Mar 24th, 2026 - The exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts will include her masterpiece "The Triumph of Bacchus" as well as the recently unearthed "The Five Senses" In 1993, a chance encounter in the stores of Vienna's Kunsthistorisches Museum between the Flemish art expert Katlijne Van der Stighelen and a huge painting depicting a Bacchanalian scene was the first step in the rediscovery of the forgotten female Baroque painter Michaelina Wautier (around 1614-89). The incident set in motion a search for more ...

Mar 24th, 2026 - de Young Museum, San Francisco New exhibition brings together the artist's many Venetian paintings, a perfect match of artist and location that almost didn't happen Claude Monet was 68 years old before he ever set foot in Venice, surprisingly keeping his distance from a city that for hundreds of years has attracted many of Europe's best painters. When Monet finally did get there, he created dozens of paintings and the French impressionist 's Venetian works are now the subject of a show at San ...

Mar 23rd, 2026 - The painter was influenced by Pointillism and Cubism, but had a distinctive style that transcended both movements The first UK exhibition to be dedicated to Estonia's pioneering Modernist painter Konrad Mägi (1878-1925) opens at Dulwich Picture Gallery this month. Distinguished by his use of vibrant colour combinations, pattern and texture, Mägi's landscapes are imbued with a romantic mysticism heightened by his restlessly experimental style. Curated by Kathleen Soriano, who ...

Mar 23rd, 2026 - Show examines the rich legacy of Yves Klein's father Fred Klein, his mother Marie Raymond and his widow Rotraut Klein-Moquay The French artist Yves Klein (1928-62) was one of the most groundbreaking and influential artists of the 20th century. Such a legacy casts long shadows—and sometimes over those who are closest. A new exhibition at the Stedelijk Museum Schiedam in the Netherlands brings together the work of Yves with that of his family members who also made art: his father Fred ...

Mar 23rd, 2026 - The exhibition at the Grand Palais includes more than 300 works from the last 13 years of the artist's life "Le ressuscité", the man who came back from the dead, is what the nuns who looked after Henri Matisse (1869-1954) in the Clinique du Parc in Lyon called him as he repeatedly cheated death following an emergency operation on a stomach tumour in the early months of 1941. This is how close we came to being denied one of the greatest of all artists' late periods. Matisse asked the ...

Mar 20th, 2026 - Picture: MET Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz: The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York have announced their intended acquisition of Rosso Fiorentino's  Madonna and Child with Saint John the Evangelist . According to the press release: Madonna and Child with Saint John the Evangelist, thought to be lost for centuries, was newly identified during a recent conservation treatment that removed a layer of overpaint on the canvas, revealing the remarkable figure of Saint John the Evangelist in the ...

Mar 20th, 2026 - Video: Fondation Beyeler Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz: I'm slow to news that the Fondation Beyeler near Basel opened a large exhibition dedicated to Cezanne earlier this year. According to the museum's website: For the first time in its history, the Fondation Beyeler will devote an exhibition to Paul Cezanne, a pioneer of modern art and one of the most important artists in the museum's collection. The exhibition will focus on the last and most significant phase of the artist's career, ...

Mar 19th, 2026 - Picture: NGA Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz: The National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C. have announced their latest group of acquisitions. This includes the following Ary de Vois Self Portrait as Lover (pictured). According to their press release: Ary de Vois's The Artist as Lover (c. 1660s) is an oil on copper painting by the celebrated Leiden school fine painter. Vois's elegant works are marked by practically invisible brushwork, sharp attention to detail, and enamel-like finishes. A ...

Mar 16th, 2026 - At TEFAF Maastricht, the market moves differently. The atmosphere often feels closer to that of a museum than to a typical art fair—quiet, reverential, and contemplative. Months before the opening, museum curators often have already studied catalogs and preview lists to identify the objects they want to examine in person. Walking the aisles with patrons and board members, they stop in front of the targeted works, discussing their quality and fit and quietly building the case for ...

Mar 6th, 2026 - Picture: Agnew's Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz: This is the exciting time of year when dealers begin revealing their top pictures for the upcoming art fair TEFAF (The European Fine Art Foundation) in Maastricht. News from Agnew's today that they'll be bringing the De Ganay Salvator Mundi , given to the Studio of Leonardo Da Vinci, which according to their press release has 'been considered the best of the versions known, and by some to be the prototype [of the famous 2017 Christie's picture].' ...

Feb 12th, 2026 - From Yoko Ono to Frida Kahlo, from Louise Bourgeois to Artemisia Gentileschi, women have long been capturing the unvarnished truth about their own bodies – and that's why my novel Female, Nude weaves them into the plot f you want to paint, put your clothes back on!" That was how Carolee Schneemann summarised the critical response to her 1975 performance piece Interior Scroll, which she had performed nude standing on a gallery table. After making a series of life model poses, she removed a ...

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 ...