Feb 19th, 2026 - The pioneering multi-media artist found international recognition towards the end of her six decade-long career Dóra Maurer, the Hungarian painter, printmaker and filmmaker, has died at the age of 88. Her death was confirmed by the Széchenyi Academy of Literature and Arts, of which she had served as president since 2017. Born in Budapest on 11 June 1937, Maurer graduated in 1961 from the Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts, where she studied under the painters Gyula Hincz and ...
Feb 19th, 2026 - Why Michelangelo's 'Last Judgment' endures Michelangelo's fresco of "The Last Judgment," covering the wall behind the altar of the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City, is being restored . The work, which started on Feb. 1, 2026, is expected to continue for three months. The Sistine Chapel is one of the great masterpieces of Renaissance art. As the setting where the College of Cardinals of the Catholic Church meets to elect a new pope , it was decorated by the most prestigious painters of the ...
Feb 19th, 2026 - A faint red stencil in an Indonesian cave shatters our timeline of creativity and migration in Wallacea. Sixty-eight thousand years ago, in the humid dark of a limestone cave on the Indonesian island of Muna, a human being pressed their hand against the cold wall. They took a mouthful of red pigment and sprayed it over their fingers, leaving a crimson silhouette that would outlast the ice ages. For generations, we have told ourselves a specific story about the origins of art: that the creative ...
Feb 19th, 2026 - The firm's hometown fair will feature 290 exhibitors from 42 countries and territories Nearly 300 galleries will take part in this year's edition of Art Basel, when the fair returns to the Swiss city where it all began. The world's most prestigious art fair will feature 290 exhibitors from 42 countries and territories, organisers say, including 41 first-time exhibitors representing a wider footprint than previous editions, with participating dealers hailing from the Ivory Coast to Saudi Arabia. ...
Feb 17th, 2026 - In the years she served as New York director of Crown Point Press, Kim Schmidt worked with numerous artists— John Cage , Francesco Clemente , Richard Diebenkorn , Al Held , Pat Steir and Wayne Thiebaud , among others—on their print editions, and each produced images according to their own processes, which could vary widely. However, Schmidt had one iron rule for every artist and every edition they created: "We wouldn't let works go out that weren't signed and numbered." Like a ...
Feb 16th, 2026 - The commission, depicting a sunrise in Normandy, is part of the Margate museum's 15th anniversary celebrations Artist David Hockney will unveil a major new work this spring at Turner Contemporary in Margate, UK, as part of the gallery's 15th anniversary celebrations. "Measuring seven by ten metres, Hockney's work will transform the gallery's iconic floor-to-ceiling window in the Sunley Gallery overlooking Margate's beaches and the North Sea," a statement says. The new window work (1 ...
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 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 ...
