The brand leader for Yuga Labs, creators of the hugely popular Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT (non-fungible tokens) and, since March 2022, owners of one of the widely collected Larva …
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The resurrection of Mary Magdalene? Two new books examine the elusive biblical figure
According to the canonical New Testament gospels, Mary Magdalene was a disciple of Jesus who supported his ministry on her own, witnessed his crucifixion and the first witness to his …
American artist Arthur Jafa plans to unveil a permanent piece at the private Glenstone Museum in the Potomac, Maryland suburb of Washington, DC. Emily Wei Rales, co-founder, chief curator and …
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has published a report depicting the lure of the art and antiques market for organized criminals, weeks before a major criminal network was exposed …
Amid scandal, Florida Department of Education says Michelangelo’s David has ‘artistic and historical value’
The fallout from a Florida charter school’s decision to oust his principal for giving a lesson on Michelangelo David (1501-04) – deemed “pornographic” by a relative – continues to spread. …
Miami Officials Vote to Continue Building Luxury Skyscrapers After Native American Site Discovered
Miami officials voted this week to allow work to continue on new luxury high-rise buildings being developed by one of the city’s billionaire art collectors, even after ancient Indigenous artifacts …
In May of last year, New York State became the first US jurisdiction to introduce legislation make museums label Nazi-looted art in their galleries. The main goal of the state …
Dominique-Charles Janssens inspects Van Gogh Garden in Auvers (June 1890) in a bank vault Credit: Van Gogh Institute, Auvers For more than thirty years, Dominique Janssens has been fighting to …
Podcast | Oscillation of the art market: what happens if the banks go bankrupt? Plus, hip hop in Baltimore and Juan de Pareja at the Met
From breaking news and insider information to exhibitions and events around the world, The Art Newspaper team curates the big stories from the art world with the help of special …
Italy plans to open a mafia museum at several sites chronicling “the stories and sacrifices” of the country’s fight against organized crime, organizers say. The first site in Palermo, a …