Museums & Institutions A Cyberattack Hits Software Used by Museums, Causing Online Collections to Go Down The hack affected institutions including the Rubin Museum and Crystal Bridges Museum. By Adam Schrader, Jan 4, 2024
Museums & Institutions The U.K. Is Barring the Export of a Rare Medieval Statue Acquired by the Met. Will the V&A Snap It Up? The ivory treasure was on long-term loan to the V&A, before the Met acquired it for $2.5 million. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Jan 4, 2024
Art World See a Microscopic Version of Banksy’s ‘Girl With a Balloon,’ So Tiny It Fits in the Eye of a Needle The delicate miniature was created by British artist David Lindon. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Jan 4, 2024
Pop Culture How the Provocative ‘Saltburn’ Is Renewing Interest in a 400-Year-Old French Ceramicist The new film sees Bernard Palissy, the 16th-century Huguenot, play a subtle yet significant role. By Eileen Kinsella, Jan 4, 2024
Art World Plans to Install Contemporary Stained-Glass Art in the Notre-Dame Cathedral Spark Outrage An online petition signed by more than 125,000 people has harshly condemned the French president's proposal. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Jan 4, 2024
Art & Exhibitions Witness the Power of Nicole Eisenman’s Observational Eye The artist marries art history and contemporary life in a major London show. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Jan 4, 2024
Museums & Institutions The Frick’s Longtime Director Ian Wardropper Will Step Down in 2025 Wardropper will oversee the museum's return to Fifth Avenue after major institutional changes and a years-long renovation. By Eileen Kinsella, Jan 3, 2024
Gallery Network Spotlight: London-Based Artist Catherine Repko Explores Transition and Relationships in New Large-Scale, Figurative Paintings Presented by Huxley-Parlour in London, the show includes works created over the past year. By Artnet Gallery Network, Jan 3, 2024
Art & Tech A New X-Ray Analysis of Rembrandt’s ‘The Night Watch’ Reveals a Hidden Base Layer Scientists have hypothesized that Rembrandt may have had a clever reason for applying the protective layer. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Jan 3, 2024
Art World A Colossal Statue of Shakira Now Towers Over Her Colombian Hometown Wherever, whenever you look to the Barranquilla skyline, the 21-foot statue is there. By Artnet News, Jan 3, 2024
On View A Long-Delayed Retrospective of Philip Guston’s Acerbic Paintings Finally Opens in London The controversial exhibition traces the artist’s incredible oeuvre. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Jan 3, 2024
Art World From Escher to Mickey Mouse, Here Are the Artistic Gems Entering the Public Domain in 2024 In some countries, the works of Picabia and Picasso have joined the public domain. By Adam Schrader, Jan 2, 2024
Books From a Fresh Look at Van Gogh To an Artist’s Ode to The Bodega, Here Are 6 Books On Our Reading List In 2024 From a new look at Van Gogh to an artist's ode to the New York City bodega, here's what we're cracking open this year. By Artnet News, Jan 2, 2024
Up Next Anna Uddenberg’s Body-Twisting Sculptures Probe—and Breach—the Limits of Femininity and Reality Uddenberg's creations skewer our smart-phone-obsessed lives, while capturing elements of their fascination. By Devorah Lauter, Jan 2, 2024
What I Buy and Why Partners and Collectors Jan Siegmund and Ben Maddox on Their Shared Passion for Prints Works on paper are a particular passion for the New York-based collecting couple. By Lee Carter, Jan 2, 2024