The Art World Remembers the Late Painter Hung Liu, Who Valorized Everyday Immigrants in Monumental Portraits
On the eve of her first museum retrospective, Oakland-based painter Hung Liu, one of the first Chinese artists to find success…
A New Book Gathers Every Single Documented Frida Kahlo Painting, Including Lost Works—See Images Here
Despite her lasting fame, Frida Kahlo made surprisingly few works in her life. Now, all 152 of the artist’s documented paintings have…
Once Smuggled Out of Iraq, the Gilgamesh Dream Tablet Has Been Seized by U.S. Authorities and Will Be Returned
A U.S. District Court in New York has ordered the craft chain Hobby Lobby to forfeit the Gilgamesh Dream Tablet, a…
How Jeff Bezos Became Public Enemy Number One
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Try These 10 Tasty Cocktail Recipes That Frick Collection Curators Mixed for the Museum’s Hit Lockdown Video Series
For over a year now, art lovers looking to end their weeks on a high note have been turning to…
Editors’ Picks: 11 Events for Your Art Calendar This Week, From a Festival on Art and Disability to a Course on the Legacy of the Great Migration
Each week, we search for the most exciting and thought-provoking shows, screenings, and events. In light of the global health…
After a Wave of Protest Against Its Deaccessioning Scheme, the di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art Has Halted Its Plans
Two years ago, the Di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art in Napa, California, announced plans to sell off the bulk of its…
There’s More to Alma Thomas Than Colorful Abstractions, an Eclectic Show of the Artist’s Marionettes, Still Lifes, and Other Work Proves
A long overdue retrospective for the late artist Alma Thomas has touched down at the Chrysler Museum of Art in Norfolk, Virginia.…
Is It a Goya? Curators at the Prado Keep Changing Their Minds Over Who Painted the Museum’s Famed ‘Colossus’
The Colossus, one of the world’s best-known paintings, has again been attributed to the Spanish artist Francisco Goya, with the…
The FBI Has Busted a Man for Hawking Fake Basquiats After Catching Him Red-Handed During a WhatsApp Sting
Authorities in New York have arrested a 49-year-old Mexican man accused of selling fake artworks he claimed were by Jean-Michel…
A Leonardo da Vinci Drawing the Size of a Postage Stamp Sold for $12.2 Million at Christie’s (But It Only Got a Single Bid)
A 20-year-old record for the most expensive drawing by Leonardo da Vinci fell at Christie’s London, where Head of a Bear,…
In Pictures: A New Show Explores Ancient Pompeii Dining Rituals, From Vermin Delicacies to Bone Toothpicks
The lost city of Pompeii remains a source of fascination nearly 2,000 years after the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in…
An Artist Made a Marvelous (and Affordable) Dress Based on Botticelli’s Famed ‘Birth of Venus’—See It Here
Sandro Botticelli created one of art history’s most beloved masterpieces with The Birth of Venus. But when artist Nikolas Bentel looked at…
The Man Who Prevented World War III
On September 26, 1983, life on planet Earth almost came to an end in a Nuclear war. One man, Stanislav…