Chinese tech giants’ push into U.S., Europe’s markets sets up potential clash with Amazon
TikTok owner ByteDance has launched a women’s fashion website called If Yooou. Pinduoduo launched an e-commerce site in the U.S.…
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…
Italy poised for hard-right leader as country votes in snap election
Giorgia Meloni, leader of the right-wing party Fratelli d’Italia (Brothers of Italy) holds a giant Italian national flag during a…
Germany has worked hard to shore up winter gas supplies — and it’s ahead of schedule
European governments are scrambling to fill underground storage with gas supplies to provide households with enough fuel to keep homes…
First Vesuvius, Now This? An Australian Tourist Just Got Caught Going on a Moped Joyride Through Pompeii’s Vulnerable Ruins
It’s been a wild year for Italy’s historic monuments. In the latest affront to common sense and historic preservation, an…
Editors’ Picks: 12 Events for Your Art Calendar This Week, From the Watermill Gala to a Puppet Show Operated by a Crane
Each week, we search for the most exciting and thought-provoking shows, screenings, and events, both digitally and in-person in the…
Outraged by strike on Odesa, Ukraine still prepares to resume grain exports
A general view shows a fire engine at a scene of a burning building after a shelling, as Russia’s invasion…
European Central Bank action faces stiff early test as the economy teeters on the brink of recession
President of the European Central Bank (ECB) Christine Lagarde speaks during a news conference following the ECB’s monetary policy meeting,…
European Central Bank surprises markets with larger-than-expected rate hike, its first in 11 years
The European Central Bank is increasing interest rates for the first time in 11 years. But in Italy, political turmoil…
What I Buy and Why: Collector Melissa Neumann on Finding Her Spirituality in Art, and the Urgency of Supporting Living Artists
For Melissa Neumann, collecting is in her blood. Her grandfather Morton G. Neumann began buying art in the 1950s, traveling…
‘It’s Important to Leave Something for the People of Venice’: Why Artist Bosco Sodi Is Letting Locals Take His Biennale Art Home
When the Venice Biennale closes in November, artworks from hundreds of artists will be packed up and shipped back to…
Europe’s fear gauge just hit its highest level since May 2020
Italian borrowing costs are surging at a time when consumers are turning more worried about the cost of living crisis.…
From a Maserati Joyride to a Crashing Scooter, Tourists Have Been Wreaking Havoc on Rome’s Iconic Spanish Steps
One of Rome’s most beloved landmarks, the Spanish Steps, has had a rough couple of weeks. Last month, a 37-year-old…
‘It Was Just Flabbergasting’: A $321,000 Renaissance Masterwork Was Discovered Hanging (Off-Kilter) Above Nonagenarian’s Bed
A major lost painting by a follower of the Italian Renaissance painter Filippino Lippi hidden in plain sight in a…
Editors’ Picks: 14 Events for Your Art Calendar This Week, From a Moleskine Art Show to a Cocktail for the Women of Surrealism
Each week, we search for the most exciting and thought-provoking shows, screenings, and events, both digitally and in-person in the…
The Art Collective Behind the Improvised Kazakhstan Pavilion at the Venice Biennale Has a Simple Message: ‘Everyone Is an Artist’
Orta, the art collective representing Kazakhstan at the country’s first Venice Biennale pavilion, spent four years making the large sculptural installation…
‘The Pain Is Part of the Process’: Why Two Artists Are Pushing Body Modification to the Extreme
Many people aren’t sure what to make of Tiamat Legion Medusa, the self-described most body-modified transexual in the world, who has…
Finland Seized $46 Million Worth of Art, Including a Titian and a Picasso, Enforcing E.U. Sanctions Against Russia
Finnish customs officials have impounded artworks valued by insurance at over €42 million ($46 million), preventing them from returning to…