle between auction houses isn't about results but in the race for consignments. Yesterday, Sotheby's landed a knockout: the $400 million Leonard A. Lauder Collection , set to hit the rostrum during November's New ...

May 6th, 2025 - If the new show at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, " Van Gogh: The Roulin Family Portraits ," were only what the title indicated — an exhibit of the paintings and drawings Van Gogh did in Arles in the last two years of his life of his friend, the postman Joseph Roulin, and his family — it would be a significant event. It would be the first show ever devoted to these intimate portraits, and would tell us some new things about an artist we all think we know through his most popular ...

Apr 11th, 2025 - Eugène Boudin at the Musée Marmottan Monet Video: Musée Marmottan Monet Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz: have just this week opened a new exhibition dedicated to Eugène Boudin (1824-1898) drawn in-part from a single private collection. According to their website: Collector Yann Guyonwarc'h has assembled a collection of works by Eugène Boudin (1824 – 1898) that is unrivalled in any museum in the world. Every facet of the artist's career is ...