NewsArt market
Status of $4.8m Modigliani painting challenged as legal battle over artist's catalogues raisonnés ramps up
French expert Marc Restellini claims substantial modifications to Italian painter's 1915 portrait of Beatrice Hastings were not mentioned by Christie's when the picture was sold—twice
NewsDiscoveries
A real Rembrandt? Study shows painting banished to storeroom is either by his studio or the master himself
A recent examination of the wood panel reveals that it is from the same Baltic oak tree as the panel of an authenticated work by the Dutch artist
NewsDiscoveries
Newly attributed Artemisia Gentileschi painting of David and Goliath revealed in London
Restored work—with “Artemisia” signature—will be shown by conservation studio during major National Gallery exhibition
NewsVincent Van Gogh
Not a fake: Van Gogh self-portrait is his only work painted while suffering psychosis, experts say
The newly attributed work is quite unlike Van Gogh’s other 35 self-portraits and reveals an intriguing insight into his mutilated ear
AnalysisThe Year in Review 2019
From cancelled fairs to street art's auction room takeover: the art market's fruitiest stories of 2019
We look back at the stories that have overturned the art world order this year
BlogAdventures with Van Gogh
A good catch: The Mackerels now looks set to be authenticated as a genuine Van Gogh
The still life in Switzerland’s Reinhart collection was dismissed as a forgery
NewsAttribution
Thanks to a doodle, experts now say unattributed painting is by Botticelli
The Madonna and Child at National Museum Cardiff was believed to be a copy
NewsArt market
'Kitchen Cimabue' sells for €24.1m
Rediscovered painting, found in a French house clearance, is the first work by the 13th century Florentine artist to be sold at auction in living memory
NewsSalvator Mundi
Salvator Mundi nearly made it to the Louvre exhibition, and might still be included
We can also reveal that the $450m painting is described in the latest insurance documents as “attributed to” Leonardo rather than as a definitive autograph work
ArchiveAttribution
Met's “Riverbank” row rages over attribution debate
Experts prepare to fight it out at the Metropolitan as the painting bought from artist-collector C.C. Wang goes on display
NewsArt market
'New' Artemisia Gentileschi to be auctioned in Paris
Painting of Lucretia has been in a private collection in Lyon for the past 40 years and is estimated to sell for over €600,000
NewsArt market
Is this $30m portrait the 'last Botticelli'?
Painting will be exhibited at Frieze Masters next month, after a "style of Botticelli" sleeper sold for over £6m at Zurich auction in June
NewsAttribution
Hidden number discovered in conservation helps reveal painting is from Titian's workshop
Part of the Wellington Collection in London, the picture was originally believed to be by a minor north Italian artist
NewsLaw
Family claims quarter share of disputed Isleworth Mona Lisa
The painting, long the subject of an attribution dispute, is now at the centre of a legal conflict over ownership
NewsAttribution
Does a Minnesota college own a portrait by Edvard Munch?
Scientific evidence points to St Olaf College’s Portrait of Eva Mudocci being the real deal, but scholars of the artist’s work are reserving judgement
NewsCaravaggio
Attic to auction: a timeline of the 'Lost Caravaggio'
The painting, thought to be the second version of the Baroque artist’s Judith Beheading Holofernes will be auctioned this June with an estimate of £86m-£129m
NewsAttribution
'Canaletto' that was downgraded to £150 now identified as by Michele Marieschi
Painting, which hung on the wall of a Suffolk church, will be sold at Tefaf this year
NewsAttribution
Former politician questions authenticity of Khnopff sculpture
Sculpture is currently the centrepiece of a major Paris survey
NewsLeonardo da Vinci
Is Leonardo da Vinci's only sculpture in the Victoria and Albert Museum?
Italian scholar says terracotta statuette, currently attributed to Antonio Rossellino, is actually by the 15th-century master
NewsCaravaggio
French state rejects painting with controversial Caravaggio attribution that was found in an attic
Now the export ban has been lifted, the work may go on the market after restoration
CommentArt market
Art authentication is not an exact science
The process of art attribution has come under attack, with forgery scandals rampant
NewsConservation & Preservation
Houston museum reattributes painting to Velázquez
After conservation effort, Museum of Fine Arts decides its hunch was correct
NewsAuctions
Sotheby’s withdraws painting that Pierre Bergé ‘maintained was by Manet’
The work was one of 18 to have been placed under a court order following a financial dispute unrelated to the auction
NewsAttribution
Leiden Collection shows off two ‘new’ Rembrandts in Amsterdam
Rediscovered portraits are due to travel to Louvre Abu Dhabi in early 2019
NewsAttribution
Italian museum discovers painting by Renaissance master Andrea Mantegna in its collection
The Accademia Carrara in Bergamo has re-attributed the 15th-century work Resurrection of Christ
NewsConservation & Preservation
One of Pope’s favourite paintings is looking refreshed after restoration
Icon’s first major intervention since 1931 brings back original colours
NewsAttribution
National Gallery in London accused of altering attribution of Hermitage's 'Leonardo' for 2011 blockbuster show
Leading scholar says gallery's own curators believed Madonna Litta to be by Boltraffio, a pupil of the master
NewsLeonardo da Vinci
A new Leonardo? Scholarly show claims to reveal master’s hand
Worcester Art Museum argues for reattribution of altarpiece panels by Verrocchio’s workshop
Review
A proposal on attribution: Jonathan Brown on Velázquez portraits at the Metropolitan
The art historian suggests that Velázquez's former slave may have painted two works in the show
NewsFakes & copies
ARCHIVE: Unauthenticated Bacon works on sale in London
Herrick Gallery is marketing two pastels and eight drawings said to be by the Irish-born artist
News
Expert claims painting uncovered in a Toulouse attic is by Caravaggio
If it turns out to be real, it would be the biggest discovery of the artist’s work in almost 25 years
News
Prado responds to Bosch downgrades by cancelling Dutch loans
Madrid museum still allows The Haywain to be centrepiece of blockbuster show in artist’s home town
NewsExhibitions
Kansas City museum's painting attributed to Hieronymus Bosch
Temptation of St Anthony in the Nelson-Atkins Museum was believed to be by a pupil of the great Dutch artist
NewsArt
Owner of purported Monet loses case in French court
Work featured on BBC’s Fake or Fortune programme in 2011
NewsAttribution
The story behind the reattributed drawing by Hieronymus Bosch
Project to mark 500th anniversary of artist’s death upgrades Infernal Landscape to an authentic work
ArchiveJean-Michel Basquiat
Williamsburg street art is Phil Frost, not Basquiat
As the appreciation of street art rises (as do its prices), attribution becomes critical
ArchiveLeonardo da Vinci
Salvator Mundi Leonardo attribution: it’s all in the hand of the master
Proof of changes to the composition increases scholarly support
ArchiveLeonardo da Vinci
Dickinson to sue Luxembourg Art over Leonardo drawing
Fallout from Leonardo case sees London dealers locked in legal dispute
ArchiveFrancis Bacon
Mystery over who made the “Francis Bacon” rugs
New research poses more questions than answers over possible attributions for items that were withdrawn from March sale
ArchiveHans Holbein the Younger
Is this a Holbein? The market will decide at Maastricht next month
Tate director Sir Nicholas Serota says no, but the director of the Berlin Gemäldegalerie, among others, believes it is
ArchiveTate
Sotheby’s Holbein will not be included in Tate show
Neither will the National Gallery’s Ambassadors which was judged too fragile to travel across London
ArchiveFrancis Bacon
The show that dares not speak its name: Francis Bacon estate intervenes in new Dublin show
The Joule archive drawings continue to cause contention
ArchiveAppraiser's conference
Fakes and forgeries at the Appraisers conference
“Trompe l’oeil: to fool the eye and to challenge the appraiser” is on in New York
ArchiveSouth Africa
Judge inconclusive on dealer responsibility as South African couple lose case on technicalities
Defendants' story was "reasonably possibly true"
ArchiveVincent Van Gogh
Bank debtors’ Van Gogh withdrawn as fake
While there is some support for its attribution, doubt still lingers
ArchiveLeonardo da Vinci
Rival Buccleuch and Montreal “Madonnas of the Yarnwinder” to be judged side by side in Edinburgh
Leonardo da Vinci showdown comes to the National Gallery of Scotland
CommentConnoisseurship
Another new Leonardo is a reason to be cheerful
The Virgin and Laughing Child was recently re-attributed as the artist's “only surviving sculpture”
Alison Cole