Academic research
Antiquities trafficking is not ‘the third largest illicit trade in the world’, researchers claim
New report traces the origins of the oft-repeated superlative, which its authors say is incorrect and actually makes it harder to fight trafficking
Christie's launches grant programme to support research of Nazi-era provenance
The year-long grant will support three graduate students researching Nazi-confiscated cultural artefacts between 1933 and 1945
Drawing of male nude is Michelangelo’s sketch for Sistine Chapel, scholar says
Red chalk preparatory work may be linked to “Worship of the Brazen Serpent” section of Vatican masterpiece
Unknown history of 600-year-old, coded Voynich Manuscript revealed by researcher
Stefan Guzy has scoured archives from the Holy Roman Empire and believes he has traced back the ownership of the mysterious cipher book
'Closer to Vincent': the secrets of everyday objects in Van Gogh’s paintings
A book and exhibition will reveal surprising facts about some of the artist’s best-loved motifs
This digital archive brings women art dealers back into the story of Modern art
The Women Art Dealers Digital Archives explores the role of historical women gallerists as powerful forces in once-niche markets that have since become major sectors of the art world
Progressive scientists, or high-flying elitists? The Met unlocks a secret behind a famous Jacques-Louis David portrait
Scientific testing reveals that the artist radically changed his depiction of a Paris couple in a landmark 1788 painting
Why do some Picasso paintings deteriorate faster than others? Researchers have solved the mystery
A three-year research project looked at the materials in four works from the same period to explain their differing conditions
Six scholars fool the public with invented documents about the date Venice was founded
On 25 March, the city began celebrating 1,600 years of its history—but the date is somewhat fishy
Freshman art history student uncovers identity of Mughal miniature
Connections have been made between the Colby College Museum of Art’s Man with a Flowered Coat and portraits of the 17th-century commander Sayyid Muzzafar in international collections
War declared over lucrative Modigliani 'monopoly' as Wildenstein Plattner Institute fights back at Marc Restellini
Institute is claiming copyright ownership and right to publish expert’s research, alongside share of profits from Institut Restellini which it claims charges €30,000 per inquiry
Calder on sale for research fundraiser
Yellow Crinkly will support biological research at the American Mayo Clinic
Letter: Modigliani needs art historical approach
Dr Kenneth Wayne says scholarship is the way forward
Who does research in museums?
"Where there is no research, there is no museum", says Wolf Dieter Dube, director of the Berlin museums, but this tenet has come under attack in recent years.
Studies in Modern Art from MOMA to be published annually
The inaugural edition focuses on works from the 1960s
Mona Lisa mystery finally solved: The sitter is indisputably Lisa del Giocondo
And not Isabella d’Este, Pacifica Brandano, Costanza d’Avalos, a cumulative female image—or Leonardo in drag