□ Thursday, 26 Nov 2009

Vatican tries to woo back the art world
Pope Benedict has invited international artists, sculptors, architects, musicians, film directors and even a solitary Italian prima ballerina to meet him under the soaring vaulted ceiling of Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel in the Vatican on Saturday to begin a new dialogue between the Catholic Church and the arts. More...

□ Saturday, 21 Nov 2009

Great Works: Still Life with Peaches (c AD50) Anon
Classical art is often given a classic status. The works of the ancient Greeks and Romans have been taken up by many later artists as supreme examples. At least that's true of their statues and buildings. But when it comes to paintings, there's a problem. Very little remains, and what remains is puzzling. More...

□ Friday, 20 Nov 2009

Police: Ex-Winterthur Staffer Stole Lavishly Via Credit Card
A former Winterthur Museum employee voluntarily turned himself into Delaware State Police today after a theft investigation revealed he had spent more than $100,000 of the museum's money. More...

Stylized Nudes Expected to Top Latin American Art Sales at Christie's and Sotheby's
A bronze of a voluptuous nude holding a cigarette and a volcanic landscape strewn with lifeless limbs top this week's Latin American art auctions. More...

□ Thursday, 19 Nov 2009

Damien Hirst: 'Anyone can be Rembrandt'
Since he made his name in the early 90s, Damien Hirst has been less an artist than head of a multinational. In the process, he's earned an absolute fortune, if not critical respect. But why should he care? More...

□ Thursday, 5 Nov 2009

Inside Leonardo's Notebook
World-famous as a capital of fashion and design, Italy's second city has a more modest reputation for cultural heritage. Here in the country's business and financial center, local pride focuses on contemporary success rather than past glory. More...

Contemporary artists must do better
London has never teemed with as many celebrated artists as it does now – but how many will we remember? More...

□ Wednesday, 4 Nov 2009

Hirst Collector Victor Pinchuk Plans New Arts Center for Kiev
Victor Pinchuk, one of Ukraine’s richest men, will build a contemporary-art center in downtown Kiev, with the hope of making the country’s capital a major destination on the global art map. More...

□ Monday, 2 Nov 2009

On the Block: Traditional Offerings, Bargain Prices
The images splashed across the pages of this fall’s auction catalogs are as familiar as they are telling: Degas dancers and Pissarro landscapes; Picasso portraits and Warhol dollar bills. More...

Is This a Michelangelo?
The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Young Archer is a marble Renaissance youth with an amazing backstory: Thirteen years ago, it was declared by NYU’s Kathleen Weil-Garris Brandt to be an early work of Michelangelo himself. More...