The Building that Held a Whitewashed Banksy Mural of the European Union Flag has been Demolished
A building in the seaside town of Dover, England once adorned with a mural by the once-mysterious street artist Banksy has been…
Author: Daniel Cassady
Sotheby’s Relinquishes Half of Longtime Manhattan Headquarters to Medical School
Sotheby’s will cede around half of the space at their Manhattan headquarters to a new neighbor, Weill Cornell Medicine (WCM),…
More Than 100 Cultural Landmarks Have Been Destroyed During Gaza Airstrikes, Report Says
Israel’s repeated airstrikes on Gaza have destroyed more than 100 cultural landmarks and historic sites according to a preliminary report by the…
German Photography Biennial Cancelled After Curator’s Social Media Posts Are Called ‘Antisemitic’
The Biennale für aktuelle Fotografie, a Germany-based exhibition of contemporary photography has been cancelled after one of the curators posted…
Ex-Payroll Manager of Art Institute of Chicago Sentenced to Jail Time for Embezzling Millions
Michael Maurello, the Art Institute of Chicago’s former payroll manager who in April pled guilty to funneling millions from the…
Marc Chagall Print Stolen from New York Gallery During Smash-and-Grab Heist
The glass doors of a five-story art gallery in Midtown Manhattan were smashed, and a $100,000 lithograph by Marc Chagall…
Bitter Family Feud Revealed in Lawsuit Against the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation, Accuses Board of ‘Grabstract Expressionism’
A lawsuit filed Wednesday in New York State’s Supreme Court reveals blistering criticisms against the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation’s board members…
1932 Picasso from Fisher Landau Estate Sells for $139 M.
A 1932 painting by Pablo Picasso titled Femme à la montre from the collection of the late New York philanthropist…
Egypt’s Billion-Dollar Museum Is Getting Ready to Open as the Country’s Tourism Sector Weathers the Israel-Hamas Conflict
After 20 years and a billion dollars, the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) will soon be ready to welcome visitors, according…
Four Men Charged in the Theft of Maurizio Cattelan’s Golden Toilet Bowl
Following British law enforcement’s announcement several months ago of a major breakthrough in the 2019 theft of Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan‘s golden…
Following a High-Level Exodus, Executive Director of the Museum of Fine Arts in St. Petersburg Will Step Down Next Year
Anne-Marie Russell, the executive director and chief executive of the Museum of Fine Arts in St. Petersburg will step down…
Just Stop Oil Activists Attack Velázquez Venus Painting at London’s National Gallery With Hammers
Two activists were arrested Monday at London’s National Gallery after attacking The Toilet of Venus by Diego Velázquez “with what appeared to…
Frick Pittsburgh Postpones Islamic Art Exhibition to Avoid ‘Insensitivity or Offense’ Related to Israel-Hamas War
An exhibition of a millennium’s worth of Islamic art that was set to open this weekend at the Frick Pittsburgh…
At Event, Critic Jerry Saltz Talks Astral Projection, His Instagram Habit, and the Size of the Art World
On Thursday night at T.J. Byrnes, an Irish pub in lower Manhattan, art criticism’s anti-hero Jerry Saltz sat—and stood, and…