A German government advisory committee has decided that a painting by Wassily Kandinsky should be returned to the heirs of the Jewish family who owned it before it was auctioned …
Interior Design
Manuel Segade, the new director of Reina Sofía, wants to reinvent the Madrid institution into a “Kinder” museum, Softer
The Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia in Madrid has appointed Manuel Segade as its new director. The 46-year-old art historian and curator has been running the Museo Centro …
A judge has ruled against an artist who claimed Maurizio Cattelan copied his taped banana, ruling the two works were apples and oranges
A federal judge has ruled against a Miami artist who claims Maurizio Cattelan stole his idea of making banana art out of duct tape. When Perrotin sold The sculpture of …
UK’s Glastonbury Festival will kick off an extensive arts program with DJs, mushrooms and a Turner Prize-winning artist
The power of mushrooms will be explored at this year’s Glastonbury Festival, but not in the way usually associated with England’s historic music event. In the six weeks leading up …
In a post-crypto-crash Art Basel, tech-enabled art strives to blend in and look like…paint?
Where has all the crypto-art gone? After the big busts of 2022, apparently everyone is buying and selling at great-chic swiss fair Art Basel closed their digital wallets. The NFT-based …
In a first, archaeologists in the UK have used 3D scans to study a mysterious Roman burial practice
For the first time, archaeologists from York University in England have used 3D scanning to study a little-known burial practice from the ancient Romans, revealing details of the burial of …
Sotheby’s will offer a rare portrait of Klimt in London with a staggering estimate of $80 million, which could set a European record
Just weeks after a Gustav Klimt seascape landed in Sotheby’s top impressionist lots of the spring season, the auction house has unveiled another rare portrait of Klimt—and it has the …
At Art Basel, Asian collectors are back in force, while galleries put Asian artists in the spotlight
This year’s Art Basel is the first for Japanese collector Kankuro Ueshima. But he already has a very clear objective: the 44-year-old entrepreneur and investor is determined to buy a …
This painting by Adriaen van Ostade, once coveted by Hitler, has found a new home at MFA Boston
One looted by the Nazis Adrian van Ostade the painting once intended for the Führermuseum of Adolf Hitler will now settle in the Museum of Fine Arts, Bostonthanks to an …
The Brooklyn Museum makes its latest contract offer to union employees – and they’re not happy about it
Almost two years since the workers of the Brooklyn Museum voted to unionize and began to negotiate a new contract, management made its “final offer”. Employees say it’s not good. …