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Looking for Instagram Inspiration? Take a Tip From These Attention-Grabbing Self-Portraits by Rembrandt, Old Master of the Selfie

From giggles to grimaces, Rembrandt documented his face like no other artist before him.

By Kate Brown, Aug 2, 2019

Art World

Christie’s Helps the FBI Return Two Vases Confiscated During World War II to Their Rightful Owners

A pair of gilded French vases were returned to the family of Lucie Mayer Fuld after the auction house spotted them on the German lost art database.

By Naomi Rea, Aug 2, 2019

Art World

Art Industry News: Uplifting Street Artist JR Will Get a Major Survey at the Brooklyn Museum This Fall + Other Stories

Plus, Beijing's Picasso blockbuster show from Paris was almost stuck in Chinese customs and JR gets a major museum survey in Brooklyn.

By artnet News, Aug 2, 2019

On View

Artist Rashid Johnson on How ‘Naiveté’ and Chutzpah Helped Him Land His First Solo Show

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

By Caroline Goldstein, Aug 1, 2019

Politics

‘I’m Anxious for It to Go to the Supreme Court’: Why Nan Goldin Thinks the Latest Lawsuit Against the Sacklers Could Be the Biggest Yet

The lawsuit alleges that Purdue Pharma's owners hid billions of dollars to avoid paying opioid victims' claims.

By Kate Brown, Aug 1, 2019

Analysis

A New Study Has Simple Advice for Collectors Looking for Big Returns on Art: Invest In Women

Male artists still make up the bulk of the art market, but women are doing better in terms of auction resales.

By Sarah Cascone, Aug 1, 2019

Politics

New York Sets Aside $212 Million for Next Year’s Cultural Budget—Another Record for the City

The city also announced a new, streamlined version of its ambitious CreateNYC cultural initiative.

By Taylor Dafoe, Aug 1, 2019

Art World

Cologne Says It Wants a Gerhard Richter Museum. Too Bad Gerhard Richter Says He Doesn’t Need One

Cologne is desperate to build a museum dedicated to the artist and it is thinking big it is worried that the artist will be swayed by another German city.

By Kate Brown, Aug 1, 2019

Art World

The British Museum Defends BP Sponsorship in a Public Debate With Climate Activists Following the Resignation of a Trustee

The museum defends its partnership on economic grounds, but activists say the debate exposes how the institution is "ethically conflicted."

By Naomi Rea, Aug 1, 2019

Art World

Art Industry News: George W. Bush Is Getting a Solo Show of His Portraits of Veterans Injured in His ‘War on Terror’ + Other Stories

Plus, why artist Alfredo Jaar thinks he is a failure and the founder of the Museum of Ice Cream wants you to put away your phone.

By artnet News, Aug 1, 2019

Exhibitions

‘No One’s Culture Is Better Than Another’: Why Artist Tania Bruguera Opened a School for Multicultural Cooking, Crafting, and History

Thousands of visitors enrolled in the activist-artist's "School of Integration" at the Manchester Art Gallery.

By Javier Pes, Aug 1, 2019

Who’s in the Mysterious Consortium That Owns a Supposed Younger Version of the ‘Mona Lisa’? A New Lawsuit Aims to Find Out

The 'Isleworth Mona Lisa' is highly scutinized both for its authorship, which some contest, and for its ownership, revealed in the Panama Papers.

By Sarah Cascone, Jul 31, 2019

Art World

Looking for Instagram Inspiration? Take a Tip From These Attention-Grabbing Self-Portraits by Rembrandt, Old Master of the Selfie

Art World

Christie’s Helps the FBI Return Two Vases Confiscated During World War II to Their Rightful Owners

Art World

Art Industry News: Uplifting Street Artist JR Will Get a Major Survey at the Brooklyn Museum This Fall + Other Stories

On View

Artist Rashid Johnson on How ‘Naiveté’ and Chutzpah Helped Him Land His First Solo Show

Politics

‘I’m Anxious for It to Go to the Supreme Court’: Why Nan Goldin Thinks the Latest Lawsuit Against the Sacklers Could Be the Biggest Yet

Analysis

A New Study Has Simple Advice for Collectors Looking for Big Returns on Art: Invest In Women

Politics

New York Sets Aside $212 Million for Next Year’s Cultural Budget—Another Record for the City

Art World

Cologne Says It Wants a Gerhard Richter Museum. Too Bad Gerhard Richter Says He Doesn’t Need One

Art World

The British Museum Defends BP Sponsorship in a Public Debate With Climate Activists Following the Resignation of a Trustee

Art World

Art Industry News: George W. Bush Is Getting a Solo Show of His Portraits of Veterans Injured in His ‘War on Terror’ + Other Stories

Exhibitions

‘No One’s Culture Is Better Than Another’: Why Artist Tania Bruguera Opened a School for Multicultural Cooking, Crafting, and History

Art World

7 Great Children’s Books About Art That Just May Inspire the Next Generation of Wee Warhols

Art and Law

A Christie’s-Owned Tech Company Must Pay Heritage Auctions $1.8 Million for Data Theft, a Court Rules

Politics

The Bronze Ceiling? What the Gender Gap in Public Sculpture Tells Us About the Barriers for Women in Art

Art and Law

Who’s in the Mysterious Consortium That Owns a Supposed Younger Version of the ‘Mona Lisa’? A New Lawsuit Aims to Find Out

Looking for Instagram Inspiration? Take a Tip From These Attention-Grabbing Self-Portraits by Rembrandt, Old Master of the Selfie

Christie’s Helps the FBI Return Two Vases Confiscated During World War II to Their Rightful Owners

Art Industry News: Uplifting Street Artist JR Will Get a Major Survey at the Brooklyn Museum This Fall + Other Stories

Artist Rashid Johnson on How ‘Naiveté’ and Chutzpah Helped Him Land His First Solo Show

‘I’m Anxious for It to Go to the Supreme Court’: Why Nan Goldin Thinks the Latest Lawsuit Against the Sacklers Could Be the Biggest Yet

A New Study Has Simple Advice for Collectors Looking for Big Returns on Art: Invest In Women

New York Sets Aside $212 Million for Next Year’s Cultural Budget—Another Record for the City

Cologne Says It Wants a Gerhard Richter Museum. Too Bad Gerhard Richter Says He Doesn’t Need One

The British Museum Defends BP Sponsorship in a Public Debate With Climate Activists Following the Resignation of a Trustee

Art Industry News: George W. Bush Is Getting a Solo Show of His Portraits of Veterans Injured in His ‘War on Terror’ + Other Stories

‘No One’s Culture Is Better Than Another’: Why Artist Tania Bruguera Opened a School for Multicultural Cooking, Crafting, and History

7 Great Children’s Books About Art That Just May Inspire the Next Generation of Wee Warhols

A Christie’s-Owned Tech Company Must Pay Heritage Auctions $1.8 Million for Data Theft, a Court Rules

The Bronze Ceiling? What the Gender Gap in Public Sculpture Tells Us About the Barriers for Women in Art

Who’s in the Mysterious Consortium That Owns a Supposed Younger Version of the ‘Mona Lisa’? A New Lawsuit Aims to Find Out

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