Archaeology The Discovery of Slaves’ Quarters in Pompeii Provides a Rare Insight Into Life in Roman Times The newest find reveals the living conditions of people who were often left out of historical records. By Amah-Rose Abrams, Nov 8, 2021
Archaeology A Metal Detectorist Has Found What Is Now Declared the Largest-Ever Hoard of Gold Anglo-Saxon Coins in His Backyard The Crown is determining whether the trove is legally considered treasure. By Amah-Rose Abrams, Nov 4, 2021
Science & Tech Artist Carsten Höller Is Debuting a Light and Vibration App at an NFT Rave That Might Make You High and Hallucinate The app will debut at Dreamverse in New York, alongside Crypto Souk and an immersive Beeple. By Amah-Rose Abrams, Nov 4, 2021
Museums This Dutch Museum Is the World’s First to Open Its Storage to the Public, Putting Its Entire 151,000-Piece Collection on View The Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen opens this weekend, offering access to little-seen works by Van Gogh and Leonora Carrington, among others. By Amah-Rose Abrams, Nov 4, 2021
Politics Who Has a Say in How History Is Remembered? Leaked U.K. Guidelines Raise Questions About the Government’s Role in Culture A paper published by the British journalist Trevor Phillips has been called an "anti-woke charter" in the press. By Amah-Rose Abrams, Nov 3, 2021
Books We Asked Ai Weiwei to Pick 3 Life-Defining Moments From His Multi-Generational Family Memoir—Preview Them Here The book tells the story of modern China in one family, says Ai Weiwei. By Amah-Rose Abrams, Nov 2, 2021
Art World Diego Rivera’s City of Arts, a Sprawling Campus for Creativity of All Forms, Opens in Mexico 80 Years After He First Conceived It The ambitious project has been designed by the father and son architects Mauricio and Manuel Rocha. By Amah-Rose Abrams, Nov 2, 2021
Sustainability Letter Handed to Italy’s Prime Minister Ahead of the U.N. Climate Conference Warns Venice Is Sinking Faster Than We Think The waterlogged city faces a dire future, but could be the ideal laboratory for combating climate change. By Amah-Rose Abrams, Oct 28, 2021
Politics The U.K.’s Latest Budget Gives Arts Organizations an Impressive-Sounding $1.2 Billion—But It’s Actually Less Than Last Year Museum leaders are most excited about an extension of tax relief for arts organizations through 2024. By Amah-Rose Abrams, Oct 28, 2021
Museums A 4,250-Year-Old Vase in the V&A Collection With Ties to the Illegal Art Trade Has Been Restituted to Turkey The golden ewer was purchased by Arthur Gilbert in the 1980s before it was placed on long-term loan at the museum. By Amah-Rose Abrams, Oct 27, 2021
Museums ‘Vote Leave’ Campaigners Have Shortlisted Venues in Two U.K. Cities as Potential Sites for a Brexit Museum The Museum of Brexit seeks to tell a "balanced" story of the road that led the U.K. to break with the European Union. By Amah-Rose Abrams, Oct 26, 2021
Museums Tate Has Brokered Its First-Ever Deal to Acquire ‘Custodianship’ of an Artwork in a Novel Agreement With a Mayan Artist and His People Tate will act as the custodian, rather than owner, of artist Edgar Calel's work for 13 years. By Amah-Rose Abrams, Oct 22, 2021
Archaeology Boo Who? The World’s Oldest Ghost Drawing May Have Been Found on an Ancient Babylonian Tablet at the British Museum The object is among many early examples curator Irving Finkel has documented that show humans' eternal fascination with the spiritual realm By Amah-Rose Abrams, Oct 20, 2021
Archaeology A Perfectly Preserved 900-Year-Old Crusader Knight’s Sword Was Discovered by a Scuba Diver Off the Israeli Coast The weapon, encrusted with shells, was found with several other objects after underwater currents shifted the sands on the ocean floor By Amah-Rose Abrams, Oct 20, 2021
Museums Berlin’s Alte Nationalgalerie Returned a Nazi-Looted Pissarro Painting—and Then Bought It Back The painting will remain on display at the museum, which bought the work in 1961. By Amah-Rose Abrams, Oct 19, 2021
