On View See the Surreal Future Elmgreen & Dragset Imagine for Obsolete Libraries in Their Prague Show Surrealist paintings from the past mix with new conceptual installations to explore our changing relationship to books. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Dec 29, 2023
Art History Art We Love: The Prickly Pleasures of an 18th-Century Caricature On Philip Dawe's 'The Macaroni, a Real Character at the Late Masquerade' (1773). By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Dec 25, 2023
Art History Best Frenemies: 5 Notorious Rivalries in Art History These duos went from healthy competition to all-out war. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Dec 20, 2023
Art & Exhibitions Long-Overlooked Abstract Painter Emily Mason Finally Gets Her Due at a New York Show Mason followed in the footsteps of her mother Alice Trumbull Mason, an early pioneer of abstraction in New York. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Dec 19, 2023
Art World From Jo Hopper to Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Here Are 5 Pioneering Women Artists Who Were Overshadowed by Their Spouses These women were much more than merely their more-famous husband's muses. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Dec 19, 2023
Archaeology & History A Long-Lost Pompeii Treasure Was Found in the Basement of a Family Home in Belgium The precious marble was brought home 50 years ago as a souvenir after a family vacation in Italy. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Dec 18, 2023
Museums & Institutions Eike Schmidt Will Head to Naples as 10 New Museum Directors Are Appointed to Italy’s Top Museums All appointed directors are Italian, leaving some foreigners out of a job. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Dec 18, 2023
Museums & Institutions The Deputy Director Who Overlooked Thefts at the British Museum Has Stepped Down "The museum did not respond adequately," admitted museum chair George Osborne. "There are clearly very serious consequences." By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Dec 14, 2023
Auctions The U.K.’s Oldest Known Scientific Instrument, Dubbed an ‘Early Computer,’ Heads to Auction The Medieval device was designed to tell time by tracking the position of the sun. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Dec 11, 2023
Archaeology & History Peek Inside Egypt’s Newly Renovated Imhotep Museum That’s Filled With Some 300 Ancient Treasures The museum boasts displays of artifacts from painted masks to intricate stelae to the world's oldest royal mummy. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Dec 8, 2023
Pop Culture A New Documentary Spotlights the Trans Performance Artist Standing Up to the Russian Government A new documentary follows Gena Marvin as she contends with her country's transphobia. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Dec 7, 2023
Pop Culture Feminist Art Collective Pussy Riot Is the Subject of a Forthcoming TV Series "I am ready to share this story," said the group's Nadya Tolokonnikova. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Dec 7, 2023
Pop Culture A New Interactive Experience at New York’s Rockefeller Center Lets You Recreate This Iconic 1932 Photo "The Beam" also offers unique views over the Manhattan skyline. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Dec 6, 2023
Archaeology & History A Polish Grandma Found a Rare Prehistoric Artifact—And Kept It Quiet for 50 Years The woman picked up what looked like an unusual stone, but turned out to be a rare ancient relic. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Dec 6, 2023
Art World Archives Multidisciplinary Artist Jesse Darling Has Won the 2023 Turner Prize Darling will pocket the top cash prize of $31,500. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Dec 5, 2023