Prior art searches play a critical role in shaping effective scientific intellectual property strategies. This article, originally published by CAS, highlights the importance of thorough analysis to ...

A new blend of imaging technologies has helped archaeologists identify the chemical makeup of an excavated painting, revealing elements of everyday life in second century Egypt. Researchers from UCLA ...

How much top-flight art can the market absorb? That was the question hovering over the auction sector at the beginning of 2022, when Christie’s, Sotheby’s, and Phillips were preparing to offer more ...

Studying the layered structure of a painting is useful for checking its authenticity and learning more about its creation. This generally requires physically removing a cross-sectional sample from the ...

Making broad differentiations between modern and classic paintings can be fairly easy for the untrained eye, but telling the difference between an Impressionist and a Post-Impressionist painting may ...

The art market could get out of its prolonged slump by focusing less attention on headline-grabbing trophy art and more on so-called midmarket works. Artworks priced in the $50,000 to $1 million range ...

The human brain is built for art appreciation, suggests a meta-analysis that looked at studies mapping brain processes linked to the arts. Viewing paintings engages a number of different regions of ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Alexandra Bregman writes mainly about the art market. Dec 28, 2023, 12:05pm EST Dec 28, 2023, 12:08pm EST 30 June 2022, Lower ...