Art & Tech Want to Smell Leonardo’s ‘Lady With an Ermine’? These Scientists Are Offering a Sniff "A very nice, historical museum smell." By Artnet News, Jul 3, 2024
The Art Angle Re-Air: Why Adriano Pedrosa Sees His Venice Biennale As ‘Paying a Debt’ This week on the Art Angle podcast, we're re-airing Kate Brown's interview with Venice Biennale curator Adriano Pedrosa. By Artnet News, Jul 3, 2024
Collectibles Paul Allen’s Computing Museum Shutters, Its Collection Set for Auction Christie’s will offer items including spacesuits, mainframes, paintings, and an Albert Einstein letter. By Artnet News, Jul 2, 2024
Museums & Institutions Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery Acquires the Earliest Known Portrait of a U.S. First Lady The daguerrotype of Dolley Madison went for nearly 10 times its low estimate. By Artnet News, Jul 2, 2024
Art & Exhibitions Are You Ready for It? London’s V&A Museum to Open a Show Devoted to Taylor Swift The love story between Swift and museums goes on. By Artnet News, Jul 1, 2024
Art & Exhibitions Kandinsky’s Roving Creative Journey Comes to Life in Amsterdam "Kandinsky" at the H'ART Museum brings together 60 of the painter's masterpieces. By Artnet News, Jun 30, 2024
Archaeology & History 1,500-Year-Old Christian Ivory Box With Rare Engravings Found in Ancient Austrian Church Such reliquaries were once used to hold the remains of saints. By Artnet News, Jun 29, 2024
The Art Angle The Roundup: Basel Breakdown, Art and Algorithms, Remembering Barbara Gladstone On this month's episode of the Art Angle Roundup, Kate Brown and Ben Davis are joined by London correspondent Vivienne Chow. By Artnet News, Jun 27, 2024
Collectibles This Drawing Is Now the Priciest ‘Harry Potter’ Item Ever Sold The piece has appreciated some eighteenfold since it was last sold in 2001. By Artnet News, Jun 27, 2024
Art & Exhibitions A Major Museum Survey Honors the Four ‘Grandes Dames’ of Impressionism The National Gallery of Ireland casts a light on Bracquemond, Cassatt, Gonzalès, and Morisot. By Artnet News, Jun 26, 2024
Archaeology & History Get Ready for a Corker! This Is the World’s Oldest Known Wine It is some three centuries older than the so-called Speyer wine bottle, which previously held the record. By Artnet News, Jun 26, 2024
Art World D.C. Woman’s $3.99 Thrift Store Find Is Ancient Mayan Artifact Anna Lee Dozier purchased the vase from a clearance shelf—then returned it to Mexico. By Artnet News, Jun 24, 2024
The Art Angle An Artist Pushing the Limits of Her Audience Artnet's Kate Brown speaks with multimedia artist Marianna Simnett about art, violence, and football. By Artnet News, Jun 21, 2024
Archaeology & History Archaeologists Find a Bronze Age Workshop That Produced the Ancient World’s Prized Dye An excavation on the island of Aegina in Greece turned up pottery shards stained with Tyrian purple. By Artnet News, Jun 20, 2024
Market Price Check! Here’s What Sold—and for How Much—at Art Basel 2024 One surprise: the second-most-expensive reported sale was for a work on paper. By Artnet News, Jun 20, 2024