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Is Your Paintbrush Made From Mongoose Hair? A Wildlife Group Is Blasting Amazon for Selling Brushes Made Illegally From Endangered Fur

Around 100,000 mongooses are illegally killed in India each year.

By Sarah Cascone, Jan 7, 2020

Art World

What Would Monet Post? The Musée d’Orsay Hired an Instagram Artist-in-Residence to Imagine the Social Media Accounts of Impressionist Masters

Illustrator Jean-Philippe Delhomme's posts will appear on the museum's account every Monday in 2020.

By Taylor Dafoe, Jan 7, 2020

Art World

Art Industry News: Mount Holyoke Art Professor Arrested for Attempted Murder of Her Colleague + Other Stories

Plus, the Tel Aviv Museum of Art returns a looted painting and the Hirshhorn Museum plans yet another Kusama extravaganza.

By Artnet News, Jan 7, 2020

Politics

The Pentagon Has Rejected Trump’s Threat to Bomb Iran’s Heritage Sites. Here’s What May Have Been Saved

Officials at the Pentagon acknowledge that striking Iran's cultural heritage would break "the laws of armed conflict."

By Naomi Rea, Jan 7, 2020

Politics

Activists Used a Sledgehammer to Attack Berlin’s Newest Holocaust Memorial, Objecting to the Use of Victims’ Ashes

The monument allegedly contained the ashes of Jewish victims of the Nazi regime.

By Kate Brown, Jan 7, 2020

People

Why Was the Late Artist John Baldessari So Important? Just Watch This Video Narrated by Tom Waits

A short documentary on the artist from 2012 has been making the rounds on social media.

By Taylor Dafoe, Jan 6, 2020

Events and Parties

Editors Picks: 17 Things Not to Miss in New York’s Art World This Week

The art world returns from winter break.

By Artnet News, Jan 6, 2020

Politics

In a Rare Political Gesture, the Met Speaks Out Against Trump’s Threats to Iranian Cultural Sites, Calling Such Targeting ‘Abhorrent’

The Met joins other museum leaders as well as top museum organizations in condemning the US President's comments.

By Taylor Dafoe, Jan 6, 2020

Art World

Smoke From Australia’s Devastating Wildfires Has Forced the Closure of the National Gallery in Canberra

Valuable Picasso and Matisse paintings are currently on loan to the Canberra museum.

By Sarah Cascone, Jan 6, 2020

People

How a Dutch Artist and Engineer Created an Otherworldly New Holocaust Memorial Using 104,000 Glowing Stones

Each of the Dutch designer and engineer's glowing stones represents a World War II Dutch-Jewish victim.

By Nina Siegal, Jan 6, 2020

Art World

Art Industry News: Meet the Multitalented Young Artist Who’s Now the Breakout Star of ‘Uncut Gems’ + Other Stories

Plus, experts wonder if the Dresden jewel heist was an inside job and the Outsider Art Fair will showcase works collected by famous artists.

By Artnet News, Jan 6, 2020

Politics

President Trump’s Threat to Bomb Iranian Cultural Sites ‘Must Be Condemned,’ Say Outraged Museum Directors, Politicians, and Scholars

Cultural leaders are condemning Trump for threatening a "war crime."

By Naomi Rea, Jan 6, 2020

From Vogue’s Commitment to Going Green to a Brazen Attack on a Picasso Painting: The Best and Worst of the Art World This Week

Catch up on this week's news—fast.

By Caroline Goldstein, Jan 3, 2020

Art World

Is Your Paintbrush Made From Mongoose Hair? A Wildlife Group Is Blasting Amazon for Selling Brushes Made Illegally From Endangered Fur

Art World

What Would Monet Post? The Musée d’Orsay Hired an Instagram Artist-in-Residence to Imagine the Social Media Accounts of Impressionist Masters

Art World

Art Industry News: Mount Holyoke Art Professor Arrested for Attempted Murder of Her Colleague + Other Stories

Politics

The Pentagon Has Rejected Trump’s Threat to Bomb Iran’s Heritage Sites. Here’s What May Have Been Saved

Politics

Activists Used a Sledgehammer to Attack Berlin’s Newest Holocaust Memorial, Objecting to the Use of Victims’ Ashes

People

Why Was the Late Artist John Baldessari So Important? Just Watch This Video Narrated by Tom Waits

Events and Parties

Editors Picks: 17 Things Not to Miss in New York’s Art World This Week

Politics

In a Rare Political Gesture, the Met Speaks Out Against Trump’s Threats to Iranian Cultural Sites, Calling Such Targeting ‘Abhorrent’

Art World

Smoke From Australia’s Devastating Wildfires Has Forced the Closure of the National Gallery in Canberra

People

How a Dutch Artist and Engineer Created an Otherworldly New Holocaust Memorial Using 104,000 Glowing Stones

Art World

Art Industry News: Meet the Multitalented Young Artist Who’s Now the Breakout Star of ‘Uncut Gems’ + Other Stories

Politics

President Trump’s Threat to Bomb Iranian Cultural Sites ‘Must Be Condemned,’ Say Outraged Museum Directors, Politicians, and Scholars

Art World

Spirituality Has Long Been Erased From Art History. Here’s Why It’s Having a Resurgence Today

People

John Baldessari, the Wry Teacher Who Became a Path-Breaking Pioneer of Conceptual Art, Has Died at 88

Art World

From Vogue’s Commitment to Going Green to a Brazen Attack on a Picasso Painting: The Best and Worst of the Art World This Week

Is Your Paintbrush Made From Mongoose Hair? A Wildlife Group Is Blasting Amazon for Selling Brushes Made Illegally From Endangered Fur

What Would Monet Post? The Musée d’Orsay Hired an Instagram Artist-in-Residence to Imagine the Social Media Accounts of Impressionist Masters

Art Industry News: Mount Holyoke Art Professor Arrested for Attempted Murder of Her Colleague + Other Stories

The Pentagon Has Rejected Trump’s Threat to Bomb Iran’s Heritage Sites. Here’s What May Have Been Saved

Activists Used a Sledgehammer to Attack Berlin’s Newest Holocaust Memorial, Objecting to the Use of Victims’ Ashes

Why Was the Late Artist John Baldessari So Important? Just Watch This Video Narrated by Tom Waits

Editors Picks: 17 Things Not to Miss in New York’s Art World This Week

In a Rare Political Gesture, the Met Speaks Out Against Trump’s Threats to Iranian Cultural Sites, Calling Such Targeting ‘Abhorrent’

Smoke From Australia’s Devastating Wildfires Has Forced the Closure of the National Gallery in Canberra

How a Dutch Artist and Engineer Created an Otherworldly New Holocaust Memorial Using 104,000 Glowing Stones

Art Industry News: Meet the Multitalented Young Artist Who’s Now the Breakout Star of ‘Uncut Gems’ + Other Stories

President Trump’s Threat to Bomb Iranian Cultural Sites ‘Must Be Condemned,’ Say Outraged Museum Directors, Politicians, and Scholars

Spirituality Has Long Been Erased From Art History. Here’s Why It’s Having a Resurgence Today

John Baldessari, the Wry Teacher Who Became a Path-Breaking Pioneer of Conceptual Art, Has Died at 88

From Vogue’s Commitment to Going Green to a Brazen Attack on a Picasso Painting: The Best and Worst of the Art World This Week

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