In what’s being called “the biggest art scandal in a century,” French police are investigating about $255 million worth of paintings attributed to Old Masters that they suspect are forgeries. Detail ...

An analysis of the auction market’s resurgent interest in the Old Masters and in young artists reinventing the classics. Sellers of fine artworks by European Old Masters have spent the past several ...

Editor's Note: This story originally appeared in On Balance, the ARTnews newsletter about the art market and beyond. Sign up here to receive it every Wednesday. As an Old Masters auction started up in ...

In this fascinating series of works, Hungarian new media artist Bence Hajdu has removed the figures from a series of Old Master paintings with such precision that it’s almost hard to believe. While ...

Across the world’s finest art institutions and most prized collections, a number of exhibitions are recontextualizing what makes an old master painting. Erasure of Blackness in the Western art ...

The fabled Saunders Collection fell $15 million short at Sotheby's—and you need to pay attention. Jan Davidsz. De Heem, Still Life of Roses, Tulips, a Sunflower, Lilies, an Iris, Poppies, Honeysuckle ...

Show in part a rediscovery of more than 40 mostly forgotten women who plied their trade in the Low Countries ...

In a bid to stay relevant, the Old Masters trade has been trying to draw in younger buyers to counter its shrinking collector base, which generally comprises wealthy, older men. No easy task, but by ...

Art fans may jump at the chance to see or even buy work by Catalan-Spanish surrealist painter Joan Miró in the southern ...

This season, Christie’s is delighted to present the newly formed Old Masters to Modern sale, with paintings, drawings, watercolours and sculpture from seven centuries. Crossing traditional collecting ...

“Old Masters” such as Leonardo da Vinci, Sandro Botticelli and Rembrandt may have used proteins, especially egg yolk, in their oil paintings, according to a new study. Trace quantities of protein ...