Beijing’s X Museum Is Moving to a New Location Following ‘Intense’ Pandemic Restrictions

Museums

Beijing’s X Museum Is Moving to a New Location Following ‘Intense’ Pandemic Restrictions

The new and larger space will open in the spring.

By Eileen Kinsella, Feb 9, 2023

Archaeology

Archaeologists in Portugal Have Discovered the Remains of a Favorite Neanderthal Feast: Roasted Crab

Archaeologists found the remains of the delicious ancient feast at Portugal's Figueira Brava cave.

By Sarah Cascone, Feb 9, 2023

People

‘An Addiction I Could Never Shake’: Street Art Pioneer Risk on How He Brought Graffiti From the Street to the Gallery

The artist will receive a Lifetime Artistic Achievement Award at Art Wynwood.

By Min Chen, Feb 9, 2023

Art World

Art Industry News: The Girl in Vermeer’s Most Famous Work Isn’t Actually Wearing a Pearl Earring, Curator Alleges + Other Stories

Plus, the Met acquires its first painting on stone, and A.I. is tagging photos of women very differently than those of men.

By Artnet News, Feb 9, 2023

Law

The Pentagon Has Reversed a Trump-Era Ban on the Release of Art Made by Guantánamo Bay Detainees

Under the new policy, outgoing prisoners are allowed to take “a practicable quantity of their art” with them.

By Taylor Dafoe, Feb 9, 2023

Museums

‘A Balance Between Wonder and Humility’: 25 Leading Architects Imagine How Future Museums Will Look in a Post-Starchitecture World

Read an excerpt from the new book 'Imagining the Future Museum: 21 Dialogues With Architects.'

By András Szántó, Feb 9, 2023

Law

Hermès Wins Its Lawsuit Against the Digital Artist Who Made ‘MetaBirkins,’ Setting a Precedent for NFT Copyright Cases

Mason Rothschild’s attorney called it a 'terrible day for artists.'

By Eileen Kinsella, Feb 8, 2023

People

Rising Photographer Dannielle Bowman Wants to Make Images That Function Like Memories

Known for images that are both intimate and universal, the artist is extending her knack for narrative to filmmaking and a special commission for Cadillac.

By William Van Meter & Cadillac, Feb 8, 2023

Pop Culture

‘The Bachelor’ Sent a Couple on a Romantic Sleepover at a Natural History Museum, Where They Had a Candlelit Dinner Under Dinosaur Bones

Afterwards, they ran through the galleries in matching pajamas.

By Sarah Cascone, Feb 8, 2023

Art World

Miami Developer Craig Robins’s Lakefront Mansion—Complete with a Zaha Hadid-Designed Bathroom—Has Hit the Market for $45 Million

Robins and his wife Jackie Soffer were friends with the late architect.

By Lee Carter, Feb 8, 2023

Art World

Aboriginal Artist Archie Moore, Whose Works Speak to the First Nations Experience, Will Represent Australia at the 60th Venice Biennale

He will be the second First Nations artist to represent the country at the international event.

By Taylor Dafoe, Feb 8, 2023

Art World

Art Industry News: Peter Doig Tips His Hat to Harry Styles’s Technicolor Grammys Jumpsuit + Other Stories

Plus, Art Dubai will donate half of ticket sales to support earthquake victims in Turkey and Syria and Cooper Union has reinstated a controversial art show.

By Artnet News, Feb 8, 2023

Shows & Exhibitions

‘It’s Now or Never’: The Rijksmuseum’s Hotly Anticipated Blockbuster Vermeer Show Is Finally Here—and It’s Unmissable

More than 200,000 tickets have already been sold ahead of the show's opening on Friday.

By Vivienne Chow, Feb 8, 2023

Museums

‘Cooperation Leads to Co-Creation’: The Director of Shanghai’s Power Station of Art on Building the Museum’s Global Connections

The museum, home to the Shanghai Biennial, has emerged as a key player in the city's art scene over the past decade.

By Qilan Shen, Feb 8, 2023

Archaeology

An Amateur Metal Detectorist in the U.K. Has Struck History-Lover’s Gold: A 16th-Century Pendant With Links to King Henry VIII

It is the most significant Tudor find in 25 years.

By Min Chen, Feb 8, 2023