People In Memoriam: Remembering the Artists, Curators, and Gallerists We Lost in 2023 This year, we lost creatives from sculptors and photographers to designers and painters who shaped 20th-century art history. By Verity Babbs, Dec 28, 2023
Art & Exhibitions Andy Warhol and Joseph Beuys Were Unlikely Pals. A New Show Delves Into Their Surprising Rapport The exhibition at Thaddaeus Ropac in London gathers Warhol's portraits of Beuys for the first time since the 1980s. By Verity Babbs, Dec 28, 2023
On View A Show of Early Hockney Works Places the Famed British Painter at the Heart of Art and Science The Bruce Museum show contains rarely seen early works across a number of mediums and subjects. By Verity Babbs, Dec 24, 2023
Art History Art We Love: A Truly Luminous Pre-Raphaelite Christ On William Holman Hunt's 'The Light of the World' (1853). By Verity Babbs, Dec 24, 2023
Archaeology & History Ancient Mesopotamian Bricks Hold a ‘Memory’ of the Earth’s Magnetic Fields Millennia Ago A new “archaeomagnetic” technique could potentially allow scientists to more accurately study ancient objects. By Verity Babbs, Dec 22, 2023
Art & Exhibitions Musician Nick Cave Will Debut His New, Devilish Ceramics at a Brussels Show in 2024 The exhibition at Xavier Hufkens features the Bad Seeds frontman's first major body of visual work. By Verity Babbs, Dec 21, 2023
Art & Tech What’s Keeping the Great Wall of China Looking Young? It’s a ‘Living Skin’ Researchers have found that a natural ‘biocrust‘ is protecting the historic cultural landmark. By Verity Babbs, Dec 21, 2023
Museums & Institutions The British Museum Has Struck a New $63 Million Partnership Deal With BP BP has been in a long-standing, controversial partnership with the museum since 1996. By Verity Babbs, Dec 20, 2023
Archaeology & History The First Carbon-Based Cave Drawings Found in France Prompt a Reevaluation of Paleolithic Art Researchers say the artworks could be up to 19,000 years old. By Verity Babbs, Dec 19, 2023
Auctions The $4 N.C. Wyeth Painting Finally Sold—for Real This Time The work sold for more than $100,000 to a private collector. By Verity Babbs, Dec 19, 2023
Art World ‘Giddy and Unwell’: Rossetti’s Litany of Excuses for a Delayed Painting Is Found in a 155-Year-Old Letter The letter was written to a collector who waited five years for Rossetti to complete the work. By Verity Babbs, Dec 19, 2023
Auctions See the Costumes, Props, and Sets From Netflix’s ‘The Crown’ Heading to Auction More than 450 objects from the series will go on view before a February 2024 auction at Bonhams. By Verity Babbs, Dec 19, 2023
Auctions Nike Sneakers Produced for Spike Lee, Found in a Donation Bin, Fetch More Than $50,000 at Auction The shoes were anonymously donated to Portland Rescue Mission earlier this year. By Verity Babbs, Dec 18, 2023
Archaeology & History A 1,300-Year-Old Ship Burial, Predating the Vikings, Was Discovered in Norway This excavation suggests an earlier start to significant Scandinavian maritime expeditions than previously believed. By Verity Babbs, Dec 15, 2023
Pop Culture Artist Tschabalala Self Painted Nicki Minaj’s Portrait for the New Digital Issue of ‘Vogue’ The painting was inspired by a photograph of Minaj by Norman Jean Roy. By Verity Babbs, Dec 15, 2023