Museums See the Incredible Art-Inspired Cake Designs From the Blanton Museum’s Annual ‘Great Blanton Bake-Off’ Entrants can pick from the 21,000 works in the Blanton Museum of Art's collection. By Amah-Rose Abrams, Jun 1, 2022
Pop Culture In Pictures: See Notable Portraits of Queen Elizabeth II—and Fancy Tiaras!—That Have Been Assembled to Celebrate Her Platinum Jubilee The works will be on view at Sotheby's London to mark the anniversary. By Amah-Rose Abrams, May 31, 2022
People Artist Cornelia Parker on How Politics Influences Her Art, and Why She Doesn’t Sell to Private Collectors The artist is currently the subject of a retrospective at Tate Britain. By Amah-Rose Abrams, May 31, 2022
Crime In a ‘Heinous Act of Disrespect,’ Thieves Stole a Golden Tabernacle Valued at $2 Million From a Church in Brooklyn The church has made a plea for information about the theft. By Amah-Rose Abrams, May 30, 2022
Shows & Exhibitions In Pictures: See Robert Rauschenberg’s Surprisingly Minimalist Sculptures That Are Causing a Buzz at Gladstone Gallery Take a deeper look at the artist's rarely shown sculptures. By Amah-Rose Abrams, May 30, 2022
Art World 8 Pieces of Advice About the Creative Life From 2022 Commencement Speeches by Taylor Swift, Thelma Golden, and More Here are some words of wisdom for the next generation of artists, writers, and curators. By Amah-Rose Abrams, May 30, 2022
Art World Meet Looty, a New Project That Infiltrates Museums, Makes NFTs From Stolen Objects, and Sells Them to Fund Young African Artists Twenty percent of proceeds will go toward artist grants. By Amah-Rose Abrams, May 25, 2022
Crime Israel’s Antiquities Authority Busts Dealer for Possession of Hundreds of Looted Artifacts, Including a Great Revolt-Era Coin The seizure featured a historically significant silver shekel. By Amah-Rose Abrams, May 24, 2022
Museums A Newly Restored Willem de Kooning Painting, Stolen in a Brazen Heist Decades Ago, Will Go Back on View The Getty Center in Los Angeles will show the painting in June. By Amah-Rose Abrams, May 23, 2022
Politics Germany Bumps Up Culture Spending by 7 Percent to $2.4 Billion, Citing Link Between Arts and Democracy The budget represents a 7 percent rise over last year's. By Amah-Rose Abrams, May 20, 2022
Art World Artists Disappear From This Year’s List of the U.K.’s Richest People While Collectors With Russian Ties Fall Down the Ranks Here's who's on and who's off. By Amah-Rose Abrams, May 20, 2022
Science & Tech A Scale Model of the Solar System Covering Six Miles of Terrain Shows Just How Puny and Fragile the Earth Really Is Artist Oliver Jeffers wants us to acknowledge that we are alone in space. By Amah-Rose Abrams, May 19, 2022
Art World Womp Womp: Turns Out This Mural Londoners Thought Was a Banksy Is Actually Just a Tribute by a Local Fan Artist A Banksy work in the same spot disappeared nine years ago. By Amah-Rose Abrams, May 19, 2022
Art World A Statue of Margaret Thatcher Went Up in Her Hometown Over the Weekend. Two Hours Later, It Had Been Egged The statue has split public opinion since it was announced two years ago. By Amah-Rose Abrams, May 18, 2022
Politics Arts Council England’s Future Hangs in the Balance as the U.K. Government Looks to Cut Down on Spending The cost-cutting exercise, which affects hundreds of pubic bodies, will be overseen by Jacob Rees-Mogg. By Amah-Rose Abrams, May 18, 2022
