Art Market News 2019
December
Notre Dame enters a new and high-risk phase in its restoration – The Art Newspaper
How AI helps unlock the secrets of Old Master and modernist paintings – Ars Technica
Dutch dealer promises new Rembrandt discoveries in five-volume publication – The Art Newwspaper
As Nazi objects and fakes enter collectors’ market, should museums show them? – The Art Newspaper
Is the art trade ready for new EU law calling for tough action on “dirty money”? – The Art Newspaper
France blocks export of €24m Cimabue artwork found in kitchen – The Guardian
Een jaar vol omstreden kunstverkoop door de Oranjes – NRC
From surprising sales to emotional discoveries- the Van Gogh stories of 2019 – The Art Newspaper
The top ten auction results of 2019—and the art market trends they reveal – The Art Newspaper
Why the catalogue raisonné is the forger’s bible – The Art Newspapers
The five stages of an art world scandal – The Art Newspaper
Nativity scene found under painting using X-ray – BBC
Visit museums or art galleries and you may live longer, new research suggests – CNN
CODART Canon Announced- The 100 Most Important Dutch and Flemish Works of Art – Codart
Reality check- is VR set to revolutionise museums? – The Art Newspaper
As banks shut down vaults, safety deposit boxes lure in collectors – The Art Newspaper
Amsterdamse muurschildering van Keith Haring wordt gerestaureerd – de Volkskrant
Two Van Goghs sold from the recovered hoard of an Italian fraudster – The Art Newspaper
‘Humans were not centre stage’- how ancient cave art puts us in our place – The Guardian
Indonesian Cave’s Mythical Beings May Be Oldest Imaginative Art by Humans – The New York Times
Hidden for centuries, Rembrandt’s secrets are finally being revealed – Wired
Dodgy dealers beware- anti-fraud lawsuits are on the rise – The Art Newspaper
Painting found hidden in Italian gallery wall may be stolen Klimt – The Guardian
Science illuminates art in Detroit’s celebration of Bruegel’s The Wedding Dance -The Art Newspaper
Sotheby’s wins court case over a disputed €10m ‘Frans Hals’ painting – Antiques Trade Gazette
Art theft in Gotha- A German-German thriller – Teller Report
A $120,000 Banana Is Peeled From an Art Exhibition and Eaten – New York Times
Weaver uncovers hidden patterns beneath Old Master paintings – The Art Newspaper
Ten myths about Vincent van Gogh – The Art Newspaper
Duct-taped banana artwork by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan selling for £91,000 – Independent
In shock move, all four nominated artists win Turner Prize 2019 – The Art Newspaper
Conservator discovers secret scrawls hidden beneath Derek Jarman painting – Art Newspaper
Art forgers face a new challenge from high-tech authenticators – Financial Times
From iPad to glossy book- new hi-tech art by Hockney unveiled – The Guardian
Artist’s signature and thumbprint among discoveries in Pieter de Hooch paintings – The Art Newspaper
November
Italy should call in the Dutch to help finish the Venice flood barriers – The Art Newspaper
Rediscovered Rubens to star in Sotheby’s Old Masters sale in New York – The Art Newspaper
A bronze cockerel stolen in the 19th century to be returned to Nigeria -CNN
Fakes! Why are we seeing so many counterfeits? – The Art Newspaper
Dresden museum heist- police release dramatic CCTV footage of suspect – The Guardian
Foiled Rembrandts theft- Dulwich Picture Gallery to reopen – BBC
Is It a ‘5’ or a ‘6’? The Answer Could Make an Art Fortune – The New York Times
Christie’s urged to pull sale of Roman statue ‘linked to illicit dealers’ – The Guardian
Baltimore Museum of Art will only buy women’s art in 2020 – CNN
Maar wat gebeurt daar in die zoom van die handschoenen? – De Volkskrant
Conservators to restore Michelangelo’s Florence Pietà in full view of visitors – Art Newspaper
Scientists uncover a secret to rock art’s durability – The Art Newspaper
French court upholds suspended sentence for Picasso’s former electrician – The Art Newspaper
What happened to the Stolen gold toilet? – The New York Times
German art worth €300m disappears in China, media reports – The Art Newspaper
Creating a CODART Canon- Dutch and Flemish Art in the Spotlight – OSK
Thanks to a doodle, experts now say unattributed painting is by Botticelli – Art Newspaper
‘Stolen’ Banksy may fetch £1m after reappearing at auction house – Independent
The art of hunting down stolen treasures – BBC
Rembrandt theft foiled at Dulwich Picture Gallery – BBC
Art meets AI- computer-generated works set for New York sale – France24
Botticelli ‘copy’ in Welsh museum is genuine, experts say – The Guardian
An introduction to the 2019 Power 100 list – Art Review
‘El Greco’ portrait mystery solved by experts – The Press and Journal
Painting With Code- UI Engineer Diana Smith Creates Baroque-Inspired Portraits with CSS – Colossal
The science behind Jackson Pollock’s painting technique – CNN
Manet made the doodles in his letters look effortless … by using tracing paper – The Guardian
Is the $450m Salvator Mundi really on a Saudi yacht? – The Art Newspaper
Marcel Duchamp’s box of delights opens at Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden – The Art Newspaper
Mysterious bullet hole through Jesus Christ found on painting of The Last Supper – Independent
Bern museum sells $4m Manet painting from Gurlitt art hoard – The Art Newspaper
It’s Time to Take Down the Mona Lisa – The New York Times
The Big Review- the new MoMA – The Art Newspaper
Spanish Businessman Accused of Smuggling Picasso Painting Could Face $111 M. Fine – ARTnews
Centre Pompidou marks China expansion with ambitious new museum venture – CNN
British Museum is world’s largest receiver of stolen goods, says QC – The Guardian
Kazimir Malevich- A mystery painting, either masterpiece or fake, puzzles experts – BBC
Is it Machiavelli? By Leonardo? Mystery artwork causes buzz – Artdaily.org
De illegale handel in de grafgiften van Ny-Kau-Ptah – NRC
October
Museum De Lakenhal opens ‘Young Rembrandt- Rising Star’ exhibition – Artdaily.org
Painter linked to Old Master forgery case appeals arrest warrant – Art Newspaper
Het rood van Pieter de Hooch en Nicolaes Maes – NRC
Former Banksy photographer reveals images said to be of artist ‘in action’ – CNN
Doormidden geknipte tekeningen als frustraties uit het kunstenaarsleven – NRC
Guernsey’s veilt dubieus Da Vinci-beeldje – NRC
Who really owns this Schiele watercolour Portrait of the Artist’s Wife? – The Art Newspaper
Plea to trade for help to find stolen colourist painting – Antiques Trade Gazette
Technical research sheds new light on the work of Pieter de Hooch – Rijksmuseum Press Release
The prolific forger whose fake ‘Old Masters’ fooled the art world – Artsy
Preserving the Past for Museum Visitors of the Future – The New York Times
‘Kitchen Cimabue’ sells for €24.1m – The Art Newspaper
Rembrandt’s Light overshadows Cambridge nudes – Varsity
Rechtbank Parma laat kunstcollectie fraudeur Calisto Tanzi veilen – NRC
Revealed- the plans to show Salvator Mundi at the Louvre – The Art Newspaper
FBI recovers painting suspected as Nazi loot from US museum – The Art Newspaper
Leonardo da Vinci five centuries on- Louvre in Paris opens long-awaited exhibition – BBC
Salvador Dalí on Why People Attack Leonardo’s ‘Mona Lisa,’ in 1963- From the Archives – Artnet News
Byzantine church of ‘glorious martyr’ uncovered in Israel – Artdaily.org
Munich exhibition uses X-rays to lay bare Anthony van Dyck’s creative methods – The Art Newspaper
Hoe een student foutjes in de roemruchte nazi-expo ontdekte – AD
Noted Berlin Art Dealer Arrested After Allegedly Selling Fake Painting- Report – ARTnews
Old Masters,Who Never Met, in Conversation – The New York Times
‘Prominent’ Berlin art dealer arrested on suspicion of fraud – The Art Newspaper
Biggest ever Leonardo da Vinci exhibition to open in Paris – The Guardian
How the theft of the Mona Lisa made it the world’s most famous painting – The Washington Post
Hollywood executive Ron Meyer files $10m lawsuit over alleged forged Rothko – The Art Newspaper
Green light for Leonardo’s Vitruvian Man to go to Louvre – The Art Newspaper
Meeting the ‘Mona Lisa’ for an Intimate (Virtual) Rendezvous – The New York Times
Stolen $20,000 Salvador Dalí Not The First- Here Are 6 More Heists – Forbes
Fresco of two fighting gladiators discovered in Pompeii – The Art Newspaper
Original Van Dyck portrait discovered after online debate – The Guardian
Missing painting by John Lavery discovered by Dublin auctioneer Whyte’s – Antiques Trade Gazette
Ancient scrolls charred by Vesuvius could be read once again – The Guardian
Sotheby’s to offer newly discovered Mantegna drawing – The Art Newspaper
Banksy launches homewares shop in dispute over trademark – The Guardian
Thee Unstable Artist Who Helped Invent Expressionism – The New York Times
This DaVinci Statue Could Go for $50 Million. But Is It Real? – Fortune
Revealed: London’s most exhibited artist this millennium – The Art Newspaper
Botticelli painting could prompt tug of love if sold at London auction – The Press and Journal
September
Salvator Mundi set to be a no- show in Louvre show – The Art Newspaper
Inside Notre Dame/ a blow-by- blow account of the restoration process – The Art Newspaper
‘True Rembrandt relic’ discovered in cesspit below artist’s house – The Art Newspaper
Did Leonardo da Vinci Invent the Bicycle? – Frieze
Italy to Lend Leonardo da Vinci works to France in a Masterpiece Swap – The New York Times
So You Want to Be an Auctioneer? Sold! – The New York Times
Woman discovers Renaissance masterpiece in kitchen – The Guardian
The ‘kidnapped’ Caravaggio: how the mafia took a razor blade to a masterpiece – The Guardian
Rio de Janeiro’s Unesco-listed slave wharf receives nearly $2m for renovation – The Art Newspaper
Despite Brexit, Britain is biggest lender to Louvre’s Leonardo blockbuster show – The Art Newspaper
Louvre secures key Italian loans for Leonardo retrospective – The Art Newspaper
‘Nerd,’ ‘Nonsmoker,’ ‘Wrongdoer’: How Might A.I. Label You? – The New York Times
This could be the first Cimabue painting to be sold at auction in recent times – The Art Newspaper
Old lady discovers Renaissance masterpiece in her kitchen – Art Daily
What does it mean? A guide to key terms in art law – Lexology.docx
At vast New York warehouse, preserving records in the digital age – Art Daily
Early Van Gogh works auctioned in Belgium – Art Daily
Internet supremo Tim-Berner’s arty epiphany – The Art Newspaper
Experts fear California’s gig economy law may hit culture workers – The Art Newspaper
‘The most beautiful female bust’ brought back to life with vivid colour – The Art Newspaper
‘An important work by Titian has been hiding in plain sight’ – Apollo International Art Magazine
Greek marble ‘wedding present’ returned to Munich museum – Antiques Trade Gazette
Documentaire over de aankoop van Marten en Oopjen drama in een mijnenveld – NRC
Leonardo and Raphael art swap marks end of France-Italy spat – The Guardian
Why Some Art Fairs Thrive—and Others Flop – Artsy
The Forgotten Female Patron Who Brought Impressionism to Chicago – Artsy
Olafur Eliasson appointed UN Goodwill Ambassador for climate – The Art Newspaper
Art films worth seeing at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival – The Art Newspaper
Suspended Maltese parish priest arrested for church-related art thefts – ARCA
Namibian artefacts travel home in Berlin museum research project – The Art Newspaper
Het Rijksmuseum had haar erfstuk – NRC
Nieuwe Rembrandt relieken ontdekt – De Telegraaf
Getty plans sweeping $100m initiative to promote the world’s cultural heritage – The Art Newspaper
Costs soar for Berlin’s planned Museum of the 20th Century – The Art Newspaper
Probing nine paintings, conservators in Amsterdam unlock Chagall’s secrets – The Art Newspaper
Mexico urges halt to pre-Columbian art sale in Paris – Art Daily
United Kingdom police makes second arrest in golden toilet theft – Art Daily
Franz Marc painting unseen for 70 years at auction for first time at Bonhams London – Art Daily
Rijksmuseum niks mis met term Gouden Eeuw – Het Parool
A Nazi Design Show Draws Criticism. Its Curator’s Comments Didn’t Help. – The New York Times
Mercedes-Benz sues in dispute with artists over Detroit murals – CBC
Church of Scotland sues for share of £2m Viking treasure – BBC
Daniel Buren painting damaged in Pompidou Centre attack – BBC
Art obscured by a forest of phones – The Guardian Auction for Banksy artwork depicting MPs as chimpanzees – The Guardian
US Judge Shuts Down French Court’s Picasso Copyright Ruling – Courthouse News Service
Laser scan may one day aid Notre Dame’s restorers – The Art Newspaper
Feeling the pinch: why the middle-class collector is a dying breed – The Art Newspaper
Police seeking Maurizio Cattelan’s gold toilet stolen from Blenheim Palace – The Art Newspaper
5 Essential Tips for Collecting Drawings – Artsy
A Striking New Museum Aims to Put a Small Turkish Town on the Art-World Map – Artsy
How Chagall’s Daughter Smuggled His Work out of Nazi-Occupied Europe – Artsy
Fake Hitlers and a Real Art Problem for Merkel – Bloomberg Opinion
Paris fair struggles to move on from forged furniture fiasco – The Art Newspaper
New discoveries Paul Signac painted watercolours of Van Gogh’s asylum – The Art Newspaper
Is this 30m portrait the last Botticelli? – The Art Newspaper
Kritiek op ban Gouden Eeuw, Rijksmuseum handhaaft de term – NOS
Amsterdam Museum schrapt term ‘Gouden Eeuw’ – De Volkskrant
NZ International Fraud Film Festival Announces Line-up – Scoop
Painting by Joseph Anton Koch returns to the Städel – Artdaily
‘It’s a Rip-Off’ Mariane Ibrahim Gallery Takes on Shipping Company Over Lost Artwork – ARTnews
Introducing The artnet Intelligence Report, Fall 2019 Edition – Artnet News
Out of the attic, Caravaggio’s Judith beheading Holofernes – The Burlington Magazine
Recovered Stolen portrait of William Chester of East Haddon recovered after almost 30 years – ARCA
Restitution Painting of Ivan the Terrible by artist Mikhail Panin – ARCA
Funding for culture to rise by 4.1 according to UK government’s spending review – The Art Newspaper
Shanghai Himalayas Museum founder arrested for illegal lending schemes – Artforum
A Vast Bauhaus Museum Opens in the German City Where the Famous Art School Came of Age – Artnet News
The William Blakes that got away—and why – The Art Newspaper
Why it is vital to promote cultural inclusion at New York’s institutions – The Art Newspaper
Director of MIT’s Media Lab Steps Down Over Epstein Ties – Courthouse News Service
Nazi design exhibition at Dutch museum braces for protests – The Art Newspaper
Van Gogh’s suicide: Ten reasons why the murder story is a myth – The Art Newspaper
Inside the Weird World of Art Forgery – VICE
Russia’s only international art fair tackles tricky topics – The Art Newspaper
Sotheby’s shareholders approve $3.7bn sale to telecoms tycoon Patrick Drahi – The Art Newspaper
Imperial Chinese £1 charity shop find to bring £50,000 – Art Daily
Raging Fires in the Amazon Have Destroyed Rare Prehistoric Works of Bolivian Rock Art – Artnet News
Barenaked Ladies member awarded $60K in legal battle over painting – CBC News
Buyer beware how to avoid being duped by an artful dodger – The Art Newspaper
David Bowie’s Tintoretto returns to Venice after more than 200 years – The Art Newspaper
National Gallery should be ashamed of how it treated its educators – The Art Newspaper
Banksy artwork stolen from outside Pompidou Centre in Paris – France 24
Lost Rossetti painting goes on display at British Museum – The Guardian
Subverting the Whiteness of Antiquity – Hyperallergic
The Museum Wall That Broke the Art Handler’s Back – Hyperallergic
Kaiser’s heir angers German public over huge restitution claims – The Art Newspaper
Instagram censorship U-turn? Female nude posted by Palazzo Strozzi finally given greenlight – The Art Newspaper
The Gray Market Why Political Turmoil in the Three Largest Art Markets Proves That Governments Shape Culture (and Other Insights) – Artnet News
August
Brother Sues Brother Over Warhol ‘Moonwalk’ Print – ARTnews
Trump opens door to restitution claims on art seized by Cuba – The Art Newspaper
Collectors are now collecting museums, not the other way around – The Art Newspaper
Philanthropy but at what price? US museums wake up to public’s ethical concerns – The Art Newspaper
Getting to the Art of the matter! New scanner helps spot fakes with 12-hour-probing – The First News
Why Art-World Employment Agreements Are under Increasing Scrutiny – Artsy
Wynn Kramarsky Venturesome Drawings Collector and Arts Patron Is Dead at 93 – Artnews
Trailblazing Art Dealer Andrea Rosen Donates Her Gallery Archives to the Smithsonian – Artnet News
Art Gallery of Ontario acquires a Caillebotte after long legal struggle – The Art Newspaper
New Mexico Museum of Space History Sued Over Artist’s Work – U.S.News
Afghans restore art destroyed by Taliban as peace deal nears – CBS News
What exactly is a museum? Icom comes to blows over new definition – The Art Newspaper
Monet Slammed Dealer’s Plan for Unauthorized Display of His Work in 1888 Letter – Art News
Stolen artefacts from prolific art smuggler returned to India – The Art Newspaper
New York Public Library shores up its marble lions – The Art Newspaper
Isenheim altarpiece restorers invite visitors in – The Art Newspaper
Art Disappears in Private Hands. Can Social Media Resurface It? – The New York Times
San Francisco school board votes to preserve but conceal a controversial mural – The Art Newspaper
Pace Gallery Is Lauching PaceX, a New Initiative to Promote Art and Tech Projects – Artnet News
Monet’s £28m masterpiece blocked from leaving UK by government – BBC News
What Should an Artist Save? – The New York Times
Restart of Notre-Dame restoration pushed back to August 19 – Artdaily.com
National Gallery London Film series: Restoring Artemisia Gentileschi’s Self Portrait
An increasingly polarised marketplace needs a third way – The Art Newspaper
It’s official: the new Notre Dame will look like the old Notre Dame – The Art Newspaper
Export bar placed on Turner’s masterpiece The Dark Rigi – The Art Newspaper
July
Discovered in Peru: an Altarpiece by Erasmus II Quellinus – Codart
Family claims quarter share of disputed Isleworth Mona Lisa – The Art Newspaper
Hitler Looted the Art, Then They Looted Hitler – The New York Times
Treasure Rooms, Verona De ziel van de schatkamer – De Groene Amsterdammer
Secret of Leonardo da Vinci’s smell-o-visions – The Times
Museums cannot ignore artists’ values – The Art Newspaper
Why this Cézanne painting could hold the key to solving thorny heritage disputes – The Art Newspaper
Discovery in New York thrift store turns out to be valuable Schiele drawing – The Art Newspaper
The last lawsuit in the Knoedler fakes scandal is close to being settled – The Art Newspaper
Where Are All the Bob Ross Paintings? We Found Them – The New York Times
Judge Rules in Favor of Glimchers in Long-Running Agnes Martin Dispute – Artnews
Why so serious? The reason we rarely see smiles in art history – CNN Style
A new catalogue raisonné organisation aims to foil fakes in the art market – The Art Newspaper
June
Vat Of Ancient Fish Sauce May Confirm Date That Pompeii Was Destroyed – Forbes
How a concierge restored 200 Van Gogh paintings – The Art Newspaper
The woman behind a lost Velázquez – The Guardian
Mysterieus verhaal achter kostbaar schilderij – De Telegraaf
Conservators restore Africa’s first animated film in colour – The Art Newspaper
Berlin museums appeal to US Supreme Court – The Art Newspaper
Peter Selz is dead at 100 – Artnews
Meet Hemingway: The Artificial Intelligence Robot – Forbes
The only way is ethics – The Art Newspaper
Onbekend schilderij van Kees van Dongen ontdekt – NRC
Fake Aboriginal art seller deserves up to $2.5m fine – The Guardian
Mona Lisa like you’ve never seen her – The Art News
De Haarlemse familie Van Campen is na eeuwen herenigd – de Volkskrant
Les enfants du siècle d’or hollandais sont à l’honneur à la Fondation Custodia – Toute La Culture
Art Basel: where political cartoons still have a home – The Art Newspaper
A crisis of faith: is Big Data the art world’s new religion? – The Art Newspaper
‘We’re Consuming the Image’ – ArtNews
Auction prices: the elephant in the room at Art Basel – The Art Newspaper
The Nuclear Bomb Tests of the 1940s Can Help Identify Forged Paintings – Artnet
New residency programme puts Chicago’s justice system under artistic scrutiny – The Art Newspaper
Leonardo da Vinci expert declines to back Salvator Mundi as his painting – The Guardian
May
Anti-Semitic ‘Jewish Sow’ relief may be removed from Luther’s church – The Art Newspaper
Fake paintings of renowned painters being sold in Capital – The News International
French senate says Notre Dame must be restored “in the same way as before” – The Art Newspaper
British Museum must recognise its own powers in matters of restitution – The Art Newspaper
French exhibition aims to reveal naked truth about ‘nude Mona Lisa’ – The Art Newspaper
Artists take stand against social media censorship – The Art Newspaper
Comment | Cupid ‘outing’ in Vermeer painting is the right move – The Art Newspaper
The lost Leonardo? Louvre show ditches Salvator Mundi over authenticity doubts – The Guardian
Do Ho Suh brings Korean tradition to London’s Victoria Miro gallery – The Art Newspaper
Prominent art dealer sued over suspect Howard Arkley painting – Sydney Morning Herald
Polish government must stop dragging its heels on restitution – The Art Newspaper
Netherlands to restitute two paintings sold by Jewish businessman in Nazi era – The Art Newspaper
Mona Lisa frown: Machine learning brings old paintings and photos to life – Techcrunch
Banksy Got Thrown Out of the Most Famous Piazza in Venice for Illegally Selling His Art – Artnet
Germany returns papers of Franz Kafka’s friend Max Brod to Israel – Deutsche Welle
US Supreme Court declines to hear appeal on Nazi-looted art – The Art Newspaper
Lost art: the great Caravaggio whodunnit – The Art Newspaper
The elephant in the room: the rise of art-related lawsuits – The Art Newspaper
The Smithsonian presents Whistler’s Peacock Room as the artist envisioned it – The Art Newspaper
Notre Dame is unstable: a strong wind could make the walls collapse, report says – The Art Newspaper
Louvre struggles to gain loans for Leonardo show – The Art Newspaper
Nazi site in Nuremberg to be preserved but not restored – The Art Newspaper
One lawyer’s take on returning Nazi-looted artworks: an interview with Orna Artal – Art Critique
Has Banksy painted a new mural in Venice? – The Art Newspaper
Money, Ethics, Art: Can Museums Police Themselves? – The New York Times
Val Kilmer denied claims he copied another artist’s work when making a bronze tumbleweed. – Artsy
Virtually unseen Van Gogh painting comes up for sale in New York next week – The Art Newspaper
Possible unmapped chambers discovered near Tutankhamun’s tomb – The Art Newspaper
Van Gogh’s gushing letter to art critic goes on show in Amsterdam – The Guardian
Wildenstein & Co sued for the 1985 sale of an alleged fake Bonnard painting – The Art Newspaper
Italian galleries no longer have to pay artist royalties on primary market sales – The Art Newspaper
What Differentiates Renaissance Copies, Fakes and Reproductions? – The Smithsonian
Nouveau Rembrandt Rothschild, nouveau scandale? – La Tribune de l’Art
The fake, the good, and the beautiful – The Philippine Star
Saatchi Gallery covers up artworks after Muslim visitors’ complaints – The Guardian
Happy little clouds: Bob Ross’s first museum show aims to change his reputation / The Art Newspaper
Theo van Gogh is identified in mystery drawing now on show in London – The Art Newspaper
Portrait sketch of Leonardo da Vinci discovered in Britain’s Royal Collection – The Art Newspaper
Art Collector Tied to Gulbenkian Family Faces U.K. Theft Charges – Bloomberg
April
How Anti-Money Laundering Legislation Could Impact the Art Market – Artsy
Notre Dame should be rebuilt as it was – The Art Newspaper
Italians try to crack Leonardo da Vinci DNA code with lock of hair – The Guardian
Recording reveals how Francis Bacon was rushed to finish paintings – The Guardian
New Banksy mural appears in support of Extinction Rebellion protest in London – The Art Newspaper
Hoe zwarte modellen in westerse kunst verschijnen – De Volkskrant
Guggenheim Abu Dhabi plans to open around 2022 – The Art Newspaper
Exclusive: Van Gogh’s prostitute lover committed suicide—just as predicted – The Art Newspaper
Art vs porn: Iowa prisoners mount legal challenge to nude image ban – The Art Newspaper
A Stolen Painting by Signac, Worth More Than $1 Million, Is Recovered in Ukraine – Artnet
Sri Lankan government steps in to rebuild St Anthony’s church after bomb attacks – The Art Newspaper
Louvre bids to buy Rembrandt masterpiece from Rothschild collection in France – The Art Newspaper
Hand of Raphael suspected in Italian Renaissance work – The Antiques Trade Gazette
A Paris gallery is suing Marlborough Gallery for $18 million – Artsy
Arrêté pour avoir vendu des planches de “Blake & Mortimer” – L’Echo
Down on the farm: Picasso masterpiece hangs in a Swiss barn – The Art Newspaper
Verzamelaar op zoek naar de waarheid – De Telegraaf
How Technologies Both Old and New Can Help Rebuild the Fire-Ravaged Notre Dame – Artnet
Un Tableau Italien Du 13e Siecle Retrouve Au Canada – Semistia
Nearly €1bn raised for Notre-Dame over two days – The Art Newspaper
Artist Wim Delvoye enters design competition to reconstruct Notre Dame – The Art Newspaper
Should dealers reveal past prices in provenance? – The Art Newspaper
Larry Gagosian launches art advisory firm in New York – The Art Newspaper
See 7 of the Most Precious Relics That Survived the Blaze at Notre Dame – The Art Newspaper
Thinking of investing in art? Read this first – Financial Review
Rediscovered masterpiece ‘was actually work of Malevich’s pupil’ – The Guardian
Notre Dame will be rebuilt, President Macron confirms – The Art Newspaper
Precious works rescued from Notre Dame to be transferred to the Louvre – The Art Newspaper
Stone is cool: Gothic vaulting probably saved Notre Dame from total destruction – The Art Newspaper
Fresh doubt over Salvator Mundi, the world’s most expensive painting – The Times
Bruegel: great research, great exhibition—shame about the catalogue – The Art Newspaper
Stripping Away Lies to Expose a Painter’s Nazi Past – The New York Times
Kamel Mennour to show controversial ‘rediscovered’ Caravaggio in Paris gallery – The Art Newspaper
I held the gun that probably killed Van Gogh—and here is its story – The Art Newspaper
X-ray of Uffizi’s Artemisia Gentileschi reveals a tantalising underpainting – The Art Newspaper
Bonn library recovers 600 books missing since the Second World War – The Art Newspaper
Another shake-up in art finance sector as Athena sold for $170m – The Art Newspaper
FBI launches campaign to return haul of Native and South American works – The Art Newspaper
EU adopts new rules on cultural heritage imports – The Art Newspaper
Another new Leonardo is a reason to be cheerful – The Art Newspaper
What lies behind the auction of Van Gogh’s gun? – The Art Newspaper
Museums in the changing world order: Restitution to Africa reaches tipping point – The Art Newspaper
Can a Computer Authenticate Disputed Artworks? – Artsy
Tate to show $6m Blake watercolours that sold for £1,000 in a Scottish bookshop – The Art Newspaper
The Revolver That Killed Vincent van Gogh Is Going Up for Auction This Summer – Artnet
Go to bed with a smile—spend the night with Mona Lisa – The Art Newspaper
March
Zoekgeraakte Da Vinci blijkt geruild voor superjacht – De Telegraaf
A Leonardo Made a $450 Million Splash. Now There’s No Sign of It. – The New York Times
Missing Rubens sketch goes for $1.4 mn at auction – Artdaily.org
£500 reward for identifying woman in puzzling portrait – The Bolton News
Art Dealer Pays $4.2 Million to Settle `Fake’ Old Master Dispute – Claims Journal
Sotheby’s settles claim against London dealer Mark Weiss in Frans Hals case – The Art Newspaper
Banksy’s art authentication system displays top-notch cryptographic nous – Boingboing
MEPs raise concerns over ‘freeports’ for storing art – Antiques Trade Gazette
Saga of alleged Frans Hals forgery heads to London court – The Art Newspaper
Mystery of Van Gogh’s love affair in London – The Art Newspaper
Art in the age of Instagram and the power of going viral – The Art Newspaper
Dueling documentaries take aim at one of the biggest scams in recent art history – The Art Newspaper
Fingers crossed for China’s art market’ – The Art Newspaper
‘Fake’ Botticelli painting is from artist’s studio, English Heritage says – BBC
Expect the unexpected at the new National Museum of Qatar – The Art Newspaper
Jean Nouvel: ‘desert rose’ Qatar museum blooms against the odds – The Art Newspaper
Protesters, influencers and AI: what museums need to think about today – The Art Newspaper
Nederlandse kunstdetective ontdekt gestolen en vrij onbekend werk Picasso – Algemeen Dagblad
‘Stay of execution’ for art shippers as EU extends deadline for permits – The Art Newspaper
Sackler Trust charity in UK suspends all new gifts – The Art Newspaper
What’s in a title? It’s time to reframe the Parthenon Marbles debate – The Art Newspaper
Meet the Art SWAT Team That Keeps Fakes Out of Europe’s Fanciest Art Fair – Artnet
Blockchain-based art registry Artory acquires Auction Club database – The Art Newspaper
The Hague’s art arbitration court to open in April – The Art Newspaper
German cathedral returns Nazi-looted Dutch Old Master to heirs – The Art Newspaper
Going, going, gone online: Europe’s auction houses go digital – The Art Newspaper
Historic Bernheim-Jeune and Fine Art Society galleries shut up shop – The Art Newspaper
Stolen in 1985, a recovered de Kooning will undergo conservation treatment – The Art Newspaper
The future of the Art Fund’s volunteers – The Burlington Magazine
Powerful collectors open up in Tefaf Maastricht’s Chinese art market report – The Art Newspaper
Discoveries under the floorboards of Van Gogh’s bedroom in Brixton – The Art Newspaper
Lost features of John Soane’s dream country home Pitzhanger Manor restored – The Art Newspaper
Signac painting in Gurlitt hoard identified as Nazi loot – The Art Newspaper
The Much-Hyped Chinese Art Market’s Best Days May Already Be Gone, a New Study Says – Artnet
Boston College mascot identified as Meiji bronze – The Art Newspaper
Should galleries adopt the Tinder approach? – The Art Newspaper
Het is het jaar van de waarheid voor kunstbeurs Tefaf – NRC
Perhaps even a Leonardo copy shows you’re rich and cultured – The Art Newspaper
Rijksmuseum laments Dutch failure to return stolen colonial art – The Guardian
Picasso biographer John Richardson dies, aged 95 – The Art Newspaper
Savoy-Sarr report fails to dent tribal market, says Tefaf exhibitor – The Art Newspaper
Space radiation detector can help to spot fake masterpieces – Phys.org
Behind the Scenes of Two Disgruntled Jeff Koons Collectors’ Legal Battle With Gagosian – Artnet
Draft bill seeks further reform for French auction system – Antiques Trade Gazette
Battle rages for ‘looted’ Matisse – The Times
Export licence granted for Monet’s $63m painting of London – The Art Newspaper
Banksy wins pivotal case against museum for trademark infringement – Boodle Hatfield
Who Will Preserve Jackson Pollock’s Legacy? – The Easthampton Star
Jackson Pollock’s Not-So-Fabulous Fakes – The Easthampton Star
On West Campus, researchers preserve ‘materials and meaning’ of art objects – Yale News
Vexed issue of vetting: force for good or conflict of interests? – The Art Newspaper
February
Masterpiece or Mistake? A Hawaii Museum’s $7.5 Million Question – The Art Newspaper
London’s National Army Museum to return emperor’s hair to Ethiopia – The Art Newspaper
Art world scrambles to ship art before Brexit deadline – The Art Newspaper
$2.8 million art donation to small Oakland school leads to chaos – San Francisco Chronicle
Attic to auction: a timeline of the ‘Lost Caravaggio’ – The Art Newspaper
How museums are stepping up exhibition design – The Art Newspaper
Double Jeopardy? US dealer fights extradition to Poland, for the second time – The Art Newspaper
These are the two Van Goghs that David Hockney dreams of hanging in his bedroom – The Art Newspaper
Skilderai’: Rembrandts stem klinkt uit computer als ‘Watskeburt’ – NRC Handelsblad
Rothko Chapel to be restored, and gain auxiliary buildings – The Art Newspaper
Hermitage and MoMA heads seek end to US-Russian loans freeze – The Art Newspaper
M. Prud’homme’s fictions, fakes and forgeries – The Coast
Lost Caravaggio painting found in attic could fetch $171 million at auction – CNN
Paper trail: how watermarks illuminate Rembrandt’s creative process – The Art Newspaper
Man leaves €10,000 Picasso jug on German train – Deutsche Welle
Faking Hitler: the story behind a sinister market – The Art Newspaper
‘Canaletto’ that was downgraded to £150 now identified as by Michele Marieschi – The Art Newspaper
Grimani antiquities collection comes home to Venice palazzo after four centuries – The Art Newspaper
Rothko deserves better, SFMoMA – The Art Newspaper
Is your art a fake? What to think about before buying – The Telegraph
Tefaf and Artvest tussle over management of New York fairs – The Art Newspaper
Catherine De Zegher definitief geen museumdirecteur meer – De Standaard
Holocaust-era art restitution: more complex than you think – The Art Newspaper
All the UK’s 150,000 public sculptures to go online – The Art Newspaper
A Victory for the Civil War ‘Cyclorama’ – The New York Times
Restored Raphael cartoon gets new display at Milan’s Biblioteca Ambrosiana – The Art Newspaper
American donations shore up conservation efforts in France – The Art Newspaper
European Parliament calls for restitution overhaul – The Art Newspaper
Lucian Freud’s Rembrandt project that never was – The Art Newspaper
Trimmed, splashed and slashed: the anatomy of Rembrandt’s The Night Watch – The Art Newspaper
Met hands over an Egyptian coffin that it says was looted – The Art Newspaper
‘We want Salvator Mundi’ for Leonardo blockbuster, Louvre says – The Art Newspaper
In wake of famed artist Robert Indiana’s death, a tangle of allegations – Boston Globe
Former Tate director’s hidden tribute to Van Gogh’s Sunflowers – The Art Newspaper
SFMoMA to sell a Rothko estimated at $35m to $50m – The Art Newspaper
A million Artsy user account details exposed in large-scale hack – The Art Newspaper
Serial art thief Stéphane Breitwieser arrested—again – The Art Newspaper
Interview: the Rijksmuseum’s Taco Dibbits on Rembrandt’s pulling power – The Art Newspaper
London art dealer Richard Green sued by US tycoon over €5m Old Master purchases – The Art Newspaper
Lost Art: should we rebuild sacked castles and ruined palaces? – The Art Newspaper
Meebiedend Boijmans dreef prijs van koninklijke Rubens met miljoenen op – NRC
Boijmans maakt goede sier met andermans Rubensen – NRC
Max Stern: dealer’s heirs still fighting for looted art justice – The Art Newspaper
World’s Largest Native American Art Forgery Ring Distributed $12M of Fakes – Hyperallergic
Is Leonardo da Vinci’s only sculpture in the Victoria and Albert Museum? – The Art Newspaper
How Van Gogh’s Sunflowers have inspired generations of British artists – The Art Newspaper
Venice authorities introduce day-trippers charge on eve of the Biennale – The Art Newspaper
Jeff Koons says computer technology allowed him to downsize his New York studio – The Art Newspaper
Enigmatic Gino De Dominicis subject of complex fakes investigation in Italy – The Art Newspaper
Spanish art dealer returns carved stones from a Nabatean temple to Jordan – The Art Newspaper
Germany allocates €1.9m for museums to research colonial-era acquisitions – The Art Newspaper
Mind my Picasso… superyacht owners struggle to protect art – Guardian
Drawings prove the main draw for collectors at New York’s Master Week sales – The Art Newspaper
Speculation over Leonardo says more about us than the art – The Art Newspaper
Nigeria calls for return of Lander Stool from the British Museum – The Art Newspaper
It’s a Beatle haircut’: historian claims 15th-century portrait is from the 1960s – The Guardian
Tomb containing 50 mummies uncovered in Egypt – The Guardian
Las Vegas-based artist claims that Ariana Grande plagiarised his work – The Art Newspaper
San Francisco’s Van Gogh is the real deal – The Art Newspaper
January
10 times famous works of art turned out to be fake – Insider
Evan Pugh Professor connects art history and scientific inquiry – Penn State News
New watercolour database could help experts combat climate change – The Art Newspaper
The pyramids at Giza looked very different when they were first built – Apollo Magazine
Rubens drawing, other works of art, net Dutch princess €8m at auction Society – Dutch News
The year of Rembrandt with Simon Schama – The Art Newspaper
Tory peer involved in controversial sale of Iraqi antiquities – The Art Newspaper
Thief of Crimean painting at State Tretyakov Gallery apprehended – The Art Newspaper
Leonardo da Vinci’s thumbprint discovered on drawing in Royal Collection – The Art Newspaper
A Banksy mural painted on the Bataclan theater in Paris has been stolen – CNN
Amsterdam Sunflowers will never again travel – The Art Newspaper
Germany and France to establish joint culture institutes – The Art Newspaper
Romani arts and culture make online debut in new digital archive – The Art Newspaper
Adolf Hitler paintings: Berlin police seize ‘fake’ works at auction – BBC
Getty wraps up conservation effort at King Tutankhamen’s tomb – The Art Newspaper
Art world guide on how to deal with ‘no deal’ Brexit released – The Art Newspaper
The Met is re-evaluating its gift acceptance policy in wake of Sackler lawsuits – The Art Newspaper
The mystery of Caravaggio and the Turtle Fountain – Christie’s
Experts pour cold water on Klimt discovery in Hungary – The Art Newspaper
Who painted the mystery nude in the Van Gogh brothers’ collection? – The Art Newspaper
Fake and Forged Works: A Conversation with Art Lawyer Jean-Jacques Neuer – Blouin Artinfo
Hidden in plain sight: Tokyo probes possible 10-year-old Banksy artwork – CNN
Van Gogh potentially worth millions left to small museum – Dutch News
What can museums do to ensure collectors follow through on promised gifts? – Apollo Magazine
“Your Money Is Safe in Art”: How the Times-Sotheby Index Transformed the Art Market – Hyperallergic
Verloren gewaande schets van Rubens ontdekt – De Volkskrant
‘Lost Michelangelo’ goes missing from Belgian church – The Guardian
Life lessons: what the art market learned from 2018 – The Art Newspaper
Medieval woman’s hidden art career revealed by blue teeth – Denton Record Chronicle
Artists May Be the Unwitting Losers in Christie’s Victory Over Resale Royalties in France – Artnet
National Gallery in London to send Van Gogh’s Sunflowers to Japan – The Art Newspaper
Eurocentrism still sets the terms of restitution of African art – The Art Newspaper
German museum to show shredded Banksy work – The Art Newspaper
Shagalov sues Paul Kasmin Gallery over Stella ownership – The Art Newspaper
Forgers Are Targeting Weak Spots in the Growing African American Art Market – Artnet
Italy blocks Leonardo loans for Louvre anniversary show – The Art Newspaper
French antiquities dealers slam ‘shocking’ report on restituting African art – The Art Newspaper
Lost Art: on the trail of vanished cities of legend – The Art Newspaper
Settlement of lawsuit paves way for Derek Jarman painting show – The Art Newspaper
Nine Heart-Racing, Highly Specific Predictions for the Art Industry in 2019 – Artnet
