Shows & Exhibitions A New Brushstroke Analysis Reveals Vermeer Was Not the Painstaking Perfectionist Art Historians Long Thought Experts at the National Gallery of Art discovered underpaintings on two of the artist’s canvases. By Taylor Dafoe, 1 hour ago
Museums Collage Artist Jean Conner Says She Has No Idea Why She Chooses Her Startling Images. That May Be Why They’re So Powerful Conner, who began her career in San Francisco in the late 1950s, is the subject of two landmarks shows in California. By Sarah Cascone, 4 hours ago
Art World Art Industry News: A Major Modigliani Movie Is Coming to the Big Screen, Courtesy of Al Pacino and… Johnny Depp + Other Stories Plus, Iraqi authorities uncover a valuable pilfered Picasso, and MASS MoCA employees plan a strike to protest low wages. By Artnet News, 7 hours ago
Studio Visit As Artist Julia Chiang Unveils Her Most Ambitious Work Yet, She Invites Us Into Her Studio to Reveal What Keeps Her Inspired Chiang recently worked with locals in Rockaway to complete her first-ever public murals. By Vittoria Benzine, 7 hours ago
Shows & Exhibitions A Powerful New Diego Rivera Show Reminds Viewers That Everyday Laborers Built the Modern World—and Are Still Building It Today “Diego Rivera's America” at SFMOMA focuses on the artist’s work from the 1920s to the mid-1940s, the most fruitful period of his career. By Taylor Dafoe, 15 hours ago
Art World Editors’ Picks: 8 Events for Your Art Calendar This Week, From a Show by a Banksy Precursor to Trisha Brown at Rockaway Beach Plus, check out a show about artists pushing the boundaries of painting and technology. By Artnet News, 23 hours ago
Museums The Getty Will Return a Cache of Illegally Sourced Ancient Sculptures to Italy, Including a Prized Depiction of the Poet Orpheus The life-size statues, depicting the poet Orpheus with a pair of sirens, will be returned alongside other works. By Taylor Dafoe, 1 day ago
Archaeology Archaeologists Have Uncovered a Vast Trove of Gold Rings Buried Alongside an ‘Extremely Rich’ Ancient Noblewoman in Romania Excavators found more Copper Age gold in the single dig than had previously been discovered in the entire Carpathian Basin. By Sarah Cascone, 1 day ago
Archaeology Archaeologists at the Sea of Galilee Say They May Have Found the Real-Life Birthplace of St. Peter, First Pope of the Christian Church Scholars have discovered an inscription that may mark the Church of the Apostles, said to be at St. Peter's birthplace in Bethsaida. By Sarah Cascone, 1 day ago
Art World Art Industry News: The Maximal Texas Sun Is Threatening Donald Judd’s Minimalist Legacy in Marfa + Other Stories Plus, a lost Banksy appears in Tel Aviv and a truly massive mandala in England. By Artnet News, 1 day ago
Art World Who Goes to See a Big Regional Art Show? Here Are 3 Takeaways From Prospect New Orleans’s Candid Report on Visitor Attendance The “P.5. Impact Report” is a rare glimpse into the actual dynamics of a big art show. By Ben Davis, 2 days ago
Art Whirled What’s the Best Way to Annoy a Hugely Important Artist? [Cartoon] Art Whirled is a series of weekly cartoons on Artnet News that poke fun at the extremely ripe target of the art world and art market. By Guy Richards Smit, 2 days ago
Shows & Exhibitions Seeing Double: How Artists Make Good Use of Repetition, and Why No Two Forms Can Ever Be the Same In an excerpt from the catalogue for the National Gallery of Art's new show, "The Double," James Meyer digs into the modern history of doubling. By James Meyer, 2 days ago
Art World Performers Were Among the Artists Hit Hardest by the Pandemic. Three Years in, Recovery Is Moving at a Snail’s Pace Opportunities that dried up in early 2020 have yet to come back. By Zachary Small, 2 days ago
Law A New Law Requires New York Museums to Indicate If Artworks on View Passed Through Nazi Hands The bill was signed by governor Kathy Hochul this week. By Taylor Dafoe, Aug 12, 2022
