A 2,000-Year-Old Chalkstone Receipt, Carved With Customer Names and Prices, Was Just Uncovered in Jerusalem

Archaeology

A 2,000-Year-Old Chalkstone Receipt, Carved With Customer Names and Prices, Was Just Uncovered in Jerusalem

The object might have been carved by a craftsman to keep track of money paid or still owed by his clients.

By Adam Schrader, May 23, 2023

Art World

Art Industry News: Spain Puts the Finishing Touches on Its Very Fancy $186 Million Royal Museum + Other Stories

Plus, climate activists turn the Trevi Fountain black and Kurt Cobain's guitar sells for $600,000.

By Artnet News, May 23, 2023

Museums

German Museums’ Unexpected New Gambit to Stop Climate Activists From Attacking Their Art? Inviting Them to Drop By

The Last Generation group took part in performance art pieces in museums around the country.

By Jo Lawson-Tancred, May 23, 2023

Shows & Exhibitions

Is Art Better When You Can Touch It? We Tried an Offbeat Museum Tour That Lets You Get Up Close and Personal With the Exhibits

An exhibition at the Sainsbury Centre in the U.K. invites visitors to dance with Tang dynasty figurines and share their deepest secrets with a Giacometti.

By Jo Lawson-Tancred, May 23, 2023

Shows & Exhibitions

For His First European Institutional Show in a Decade, Art Star Yoshitomo Nara Brings All of His ‘Little Worlds’ to a Major Museum in Vienna

The exhibition at the Albertina Modern features more than 400 artworks from the artist's oeuvre.

By Vivienne Chow, May 23, 2023

Archaeology

Cosmic Ray Scanning Has Revealed a Greek Tomb Hidden Beneath the City of Naples

Researchers used a powerful scanning technique that can penetrate through rocks and walls far below the earth's surface.

By Jo Lawson-Tancred, May 23, 2023

Studio Visit

How Dustin Yellin, Master of Universes, Oversees a Primordial Soup of Creativity at His Red Hook, Brooklyn, Hub

Recent paintings by the artist are currently on view at Venus Over Manhattan in New York.

By Katie White, May 23, 2023

Museums

Hispanic Society Museum Workers Approved a New Union Contract, Ending a Grueling Two-Month Strike

The workers recently brought the strike to chairman Philippe de Montebello's home.

By Sarah Cascone, May 22, 2023

People

‘What Monuments Could Stand For’: Watch Artist Shahzia Sikander Address Historical Erasure With Her New Female-Centered Sculptures

As part of a collaboration with Art21, hear news-making artists describe their inspirations in their own words.

By Caroline Goldstein, May 22, 2023

Art World

The Long-Awaited Powerhouse Arts Has Opened in Brooklyn to Offer Fabrication Facilities to Local Artists

The new arts venue offers fabrication facilities for ceramic, print, and public art, as well as space for education and events.

By Artnet News, May 22, 2023

Shows & Exhibitions

A Sculpture Depicting King Tut as a Black Man Is Sparking International Outrage

The statue is featured in a Dutch exhibition that pairs Egyptian antiquities with works from Black culture.

By Sarah Cascone, May 22, 2023

On View

Street Artist and Keith Haring Collaborator Angel Ortiz’s New Graffiti-Inspired Works Bottle the Vibe of 1980s New York. See Them Here

Ortiz's latest canvases make up "Ode 2 NYC," now on view at Chase Contemporary.

By Richard Whiddington, May 22, 2023

Law

Greece Wins Back Hundreds of Stolen Artifacts From the Disgraced Dealer Robin Symes After a 17-Year Legal Battle

Among the returned goods is a bronze statue of Alexander the Great and a precious Neolithic statuette.

By Jo Lawson-Tancred, May 22, 2023

Science & Tech

Self-Adjusting Netflix Shows? A.I. Prompts as Artworks? Three Artists Debate What Technology Has in Store for Creative Work

Sebastian Errazuriz, Khyati Trehan, and Trevor Paglen joined Artnet's Sonia Manalili for the May 17 talk, in partnership with Mortlach.

By Richard Whiddington and Mortlach, May 22, 2023

Law

A Jewish Dealer’s Heirs Are Suing Sotheby’s, Alleging Its Provenance of a Tiepolo Work ‘Misled the Public’

The heirs of Otto Fröhlich say he sold the painting under duress during World War II. Sotheby's pleads 'human error.'

By Brian Boucher, May 22, 2023