The 57 densely handwritten pages of a small booklet, on display one precious sheet at a time in the Music Room of the Herschel Museum of Astronomy in Bath, cost …
Arts
The baby boomer wealth transfer is upon us, but how long will the demand for their post-war taste last?
The so-called ‘great wealth transfer’ of the baby boomer generation is increasingly visible in the art market, but will there always be demand to match their taste? -war ? According …
An immersive installation that manipulates the dawn chorus of songbirds with artificial intelligence (AI) turns into an uncomfortable finale. It’s not a dawn that birdwatchers would recognize, but one conceived …
Sculpture of whistleblowers Julian Assange, Chelsea Manning and Edward Snowden appears in UK Parliament Square
A sculpture depicting whistleblowers Julian Assange, Chelsea Manning and Edward Snowden stood outside Parliament in London over the weekend. The protest coin (Something to say ?), by Italian artist Davide …
Monster Chetwynd unveils controls in the London Underground and Scotland’s Isle of Bute
“I’m a very inquisitive person, and I’m particularly drawn to information that needs to be rehabilitated or celebrated,” says Monster Chetwynd, who this summer unveils two kindly anarchic commissions in …
An artist can very well hang his most personal paintings in his bedroom and the most important above his bed. Bedroom images were particularly important to Van Gogh, as he …
Germany has returned two indigenous masks sacred to Colombia after they had been kept in Berlin museum collections for more than 100 years, although questions remain about the safety of …
An exhibit about the beginnings of the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA), founded in 1962 as the first and only fine arts college for Native Americans, opens this week …
The Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia is facing backlash for agreeing to rent one of its event spaces to the far-right group Moms For Liberty on June 29, …
Estate of Douglas Latchford hands over $12 million to settle US trafficking case
The Late Antiques Dealer’s Daughter Douglas Latchford agreed to pay $12 million and hand over a 7th century Vietnamese sculpture from his father’s estate to settle a civil case that …