After his Maastricht edition drew more than 50,000 visitors and members of approximately 250 museums in March, Tefaf New York (May 11-16) returns to the Park Avenue Armory to kick …
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Komal Shah, a former engineer and executive of technology companies such as Oracle and Netscape, is now one of California’s most influential collectors. She sits on the board of directors …
A sculpture marking the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre in Beijing has been seized by Hong Kong police. Artist Jens Galschiot pillar of shame (1997) depicting a mass of deformed bodies, …
The Nevada Museum of Art is taking action to reduce its carbon footprint and energy costs
On September 1, 2022, the temperature in Reno, Nevada’s capital, reached 99°F, about 10°F above the historical average for that day of the year; it would ultimately be the hottest …
“I think Gwen John has been pushed to the peripheries because of how she’s been understood,” says Alicia Foster, the curator of Gwen John: Art and life in London and …
If the name of Claude Gillot (1673-1722) is known to everyone outside specialized circles, it is as the teacher of a much more famous artist, Antoine Watteau. Even in the …
“There is a certain way of displaying human remains that we take into account, I think,” says Dawn Kemp, director of museums and archives atthe Royal College of Surgeons of …
Brian Donnelly, better known as KAWS, was awarded $900,000 in damages this week by a New York court after the artist filed a lawsuit in 2021 accusing a man in …
On May 3, Nathanial Chastain, former product manager of the largest NFT (non-fungible token) marketplace, OpenSeawas found guilty of breaching confidentiality procedures in order to sell NFTs with inflated profits, …
Poses with wolves – guests team up with Game of Thrones canine stars at National Gallery launch
Saint Francis of Assisi is, of course, the patron saint of animals (the holy man even quieted a flock of noisy birds disrupting a religious ceremony according to one speculative …