Politics Why Isn’t Michelle Obama Smiling? What’s Barack’s Fashion Sense Like? The Artists Behind the New White House Portraits Reveal All Robert McCurdy and Sharon Sprung on what went into their long awaited, newly unveiled work By Vittoria Benzine, Sep 9, 2022
Archaeology & History A Missing Scrap of a Dead Sea Scroll That Mysteriously Ended Up in Montana Has Been Returned to Israel The relic, which is just about the size of a postage stamp, ended up an ocean away from Israel in unclear circumstances. By Vittoria Benzine, Sep 9, 2022
Pop Culture What Art Does Demi Lovato Collect? Here Are 8 Artists and Designers the ‘Happy Ending’ Singer Owns and Is Inspired By The musician gave fans a peek into her home this week, and her personal collection of art and furniture. By Vittoria Benzine, Sep 9, 2022
Auctions Robert Pattinson, the Batman, Tries on the Role of Mild-Mannered Curator, Picking Works by All-Star Artists for a Sotheby’s Sale A few of the selections the actor has made include works by Willem de Kooning, Richard Serra and Lynette Yiadom-Boakye. By Vittoria Benzine, Sep 7, 2022
Art & Tech We Asked DALL-E to Imagine What’s Just Beyond the Frame of 10 World-Famous Works of Art. Here’s What the A.I. Saw DALL-E's new Outpainting tool lets users see beyond the bounds of any image, including the ones art historians know best. By Vittoria Benzine, Sep 7, 2022
Art World Famed Architects Herzog & de Meuron Have Built a New Garden Dedicated to Alexander Calder’s Art in Philadelphia—See Images Here The plan comes 13 years after the removal of Philadelphia's Calder sculpture garden. By Vittoria Benzine, Sep 7, 2022
Art History A Lost Painting by Futurist Master Umberto Boccioni Turned Up at a Dorset Junk Sale for Around $100. It Could Be Worth $288,000 The portrait is now the cover image for a new book about the artist. By Vittoria Benzine, Sep 6, 2022
Art World The Artist Thomas Demand Used a Legal Pad, a Paper Plate, and a Soda-Jerk Hat to Design a Conference Venue in Denmark. See It Here The textile brand Kvadrat commissioned the German artist to make the structure for its headquarters. By Vittoria Benzine, Sep 6, 2022
Art & Exhibitions In Pictures: A Painting Show at the New Orleans Museum of Art Reveals a Little-Known Side of Artist Louise Bourgeois See how the artist's early paintings set the stage for her sculpture practice. By Vittoria Benzine, Sep 6, 2022
Museums & Institutions After 14 Years of Planning, New York’s Jackie Robinson Museum Will Finally Open to the Public—Here’s Why It Took So Long The displays include comic books, contracts, and even a 3D model of Ebbets Field, where Robinson earned his accolades. By Vittoria Benzine, Sep 5, 2022
On View In Pictures: See 200 Just-Revealed Photographs by Mail Art Visionary Ray Johnson That Show He Was Even More Radical Than We Thought The works on view were donated to the Morgan Library & Museum in 2019. By Vittoria Benzine, Sep 3, 2022
Museums & Institutions As the Museo de Arte de Ponce Repairs Earthquake Damage, It’s Sending Its Greatest Treasure to the Met: ‘Flaming June’ The Puerto Rico museum will lend a total of five works to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. By Vittoria Benzine, Sep 1, 2022
NFTs OpenSea, One of the Top NFT Platforms, Has Seen Trading Volume Fall by More Than 90 Percent Since January A representative for OpenSea said the method of measurement was not accurate—but by any measure, sales are down. By Vittoria Benzine, Aug 31, 2022
Art & Exhibitions Here’s What to Expect From the Debut of David Byrne’s 15,000-Square-Foot Immersive Experience, ‘Theater of the Mind’ What, you thought David Byrne would sit out the immersive installation trend? By Vittoria Benzine, Aug 31, 2022
Pop Culture Watch John OIiver Marry a Cabbage Live on TV to Capture the Absurdity of A.I.-Generated Art “All of these deserve to be in the Louvre,” the comedian said of the creations prompted by Midjourney users. By Vittoria Benzine, Aug 30, 2022