Dutch Museum Buys Van Gogh Painting for More Than $9 M.
Vincent van Gogh’s Head of a Woman (Gordina de Groot) has been picked up by the Noordbrabants Museum in ’s-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands. According to the Art...
Texas Art Museum Briefly Shutters Show About Cowboys, Race, and Gender After Visitor ‘Feedback’
The Amon Carter Museum of American Art in Fort Worth, Texas, closed and then reopened an exhibition that unpacked the concept of the cowboy, critiquing...
Mellon Foundation Launches $25 M. Fund to Support Arts Organizations Along US-Mexico Border
The Mellon Foundation, the US’s largest philanthropic supporter of arts and humanities, has launched a $25 million fund that will support arts organizations based in...
Trump Jabs Harris for Not Attending Al Smith Charity Dinner
“Thank you, everybody. Well, thank you very much. It’s an honor. Tradition holds that I’m supposed to tell a few self-deprecating jokes this evening. So...
Harris Slams Trump for Calling Jan. 6 a ‘Day of Love’
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Want to Understand America? Watch ‘Shark Tank.’
One day in late June, a panel of investors entertained business ideas from around the country. A kitschy advent calendar. A fancy mini-fridge for drinks....
Yahya Sinwar, Hamas Leader, Was Killed, Israel Confirms
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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”...
Fuel Tanker Explosion Kills Over 150 People in Nigeria
Fuel Tanker Explosion Kills Over 150 People in Nigeria...