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
Art & Exhibitions ‘Lost’ Photos of Andy Warhol and Robert Indiana Go on View in London William John Kennedy had special access to the artists at the birth of their careers. By Brian Boucher, May 6, 2024
Pop Culture Art Behind the Meme: An Infamous Botched Restoration A Spanish pensioner botched a church restoration, producing a world of memes. By Richard Whiddington, May 6, 2024
Collectibles John Lennon’s Guitar, Rediscovered After Decades Languishing in an Attic, Heads to Auction The Framus Hootenanny could become the priciest Beatles guitar. By Vittoria Benzine, May 6, 2024
Archaeology & History Stunningly Preserved Ancient Roman Glassware Turns Up in a French Burial Site The glass artifacts date from when the town was the Roman settlement known as Nemausus. By Verity Babbs, May 6, 2024
Art World Art Bites: Why Don’t We Ever Talk About the Other Matisse? Henri’s daughter was his muse, cataloguer, and a war-time resistance fighter. By Verity Babbs, May 6, 2024