Wes Anderson Is Adapting a Roald Dahl Book About Buried Treasure That Ended Up in the British Museum for Netflix
Filmmaker Wes Anderson has directed movies where famous paintings played a major role. Now, it appears he’s planning one about…
Before the Smoke Cleared From the Capitol Riots, Curators Were Out Looking for Artifacts. What Should They Do With Them Now?
A year ago, before the smoke had fully cleared after a group of insurrectionists stormed the Capitol building, curators and…
The Most Important Archaeological Discoveries of 2021, From Unknown Dead Sea Scrolls to Middle Eastern Cattle Cults
Every year, we delve back through our coverage to find the most fascinating archaeological discoveries of the year, whether by…
Brice Marden, Richard Serra, and Other Artists Mounted a Private Campaign to Push the Met to Remove the Sackler Name
Last week, New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art removed the Sackler family name from seven spaces throughout the institution, marking one of the…
In a Landmark Move, the Metropolitan Museum of Art Has Removed the Sackler Name From Its Walls
The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York has dropped the Sackler name from its building. The move is perhaps the museum…
Looking to See Some Art Beyond a Fair Booth? Here Are 16 Museum and Gallery Shows to Visit During Art Basel Miami Beach 2021
During Miami Art Week (November 29–December 5), there will be plenty more to see beyond the Miami Beach Convention Center,…
In Pictures: Artist Kenzo Digital’s New, Multilevel Installation Atop a New York City Skyscraper Has to Be Seen to Be Believed
Brooklyn artist Kenzo Digital has transformed the heart of Midtown Manhattan into infinite artwork in the sky in Air, his new,…
The Largest Documentary Film Festival in the U.S. Is Kicking Off in New York. Here Are 7 Films About Art to Check Out at Doc NYC
Today marks the start of Doc NYC, the nation’s largest documentary film festival, and quite a few of the selections…
Justin Bieber’s Lawyers Tried to Shut Down a Gallery Show by an Artist Impersonating the Pop Star to Sell $100,000 Paintings
When a press release went out from one “Harry Gablowsian,” hundreds of pop fans RSVP’d for the new gallery’s opening…
‘Their Cuteness Allows Them to Speak Truth to Power’: A Museum Show in New York Highlights the Surprising Cultural Influence of Puppets
A celebration of puppets has come to the Museum of the City of New York, where A-listers such as Oscar…
After Six Decades, Judy Chicago Is Finally Getting Her First Retrospective (and ‘The Dinner Party’ Isn’t in It)
`If there’s one takeaway from Judy Chicago’s first-ever retrospective, currently on view at the de Young Museum in San Francisco,…
How a Group of Midwestern Museum Docents Wound Up at the Center of a Right-Wing Media Firestorm
Docents, the kindly volunteers who give museum tours to school children, may not seem like a group prone to setting…
‘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.…
You Can Get Your Tarot Cards Read by an Art Witch Channeling the Ghost of Hilma af Klint at the Armory Show
Visitors to New York’s Armory Show, which opened to VIPs today, can catch a glimpse of what the future may…
One of Uruguay’s Most Prominent Artists Is Funding and Building the Country’s First Contemporary Art Museum
Pablo Atchugarry, one of Uruguay’s leading contemporary artists, is planning to open the nation’s first contemporary art museum in the resort…
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…
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…
Judith Scott Defied Stereotypes About Down Syndrome and Became a Famous Sculptor. A Poignant New Children’s Book Tells Her Story
When Joyce Scott was seven years old, her parents sent her twin sister Judith Scott, who had Down Syndrome, to…