Art World Want to Increase Your Chances of Living Longer? Go to a Museum, Says a New Study Apparently even one or two cultural events a year could cut your risk of early mortality by 14 percent. By Karen Chernick, Dec 19, 2019
Auctions The 1892 Manifesto That Gave Birth to the Modern Olympics Just Sold for $8.8 Million at Sotheby’s, Almost 9 Times Its Estimate The 14-page document sketches out the competition's revival, posing the Olympics as a boon to "the cause of peace." By Karen Chernick, Dec 19, 2019
Art World Cartoonist Gary Larson Launches a Website for ‘The Far Side,’ Promising New Comics by Early 2020 The beloved cartoonist hopes his new digital home will be a place for "a laugh, or a good ol’ fashioned recoiling.” By Karen Chernick, Dec 18, 2019
Art World Archaeologists Were Shocked to Find This Golden Pendant of an Ancient Egyptian Goddess—in a Very Unexpected Place The jewelry represents the big-eared deity Hathor, charged with overseeing the sky and fertility. By Karen Chernick, Dec 18, 2019
Art World An Amateur Archaeologist Stumbled Across This Rare Fossil of a Prehistoric ‘Fish Lizard’ While Taking His Dogs for a Walk The lucky discovery of an ichthyosaur was made on what's known as the 'Jurassic Coast.' By Karen Chernick, Dec 17, 2019
Art World The Museum of Ice Cream’s Massive New York Flagship Is Bigger Than Almost Every Art Gallery in the City. See Sugar-Coated Photos Here Get ready for endless selfies and an overload of pink. By Karen Chernick, Dec 16, 2019
Art World A High-Society Photographer Has Captured the Way Smartphones Have Made Zombies Out of Guests at Elite Parties. It’s Disturbing Dafydd Jones tirelessly captures VIPs, surrounded by glamour but still glued to their screens. By Karen Chernick, Dec 16, 2019
Politics ‘We’re Coming Late to the Matter Here’: Belgian Museums Continue to Struggle With a Flurry of Restitution Claims New Zealand and the Congo are just the latest nations to push for the return of their cultural artifacts. By Karen Chernick, Dec 13, 2019
Art World Virgil Abloh Teams Up With the Louvre to Create a Leonardo da Vinci Collection, Continuing His Quest for Art-World Domination The designer wants to make a point "that any place, no matter how exclusive it seems, is accessible to everyone." By Karen Chernick, Dec 13, 2019
Art World Strange Cones Depicted on the Heads of Ancient Egyptians Puzzled Scholars for Years. Now the Mystery Has Been Solved: They Were Hats Still, Egyptologists basically have no clue what the actual purpose of this enigmatic headgear was. By Karen Chernick, Dec 12, 2019
Art World Archaeologists Have Discovered the Oldest Figurative Cave Painting in the World, and It Is Very Weird The imagery shifts our understanding of when and where humans started depicting imaginary figures. By Karen Chernick, Dec 12, 2019
Art World Sri Lanka’s Very First Contemporary Art Museum Opens on 17th Floor of the City’s ‘Innovation Tower’ The institution opens with 'One Hundred Thousand Small Tales,' a group show originally commissioned for the 2018 Dhaka Art Summit. By Karen Chernick, Dec 11, 2019
Art World Plaster Casts of the Elgin Marbles Are Actually Better Preserved Than the Marbles Themselves, According to a New Study 3D scanning helped show the ways in which early 19th-century plaster casts preserved details of the Elgin Marbles. By Karen Chernick, Dec 11, 2019
Art World Ho, Ho… Monet? Rabid Holiday Shoppers Have Overwhelmed the Denver Art Museum in a Frenzy for Merch From Its Monet Blockbuster Fancy Monet puzzles, eyeglasses, or a commemorative keychain? Get 'em before they're gone. By Karen Chernick, Dec 10, 2019
Art World The New ‘Wonder Woman 1984’ Trailer Shows That This (Literal) Super Curator’s Greatest Foe May Be… Art Historical Accuracy Eagle-eyed online art critics weren't happy about certain factual inaccuracies involving one very big Roy Lichtenstein sculpture. By Karen Chernick, Dec 10, 2019