Archaeology & History New Excavations at Egypt’s Saqqara Necropolis Have Unearthed Mummification Workshops, Including One for Pets The workshops held ritual vessels and natron salt, an important ingredient in mummification. By Vittoria Benzine, Jun 6, 2023
On View See Inside Keith Haring’s First L.A. Museum Show, Complete With a Pop Shop and a Pink Leather Suit Once Worn by Madonna “Keith Haring: Art Is for Everybody" is on view at the Broad in Los Angeles through October 8, before traveling to the Art Gallery of Ontario in Canada. By Vittoria Benzine, Jun 5, 2023
Auctions Disco Queen Donna Summer’s Personal Possessions—Gold Records, Handwritten Lyrics, and Her Own Abstract Paintings—Are Heading to Auction This June Christie's relives the legend's heyday with a shimmering sale timed with her HBO documentary. By Vittoria Benzine, May 30, 2023
Art & Exhibitions See Jaw-Dropping Portraits of Audrey Hepburn, David Bowie, and Other Icons in Fotografiska’s Starry Terry O’Neill Retrospective 'Stars' arrays six decades' worth of the legendary photographer's celebrity shots. By Vittoria Benzine, May 30, 2023
People Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s New $200 Million Home by Famed Architect Tadao Ando Is the Most Expensive in California—Maybe Even America The couple reportedly paid cash for the 40,000-square-foot concrete mansion by the Japanese architect. By Vittoria Benzine, May 26, 2023
On View The First Museum Show on the Sari Unravels the Garment’s Evolution and Staying Power in 60 Spectacular Designs. See Them Here 'The Offbeat Sari' at the Design Museum in London will include the first sari ever worn to the Met Gala. By Vittoria Benzine, May 26, 2023
Art World A British Couple Actually Paid Nearly $250,000 to Remove a Banksy Mural From Their Building Due to the ‘Extremely Stressful’ Upkeep Most people dream of having Banksy tag their home—until it happens. By Vittoria Benzine, May 25, 2023
Art History Danish Golden Age Artists Primed Their Canvases With Danish Golden Ale, New Research Shows Researchers found traces of barley, buckwheat, wheat, and rye on paintings. By Vittoria Benzine, May 25, 2023
Archaeology & History Archaeologists in Hungary Have Uncovered the Remains of an Ancient Roman Doctor Alongside His Surgical Toolkit The tomb has been dated to the 1st century C.E. By Vittoria Benzine, May 24, 2023
Archaeology & History Prehistoric Real Estate for Sale: Kents Cavern, Home to Stone Age Societies and Muse to Agatha Christie, Is Now Available for $3.1 Million The popular attraction has been privately owned by the Powe family for the past 120 years. By Vittoria Benzine, May 24, 2023
Crime A ‘5th-Century’ Vase, One of the 351 Artifacts Recently Repatriated to Greece, Is a Known Fake, Says a Forensic Archaeologist The characters on the vase's surface were likely painted in the 1990s. By Vittoria Benzine, May 24, 2023
Archaeology & History Archaeologists Have Found a 3,000-Year-Old Bakery in Armenia, After Realizing a Layer of Ash Was Actually Wheat Flour The structure is believed to have been originally built as storage, but there is evidence that furnaces were added later. By Vittoria Benzine, May 24, 2023
Pop Culture Did Jeff Bezos Really Immortalize His Girlfriend in a Sculpture on the Bow of His $500 Million Superyacht? The hood ornament bears an uncanny resemblance to Lauren Sánchez. By Vittoria Benzine, May 23, 2023
Auctions Nearly $6 Million Was Just Raised to Help Preserve Nina Simone’s Childhood Home, Thanks to Venus Williams and Adam Pendleton An online sale co-curated by the tennis star and the artist featured works by 11 high-profile artists. By Vittoria Benzine, May 22, 2023
Auctions Claude Lalanne, Tiffany, and Two Giacometti Brothers Headline the June Design Sale at Christie’s New York The auction house will host a sale of unparalleled 20th- and 21st-century design on June 8. By Vittoria Benzine, May 22, 2023