Game-Changing Curator and Museum Director Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev to Retire
Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, one of the world’s most influential curators and museum directors whose quirky exhibitions are much-loved by many, will retire at the end of...
Couple May Need to Pay $250,000 to Have Banksy Mural Removed from Their Home
Among those in the art world, waking up to find you are the owner of a new work by the secretive street artist Banksy would...
Henri Matisse’s Famous Home on the French Riviera Just Hit the Market for $2.6 M.
Henri Matisse’s seaside home in Nice, France, the site of a prolific period of painting during the latter part of his career, can now be...
After Firing by Hunter College, Artist Shellyne Rodriguez Says School Has ‘Capitulated’ to ‘Racists, White Nationalists, and Misogynists’
On Tuesday evening, New York’s Hunter College fired artist Shellyne Rodriguez, an adjunct professor with the school, after video circulated online showing an incident in...
Kenneth Anger, Cult Filmmaker with a Penchant for All Things Lurid, Dies at 96
Kenneth Anger, an experimental filmmaker who found a loyal cult following with his works that elucidated the dark side of pop culture, has died at...
Bernard Arnault, Founder of LVMH and Major Art Collector, Loses $11 B. After Stock Selloff
Bernard Arnault, founder of LVMH, lost some $11.2 billion of his personal fortune after a stock selloff saw LVMH shares fall 5 percent in Paris...
Greece Will Recover 351 Looted Antiquities After 17-Year Legal Battle With British Art Dealer Robin Symes
Hundreds of items are being repatriated to Greece after a 17-year legal battle with the liquidated company that belonged to disgraced British art dealer Robin...
Two San Diego Collectors Surrendered 65 Archaeological Objects to Mexico
Two collectors in San Diego voluntarily surrendered 65 pre-Hispanic artifacts to the Mexican government earlier this month. Norm Werthman and Pete Mechalas returned the items...
Archaeologists Discovered 2,500-Year-Old Ancient Greek Catacombs Using Subatomic Particles
Deep below the bustling city streets of Naples, Italy, researchers used futuristic sounding technology to reveal an ancient Greek tomb that archaeologists for years knew...
Denver Science Museum to Close Gallery About Indigenous Cultures That Promoted ‘Racist Stereotypes’
The Denver Museum of Nature and Science will close a gallery devoted to Indigenous cultures that it said promoted “harmful stereotypes.” Last week, the museum...
Heirs of Art Dealer Persecuted by Nazis Claim Sotheby’s Sold Prized Tiepolo with Misleading Provenance
The descendants of a Jewish gallery owner who left behind a prized Giovanni Battista Tiepolo painting during his escape from the Nazis in 1938 have...
2,500-Year-Old Pre-Columbian Sculpture Returned to Mexico
A massive stone sculpture known as the “Earth Monster” or “Monster of the Earth” has been returned to Mexico from the United States, the Associated...
Hispanic Society Union Ratifies First Contract, Ending Eight-Week Strike
Unionized workers at Manhattan’s Hispanic Society agreed to end an eight-week strike after ratifying a contract agreement on Friday. “We return to work with our...
Climate Activists Dye the Trevi Fountain Black in Wake of Devastating Flooding
Eight activists associated with the Italian eco-activism group Ultima Generazione dyed the water in Rome’s Trevi Fountain black using diluted charcoal on Sunday. The protest,...