The New Documentary ‘Copyright Infringement’ Unpacks the Art and Action Behind Artist Cj Hendry’s Beloved Scavenger Hunt
What would you do to get your hands on a free, limited-edition Cj Hendry t-shirt? If you are one of…
After Five Years of Renovations—and Months of Labor Negotiations With Staff—New York’s Hispanic Society Finally Reopens
For over five-and-a-half years, the galleries at New York’s Hispanic Society Museum and Library have been closed for renovations, its…
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…
Organizers of an Unauthorized Banksy Show Will Issue Refunds After Visitors Complain There Aren’t Enough Real Banksys in It
An unauthorized Banksy exhibition in Seoul has come under fire from visitors disappointed that the vast majority of the works…
Titian’s ‘Poesie’ Paintings Transformed Western Art. One U.S. Museum Is Showing Them All Together—and It Will Never Happen Again
On paper, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum’s show of seven paintings by the Italian Renaissance great Titian might sound a modest…
In a Quest to Quash Overcrowding, Venice Is Set to Become the First City in the World to Charge Day-Trippers an Entry Fee
Tourists looking to make a day trip to La Serenissima will soon be hit with a new tax. Lawmakers have…
Sick of Immersive Van Gogh Already? Three Separate Companies Are Launching Competing Immersive Monet Experiences
Get ready for the Claude Monet experience. Or rather, the Claude Monet experiences. Not one, not two, but three separate…
Two Paintings by Ireland’s Foremost Impressionist, Found Buried in an Ohio Storage Unit, Could Fetch $60,000 at Auction
An Ohio family got more than they bargained for when they consigned their parents’ estate to auction. In the back…
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…
Scientists Have Conducted Tests That Reveal Stonehenge Is Made From a Nearly Indestructible Ancient Material
A long lost piece of England’s Stonehenge monument is helping experts understand the mysterious prehistoric structure. Analysis of a core…
A brief history of asylum seekers at the Olympics — and why they are sometimes misunderstood
The Belarusian sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya left Tokyo this week after her Olympics were over, bound not for her home country,…
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…
Radicalism mixed with openness: how Desmond Tutu used his gifts to help end Apartheid
This piece is part of a new series in collaboration with the ABC’s Saturday Extra program. Each week, the show…
A Look at the Artists and Artworks Behind the Extravagant Opening Ceremony of Tokyo’s Olympic Games
As Japanese tennis star Naomi Osaka carried the Olympic torch up the stairs during the opening ceremonies of the 2020…