Archaeology Amateur Metal Detectorists Found This Completely Creepy Medieval Skull Ring in Wales Buried With a Cache of Rare Treasures The treasure trove includes gold and silver coins, decorative objects, and jewelry that once belonged to upper-crust Welsh society. By Caroline Goldstein, Apr 13, 2021
Art World Google Will Celebrate the Met’s 151st Anniversary With a Special ‘Doodle’ Highlighting Some of Its Most Beloved Artworks The design comes courtesy of artist Erich Nagler. By Caroline Goldstein, Apr 12, 2021
Events and Parties The Met Gala Will Make a Triumphant Return This Fall, and Star Poet Amanda Gorman Could Be Its Host Are you excited? By Caroline Goldstein, Apr 9, 2021
On View This Ultra-Cool Artist Is So Inspired by Teenagers in Malls That She Created an Installation Specifically for Nordstrom’s Flagship Maggie Lee created the installation in collaboration with the Whitney Museum. By Caroline Goldstein, Apr 8, 2021
On View How an Artwork by the Conceptual Artist Lawrence Weiner Inspired Rashid Johnson to Create His Breakthrough Shelf Sculptures As part of a collaboration with Art21, hear news-making artists describe their inspirations in their own words. By Caroline Goldstein, Apr 8, 2021
Crime Dutch Police Have Arrested a Man Suspected of Brazenly Stealing Paintings by Van Gogh and Hals From Locked-Down Museums The paintings have not yet been recovered. By Caroline Goldstein, Apr 6, 2021
Auctions A Picasso Portrait Could Rake in $55 Million at Christie’s Next Month, Suggesting a Surge in the Art Market’s Confidence The work, depicting Marie-Thérèse Walter, was painted in 1932, Picasso's so-called "year of wonders." By Caroline Goldstein, Apr 6, 2021
Art World Canadians Found Steven Shearer’s Billboards of People Sleeping So Creepy That a Vancouver Photo Festival Had to Cover Them Up "It reminded me of dead people," one visitor said. By Caroline Goldstein, Apr 2, 2021
On View ‘It’s a Strength’: Watch Artist Barbara Kasten Explain Why Beautiful Art Isn’t as Powerless as She Once Thought As part of a collaboration with Art21, hear news-making artists describe their inspirations in their own words. By Caroline Goldstein, Apr 1, 2021
Art World The City of Venice Finally Has a Solution to Keep Giant Cruise Ships Out of Its Vulnerable Historic Canal Once and for All Large ships will have to dock miles away from the city center until a permanent solution is implemented. By Caroline Goldstein, Apr 1, 2021
People Mystical Photographer Christina Lonsdale Can Capture Anyone’s Aura With a Strange New Camera. Here’s How It Works Her new book, "Radiant Human," will be released this April. By Caroline Goldstein, Mar 31, 2021
Art World George Lucas’s Museum Has Acquired an Archive Tracing the Creation of Judy Baca’s Great Wall, One of the Biggest Murals in the World Baca created the work, which runs nearly a half mile across, with the help of more than 400 people over the course of nearly a decade. By Caroline Goldstein, Mar 31, 2021
Shows & Exhibitions This Dollhouse-Sized Museum Exhibition Will Show Tiny Works by Damien Hirst, Rachel Whiteread, and Other Artists—See Images Here The Pallant House Gallery commissioned more than 30 British artists to create miniature works for a model gallery show. By Caroline Goldstein, Mar 30, 2021
On View The Getty Museum Just Acquired the Recently Rediscovered Artemisia Gentileschi Painting That Set a New Record at Auction The work will go on view when the museum reopens this spring. By Caroline Goldstein, Mar 30, 2021
Art World From a Gallery’s Removal of the Sackler Name to the Sale of the World’s Largest Painting: The Best and Worst of the Art World This Week Catch up on this week's news, fast. By Caroline Goldstein, Mar 26, 2021
