A Once-in-a-Lifetime Loan Brings Zen Buddhist Masterpieces to the U.S.
A pair of Japanese national treasures that are considered among the world’s most important Zen Buddhist masterpieces are heading to…
Philadelphia Has Finally Chosen a Design for Its Harriet Tubman Memorial, One That ‘Evokes Her Power’ | Artnet News
Philadelphia has put public art controversy in its rearview mirror, and is moving forward with its plans for a Harriet…
Stuart Semple Unleashes His Final Superblack Paint in His Long-Running Art Supply Battle With Anish Kapoor | Artnet News
Since 2016, British artist Stuart Semple has been dedicated to providing artists everywhere with the blackest of black paints—all artists,…
Friends and Family Remember Artist Ida Applebroog, Whose Wry, Feminist-Tinged Work Defied Categorization | Artnet News
The artist Ida Applebroog, known for paintings, sculptures, and video works that addressed issues of politics, violence, and gender with…
‘It’s a Bittersweet Situation’: Collector Christian Levett Opens Up About Rededicating His Museum to Women’s Art | Artnet News
The National Museum of Women in the Arts, the world’s first and only museum dedicated exclusively to women artists, recently…
Inside the 2023 IFPDA Print Fair in New York, Where Old Master Etchings Meet Contemporary Works | Artnet News
Yesterday marked the opening of the 30th edition of the International Fine Print Dealers Association (IFPDA) Print Fair, which since…
A New Documentary Celebrates the Colorful Life of Mr. Chow, Charting His Journey From Struggling Painter to Celebrity Restaurateur | Artnet News
When 12-year-old Michael Chow left China for boarding school in London in 1952, he had no way of knowing of…
A Painting That Hung for Generations in a Family’s Living Room in Spain Has Been Identified as a Van Dyck Masterpiece | Artnet News
For generations, a family in Jaén, Spain, didn’t think much about the large religious painting hanging prominently in their living…
400 Years Ago a Prudish Aristocrat Censored This Artemisia Gentileschi Nude. Using Tech, an Italian Museum Has Revealed the Stunning Original Work | Artnet News
More than 400 years ago, Italian Baroque artist Artemisia Gentileschi painted her first commission in Florence, adorning the ceiling of…
A Frick Curator Has Just Identified Rosalba Carriera as the Artist Behind an Unknown Portrait Languishing in Storage For Decades | Artnet News
For 35 years, a delicate pastel portrait languished in storage at Tatton Park, a historic estate in Knutsford, Cheshire, in…
Artist Lucy Sparrow Is Back in New York With a Pop-Up Bagel Shop Made Entirely of Felt—and She’s Sewing Sandwiches to Order | Artnet News
For her third New York solo show, British artist Lucy Sparrow wanted to do something special. So, to follow up…
The Met Museum Will Expand Its Popular Costume Institute, Transforming Its Great Hall Gift Shop Into a New Gallery Space | Artnet News
New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art just announced plans to transform its centrally located gift shop into a new gallery…
After Its Team-Up With Pokémon, Scalpers Swarm the Van Gogh Museum to Snap Up Merch and ‘Pick the Gift Shop Clean’ | Artnet News
It seemed like an unlikely collaboration: Vincent van Gogh, the Dutch Post-Impressionist artist whose mental health struggles infamously led to…
JTT, the New York Gallery Known for Minting Star Artists, Is Closing After More Than a Decade | Artnet News
In a surprise move, Tribeca’s JTT gallery, known for discovering up-and-coming artists, will close at the end of next week…