Art World Art Bites: How a $20-Million Art Sale Was Won in a Game of Rock Paper Scissors A Japanese firm used this unorthodox gamble to decide which auction house would sell off its art collection. By Richard Whiddington, May 7, 2024
People ‘The Track Record Is Disastrous’: Musician Nick Cave on His Cautious Return to Art The lead singer of the Bad Seeds reflects on art, music, and morals in the wake of unveiling his first solo exhibition. By Kate Brown, May 7, 2024
Pop Culture ‘Andy, It’s Me’: 10 More Songs Inspired by Artists That You Need to Know Artists from Hokusai to Kahlo have inspired composers from Debussy to Jay Z. By Brian Boucher, May 7, 2024
Pop Culture The ‘Lempicka’ Musical Ends Its Broadway Run a Month After Opening "Few knew better than Tamara de Lempicka that art isn’t easy but always worth the effort,” said the show's producers. By Adam Schrader, May 6, 2024
Art World A Stretch of Fifth Avenue Is Blooming, Courtesy of Artist Alexandre Benjamin Navet For its month-long flowers and floral art outdoor installation series, Van Cleef & Arpels has tapped French artist Alexandre Benjamin Navet. By Artnet News, May 6, 2024
Museums & Institutions Dozens Arrested After Pro-Palestine Protest at the Art Institute of Chicago 68 protesters were arrested after setting up an encampment on the museum's North Garden. By Adam Schrader, May 6, 2024
Archaeology & History 250-Year-Old Bottles of Cherry Liqueur Unearthed at George Washington’s Home The vessels and liquid remain intact, with scents of cherry blossom. By Verity Babbs, May 6, 2024
Pop Culture From Taylor Swift to Lana Del Rey—the Musicians Nodding to Art History in Song Lana del Rey, Phoebe Bridgers, and Lorde are fellow singer-songwriters who used art as a romantic metaphor. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, May 6, 2024
Art & Exhibitions How Artist Katie Hector Achieves Her Spellbinding Portraits Without Using a Drop of Paint The artist's solo exhibition "Ego Rip" is on view at Management gallery in New York. By Annikka Olsen, May 6, 2024
Gallery Network 7 Questions for Ministry of Nomads Founder Maria Vega on ‘Redefining the Role of a Boutique Art Gallery’ M.O.N. Art Foundation, a division of Ministry of Nomads, recently debuted its newest exhibition in Venice, "Maria Kreyn: CHRONOS" By Artnet Gallery Network, May 6, 2024
Museums & Institutions The Protesters Who Flung Soup at the Mona Lisa Have Hit Versailles The “indecency” of the Hall of Mirrors was the backdrop for a protest calling out a new agriculture bill. By Brian Boucher, May 6, 2024
Art & Exhibitions The Prado Will Show a Newly Discovered Caravaggio That Nearly Went to Auction for a Pittance Eagle-eyed observers at the museum identified the painting as possibly being a work by the Baroque master. By Artnet News, May 6, 2024
Law & Politics Artist Mary Miss Wins Injunction Preventing Removal of Her Des Moines Work The work has been spared destruction until the case can be decided. By Adam Schrader, May 6, 2024
Art World Texas’s Oldest Tiffany Stained-Glass Windows Get a New Lease of Life The windows were created just three years after the Tiffany Glass Company was founded. By Artnet News, May 6, 2024
Art & Exhibitions Kosovar Artist Petrit Halilaj’s Whimsical Met Roof Installation Belies a Dark History The works are enlargements of drawings on children's desks in schools that survived the Kosovo War. By Adam Schrader, May 6, 2024