Shows & Exhibitions ‘I Got an Illicit Thrill’: Watch Artist Brian Jungen Cut Up Nike Sneakers to Expose How Consumer Culture Exploits Native Communities As part of a collaboration with Art21, hear news-making artists describe their inspirations in their own words. By Caroline Goldstein, Sep 23, 2021
Museums Picasso’s Daughter Is Donating Nine Artworks by Her Father to a Paris Museum to Settle a Tax Bill The works will go on view at the museum in the spring of 2022. By Caroline Goldstein, Sep 22, 2021
People ‘Gunpowder Is Epic and Heroic, But Used for Such Destruction’: Watch How Artist Cai Guo-Qiang Makes His Controlled Explosions As part of a collaboration with Art21, hear news-making artists describe their inspirations in their own words. By Caroline Goldstein, Sep 16, 2021
Shows & Exhibitions In Pictures: Millennial Art Star Avery Singer Conjures Dazzling Paintings Out of Digital Chaos in Her Debut Show at Hauser & Wirth Works like 'China Chalet' and 'Wojak Battle Scene' show why Singer has her paintbrush on the pulse. By Caroline Goldstein, Sep 16, 2021
Shows & Exhibitions In Pictures: See Inside the Met Costume Institute’s Ode to American Style, Which Presents U.S. Fashions for Every Mood The exhibition opens on September 18th. By Caroline Goldstein, Sep 14, 2021
Politics In Pictures: The Last Days of Virginia’s Embattled Monument to Robert E. Lee, From Its Role as a Site of Protest to Its Dramatic Removal The statue had been standing since 1890. By Caroline Goldstein, Sep 8, 2021
Art World In Brussels, Doctors Are Literally Prescribing People Trips to Museums to Help Them Cope With Pandemic-Related Stress The program was inspired by a similar study conducted in Quebec. By Caroline Goldstein, Sep 2, 2021
Archaeology Archeologists Find the Hidden Original Form of Arthur’s Stone, an Ancient Structure That Inspired the ‘Chronicles of Narnia’ Evidence now suggests the rock structure was symbolically connected to recently discovered 'houses of the dead.' By Caroline Goldstein, Sep 1, 2021
Politics The Director of Estonia’s National Museum Has Been Named President—of the Entire Country Alar Karis ran uncontested in the election. By Caroline Goldstein, Sep 1, 2021
Studio Visit When Emerging Painter Louise Giovanelli Runs Out of Ideas, She Turns to an Ever-Growing Personal Image Library for a Jolt The artist's solo exhibition, "Auto-da-fé," opens on September 10 in New York. By Caroline Goldstein, Aug 31, 2021
People ‘They Are Given a New Life’: Watch Ghanaian Artist El Anatsui Weave Bottle Caps Into His Monumental, Innovative Sculptures As part of a collaboration with Art21, hear news-making artists describe their inspirations in their own words. By Caroline Goldstein, Aug 26, 2021
Archaeology Archaeologists in Russia Have Uncovered the Copper Age Tomb of an ‘Amber Man’ Painted in Ocher Upon His Death The cache was unearthed on the shores of Europe's second-largest lake. By Caroline Goldstein, Aug 26, 2021
Market Damien Hirst’s NFT Initiative, Which Asks Buyers to Choose Between a Digital Token and IRL Art, Has Already Generated $25 Million 'The Currency' is based on a selection of spot paintings, ranked by rarity. By Caroline Goldstein, Aug 25, 2021
Shows & Exhibitions In Pictures: This Landmark Museum Show in Virginia Examines How Black Southern Art and Music Inspire One Another The show includes around 140 works of art. By Caroline Goldstein, Aug 25, 2021
Art World ‘I Didn’t Want to Fictionalize’: Watch Mary Reid Kelley Explain How Her Eerie Videos Reanimate Forgotten Women’s History As part of a collaboration with Art21, hear news-making artists describe their inspirations in their own words. By Caroline Goldstein, Aug 19, 2021
