Some Experts Are Alleging There Is an Earlier Version of Leonardo Da Vinci’s ‘Mona Lisa’
Could there be an earlier version of Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa painting? Some experts are alleging that a piece depicting a younger version of...
$100 M. Botticelli Found in Family Home in Italy, Spurring Investigation into its Rightful Owner
A prized painting by Italian artist Sandro Botticelli forgotten for 50 years has been discovered at a family home outside Naples, Italy. The artwork was...
Zabludowicz Collection Shutters London Museum After 16 Years
The Zaludowicz Collection, a private museum run by collectors Anita and Poju Zabludowicz, will shutter its closely watched London space, bringing an end to a...
Nanjing’s Deji Art Museum Brings Together Centuries of Art to Create Dialogues Between East and West
This November, while all eyes were on Shanghai as its mainstay art fair ART021 made its post-pandemic comeback, another emerging arts and culture destination in...
$35 M. Velázquez Portrait of Spanish Queen to Sell at Sotheby’s
A Diego Velázqeuz portrait of Isabel de Borbon, a Spanish queen, will head to auction this February at Sotheby’s, where it is expected to sell...
Greek Prime Minister ‘Annoyed’ Over Cancellation of Meeting with British PM Over Parthenon Marbles
Relations between the prime ministers of Greece and Britain are less than cheery this holiday season, after a scheduled meeting in London was cancelled a...
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), Cornell University’s medical school and...
Longtime Champions of Black Art Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz Are Bringing Their Collection to the Brooklyn Museum
The art collection of Grammy-winning singer Alicia Keys and Kasseem Dean, the Grammy-winning rapper and producer known as Swizz Beatz, will be on view as...
William Anastasi, Conceptualist Who Drew a Cult Following, Dies at 90
William Anastasi, an artist who rose to fame in New York alongside the Minimalists and Conceptualists of the 1960s, has died at 90. His Cologne...
Prized Scythian Gold Artifacts Returned to Ukraine by Dutch Museum, Defying Russia’s Demands
A Dutch museum has returned some 400 cultural treasures to Ukraine, ending a nearly decade-long ownership battle incited by Russia’s 2014 annexation of Crimea. The...
German Museum Cancels Candice Breitz Exhibition After ‘Controversial Statements’ on Gaza
A German museum has reportedly canceled a Candice Breitz show planned for 2024 because of the artist’s statements on the violence taking place in Gaza,...
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 Catalonian NGO Heritage for Peace...
Workers at Buffalo AKG Art Museum Launch Unionization Effort
Workers at the Buffalo AKG Art Museum have recently announced their intention to unionize. The workers submitted a letter to museum director Janne Sirén and...
Larry Fink, Photographer Who Documented Clashing Social Circles, Dies at 82
Larry Fink, an American photographer who captured class divides by documenting upper echelons of New York’s social circles, died at the age of 82 at...