Art & Exhibitions Divine Intervention? The Vatican Pulls the Plug on a Show Looking at Andy Warhol’s Catholic Side A show of the artist's religious works will go on in Pittsburgh, however. By Javier Pes, Sep 5, 2018
Art & Exhibitions Lavinia Fontana Was the First Professional Female Artist. Now a Prado Show Will (Finally) Celebrate the Renaissance Pioneer The Madrid museum will mark its bicentenary with a show of her work together with that of fellow female Renaissance artist Sofonisba Anguissola. By Javier Pes, Sep 4, 2018
Art World Meet the Artist Who Is Building a 180-Foot-Tall Monument to Queen Elizabeth in the British Countryside Lord Davenport is asking Buckingham Palace for royal approval for the massive monument. By Javier Pes, Aug 30, 2018
Art World London’s National Portrait Gallery Thought It Had an Attendance Crisis. Turns Out, It Just Had a Broken Visitor-Counting Device A combination of mechanical failure and human error meant that visitors figures were inaccurate for more than a year. By Javier Pes, Aug 29, 2018
Art World Alison Jackson, the UK Artist Famous for Mercilessly Satirizing Donald Trump, Is Now a Politician Herself—a Conservative One The artist who creates spoof images of celebrities and politicians now represents an area in London best known for its famous residents. By Javier Pes, Aug 27, 2018
Art & Exhibitions Alexander Calder Made His Own Toaster and Toilet-Paper Holder, and They’re Incredible. See Them Here Hauser & Wirth in Somerset will present the artist's first outdoor works alongside never-before-seen domestic objects. By Javier Pes, Aug 23, 2018
Art World A Quiet English Village Becomes a Battleground After a Visitor Is ‘Bewildered’ to See Hitler’s Soldiers in the Streets The UK's National Trust is caught in the crossfire after a visitor complained of reenactors in German uniform during the Lacock at War event. By Javier Pes, Aug 22, 2018
Art World Amid Record Heat, England’s Bone-Dry Soil Is Revealing the Long-Hidden Patterns of Ancient Buried Ruins See the aerial photographs that reveal what has been uncovered by the heatwave. By Javier Pes, Aug 15, 2018
Art World Peter Jackson’s Movie Museum Is Scrapped Due to Epic Costs, But the ‘Hobbit’ Director Isn’t Giving Up on His Quest As the Oscar-winning director pulls out of the $88 million project, New Zealand's national museum is handed a golden opportunity. By Javier Pes, Aug 15, 2018
Art World Taiwan’s Supersized Loudspeakers Once Broadcast Anti-Communist Propaganda to China. Now, They’re the Island’s Newest Sound Art Installation The 30-foot-tall loudspeakers were built to broadcast propaganda to the mainland during the Cold War. By Javier Pes, Aug 15, 2018
Art & Exhibitions A New London Show Will Reveal the Painter Jusepe de Ribera as a Master of Violence. Was He Also a Murderer? Rumors have long swirled around the Baroque artist and the mysterious death of his rival, Domenichino. By Javier Pes, Aug 10, 2018
Art & Exhibitions Christo Will Personally Pay to Deep-Clean London’s Serpentine Lake After His Mastaba Sculpture Is Removed The artist will fund ecological improvements to the lake and its island after the massive floating sculpture comes down in the fall. By Javier Pes, Aug 7, 2018
Art World Why Are Attendance Rates Nose-Diving at London’s Art Museums? Directors Frantically Search for Answers “We are seeing a different group of people missing each year,” says one puzzled expert. By Javier Pes, Aug 7, 2018
Politics Artists Dramatically Remove Their Work From London’s Design Museum to Protest Its Decision to Host an Arms Dealer Artists are harshly criticizing the London museum's response to the uproar over its decision to host an event for a defense company. By Javier Pes, Aug 2, 2018
Art & Exhibitions What Do Brancusi, Leonardo, and Pamela Anderson Have in Common? They’re All Vegetarians Who Appear in These Artist-Designed Plates for Animal Lovers The artist Benedict Hughes’s set of china takes a cue from Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant’s feminist dinner service. By Javier Pes, Aug 1, 2018