The Founder of Netscape Has Returned $35 Million Worth of Looted Cambodian Antiquities
Technology entrepreneur James H. Clark, creator of the once dominant Netscape browser, has surrendered 35 Southeast Asian antiquities from his…
‘It Was Quite a Hassle Getting Here’: Artist David Shrigley on Why He Trekked From the U.K. for His First-Ever Art Basel Miami Beach
Can you believe that British artist David Shrigley had never been to Miami Beach before? Still, he felt that after decades…
‘Van Gogh’s Life Was Made for a Novelist’: Author Martin Bailey on the Artist’s Mysterious Last Days—and How He Really Died
Many of us know the story about the end of Vincent Van Gogh’s life, and how a mysterious madness ultimately caused…
The Real-Life Artists Behind ‘The French Dispatch’ Share What It Was Like to Paint for Exacting Auteur Wes Anderson
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun, the latest effort from noted auteur Wes Anderson, transports viewers to…
Collectors Stampede for Les Lalanne at Sotheby’s Paris, Where a White-Glove Sale of the Couple’s Designs Notched $92 Million
The auction appetite for French designers François-Xavier and Claude Lalanne, collectively known as Les Lalanne, continues to surge. A white-glove…
Former models step up fight against top agent accused of sexual assault | 60 Minutes Australia
Subscribe here: http://9Soci.al/chmP50wA97J Full Episodes: https://9now.app.link/uNP4qBkmN6 | UPDATE: Beauty and the Creep (2021) For decades, agent Gerald Marie was one…
The Denver Art Museum Is Returning Four Antiquities to Cambodia After the Pandora Papers Exposed Their Illicit Origins
The Denver Art Museum will restitute four Cambodian antiquities linked to the late art dealer Douglas Latchford, whose efforts to cover…
Honest Government Ad | AUKUS 🇦🇺 🇬🇧 🇺🇸
The Australien Government has made an ad for its new AUKUS military alliance, and it’s surprisingly honest and informative 🇦🇺…
‘We Wanted to Unmoor Her From the 1950s’: A Joan Mitchell Retrospective at SFMOMA Shows the Artist as You’ve Never Seen Her Before
For the first time in nearly 20 years, the late Abstract Expressionist painter Joan Mitchell is the subject of a major U.S.…
In 1900, This Artist Gazed Into the Future. See How He Imagined the Year 2000 Would Look (Spoiler: It’s Very Inaccurate)
What did artists in turn-of-the-century France imagine life would look like in the year 2000? A series of illustrations by…
7 Unbelievable and Contentious Takeaways From a New Documentary About ‘Salvator Mundi,’ the $450 Million ‘Lost Leonardo’
On March 5, 2014—less than a week after its founding—Artnet News published a short item based on a New York…
Duchess Kate Middleton’s Intimate Portraits of Holocaust Survivors Are Part of a Touching Tribute Exhibition in London
Two photographs by Kate Middleton, Duchess of Cambridge, are part of an exhibition honoring Holocaust survivors at the Imperial War Museums in…
George Kennan urged American leadership and patience to counter the Soviets. Instead, the Cold War ensued
This piece is part of a new series in collaboration with the ABC’s Saturday Extra program. Each week, the show…
Jawaharlal Nehru’s vision for a just and equitable post-colonial world, with India leading the way
This piece is part of a new series in collaboration with the ABC’s Saturday Extra program. Each week, the show…
Was Cave Art Actually a Form of Cinema? How Prehistoric Lamps Suggest a Surprising New Way of Looking at Ancient Paintings
Cave art researchers have a tantalizing new theory to explain prehistoric paintings: that the images came to life in the…
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…
Italy Becomes the Latest European Country to Require Proof of Vaccination or a Negative Test to Visit Museums
Following in the footsteps of France, Italy will now require proof of at least one dose of vaccination or a…
Frida Kahlo Is the Latest Artist to Get the Immersive Installation Treatment With a New Projected Light Show in Mexico City
There’s a new way to experience the work of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. Art lovers making a pilgrimage to her…