‘Yesterday’s ball was marvelous,” the French painter Horace Vernet wrote to a friend in 1843. Vernet, in St. Petersburg to execute portrait commissions, was amazed by the lavish…
Scandals have never been in short supply in the world of Russian avant-garde art, but the last few years have seen a bumper crop, with the controversial arrest of a respected Russian curator on
With diplomatic efforts unable to resolve the trophy-art dilemma, museum officials in both countries are looking for a way to break the deadlock.
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Hundreds of Still's paintings were sealed off from the public for years while ominous rumors about their condition circulated. Now, in preparation for the opening of a museum dedicated to the artist…
A 50-year-old fingerprint on the side of a paint can fuels an attribution to Jackson Pollock—and charges of forgery.
It began with Andrew Decker's article on Austria's halfhearted attempts to return thousands of artworks stolen from Holocaust victims. Our coverage has influenced cultural policy and helped make war…
Some have called him vulgar, ignorant, and greedy. To others he has been the ultimate misunderstood genius. He has represented the bohemian, the liberal, the Romantic, and the revolutionary…
Zahi Hawass, the head of Egypt's antiquities council, is mounting a campaign to repatriate artistic icons from museums around the world.