The University of Brighton has announced it is closing the Brighton Center for Contemporary Art (BCCA), saying it faces “very significant challenges” in terms of income and expenditure, including “the …
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A delightful portrait of a small dog made a royal display this morning at Sotheby’s, where it sold for $279,400 including fees, almost 56 times its high estimate of $5,000. …
Russian restorers and art historians are alarmed at the transfer of an “unstable” icon to the Russian Orthodox Church
A transcript emerged this week detailing objections from State Tretyakov Gallery restorers to Andrei Rublev’s 15th-century transfer Trinity icon of the Russian Orthodox Church. They cite the “complex and unstable …
On June 2, the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam celebrates its 50th anniversary, marking its opening in 1973. With a magnificent collection donated by the grandson of Vincent’s brother, Theo, …
Artist Jesse Krimes leads a new nonprofit to help formerly incarcerated artists find creative careers
In 2017, Agnes Gund sold Roy Lichtenstein’s highly prized Masterpiece (1962) painting to launch the Art for Justice Fund, a temporary grant supporting artists working to reform the criminal justice …
A gold stater has sold for over £4.8million, setting a record for the most expensive ancient coin sold at auction. The ancient Greek coin was sold at a Numismatica Ars …
When tourist Fiona Foskett saw what looked like modern shoes in a centuries-old painting during a recent visit to London’s National Gallery, she laughed it off. Portrait of Frederick Sluyskenby …
Italy has announced a plan to raise the price of museum tickets by €1 to generate funds to save cultural heritage damaged during floods in Emilia-Romagna. The proposal has drawn …
Uber curator Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev retires from the Castello di Rivoli + Other Stories
Art Industry News is a daily summary of the most important developments in the art world and the art market. Here’s what you need to know this Friday, May 26. …
Artist Julius von Bismarck engages with his chancellor ancestor at the newly reopened Berlinische Galerie
Sporting a long bushy beard, Julius von Bismarck says there is “no way to avoid dealing with the name”. He means his own and that of Otto von Bismarck, first …