Hoard of 100,000 Ancient Coins Unearthed at Building Site in Japan
A hoard of 100,000 ancient coins were found at a building site in Maebashi, Gunma Prefecture, in central Japan on…
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Estate of Stan VanDerBeek, Experimental Filmmaker and ‘Agitator,’ Joins Magenta Plains
The estate of Stan VanDerBeek, an experimental filmmaker and pioneer of computer-generated art in through the 1950s and 1970s, has…
German Museum Shutters Curator’s Contribution Over Pro-Palestine Instagram Activity, Igniting Censorship Outcry
Museum Folkwang in Essen, Germany, has closed a portion of a planned group show in response to a curator’s engagement…
Ai Weiwei Says Lisson Gallery ‘Effectively Canceled’ Show After Israel-Hamas War Tweet
Lisson Gallery has paused plans to mount an Ai Weiwei show after a social media post by the artist about…
Orlando Museum of Art Considering Settlement in Lawsuit Over Scandal-Ridden Basquiat Show
The Orlando Museum of Art is pursuing a potential settlement in its case against ousted museum director Aaron De Groft…
A Tame Sotheby’s Modern Art Evening Sale Generates $224 M.
Sotheby’s sale of 20th century art netted $224 million over a brisk hour-and-a-half on Monday at the house’s York Avenue…
Newfields CEO, Hired Amid Diversity Scandal, Resigns After Less Than Two Years
Colette Pierce Burnette has resigned as president and CEO of Newfields after only 15 months on the job, the museum…
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…
Poet Ranjit Hoskote Resigns from Documenta 16 Selection Committee: ‘I Have Been Subjected to a Sham Court’
A second member of the committee that will select an artistic director for Documenta 16, the 2027 edition of one…
Rare ‘Inverted Jenny’ US Postal Stamp Sells for Record-Breaking $2 M. At Auction
A rare ‘Inverted Jenny’ stamp recently sold at auction for just over $2 million with fees, setting a record for…
Israeli Artist Bracha L. Ettinger Resigns from Documenta 16 Selection Committee
The six-person committee charged with selecting an artistic director for Documenta 16, the 2027 edition of one of the world’s…
Earthquakes Decimate Western Afghanistan’s Ancient Villages and Historic Monuments
A number of ancient structures have been damaged in Afghanistan‘s rural countryside following four deadly 6.3 magnitude earthquakes and dozens…
Frick Pittsburgh Apologizes for Postponing Exhibition of Islamic Art in Response to Israel-Hamas War
The director of Pennsylvania’s Frick Pittsburgh museum apologized on Friday for postponing a show about Islamic art across the centuries.…
Documenta Denounces Selection Committee Member for Signing ‘Anti-Semitic’ BDS Letter
For the second time since the October 7 Hamas attack that killed 1,400 Israelis, Documenta, one of the world’s top…