Archaeology & History Swiss Archaeologists Find Roman Ruins at Proposed Residential Development The site is set to be excavated until mid-2025. By Richard Whiddington, May 11, 2024
Pop Culture Art Behind the Meme: Courbet’s Unhinged Self-Portrait The hair-wringing portrait has had its fair share of Internet fame. By Vittoria Benzine, May 11, 2024
Art & Exhibitions Sketches by Rubens, Van Dyck, and Other Great Flemish Masters Get a Rare Showing More than 100 drawings have been brought together for “Bruegel to Rubens” at the Ashmolean Museum. By Vittoria Benzine, May 11, 2024
Art World Art Bites: Salvador DalĂ’s Nuclear Mysticism Phase The theory was a reaction to the devastation wrought on Japan during World War II. By Verity Babbs, May 11, 2024
Reviews ‘A Plaything for Rich People and Fancy Museums’? Reevaluating Impressionism at 150 A number of exhibitions find new ways to look at this much-studied movement. By Devorah Lauter, May 11, 2024
Archaeology & History The Hunt: Where in the World Did Nefertiti Go? One archaeologist promises that her remains will be definitively identified this year. By Vittoria Benzine, May 11, 2024
Art World Never Mind the Great Rap Feud—Here Are 4 Scathing Art-World Beefs Sorry, no diss tracks included, but these disputes still bring the venom. By Brian Boucher, May 10, 2024
Art & Exhibitions An Overlooked Neoclassical Superstar Embarks on an International Tour The first monographic show on Guillaume Lethière will open at the Clark Art Institute, before traveling to the Louvre. By Brian Boucher, May 10, 2024
Artnet Auctions The Expert Edit: Artnet’s Specialists Select Their Top Picks from the Post-War and Contemporary Sale, Live Now Our specialists unveil personal highlights from our leading Post-War and Contemporary Art auction of the season, live now for bidding. By Artnet Auctions, May 10, 2024
Art World Christie’s Website Hacked Ahead of Marquee Sales It was not yet clear if any sensitive information had been accessed. By Adam Schrader, May 10, 2024
Art World Henry Darger’s Chicago Home Is On the Market for $2.6 Million The Outsider artist lived there for 40 years while creating his mountainous body of work. By Artnet News, May 10, 2024
Art World Andrew Bolton on Breathing New Life into the Met’s Most Fragile Garments The curator explores nature and the cycle of life in the profound “Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion” which recently opened at the Met. By William Van Meter, May 10, 2024
Artists Arlene Shechet Is Going Big With Her New Work. Don’t Try to Stop Her Her monumental outdoor sculptures are now on view at Storm King in New York's Hudson Valley. By Katie White, May 10, 2024
Up Next Felix Beaudry’s Knitted Grotesqueries and Disembodied Heads The textile artist's distinctive creatures are infiltrating the art world—one gargantuan at a time. By William Van Meter, May 10, 2024
Archaeology & History Archaeologists Discover a Mysterious Hidden Structure Near the Giza Pyramids The L-shaped anomaly could be the entrance to an unknown tomb. By Holly Black, May 10, 2024