Pop Culture Art Behind the Meme: Courbet’s Unhinged Self-Portrait The hair-wringing portrait has had its fair share of Internet fame. By Vittoria Benzine, May 11, 2024
Art & Exhibitions Sketches by Rubens, Van Dyck, and Other Great Flemish Masters Get a Rare Showing More than 100 drawings have been brought together for “Bruegel to Rubens” at the Ashmolean Museum. By Vittoria Benzine, May 10, 2024
Archaeology & History The Hunt: Where in the World Did Nefertiti Go? One archaeologist promises that her remains will be definitively identified this year. By Vittoria Benzine, May 10, 2024
Archaeology & History The Hunt: Shakespeare’s Missing Plays Could unknown copies of "Love’s Labour’s Won" and "The History of Cardenio" still surface? By Vittoria Benzine, May 10, 2024
Pop Culture Art Behind the Meme: Magritte’s Pipe, Which Is Not a Pipe The meme has been around so long that it has infiltrated other memes. By Vittoria Benzine, May 4, 2024
Art World Art Bites: Millais’s Muse Fell Ill After Posing for ‘Ophelia’ Elizabeth Siddal posed for the painting in a bathtub that was poorly warmed. By Vittoria Benzine, Apr 22, 2024
Art World Art Bites: Why Marcel Broodthaers Turned His Apartment Into a Museum The artist's "Musée d’Art Modern" would grow to 12 sections over its four-year run. By Vittoria Benzine, Apr 17, 2024
Art World Art Bites: Did Pollock Pee in Peggy Guggenheim’s Fireplace? Considering all that Guggenheim had been through, what's a little urine between friends? By Vittoria Benzine, Apr 15, 2024
Art World Art Bites: The Lost Colors of Ancient Greek Sculptures Ancient sculptors were liberal in their use of hues. By Vittoria Benzine, Apr 8, 2024
Archaeology & History The Hunt: Was Leonardo’s ‘Leda and the Swan’ Lost, or Never Completed? No one alive has seen the work in person, but traces of it are scattered throughout history. By Vittoria Benzine, Apr 8, 2024
Art World Art Bites: Why Picasso Carried a Revolver Picasso inherited a revolver from a famous playwright, loaded it with blanks, and used it on his admirers. By Vittoria Benzine, Apr 7, 2024
Art World The World’s Largest Hot Dog Sculpture Will Get Served Up in Times Square The work by Jen Catron and Paul Outlaw will shower confetti on passers-by. By Vittoria Benzine, Apr 3, 2024
Archaeology & History These Rare Aztec Manuscripts, Long in Private Hands, Were Just Acquired by Mexico The artifacts are bound for Mexico’s National Library of Anthropology and History. By Vittoria Benzine, Apr 3, 2024
Art World Art Bites: Augusta Savage’s Lost Masterpiece The sculptor created the most buzzed-about work at the 1939 New York World's Fair. Then it was destroyed. By Vittoria Benzine, Apr 2, 2024
Archaeology & History A New Study on a 16th-Century Shipwreck in Portugal Reveals Its Valuable Cargo The ship was carrying a trove of pewters and ceramics. By Vittoria Benzine, Apr 1, 2024