In one of the first court cases in the United States to test the application of blockchain technology to artists’ rights, a New York court has dismissed a lawsuit over …
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In memory of Richard Verdi, art historian and longtime director of the Barber Institute, who died at the age of 81
In the week before Richard Verdi’s death, an advance copy of his latest publication…Velazquez (Thames & Hudson, 2023) – was delivered to his bedside. In life he was incapable of …
Closed since the start of the pandemic, a museum reopens with a dramatic gesture: an exhibition without art
Last month, nearly three years after it closed due to Covid-19, the Elizabeth Myers Mitchell Art Museum at St. John’s College in Annapolis, Maryland, reopened. Its return and renaming (from …
The film Insidewhich hit US cinemas last month, is a cuddly art story – a tale built around a crime gone wrong. Here, American actor Willem Dafoe plays an art-for-hire …
US President Biden designates two new national monuments in the American Southwest
The United States has designated two new national monuments in the American Southwest, President Joseph Biden announced designations this week that will provide additional protections to areas in Nevada and …
Ads for Inside, the first feature film by Vasilis Katsoupis, presents the film as a “psychological thriller”. When I saw it, the biggest thrill came in the final credits, where …
Mysterious Jackson Pollock painting discovered in art smuggling raid in Bulgaria, officials say
A previously unknown painting by an abstract expressionist painter Jackson Pollock was seized in an organized crime raid in Sofia, Bulgaria, officials said this week. The painting dates from 1949 …
In Palm Springs, California, where Desert Modern architecture was born and developed, the must-see is a trophy home designed by one of the masters of the movement. Within this magic …
Marina Loshak steps down as director of Moscow’s Pushkin Museum in latest high-profile Russian departure
In the latest departure from a top museum in Russia, Marina Loshak resigned from her position as director of the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts in Moscow. She was …
The Iraqi-born, Abu Dhabi-based artist Rand Abdul Jabbar was named the winner of the second Richard Mille Art Prize. She received the $60,000 prize in a lavish ceremony at the …