Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Acquires $22 M. Residential Building
The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston has purchased a 62-unit apartment building for $22.8 million, securing the only non-museum property on the block adjacent...
Oh La La! Interrupts Regular Programming at Art Basel Paris for Playful Provocation
For the first time since it landed in Paris two years ago, Art Basel has taken up the freshly renovated Grand Palais. On this occasion,...
Newly Discovered Rooms in Peru Suggest Ancient Society Was Ruled by Women
In September, archaeologists in Peru uncovered an elaborate throne room and hall that they believe could indicate that powerful women ruled more than 1,300 years...
Art Adviser Lisa Schiff Pleads Guilty to One Count of Wire Fraud
Lisa Schiff, a prominent art adviser who was accused of swindling her clients out of millions of dollars, pleaded guilty to one count of wire...
Climate Activists Invite UK Museum Leaders to Meet: ‘We’ll Leave the Soup at Home’
Just Stop Oil, the eco-activist group known for targeting famous artworks in their demonstrations, has invited the National Museum Directors’ Council to a meeting at...
Hermitage Artist Retreat in Florida Heavily Damaged by Hurricanes Helene and Milton
The Hermitage Artist Retreat in Englewood, Florida, experienced huge storm surges due to Hurricane Milton, with repairs and damage estimated at “upwards of $1 million”...
The Must-Go Venues of Art Basel Paris’s Public Program
Art Basel Paris, which runs from October 18 to 20 (with VIP days on 16 and 17), has left behind its inaugural name and old...
Centre Pompidou, With Help of Chanel, Adds 15 Works of Contemporary Chinese Art to Collection
A major group exhibition at the Centre Pompidou has brought the work of 15 contemporary Chinese artists into the museum’s permanent collection, expanding that collection...
‘Works by Jenny Holzer, ‘Artists for Kamala’ Fundraiser Auction Brings in More than $1.5 M.
The “Artists for Kamala” fundraising online auction for Vice President Kamala Harris‘ presidential campaign has already yielded more than $1.5 million on an estimate of...
Restored “Apollo Belvedere” Back on Public View at the Vatican Museums
On Tuesday, the restoration of one of the Vatican Museums‘ most prized artworks was unveiled. The Apollo Belvedere is a marble sculpture of the eponymous...
Acclaimed Photojournalist Paul Lowe Dies After Being Stabbed in California
Paul Lowe, a photojournalist renowned for his shots of the Siege of Sarajevo, died at after being stabbed in the neck on a California hiking...
Art In Embassies Partners with Smithsonian Museum of American Art for Long-Term Loan of Gene Davis Paintings
The US State Department’s Arts in Embassies program recently announced a collaboration with the Smithsonian American Art Museum through a new long-term loan of Gene...
India’s High-Profile Collectors Champion Accessibility and Engagement in Sharing Their Art Holdings
India has often been viewed as primarily an ancient nation, with considerations of a fertile culture focusing on antiquities more than the contemporary. This is...
Artists Nan Goldin, Molly Crabapple Arrested at Pro-Palestine Protest at New York Stock Exchange
Artists Nan Goldin and Molly Crabapple, as well as filmmaker Laura Poitras, were among the more than 200 activists with Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP)...