Attribution
Revealed: the surreal dispute over Leonora Carrington’s late bronze sculptures
Scholars and heirs are divided over bronze editions attributed to the British-Mexican Surrealist’s final years
Connoisseurship has gone out of fashion—to diversify the canon, it's time for a revival
With the Royal Academy the only UK institution now teaching connoisseurship, too many students of art history are missing out on learning an important skill
Renaissance masterpiece attributed to Quentin Metsys bought by the Getty for £10.6m
The painting previously sold at Christie’s for £254,500
Géricault show in Paris sparks authentication controversy
Experts have criticised the exhibition at the Musée de La Vie Romantique for presenting works as autograph with little evidence
New ‘Caravaggio’ work unveiled at the Prado divides scholars
Ecce Homo work goes on show at Madrid museum but some critics disagree with new attribution
New ‘Caravaggio’ work—once estimated at auction for €1,500—to go on show at the Prado
Numerous scholars endorse recently attributed piece depicting Jesus in a crown of thorns
Who will rule Rembrandtland? Behind the search for an authority on the Old Master
Following the death of universally acclaimed Rembrandt scholar Ernst van de Wetering, attribution of the artist is in flux
A definite Dürer? AI research says German artist 82% likely to have painted portrait of peasant woman
A European private collection asked the Swiss company Art Recognition to authenticate the piece
Frans Hals scholars split over attributions
As a major exhibition on the Dutch Old Master opens at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, a divide has emerged among specialists over the total number of autograph works
How Princeton rediscovered a Rubens in its collection
Layers of earlier well-meaning but overzealous restoration work had obscured the Old Master’s hand—until now
Newly attributed Raphael drawing heads to auction at Dorotheum
Rediscovered work is a preparatory study for the Battle of the Milvian Bridge fresco displayed in the Vatican’s papal apartments
A question of attribution: just how useful can AI tools be?
Connoisseurs and app makers agree on one thing: artificial intelligence-driven apps may supplement but do not replace the human eye and expertise in assessing a picture’s authorship
Newly attributed Guercino work previously carrying €6,000 high estimate goes on sale for €2m
The Biblical painting will be shown at Moretti Fine Art gallery in Paris
San Francisco curator details three previously unattributed Botticelli drawings
Research for a forthcoming exhibition at the Legion of Honor museum has led a curator to add three new entries to Botticelli's oeuvre
Vermeer special: the man, the show and an attribution debate
As the "unmissable" show opens at the Rijksmuseum we talk to the curators, the museum's director and artist Alvaro Barrington
Take four—Naples exhibition curators attribute a new quartet of works to Artemisia Gentileschi
Organisers of Gallerie d’Italia show have given full attributions to four works on loan from public and private collections in the US and UK
Rijksmuseum upgrades three Vermeers ahead of blockbuster show—but not everyone agrees
New additions to Old Master's canon go against a recent analysis conducted by Washington D.C's National Gallery of Art
Is this really the only portrait of William Shakespeare made in his lifetime?
Unveiling of an early 17th-century painting has caused a stir—but what does the evidence say?
A painting marketed as 'by Titian'—but also attributed to his workshop—will be offered at Sotheby's in December for £8m
The work, which could become the second-most expensive by the painter at auction, failed to sell in 1998
Van Dyck or copies? The curious case of the socialite, the scholar and the Old Masters
Plus, Joan Mitchell and Claude Monet at the Fondation Louis Vuitton and England's Tudors head to New York
Old Master upgrades: how dealer James Stunt's ‘sleepers’ became autograph Van Dycks worth millions
Georgina Adam and Mark Hollingsworth investigate a troubling case of serial reattributions, showing how easily scholarly “opinion” translates into financial fact
Tate to return Francis Bacon archive—once valued at £20m—to donor who was close friend of the artist
A thousand documents and sketches from the Barry Joule collection to be deaccessioned by London museum over attribution doubts
Newly attributed Michelangelo drawing expected to make €30m at Christie’s Paris next month
Formerly attributed to “the school of Michelangelo”, experts now say the nude sketch is by the master's own hand
Researchers train AI to attribute paintings based on detailed brushstroke analysis
A project led by scientists at Case Western Reserve University uses machine learning to identify a distinctive ‘fingerprint’ in each artist’s way of applying paint
Is a ceramic ‘puzzle’ that belonged to Ernest Hemingway really a Picasso? A podcast investigation hopes to find out
Podcast reveals extraordinary tale that involves the famous writer, the drugs lord Pablo Escobar and a National Football League player, who tried to sell the work at Art Basel in Miami Beach
Prado museum downgrades Leonardo's $450m Salvator Mundi in exhibition catalogue
Publication for Mona Lisa show puts the painting in category of works that are attributed to, or authorised or supervised by the Renaissance master
The 'Ledbury Titian' discovery begs the question: who should we trust when it comes to art attribution?
We often overlook gaps in provenance, or disagreement between experts, simply because we want to believe in fairytales
Its attribution restored, a Rembrandt portrait goes on view in Pennsylvania
A scientific analysis and conservation effort unveiled signature brush strokes and other marks of the master
Attribution of a Venus discovered in a French scrapyard is highly contested—this book defends the ascription
This weighty tome looks at the life and work of the Italian sculptor Giambologna but focuses on the contested bronze
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