“Michelangelo, Leonardo, Raphael,” a new exhibition hosted by London’s Royal Academy of Arts, touches on the competition between Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and Raphael – the most famous artists of the 15th-16th-century Italian Renaissance. Visitors have a chance to admire some of the most extraordinary examples of their work, including da Vinci’s “Burlington House Cartoon.”

20th-century European modernist art has many branches and movements. These include Fauvism, Expressionism, Cubism, Surrealism, and the list can go on endlessly. One of the not-so-popular movements is Orphism, which is often looked down upon as an unfashionable modernist style. Yet, interested audiences can get acquainted with Orphism at “Harmony and Dissonance: Orphism in Paris, 1910–1930,” an ongoing exhibition at the Guggenheim Museum, dedicated to reconsidering the value of Orphism in modern art.

Fra Angelico’s “The Crucifixion” will stay in the UK and will soon be available for public viewing. The Ashmolean Museum of the University of Oxford has closed the record-setting deal for over €5 million to ensure the world-famous painting by the notable Italian Renaissance painter won’t be sold abroad. The event has ended a long-term story of the artwork’s planned sale to a private collector, which started in 2023.  

For quite a while, Rembrandt’s “Night Watch” had not been looking its best. During the four centuries since its creation, the colors have become too dark to discern the intricate details. Since this large oil painting depicting a group of lavishly dressed civic militia guards is one of the Rijksmuseum’s most impressive and valuable art objects, the Dutch museum has set on a mission to restore its glow and brightness.

In the world of stringent control over artworks’ provenance and ethical acquisition, there is still room for art forgery. Criminals create fake works of art and manage to sell them at record-hitting prices to unsuspecting customers. This is what a supra-European art forgery network spanning Italy, France, Belgium, and Spain has been doing for years.

Oleg Kushnirskiy’s private collection of Russian icons has finally seen the world and been presented to broad audiences at a new icon exhibition at TMORA. The exhibition, titled “Masterpieces of Sacred Art from the Oleg Kushnirskiy Collection,” opened at the Museum of Russian Art in Minneapolis, MN, on October 26, 2024, and is on view until the end of January 2025.

As Japanese art continues capturing the hearts of art connoisseurs from all corners of the globe, art fairs held at the heart of the Japanese culture naturally become the global attraction points for the international art community. Art Collaboration Kyoto 2024 (ACK), a boutique art fair with an immense international presence, was held at the Kyoto International Conference Center on October 31-November 3.