Art World A Gilded-Age Mansion Across From the Metropolitan Museum of Art Has Hit the Market for a Breathtaking $80 Million The grand Beaux Arts-style residence could become another fixture on Museum Mile. By Mary Elizabeth Andriotis, 2 days ago
People Wet Paint in the Wild: Artist Monsieur Zohore Rode Out His L.A. Gallery Opening Inside a Bespoke Coffin-Turned-Kissing Booth The artist takes us through a week in his life. By Annie Armstrong, 2 days ago
Shows & Exhibitions Artists Have Long Held Day Jobs to Make Ends Meet. A New Exhibition Makes the Case That Side Gigs Also Fuel Creativity "Day Jobs" at the Blanton Museum of Art is the first major show to examine the impact of day jobs on art history. By Sarah Cascone, 2 days ago
Shows & Exhibitions Never-Before-Seen Paul McCartney Photos From the Height of Beatlemania Will Reopen London’s National Portrait Gallery The institution reopens this summer after being closed for refurbishment. By Artnet News, 2 days ago
Art World Art Industry News: Tennis Legend Roger Federer Reveals How He Was Ugo Rondinone’s Secret Muse + Other Stories Plus, Yuga Labs does not have registered copyright on images from the Bored Ape collection and Pussy Riot drops their latest video. By Artnet News, 2 days ago
On View ‘It’s a Mad Process’: Design Legend Marc Newson on Revitalizing the Chinese Art of Cloisonné for His New Works at Gagosian Paris The designer's team has built a factory in Beijing to reinvigorate the centuries-old enameling technique. By Anna Sansom, 3 days ago
Crime A Geneva Court Has Found Antiquities Dealer Ali Aboutaam Guilty of Illegally Importing Artifacts He was given a suspended jail sentence and a $500,000 fine. By Eileen Kinsella, 3 days ago
Law House Republicans Pressure Hunter Biden’s Art Dealer to Turn Over Sales Records and Appear Before a Committee “Your arrangement with Hunter Biden raises serious ethics concerns,” Representative James Comer wrote in a message to Biden’s dealer. By Artnet News, 3 days ago
On View Debates About How to Interpret Felix Gonzalez-Torres’s Art Are Raging. A New Show Is Proposing a Fresh Way of Reading It The exhibition at David Zwirner comes with instructions outlining the "core tenets" of the artist's installations. By Taylor Dafoe, 3 days ago
Science & Tech Researchers in Cairo Used CT Scans to ‘Digitally Unwrap’ a 2,300-Year-Old Mummy of a Teenager, Discovering 49 Gold Amulets A scarab amulet, buried in the mummy's chest, has also been replicated with 3D printing. By Min Chen, 3 days ago
People ‘Sonic Ways of Knowing the World’: Hear How Artist John Akomfrah Blends Sound Into His Monumental Video Installations As part of a collaboration with Art21, hear news-making artists describe their inspirations in their own words. By Artnet News, Jan 26, 2023
Art World Kapwani Kiwanga, Known for Her Interdisciplinary Artistic Investigations, Will Represent Canada at the 2024 Venice Biennale The prestigious commission caps a recent string of awards and shows that have put Kiwanga among the world’s most important working artists today. By Taylor Dafoe, Jan 26, 2023
Art World Art Industry News: Hamline Professors Call for the University’s President to Resign Amid Furor Over Prophet Muhammad Art + Other Stories Plus, the Detroit Institute's Van Gogh is still in dispute, and Helen Molesworth looks to her next chapter. By Artnet News, Jan 26, 2023
Shows & Exhibitions The Winter Show in New York Dazzles Collectors and Browsers Alike With Its Troves of Rare Art and Antiques The New York fixture returns to the Park Avenue Armory, offering some of the world’s finest art and design. By Lee Carter, Jan 25, 2023
Museums Oops! A Swiss Museum Has Lost Two Old Masters Paintings That It Sent for Cleaning After an internal investigation, the Kunsthaus Zürich said that “theft can no longer be ruled out.” By Taylor Dafoe, Jan 25, 2023