A New Documentary on Nellie Mae Rowe Explores the Life and Times of the Self-Taught Artist Who Made Art Against All Odds
How do you make a documentary film about an artist when their most important work of art is no more?…
The Discovery of Captain Cook’s Lost Ship Enthralled the World. Now, a Scientist Says Aquatic Termites Could Destroy It
A British expert in wood-eating marine invertebrates says that the recently identified remains of the HMS Endeavour—the famed British Royal Navy…
Florida Man Faces 20 Years in Prison for Allegedly Selling Cheap Prints as Multimillion-Dollar Artworks by Basquiat and Other Stars
The art dealer Daniel Elie Bouaziz has been indicted by the Southern District of Florida U.S. Attorney’s Office on charges…
Here Are the Top 10 Most Expensive NFTs Sold to Date, From Beeple’s Record-Setter to Edward Snowden’s Court Transcription
Cryptocurrency may be in a tailspin that’s leaving some NFT collectors fearful of the longterm prospects for their new investments.…
A Former OpenSea Employee Has Been Indicted in the First-Ever Case of NFT Insider Trading
The U.S. Department of Justice has charged a 31-year-old former product manager at the NFT marketplace OpenSea with wire fraud…
U.S. Authorities Seized More Than $1 Million in Looted Asian Antiquities From Yale University
Homeland Security agents impounded more than a dozen looted Asian antiquities, valued at $1.29 million total, from Yale University in…
Julian Assange and Crypto Artist Pak Have Raised $54 Million for the WikiLeaks Founder’s Defense Fund With a Major NFT Auction
Imprisoned Wikileaks founder Julian Assange and anonymous crypto artist Pak have raised over $54 million with their NFT collection “Censored.”…
South Africa Has Halted an ‘Unfathomable’ Auction of Nelson Mandela’s Personal Belongings in New York
Guernsey’s auction house in New York has called off an auction of Nelson Mandela’s possessions. The South African government objected…
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…
Gal Gadot and Ryan Reynolds Will Face Off as Dueling Art Thieves in the New Heist Flick ‘Red Notice’—Watch the Trailer Here
A blockbuster art heist is set to hit the big screen in Red Notice, a new action film starring Dwayne…
A Cryptocurrency Collective Has Been Revealed as the $4 Million Buyer of Martin Shkreli’s Collectible Wu-Tang Clan Album
After disgraced pharmaceutical executive Martin Shkreli was convicted of securities fraud in 2017, he was forced to relinquish his assets, including a…
The FBI Has Busted Once-Rising Artist Christian Rosa for Selling Forged Paintings Purportedly by His Former Mentor Raymond Pettibon
An artist who was on the fast track to fame before his career fizzled out has been indicted for allegedly…
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…
Increased incarceration of First Nations women is interwoven with the experience of violence and trauma
There is a national incarceration crisis impacting First Nations women in Australia. First Nations women are the fastest-growing prison population,…
The U.S. Government Just Sold the One-of-a-Kind Wu-Tang Album It Seized From Martin Shkreli
The Wu-Tang Clan’s one-of-a-kind record Once Upon a Time in Shaolin has a new owner. The United States Department of Justice has…
Excessive strip-searching shines light on discrimination of Aboriginal women in the criminal justice system
In January, an unnamed incarcerated Aboriginal woman on remand at the Alexander Maconochie Centre in the ACT was the victim…