‘No One Should Have the Power to Kill Us All’: Artist Pedro Reyes Is Mounting a Global Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
Visiting Frieze New York can feel like an escape from the dark realities of life in 2022—but artist Pedro Reyes…
Ernie Barnes Stole the Show at Christie’s With His $15.3 Million Painting. Here Are 3 Things You Might Not Know About ‘The Sugar Shack’
The unexpected star lot of last week’s Christie’s 20th century auction was The Sugar Shack, the most famous painting by Ernie…
Will the Art World Ever Embrace ‘Alien’ Artist H.R. Giger? A Gallery Showing His Sci-Fi Sculptures and Prints at the Independent Fair Hopes So
The aliens have landed at the Independent fair in New York—or at least, the work of science fiction legend H.R. Giger…
Don’t Miss These 7 Show-Stopping Works at TEFAF New York, From an Eight-Figure Marc Chagall to a Lusty Anh Duong Painting
The oysters came out in full force to mark the opening of TEFAF New York, the fair’s fifth event in…
Israeli Bombings Are an ‘Existential Threat’ to an Ancient Archaeological Site on the Gaza Strip, Forensic Architecture Finds in a New Investigation
Israeli bombings threaten to destroy an ancient Palestinian archaeological site in the Gaza strip, according to a new report by Forensic…
A Rare $10 Gold Coin Designed by Augustus Saint-Gaudens at Teddy Roosevelt’s Insistence Fetches $1.1 Million at Auction
A rare $10 gold coin designed by sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens in 1907 was auctioned off for $1.14 million at Stack’s…
Artist Michelle Stuart on Why Her Decades-Long Interventions Into the Earth Are More Relevant Than Ever
If you enter Michelle Stuart’s current New York solo show, “The Imprints of Time, 1969–2021,” expecting to see Land Art,…
Street Artist JR Enlisted 100 Local Volunteers to Unfurl a Massive Photograph of a Five-Year-Old Refugee in Ukraine
The French street artist JR traveled to Ukraine last week and enlisted local residents in a monumental public art action featuring…
How Tech Experts in the West Are Rushing to Save the Digital Archives of Ukraine’s Museums
As the Russian military continues its invasion, Ukrainian arts organizations are striving to protect the nation’s cultural heritage—including the websites…
Giant Sloths, Ancient Elephants, and Ungulates: Prehistoric Rock Art in the Amazon May Depict Extinct Ice Age Animals, a New Study Says
A masterpiece of prehistoric rock art from the Amazon, hailed by some as “the Sistine Chapel of the ancients,” may…
Avoid Fake Donation Sites Amid the Russia-Ukraine War
Times of tragedy often bring out acts of charity. But unfortunately, they also bring out scammers hell-bent on exploiting the…
Russian Sanctions and Global Economic Risk
The sanctions on Russia’s financial system were used to deter Putin from further escalation in the war, but what are…
‘Everything We Say Can Be Used Against Us’: Russian Art Workers Weigh the Risks of Speaking Out Against the War in Ukraine
An open letter demanding the end of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has attracted the signatures of over 13,000 Russian art…
Hiding Art in Basements, Returning Loans, Reopening as Bomb Shelters: How Ukraine’s Museums Are Handling the Russian Invasion
As Ukraine defends itself against invading Russian forces, the nation’s museums find themselves in a dire situation, charged with protecting…
The Organizers of Ukraine’s Venice Biennale Pavilion Say They May Not Be Able to Stage the Event ‘Due to the Danger to Our Lives’
Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the curators of the Ukrainian pavilion at the upcoming Venice Biennale have temporarily suspended preparations…
We Broke Down the 2022 Oscar Nominees Where Art Plays a Role. Here’s What We Found
This year’s Oscar nominees are light on films related to the visual arts, with perhaps the strongest tie to the…
Art Speigelman Denounces Tennessee School District’s Ban of His Graphic Novel ‘Maus’: ‘It Has a Breath of Autocracy and Fascism’
A Tennessee school board has voted to ban Art Spiegelman’s landmark graphic novel Maus due to profanity and nudity. The book tells the…
Google Doodle Honors Avant-Garde Artist Katarzyna Kobro, Whose Revolutionary Abstract Sculptures Were Destroyed by Nazis
Today’s Google Doodle honors Katarzyna Kobro, an avant-garde Polish sculptor and art theorist who was part of the Constructivist art movement in the early 20th…