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Shows & Exhibitions

How the Fondation Louis Vuitton and an Army of Conservators Persuaded Russia to Green Light a Landmark Exhibition of Modern Art

“The Morozov Collection: Icons of Modern Art” is the second exhibition devoted to a major Russian collection at the Paris institution.

By Anna Sansom, 21 mins ago

Art World

Art Industry News: The British Museum Is Minting NFTs of Its Art—Because of a Cold LinkedIn Message From a Start-Up + Other Stories

Plus, Design Miami is expanding to Qatar and more oversight is coming to the antiquities trade in the U.S.

By Artnet News, 2 hours ago

Pop Culture

Legendary Cinematographer Roger Deakins on Getting Rejected from Film School and Releasing His First Book of Photographs at 72

The Oscar winner behind films for the Coen brothers and Denis Villeneuve has published five decades’ worth of never-before-seen photos.

By Taylor Dafoe, 9 hours ago

Shows & Exhibitions

In Pictures: See the Highly Ambitious, Two-City Jasper Johns Retrospective at the Whitney and the Philadelphia Museum of Art

Despite gossip about the show's two curators not getting along, the two exhibitions work together just fine.

By Ben Davis, 10 hours ago

Art World

From an Astrologer’s Advice to Libra Artists to the Death of a Gardner Heist Suspect: The Best and Worst of the Art World This Week

Catch up on this week's news, fast.

By Artnet News, 3 days ago

Museums

In an Expansion, the Rubell Museum Will Bring Its Tastemaking Private Art Collection to Washington, D.C., Next Year

The project has been in the works for more than a decade, but is finally nearing completion.

By Sarah Cascone, 3 days ago

Archaeology

The Oldest Human Footprints in North America Could Redefine Prehistory as We Know It—and It’s All Thanks to These Tiny Seeds

The discovery upends what we thought we knew about prehistoric migration from Asia to the Americas.

By Sarah Cascone, 3 days ago

Pop Culture

A Rockefeller Center Developer Wants to Build an Attraction for Tourists to Recreate the Famous ‘Lunch Atop a Skyscraper’ Photo

The attraction will pack guests on a replica steel beam, elevate them into the air, and then rotate around to provide panoramic views.

By Taylor Dafoe, Sep 24, 2021

Art World

Art Industry News: Is the Taliban Hunting Afghanistan’s Most Famous Golden Treasure? + Other Stories

Plus, MASS MoCA names a new director and New York's Port Authority will host a massive public art project inspired by JR.

By Artnet News, Sep 24, 2021

Art World

What Does Libra Season Have in Store? We Got an Astrologist to Give Uncannily Specific Advice for Artists Born Under the Seventh Sign

Alice Sparkly Kat, astrologist and author of "Postcolonial Astrology," shares their insights about Libras in the art world.

By Katie White, Sep 24, 2021

Artist Kerry James Marshall Will Create New Stained-Glass Windows for D.C.’s National Cathedral to Replace Confederate Imagery

The new social justice-themed windows are expected in 2023.

By Caroline Goldstein, Sep 23, 2021

Crime

Robert ‘Bobby’ Gentile, Long Fingered by the FBI as a Suspect in the 1990 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Heist, Dies at 85

"His passing might make people less inhibited about talking," says the museum's chief investigator.

By Sarah Cascone, Sep 23, 2021

Shows & Exhibitions

How the Fondation Louis Vuitton and an Army of Conservators Persuaded Russia to Green Light a Landmark Exhibition of Modern Art

Art World

Art Industry News: The British Museum Is Minting NFTs of Its Art—Because of a Cold LinkedIn Message From a Start-Up + Other Stories

Pop Culture

Legendary Cinematographer Roger Deakins on Getting Rejected from Film School and Releasing His First Book of Photographs at 72

Shows & Exhibitions

In Pictures: See the Highly Ambitious, Two-City Jasper Johns Retrospective at the Whitney and the Philadelphia Museum of Art

Art World

From an Astrologer’s Advice to Libra Artists to the Death of a Gardner Heist Suspect: The Best and Worst of the Art World This Week

Museums

In an Expansion, the Rubell Museum Will Bring Its Tastemaking Private Art Collection to Washington, D.C., Next Year

Archaeology

The Oldest Human Footprints in North America Could Redefine Prehistory as We Know It—and It’s All Thanks to These Tiny Seeds

Pop Culture

A Rockefeller Center Developer Wants to Build an Attraction for Tourists to Recreate the Famous ‘Lunch Atop a Skyscraper’ Photo

Art World

Art Industry News: Is the Taliban Hunting Afghanistan’s Most Famous Golden Treasure? + Other Stories

Art World

What Does Libra Season Have in Store? We Got an Astrologist to Give Uncannily Specific Advice for Artists Born Under the Seventh Sign

People

How Grada Kilomba Turned Her Study of Psychoanalysis and PTSD Into an Artistic Practice That Confronts Collective Trauma

Reviews

Kara Walker’s Museum Survey in Basel Is Difficult, Disturbing—and Very Necessary

Archaeology

Thousands of Years Before the Pyramids, Neolithic Peoples Were Carving Camels Into Saudi Arabia’s Rocky Desert

Art World

Artist Kerry James Marshall Will Create New Stained-Glass Windows for D.C.’s National Cathedral to Replace Confederate Imagery

Crime

Robert ‘Bobby’ Gentile, Long Fingered by the FBI as a Suspect in the 1990 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Heist, Dies at 85

How the Fondation Louis Vuitton and an Army of Conservators Persuaded Russia to Green Light a Landmark Exhibition of Modern Art

Art Industry News: The British Museum Is Minting NFTs of Its Art—Because of a Cold LinkedIn Message From a Start-Up + Other Stories

Legendary Cinematographer Roger Deakins on Getting Rejected from Film School and Releasing His First Book of Photographs at 72

In Pictures: See the Highly Ambitious, Two-City Jasper Johns Retrospective at the Whitney and the Philadelphia Museum of Art

From an Astrologer’s Advice to Libra Artists to the Death of a Gardner Heist Suspect: The Best and Worst of the Art World This Week

In an Expansion, the Rubell Museum Will Bring Its Tastemaking Private Art Collection to Washington, D.C., Next Year

The Oldest Human Footprints in North America Could Redefine Prehistory as We Know It—and It’s All Thanks to These Tiny Seeds

A Rockefeller Center Developer Wants to Build an Attraction for Tourists to Recreate the Famous ‘Lunch Atop a Skyscraper’ Photo

Art Industry News: Is the Taliban Hunting Afghanistan’s Most Famous Golden Treasure? + Other Stories

What Does Libra Season Have in Store? We Got an Astrologist to Give Uncannily Specific Advice for Artists Born Under the Seventh Sign

How Grada Kilomba Turned Her Study of Psychoanalysis and PTSD Into an Artistic Practice That Confronts Collective Trauma

Kara Walker’s Museum Survey in Basel Is Difficult, Disturbing—and Very Necessary

Thousands of Years Before the Pyramids, Neolithic Peoples Were Carving Camels Into Saudi Arabia’s Rocky Desert

Artist Kerry James Marshall Will Create New Stained-Glass Windows for D.C.’s National Cathedral to Replace Confederate Imagery

Robert ‘Bobby’ Gentile, Long Fingered by the FBI as a Suspect in the 1990 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Heist, Dies at 85

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