Construction Workers Discovered a Mysterious Statue of Hercules Buried Deep in a Roman Sewer
Construction workers cleaning and repairing a 100-year-old sewer in Rome unearthed a life-size marble sculpture of a man dressed as…
At Age 94, Op Artist Julio Le Parc Continues to Work Every Day in His Paris Studio of Enchanting Colors. See It Here
At the age of 94, Argentinian artist Julio Le Parc, a giant of the Kinetic and Op Art movements, is…
A New York Exhibition on the Salem Witch Trials Explores the Legacy of the Dark Historical Chapter on the Descendants of the Accused
Magic is afoot at the New-York Historical Society, where a new exhibition revisits a dark chapter in U.S. history: the…
‘With the Wrong Prints, Your House Could Look Like a Dentist’s Office’: Collector Ralph DeLuca Shares His Insider Tips at the IFPDA Fair
It was the day before the VIP preview of the IFPDA Fine Art Print Fair when I cold called art…
A Painting Nearly Destroyed in the Beirut Blast of 2020 Has Been Identified as a Long-Lost Artemisia Gentileschi—and Is Now Undergoing Restoration
The painting at Beirut’s Sursock Palace was lucky to survive the explosion in August 2020, which killed more than 200…
Paula Cooper Is Now Representing the Estate of Jay DeFeo, the Still-Overlooked Artist Who Did Much More Than ‘The Rose’
Paula Cooper Gallery will now handle the estate of the late Abstract Expressionist artist Jay DeFeo, representing the Jay DeFeo…
It Took Eight Years, an Army of Engineers, and 1,600 Pounds of Chains to Bring Artist Charles Gaines’s Profound Meditation on America to Life. Now, It’s Here
Charles Gaines has unveiled his ambitious public art piece Moving Chains on New York’s Governors Island. All it took was…
Artists Unfurled Red Banners From the Guggenheim Rotunda to Support the Iran Women’s Protest Movement
An artist collective staged a protest at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum over the weekend, dramatically unfurling a dozen blood…
A Nude That Artemisia Gentileschi Painted for Michelangelo’s House Was Covered Up Because It Was Too Racy. Now It Has Been Revealed
Between now and April, visitors to Florence’s Casa Buonarroti, the house museum of Italian Renaissance great Michelangelo, are in for…
Liberal and Conservative Justices Seem Split in the Supreme Court’s Landmark Andy Warhol Copyright Case (and Not in the Way You May Think)
For close to two hours yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in photographer Lynn Goldsmith’s lawsuit against the…
The Judd Foundation Is Suing Two Galleries for ‘Disfiguring’ an $850,000 Donald Judd Sculpture With Fingerprints
The Judd Foundation, which oversees the Marfa and New York City homes and workspaces of Donald Judd, has filed a lawsuit…
‘I Had Never Seen Anything Like It Before’: Steve Martin on Becoming One of the Top Collectors of Australian Indigenous Art
Steve Martin has been back in the headlines of late, thanks to his leading role in the hit Hulu comedy…
Can Tattoos Be Reproduced in Video Games Without an Artist’s Permission? An Ohio Jury Will Soon Decide
Can a video game depict an athlete’s tattoos without permission from the artist who inked the designs? An Ohio federal…