Danish Golden Age Artists Primed Their Canvases With Danish Golden Ale, New Research Shows

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

On View

An Exhibition of Taylor Swift’s Stuff Has Just Opened at the Museum of Arts and Design. Here Are 5 Must-See Displays, Swifties

'Taylor Swift: Storyteller' is on view at MAD through September 4.

By Min Chen, May 25, 2023

Crime

Police in Italy Busted a Major Antiquities Trafficking Ring, Seizing Some 3,500 Relics in the Process

Twenty-one suspects faces charges of criminal conspiracy, theft, and the illegal export of goods.

By Artnet News, May 25, 2023

Valuations

Fashionphile and Art Collector Lisa Perry Covets Vintage YSL While Carving Out Space for Women Artists and Her Granddaughters

We asked the founder of East Hampton's Onna House about the things she values most—in art and in life.

By Katie White, May 25, 2023

Art World

Art Industry News: Groundbreaking Experimental Filmmaker Kenneth Anger Has Died at 96 + Other Stories

Plus, Tate Britain's rehang has divided critics, and a legal tussle erupts over an Anna Weyant painting flip.

By Artnet News, May 25, 2023

Shows & Exhibitions

In Pictures: Tate Modern Pairs Abstract Art Pioneers Hilma af Klint and Piet Mondrian—Who Never Met in Life But Shared a Love of Nature

The show includes more than 250 paintings, drawings and archival objects.

By Jo Lawson-Tancred, May 25, 2023

Art World

Looking for a Day Trip? A New Center for Psychedelic Art Is Opening in New York’s Hudson River Valley

Entheon, Sanctuary of Visionary Art at the Chapel of Sacred Mirrors, opens June 3.

By Brian Boucher, May 24, 2023

Science & Tech

The World’s First A.I.-Generated Statue, Cobbling Together the Styles of Five Celebrated Sculptors, Has Landed in a Swedish Museum

'The Impossible Statue' cherry-picks the aesthetics of Michelangelo, Rodin, Käthe Kollwitz, Takamura Kotaro, and Augusta Savage.

By Richard Whiddington, May 24, 2023

Pop Culture

The Bar From the Sitcom ‘Cheers’ Is Up for Auction, Part of an Incredible Collection of TV History That Was Once Meant to Fill a Museum

Want to make meth with Walter White’s tools, or crack jokes at David Letterman’s desk? Now’s your chance.

By Artnet News, May 24, 2023

Crime

A Disgruntled Florida Man Just Plowed His Car Into a $200,000 Blue Bunny Sculpture—His Second Time Vandalizing Public Art

His latest victim was artist Hunt Slonem's 14-foot bunny.

By Jo Lawson-Tancred, May 24, 2023

Science & Tech

Adobe Has Added New A.I. Capabilities to Photoshop, Allowing Users to Edit Images Using Text Prompts

Just highlight an area of an image and tell the program what you want to see there.

By Brian Boucher, May 24, 2023

Archaeology

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

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

Archaeologists Say These 9,000-Year-Old Engravings, Found in Middle Eastern Deserts, Are the Earliest Known Architectural Drawings

No other artifacts from this time show such mental mastery of spacial perception, archaeologists say.

By Artnet News, May 24, 2023